What do you think of this proposed aircooling setup?

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: acegazda
thanks for the links, I never checked there and I actually will change my spu cooler to a scythe ninja. Are the panafos better than yate loons?

i highly recomend the AF12. Check my link on this forum on my super quiet NAS box. Im running 2 AF12's and 1 CM tri blade fan. They work awesome and i cant hear the box unless im less then 1-2feet from it.

Also you really dont need a Hard drive cooler. Just mount a 120mm in front of them. Or get a scythe bay which will allow u to mount a fan in place of 3 x 5 1/4 front bays.

My Old Thread on Super Quiet NAS Box

Also if your that much into a quiet box, i would suggest some noise absorbing material. It does wonders.

Just on a note, the AF12 fans can only be used as exhaust fans. The mounts on it prohibit it to be used as a intake fan. Yate looms are great, however if its for cooling a hard drive, i would use the CM Tri-blade. They push just enough air to keep your hard drive cool and yet you wont hear them over anything else.

Also to my knowledge the quietest fans are papists fans. There extremely expensive tho costing more then nexus. But you'll be fine with a AF12 if its used as exhaust.

 

[Elfear]

Originally posted by: acegazda
thanks for the links, I never checked there and I actually will change my spu cooler to a scythe ninja. Are the panafos better than yate loons?

I've heard good things about both. The Panaflos would push more air at the same db level if you can fit the wider size fan in there.

 

[acegazda]

yeah, I think I can, who makes the af12? Nexus? how much do they cost? I gues I will ditch the hd cooler.

 

[Operandi]

Originally posted by: acegazda
yeah, I think I can, who makes the af12? Nexus? how much do they cost? I gues I will ditch the hd cooler.

Umm.... Nexus is rebadged Yate Loon with an in line resistor. Paying the premium price for the Nexus is just silly in my opinion.

Originally posted by: acegazda
The manual fan controllers look better, IMHO.

So basically you just want LEDs and knobs on the front of your case? To me that seems like a pretty bad reason to opt for a fan controller.

 

[acegazda]

well, if you read the whole thread, I said I ditched the idea of a fan controller when I learned 4 fans was overkill and possibly counterproductive. The manual fan controllers parallel the utilitarian look of lian li cases, and they use less power.

 

[Operandi]

Originally posted by: acegazda
well, if you read the whole thread, I said I ditched the idea of a fan controller when I learned 4 fans was overkill and possibly counterproductive. The manual fan controllers parallel the utilitarian look of lian li cases, and they use less power.

I guess I'm slightly confused... so you are not going with a manual fan controller?

 

[One43637]

i personally don't think you need to run a HD cooler.

 

[acegazda]

yeah... i'm not going to bother with a fan controller or hd cooler, just 2 fans (for now), the scythe ninja and zalman vf900.

 

[aigomorla]

Originally posted by: acegazda
yeah, I think I can, who makes the af12? Nexus? how much do they cost? I gues I will ditch the hd cooler.

SVC.com has the tri-blade and the ACF12's i use. There made by artic cooling and there 120x38mm

 

[pkme2]

I have YL 120mm in my cases and for the price and quietness, you can't get better. I'm still using my generic HSFs on my CPUs
My ambient runs between 22C/28C, so my CPU 32C/38C working. Under load 6C more. mobo 26C/33C.

I believe in unrestricted airflow. Adding a 120mm side intake and a top exhaust will greatly make a difference.

 

[acegazda]

I might add more fans later, but I'll jsut start with 2. Any threads/sites that instruct on how to cut the hole in the top and/or side of the case?