Xp-120

[fatcat1785]

I was wondering will it fit on this board and what fan should I buy for it a Panaflo will be fine or are there any better fans ? Will it be compatible with the AMD 64(754) 2800 or 3000

 

[Mik3y]

yes it will fit, and buy the panaflo fan.

 

[fatcat1785]

Thanks alot.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

"are there any better fans ?"

Depends on what decibel-level rating you're shooting for, and whether your case design and case-mod leaves the fan muffled or exposed.

I looked into the Panaflo's -- what is it ? -- something called a "Hydro-wave" bearing? I thought the air throughput in CFM's didn't give me enough lebensraum, or what's the same thing -- the rpms were too low in providing lower dB's.

Without dumping on the Panaflo's, if you want more CFM's you might look at the SUNON 120mm x 38mm at a CFM of 108 and dB of 42. But that's a heavy fan -- 326 grams. I'm getting ready to try YS Tech's 120x38 with dB(max) of 45 and 125 CFM. It's something just over 200 grams in weight. Those fans have MTBF's of 100,000 hrs and 75,000 respectively.

Figure you can tune down a noisier fan of higher throughput and the noise level will be closer to fans like Panalfo's, but you need to throw a fan-controller into the mix. Oh. And there's no speed-monitoring circuit with the SUNON, at least not with the 120x38mm. Nor with the YS Tech, unless I'm mistaken. You can have fan-monitoring with a 120x25mm Sunon at 90 to 98 CFMs, and a Silverstone 120x25mm at 105 CFM and a slight motor whine at full-throttle.

A lot of the noise in the quieter selections of these fans is air-turbulence. But I have to turn off my TV just to hear my computer running with the big Sunon, and it's mostly like an Air-conditioner vent -- "Sshhhhhh . . . . "

But people with a different noise and heat tolerance swear by the Panaflo line. Hey! It's "Panasonic" -- right?

 

[fatcat1785]

Thank's, great info.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

http://www.buyextras.com/bpa12dc12vba.html

86.5 CFM is nothing to sneeze at. Also, I've discovered that you can push more and more air through the fins creating greater air-pressure, but the minimum idle temps bottom out at a certain level regardless of the room-temperature -- that is, you might show CPU at 77F whether the room value is 70 or 63F. The higher CFMs ought to drop your maximum load temperature reduce the difference.

 

[fatcat1785]

So is this Panaflow the same as the one that you listed on second post?
http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/fan-18.html

 

[BW86]

Originally posted by: fatcat1785
So is this Panaflow the same as the one that you listed on second post?
http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/fan-18.html

yes

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Hmmm. Price difference = $0.95. If you're not in New York, likely no tax, but there's shipping. I can't remember where BuyExtras ships from.

FrozenCPU often offers a discount with two or more of same item. Yup! 2 for $26.

 

[fatcat1785]

I live in Cali and the tax is .825%, buying a whole computer system is a pain in the butt.