It's time to go fan shopping!!

[Pneumatic]

Originally posted by WyWyWyWy
Me now cpu 39C mobo 25C.
But I dont have a case so dont compare with mine.

My friend has a PC-7 (which is about the same with PC-60 except mobo tray), and his case temp is about 28 constantly.

Is your PSU dual fan?

EDIT:
Or is yours a VIA chipset? It is hotter.

I have a 430 watt Enermax power supply and yes, it's dual fan.

I am running a Soyo Dragon mother board with an XP1800+ .

[Kooldino]

Topha - I like the unique fin design on those fans.


Too bad they don't make the fans with the magnets on the "outside" (as opposed to center) in 80mm yet. :-(

[yjanni]

Those Verax-fans look über-cööl

I am often amused when hearing stories about modders adding
multiple small fans, complaining about the noise and then dropping v0ltage fed to the fan, from which higher case temps follow, and more fans are added.. which create more noise and so on..

For as quiet case as possible use as large fans as you can. And
run those large fans on as low rounds-per-minute as possible.
80mm*80mm is the minimum size, with 120mm fans@ around 1000 rpm being pretty nice. Like this one:

http://www.comairrotron.com/DCFans/Flight120.htm

Yeah and always remember axial fans suck/pull air out not push
into case... just my 2 cents tho

PS: Dont beleive whatever those dB ratings are thats 99% bunch of crap

[Topha]

As far as I know those verax fans produce 19dB, which is not as low as the 12 that the pabst fans claim, but thats just a claim.

19dB is about 1dB above the hearing limit, if i remember one of those reviews correctly

[Greebe]

I am often amused when hearing stories about modders adding multiple small fans, complaining about the noise and then dropping v0ltage fed to the fan, from which higher case temps follow, and more fans are added.. which create more noise and so on..

That's because they don't recieve their advice from here

For as quiet case as possible use as large fans as you can. And run those large fans on as low rounds-per-minute as possible.

as has been mentioned in tens of posts found in this forum over the last few years.

BTW that's Revolutions Per Second (RPM

[WyWyWyWy]

Originally posted by yjanni
For as quiet case as possible use as large fans as you can. And
run those large fans on as low rounds-per-minute as possible.
80mm*80mm is the minimum size, with 120mm fans@ around 1000 rpm being pretty nice. Like this one:
http://www.comairrotron.com/DCFans/Flight120.htm

Don't forget the deepness!!
I heard someone using Delta fans 38mm deep (the noisest fans) with 5V line and having good results. Unlike normal fans, Delta fans have start voltage of 3V instead of 6.6V.

[Wombat]

Originally posted by WyWyWyWy
Anyway, 32C is too high a case temp I think.

I disagree. It's a pretty damn low temperature.

25C? My ROOM isn't even that cold.

[Greebe]

Wombat's correct.

Not to mention this is not measuring actual internal case air temps but the chipset in most cases.

During the summer months here (LOL 9 months of the year) with an indoor air temp of ~27c, I'm doing good to get 35c.

[Paddy]

I have the same case as you technoid, my temps are ~32'C

[WyWyWyWy]

Ok my room temp is around 19C and I dont have a case so I said dont compare with mine.

But my flatmate's PC-7 + A7S333 is reporting 28C, give or take 1C.

[Paddy]

aye, but Cardiff is a bit nippy at the moment!

[Novdid]

My case temp is also slightly above 30.