Quiet and effective air cooling

[dengreen1995]

Hi Linus fans! (get the bad joke? *air cooling forum*)

 

i have a stock thermaltake v3 case with a scythe katana 3 type I cpu cooler, as well as a xfx r7970 double d.
i'm planning a fan upgrade because the stock fans on the case and cpu cooler are terrible and noisy.

is a NF-B9 as a fan on the heatsink of the cpu going to work?

are a couple nf-s12 the ideal choice for exhaust fans?

also, i'm not sure where to put the intake fans for optimal cooling. i have places for a bottom intake, a front (lower than gpu) intake and a side intake (about GPU level).

should I use them all? what fans should I use and where?

 

last, and of lesser importance : aesthetics. my current, rubbish, stock fans have pretty LED lights. can any of you recommend a way to light up my PC with green, low energy consumption, lights? 

 

cheers! (:

[Hyydrah]

is a NF-B9 as a fan on the heatsink of the cpu going to work?

are a couple nf-s12 the ideal choice for exhaust fans?

Yes and yes. Just try to use a 140mm fan whenever possible for your case, I can recommend the NF-A14 in case you're interested. (pun intended)

[FloRolf]

Go with the NF-F12 all the way. You also should place the fans everywhere possible for best cooling! :P But take care that you have more filtered intakes than exhaust because of dust and positive air pressure.

[Hyydrah]

Go with the NF-F12 all the way. You also should place the fans everywhere possible for best cooling! :P But take care that you have more filtered intakes than exhaust because of dust and positive air pressure.

The NF-F12 isn't compatible with his cooler.

[FloRolf]

The NF-F12 isn't compatible with his cooler.

 

But as Intake/Exhaust fans. :P

[Hyydrah]

also, i'm not sure where to put the intake fans for optimal cooling. i have places for a bottom intake, a front (lower than gpu) intake and a side intake (about GPU level).

should I use them all? what fans should I use and where?

 

last, and of lesser importance : aesthetics. my current, rubbish, stock fans have pretty LED lights. can any of you recommend a way to light up my PC with green, low energy consumption, lights? 

A 120mm fan in the front and side will be more than adequate for cooling, provided that your fans are well-performing.

 

I'd recommend that you use something like the Bitfenix Alchemy LEDs for lighting up your case.

[Hyydrah]

But as Intake/Exhaust fans. :P

They're not optimized for airflow, whereas the NF-S12As are.

[Akula]

Noctua's are not the only decent fan., just a heads up ;)

Check out Noiseblockers

[FloRolf]

They're not optimized for airflow, whereas the NF-S12As are.

 

Linus just recently said, that pressure optimized fans are good for all places, especially Front intake because of the harddrives etc.

 

 

 

Noctua's are not the only decent fan., just a heads up ;)

Check out Noiseblockers

 

Yes, i can recommend Noiseblocker PL2 aswell! :) (again not for the heatsink because of size)

[Hyydrah]

Linus just recently said, that pressure optimized fans are good for all places, especially Front intake because of the harddrives etc.

 

 

 

 

Yes, i can recommend Noiseblocker PL2 aswell! :) (again not for the heatsink because of size)

Not that the NF-F12s are a bad choice, they simply aren't designed for that sort of use. They're a good choice nonetheless, I just recommend the NF-S12As over the NF-F12s for what he needs them for.

[Hyydrah]

I should add that you should consider using the 120mm Noctua fan as an intake to see how it affects your temperatures. I've heard a lot about high airflow-specified fans not performing well in certain situations while the Noctua fans I've seen haven't had these issues.

[dengreen1995]

I thought about using the NF-F12s for the front and bottom intake because of the HDDs and the case sitting not very high above the ground and using NF-S12As for the exhaust fans, and a side intake.

by the way, the CPU cooler fan is pushing air through the heatsink to the back of the case, is it not recommended that i put an exhaust fan directly above the area where the CPU fan is getting his intake? 

[boggle4321]

NF-F12 id you dont care about the look of them, but id your like me and you do care, you should go with corsair sp or af fans

[dengreen1995]

I am getting either orange or green lighting to get it to match my RAZER Blackwidow ultimate or the fans.

 

how big is the performance/noise level gap between the corsair and the noctua fans?