static or air flow fans?

[rlcastro]

i remember linus saying that static pressure are better than air flow fans, is that true?

 

will there be a downside if i go with static pressure fans for case ventilation? Louder?

 

if the front fans have filters and hdd blocking it, will the sp fans perform better?

[CoolBeans]

Static for rads, air flow for cases

[Excon]

His point was by the time you have something like a filtered intake and a drive cage like most cases do that you should be getting fans that have a good pressure rating. His opinion also is that they are more versatile and can be used anywhere and I generally agree with that.

[Saladin]

Depends on the case, if the case has fine mesh or a good filter you are probably better off with static pressure fans.

[rlcastro]

His point was by the time you have something like a filtered intake and a drive cage like most cases do that you should be getting fans that have a good pressure rating. His opinion also is that they are more versatile and can be used anywhere and I generally agree with that.

 

the case that i will be using is arc mini r2 which have filters on the front and ill probably put some hd beside the front fans. So i should probably get sp fans then.

 

How bout for exhaust, does it matter?

[Kayn]

the case that i will be using is arc mini r2 which have filters on the front and ill probably put some hd beside the front fans. So i should probably get sp fans then.

 

How bout for exhaust, does it matter?

What I would do is get a fan that has some static pressure and some air flow. I like Silverstone AP121/122/123 because it has decent static pressure and it has a channeling feature, really nice fans. For exhaust I would go with air flow fans.

 

Also unless you have a large amounts of HDD remove the top hard drive cage and you'll get even more air flow.