Handful of cooling questions...

[NoctisReitop]

I'm disappointed in my air flow, and I'm debating buying jet engine fans coupled with a fan controller. Currently, my computer is silent but moves as much air as a square foot section of an air hockey table. I've figured this computer is supposed to be a bit noisy, never silent. That's why I figure this would be a good idea. What do you guys think? This might simply be a bad/pointless idea.
I'm thinking of going Silverstone for my high speed fans: 92mm and 120mm.
The 92mm is a little disappointing on the cfm rating. This is a little better for a 92mm.
(desired specs for the fan would be: As close to 100cfm. Between 40-49dBA)

Will this controller work with regular fans? I'm under the presumption that it will. I really like the idea of running two fans on a single dial: all my fans are in pairs. I have a total of six fans; that'd work perfectly.

[sean126]

I don't know if your overclocking....but if you are, they say you should have negative pressure in your case. which means more air going out than coming in. Just add up your cfm's going in compared to going out. Even if your not overclocking....it still seems like a good idea for better airflow. If your fans have different settings then I'd try the negative airflow thing first and see how that does for you. I have 6 fans also.....the rear two are set on high, the two in front on low, the one inside the case on medium and the one on the side on low. 173cfm coming in....223cfm going out and my temps are well inside the "good range". I have a 89cfm, 134cfm and 4 79cfm's, all with a setting switch.


sounds like you have enough fans....You didn't say "why" you needed better airflow. I presume it's because of your temps. If it's your cpu temps that too high for your liking, then you may want to go with a better cpu cooler first.

If you don't care about noise....there are more powerful fans also. Delta makes some killer fans, all the way up to 200+ cfm. When the antec 1200 comes out I think I'm getting some 150cfm and 120cfm fans myself.

[Elysium]

Hehe, if you what some good fans, check out these: 120 x 38mm NMB Fan - High Power - 112CFM!

[NoctisReitop]

Well, it's not the temps. I can't get coretemps to run. Every time I execute it, it reboots my computer... Odd; but the temps are in the average. I hope they go lower, but that's not the primary reason. It's the fact that, in my novice opinion, the flow = crap. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think I should be able to feel a breeze coming from the exhaust/other side of the intake. I barely feel anything. At best my fans are pushing 20-25 cfm.

[Elysium]

You can't run CoreTemps because you must have a Core 2 Duo CPu for that to run. I think.

[sean126]

What kind of case and case fans you got and do you have them all plugged into your motherboard?

[NoctisReitop]

Originally Posted by sean126

What kind of case and case fans you got and do you have them all plugged into your motherboard?

Case and specs. I've got them all plugged to the PSU. I didn't like any of them turning off, or running at reduced speeds. I've never been able to get accurate ratings on the cfm of the case fans. Meant to call them today and ask, but I fell asleep, and didn't wake up until they were closed =(.

[Elysium]

I would recommend some Thermaltake Thunderblades if you don't care about noise to much.

[Dr. V]

Originally Posted by yellowhello

You can't run CoreTemps because you must have a Core 2 Duo CPu for that to run. I think.

Yep. And for TAT (Intel's "Themal Analysis Tool") you need a Core 2 or any Mobile Intel CPU, but it always reads it as a Mobile anyway.

[Tyreal]

Originally Posted by NoctisReitop

Well, it's not the temps. I can't get coretemps to run. Every time I execute it, it reboots my computer... Odd; but the temps are in the average. I hope they go lower, but that's not the primary reason. It's the fact that, in my novice opinion, the flow = crap. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think I should be able to feel a breeze coming from the exhaust/other side of the intake. I barely feel anything. At best my fans are pushing 20-25 cfm.

You can run coretemp but it will read temps just like any other program. If it is restarting use the old version. It is a known bug in the latest version.