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[AzN]

Hey, I was wondering what and how many LED fans I should get, because I'm overclocking my system and the case only comes with 2 120mm's and 1 90mm. Any ideas? My case is a Thermaltake VA3000 Dream Tower Black Tsunami VA3000BWA ATX Case with Transparent X type side panel window.

[gokusimpson]

How high are u ocing? 2 120's are a good start. Theres a fan on the side right? Put the one in the back and side to output. The one in the front to input. It should be like that already. If you want quiet, try vantec stealth fans. If you want max cooling with max noise, get none other than tornadoes.

[AzN]

Im gonna o/c pretty high, but not high like taking 4-5 years away from my system. How loud are the tornadoes? Whisper or like one of those hand-held fans you can buy at the $1 store?

[gokusimpson]

Tornadoes are the loudest fans you can get. Just damned loud. Stealth fans...I have 2... are supposed to be very quiet. Try looking around for the decibels and stuff. I can't tell you how quiet they are cuz my other fans cover up the "silence".

[AzN]

So, if dont get a LED fan, I should get a cold cathode light right? Cuz I want lights.

[gokusimpson]

Ok, fine. w/e u want.

[ElrichMeister]

tornados are too loud to be case fans, theyre are mainly used for CPU fans, and they sound a little lower than a blow dryer.

[in54n3]

youd think they would be able to damper that some how.....

[bluegreenshxt]

LOL?!?!

the tsunami comes with a full compliment of fans...you dont need any more...and one or two of them are led fans..enough to give you lights...

keep the fan on the side as intake..taht gives your cpu heatsink fan cool air...

even if you overclock...its like that your comp'll be way outdated before it dies...(5+ years??...of course im assuming you overclock safely...) just get a xp120 with a decent fan...as long as you dont go over 55-60 degrees underload you're fine...most prebuilt comps run at 60-65 degrees load at anyrate..and they dont die that fast...