Cooling Crazy

[Thanatos]

Ok im sick of the loud fans on my pc so i did some serching and found some silenX fans i would need 2x120mm (at 58cfm at 14dBA) and 1x80mm (28cfm at 14dBA) and figured while im at it get a NV silencer 5 but all this comes out to about $80-90. Im i crazy to spend that much on just fans?

[dantheman]

Going from a loud pc to a quiet one is amazing. For some time I had a very loud heatsink and fan on my athlon xp, and then I got a quiet one, and it was well worth it. I don't think your crazy, but those loud fans could make you go crazy.

[NotMyBest2Day]

Well for me, don't really care about noise. Since I've slept in the same room as the rig for the past five years, I can't sleep without the noise from the fans. I'm running six 80mm fans that are supposed to be like 34 dBa each. I don't know how loud it is exactly, but I can still hear the air conditioner over the rig, so it can't be too bad.

There is a limit though. I was messing with a second rig that I pulled out of the trash pile at my dad's work, and it had an Athlon 1333, and the HSF on it was only a 60mm fan, but it was something like 8000rpm. I couldn't hear myself talk over that...that's an example of too loud.

Oh, and I get the cheapest of the cheap fans, too. I get the ones on Newegg where if you buy 10 or more, they're $0.99USD with free shipping. :D

[eli98]

Where you found those 120mm with 58cfm @ 14dba?

[Thanatos]

Company Site (http://www.silenx.com/)
and 120mm Fan (http://www.voyeurmods.com/index.php?action=item&id=462&prevaction=category&previd=7&prevstart=0) cheapest i could find in the us
and 80mm Fan (http://www.voyeurmods.com/index.php?action=item&id=1604&prevaction=category&previd=7&prevstart=0) cheapest i could find in the us

[bluegreenshxt]

Look at Nexus' Fans too. I have their 80mm fans. They are very quiet. I run them at 7v so they make no noise at all.

[Stephane]

I have a 80mm with thermistor and I'm very satisfied.
Bigfoot Computers (http://www.bigfootcomputers.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=1028&Category_Code=700.22)

You can see that I'm using it as my CPU fan, intalled on a Thermaltake Silent 775 heatsink
previous post (http://forum.pcstats.com/showthread.php?t=32869)

[Thanatos]

Well i ordered the SilenX fans today ill update you all when i get them installed.