Need advice on two case fans or three.

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Need advice on two case fans or three.

Discussion in 'Off Topic' started by Hauler, Jan 11, 2014.

  1. Kowlefe

    Kowlefe .

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    The 3 series are known to run hotter so that is pretty typical for an OC not on liquid cooling
     
    Kowlefe, Jan 12, 2014
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  2. ILoveBuzzCut

    ILoveBuzzCut .

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    Nah the CPU is never above 60, partly due to the fact that my Hyper212 is always going 100% speed while under load.
     
    ILoveBuzzCut, Jan 12, 2014
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  3. Hauler

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    I will look into the AF series and SP series as well. Those might be a good edition to what I have.


    EDIT: Ya those SP's look good and I think I will get 3 AF 140's and two 120 high performance SP's for my heatsink. Going to be awesome.
     
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    Hauler, Jan 13, 2014
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  4. icebalm

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    80C is actually fine for 660TIs and a 3570k, but if you liquid cool you'll probably shave 30C off of that.
     
    icebalm, Jan 13, 2014
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  5. Hauler

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    So I ended up getting two more of the Bgears because I just couldn't bring myself to spend more on the Corsair AF's that were like 20 a pop at Fry's and I got two 120 high performance SP fans for my cooler. Just oc'd my processor to 4.4 and to my pleasure my temp is staying the same as it did before I got the fans. Over the moon thrilled. Going to try and push it to 4.5 and possibly 4.6 if I can. The only problem is that my motherboard wouldn't run both fans when I plugged them in and so now I just plugged one into my fan controller. Those SP fans are beast. Bgears are also a lot quieter then I was expecting and are doing a fantastic job. My exhaust fan on the back is still stock so when I get some more money I will be getting one more Bgears. The other problem is that one of my fans isn't registering on my fan controller, but that could be because the controller is overburdened with the volts as my fan controller isn't set to handle big time volts. It still controls the speed of the fan, but I just can't see what RPM's its at, but I'm cool with this.

    Thanks for pointing out the SP models as they are absolutely amazing.
     
    Hauler, Jan 14, 2014
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  6. ILoveBuzzCut

    ILoveBuzzCut .

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    Do you have aftermarket coolers on your CPU and GPU(s)?
     
    ILoveBuzzCut, Jan 14, 2014
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  7. John_Holliday

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    John_Holliday, Jan 14, 2014
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  8. ILoveBuzzCut

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    ILoveBuzzCut, Jan 14, 2014
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  9. John_Holliday

    John_Holliday Donating Member

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    Then what you need is a bigger case...try this one on for size:

    http://www.neweggbusiness.com/Product/Product.aspx?gclid=CMmTh_HE_rsCFYkWMgode3oAww&Item=9B-16-129-014&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleBiz&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleBiz-_-pla-_-Server Racks / Cabinets-_-9B-16-129-014&ef_id=UpzgiwAABFB@ldir:20140114204748:s

    That thing is just short of 4 feet tall. Plenty of room for a fan, toaster, porta-potty (for the serious BF4 gamer), and coffee maker...Ohhhh...Plus you can probably mount your mother board, cards, memory, etc, in there too. It's really all about making choices Buzz =-) Plus the internet is FULL of useful things!
     
    John_Holliday, Jan 14, 2014
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  10. ILoveBuzzCut

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    I feel like it would be prone to shortcircuiting my motherboard, do you have any other suggestions?
     
    ILoveBuzzCut, Jan 14, 2014
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