Case Cooling Fans and Techniques

[duramax]

I am in need of a Rockin' case fan. I have been trying to find a fan that will move 70 cfm. That is very difficult without going up to a 120mm fan. I only have one fan slot on my puter and need MORE AIRFLOW!! HELP!! I don't want to cut my case or mod it in any way but need more air.

Thank you for your assistance.
DuraMax

Specs on my System:

AMD Athlon XP 2600+ OC'd 3200
768 MB DDR PC2100
NVidia GeForce FX 5600 DDR 256 MB
52X24X52 CD burner
WinTV tuner Card
160 GB Maxtor HD w/ Awesome HD cooler

[jerrygarcia]

What size? 80mm? If so, and noise isn't a concern, the Vantec Tornado moves 84.1 cfm. It is quite loud I've heard through the forums.


$14.99 + $6.00 s/h @ Newegg

Vantec Tornado

TD8038H
80X80X38 mm
175 g
12V
9.1 W
0.76 Amp
5700 RPM
84.1 CFM
55.2 dB(A)
Double Ball Bearing

[daveleau]

Thermaltake has a fant hat will do this at 80mm.

75.7 CFM at 4800rpm

Thermaltake SMART CASE FAN II WITH “COOLMOD”
http://www.thermaltake.com/products/...an2coolMod.htm

You can get it at SVC (good reseller!) for $15.
http://www.svc.com/thersmarcasf1.html

48db at 4800 rpms!

[duramax]

Wow! What a fast reply, THANK YOU! that was just what I am looking for!!

BTW the size of the fan already there is an 80mm x 80mm

Thanks again,

DuraMax

[NDC]

I'm running one of those TT Smart Fan IIs and those things are loud at full speed! Lucky thing they come with a speed controller.

[pinoy87]

My bro has both a thermaltake smart fan II and a vantec tornado both 80mm. For some reason it feels like theres a big difference between the thermaltake and vantec in how much air it "feels" like their moving. It feels like the vantec pushes a lot more. Feels like twice more IMO.

[NDC]

It could be due to the angle of the fans. Same RPM and Size doesn't mean it's going to provide the same CFM...

[duramax]

Originally posted by pinoy87
My bro has both a thermaltake smart fan II and a vantec tornado both 80mm. For some reason it feels like theres a big difference between the thermaltake and vantec in how much air it "feels" like their moving. It feels like the vantec pushes a lot more. Feels like twice more IMO.

Stupid question... but what is IMO?

[jerrygarcia]

In My Opinion.

[pinoy87]

NDC,

The cfm of the thermaltake smart fan II are 75.7cfm and the vantec tornado are 84.1cfm. Not a big difference yet it feels like the vantec is pushing about twice more than the thermaltake. I just put my hand about 3 inches away from the front of the fans.