Number of fans?

dartiss · Post by **dartiss** » Tue May 31, 2005 5:53 am

I've posted recently about my planned quiet-PC build. However, I've read a couple of reviews of the PSU that I intend to use (a Nexus NX3500) that suggests that because it uses a under-mounted 120mm fan, then I can get away with no case fans.

I currently intend to back it up with a rear 120mm case fan.. but is it required?

I'm going to be running an AMD Athlon 64bit 3200+, a 300Gb Maxtor hard drive and 2 optical drives within an Alpine EZ-Cool case.

David.

Likif · Post by **Likif** » Tue May 31, 2005 6:37 pm

Which GPU? That's the main other heat producer besides the CPU.

fyi, I used to run a 2400+ (runs hotter than a amd64 3200+), two HDs, and a 9600Pro using only my 120mm Fortron PSU as exhaust, and it worked great. I recently upgraded to a 6600GT GPU, and have added an 80mm Nexus because of this upgrade.

dartiss · Post by **dartiss** » Tue May 31, 2005 11:19 pm

Likif wrote:Which GPU? That's the main other heat producer besides the CPU.

A Sapphire X300 SE. It has 32Mb of memory and has a passive heat sink.

David.

Likif · Post by **Likif** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 7:48 am

I think the PSU fan will be quite enough. The only thing you may want to consider is putting an undervolted fan on the HD, if you're concerned about HD temps. Your call, really.