Placing and usage of my mixed fan collection.
Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2014 2:42 pm
Hi all!
I´m hoping you can help me skip a lot of trial and error here:
Currently, I am using a Fractal Design define R3.
Inside i have 3 3.5" HDDs and 1 2,5" ssd, the harddrives are placed around the fan airflow in the dual 120mm fan front mountings (as best they can)
the ssd however is placed in the middle of one of the fan mountings since i had run out of peripheral placing spaces.
Sadly the HDD cage is placed close behind the front fans and solid the entire length up to the 5,25" drive bays.
Graphics card is a HD5850 cooled with Arctic Cooling Accelero Twin Turbo Pro. This is, though fairly quiet, dumping hot air inside the case and likely the main heat source in the case.
Cpu is a 80W TDP Xeon E5430, which will soon be cooled by a BeQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 (dual tower using 2 Silent Wings 2 fans)
PSU is Antec Earthwatts 500, taking in air in the front (inside the case) and (of course) exhausting through the rear, placed in the bottom of the case.
Ambient room temp is ~22c inside case seems to report ~25-30c
Fan placements in the case (all 120mm) are: 2 in front, bottom and middle, 1 in bottom right in front of the psu. 1 in the traditional high rear placement.
Additionaly i can remove sound proofing plates, 1 on the side and 2 in the roof (middle and rear)
This however i suspect will give acoustic drawbacks.
Case Fans to my disposal are (all120mm):
2x Fractal Design silent series R2 (came with the case)
2X Nexus Real Silent
2X Noctua NF-S12B FLX
1x Fractal Design silent series (1 or 2) 1000 rpm
1X Cooler master whatever fan is bundles with the Hyper 212 Plus cooler
1X BeQuiet! Silent Wings 2 (This should be a given case fan no?)
Additionaly i have 2 pcs of 3 way mobo header splitters (mobo can supply adequate power) and a bunch of resistors (5 and 9v) + the PCI fan controller that came with the case modded into the front.
Now to the question:
For the most silent operation,
Which fans should i use, in what places, and at what speed?
I´m hoping you can help me skip a lot of trial and error here:
Currently, I am using a Fractal Design define R3.
Inside i have 3 3.5" HDDs and 1 2,5" ssd, the harddrives are placed around the fan airflow in the dual 120mm fan front mountings (as best they can)
the ssd however is placed in the middle of one of the fan mountings since i had run out of peripheral placing spaces.
Sadly the HDD cage is placed close behind the front fans and solid the entire length up to the 5,25" drive bays.
Graphics card is a HD5850 cooled with Arctic Cooling Accelero Twin Turbo Pro. This is, though fairly quiet, dumping hot air inside the case and likely the main heat source in the case.
Cpu is a 80W TDP Xeon E5430, which will soon be cooled by a BeQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 (dual tower using 2 Silent Wings 2 fans)
PSU is Antec Earthwatts 500, taking in air in the front (inside the case) and (of course) exhausting through the rear, placed in the bottom of the case.
Ambient room temp is ~22c inside case seems to report ~25-30c
Fan placements in the case (all 120mm) are: 2 in front, bottom and middle, 1 in bottom right in front of the psu. 1 in the traditional high rear placement.
Additionaly i can remove sound proofing plates, 1 on the side and 2 in the roof (middle and rear)
This however i suspect will give acoustic drawbacks.
Case Fans to my disposal are (all120mm):
2x Fractal Design silent series R2 (came with the case)
2X Nexus Real Silent
2X Noctua NF-S12B FLX
1x Fractal Design silent series (1 or 2) 1000 rpm
1X Cooler master whatever fan is bundles with the Hyper 212 Plus cooler
1X BeQuiet! Silent Wings 2 (This should be a given case fan no?)
Additionaly i have 2 pcs of 3 way mobo header splitters (mobo can supply adequate power) and a bunch of resistors (5 and 9v) + the PCI fan controller that came with the case modded into the front.
Now to the question:
For the most silent operation,
Which fans should i use, in what places, and at what speed?