Akasa Viper / Gigabyte MoBo

.Niar said:

Hey guys,
does anybody know if the yellow of the Akasa Viper 140mm fans has the same yellow as the new Gigabyte UltraDurable line? I would really love them as intake fans (need quite a bit of pressure to push the air through the harddrive-cages). If not, which fans would you suggest? I was also looking at the Spectre Pro's from Bitfenix.

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Wraithguard said:

You'll have to be a little more specific with the Gigabyte Motherboard? They are all UD (Ultra Durable)

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Feronix said:

This one (UD5H-BK)? [/QUOTE]

I actually was thinking about one like this and it really looks golden to me (as Wraithguard just mentioned) but as some said they would be yellow i thought they would go nice with the akasa fans..

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.Niar said:

I actually was thinking about one like this and it really looks golden to me (as Wraithguard just mentioned) but as some said they would be yellow i thought they would go nice with the akasa fans..

http://www.caseking.de/shop/catalog/popup_image.php?pID=27520&imgID=1

http://www.caseking.de/shop/catalog/popup_image.php?pID=27499&imgID=1

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Feronix said:

Nah mate, these really do look gold-ish. The Akasa fans are a lot more bright-yellow.

What about Corsair AF fans, buying the mobo, going to a paint shop and find the paint closest to the accents on the motherboard, and then spraying the white rings that come with the fan in that colour?

As I really can't think of any other yellow fans.

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Wraithguard said:

This?

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Feronix said:

Please use the

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button instead of posting twice, thank you

Depends on the situation mate. Normally AF fans would be alright, even with fuller HDD cages. How many drives do you plan to put in this thing? I'd get regular AF fans (quiet editions/ undervolted) unless you plan to completely fill up the case with HDDs.

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.Niar said:

oh shoot i'm sorry, completely forgot about that :s
I'll look the fans up, they look pretty good
there will be 4 drives installed, so the AF fans should be fine?

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Feronix said:

You were getting the Enthoo Pro, right (different thread)?

Should be good, just leave an empty drive caddy between each drive. HDDs don't need that much cooling anyway, mine is tucked all the way up in a 5.25 bay where there's barely any airflow and usually operates at around 35°C.

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.Niar said:

yes, i just fell in love with that case
i wasn't really worried about the hdd temps but more about the general airflow for the vrm's on the mainboard or the graphics card. but should be fine, thank you!

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Feronix said:

It is a very sexy case, especially for the price

Yeah, don't forget that you still have rear/top fans too though, those are a lot closer to the CPU socket area than the front intake ones. Best thing to do would be to set the front and rear as intakes (get a magnetic dustfiler for the rear) and use the AIO as an exhaust.

This way there is positive air pressure within your case which will help keeping the dust out, rather than when you have more exhaust than intake fans, which would then pull the dust into the case.

Also do mount the AIO fans in pull so your rad is easier to clean if you go for convenience. It's very tempting to choose looks and have the fans visible though.

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