Fans for radiator

[Bungral]

Well my friends... I was having a little look around last night and need some opinions or even better, if some of you have used these fans.

I'm currently running 3 redwing fans on my PA120.3 which is fine for just my Q6700 at 3.6GHz. Thing is these fans run silent at 12v which kinda makes my fan controller pointless. I can make them silent-er...

When / if I dump my GTX 295 in my loop, then it'll start to put a strain on the rad. It'll be fine at idle but when under load or when benching, temps will start to rise, and quickly I think.

My point is that I need to find the fan that just becomes silent (or very near) at 5v and can be as loud and powerful as it likes at 12v. This is where these fans come in:

Quite like the look of this one.. Bit thicker than normal though Yate D12SM-12D

Or the standard version of that fan, the Yate D12SM-12

Or even this, the Scythe Kaze Jyuni 1900RPM Slip Stream

Anyone have any experience of these fans?

 

[moogle]

I had 3 of those Scythe Kaze Jyuni's on an XSPC RS360 rad before. They were very quiet when I turned the speed down but the airflow was still decent. If you want good airflow and lower noise get 38mm fans they'll have better pressure to push the air through your rads.

 

[FarFarAway]

I don't think a 295 will put that much of a strain on a 120.3. Why don't you try it with your current fans then change if temps aren't great?

 

[Bungral]

I don't think a 295 will put that much of a strain on a 120.3. Why don't you try it with your current fans then change if temps aren't great?

Valid point... And will probably do that. Was just thinking of getting everything done at once, but as my rad is external, it's not too much of a job swapping them.

Still need info on the fans just in case though

Also thanks Monkey for the info on the Scythe.. From what you said, the first one will be the one to opt for providing it's quiet.

 

[moogle]

Also thanks Monkey for the info on the Scythe.. From what you said, the first one will be the one to opt for providing it's quiet.

So it's come down to insults now eh :haha:

I'm guessing thats a typo

 

[monkey7]

Am I being confused with someone?

 

[Bungral]

Oopsy... My bad.. Yeah I think I had just read something from Monkey7 and got you mixed up. Sorry about that.

Thanks for the info Moogle!

So it's come down to insults now eh :haha:

I'm guessing thats a typo

Yup... Mistaken

Am I being confused with someone?

 

[soapsupah]

the Scythe is pretty good, but yate loons aswell, so its up to you.

A Delta fan (if you lower its voltage) would be pretty good aswell since it has lots of static pressure, and pulls lot of cfm aswell;

 

[monkey7]

You'd need a beast of a controller to tame a Delta... The last controller reviewed at OC3D which claimed to be able to do that wasn't exactly living up to its promises.

I'd say see what your temperatures are first, then replace the fans. Even if your temps rise 5*C I guess it isn't really a disaster - watercooling keeps the hardware way below the max. temps anyway.

 

[soapsupah]

You'd need a beast of a controller to tame a Delta... The last controller reviewed at OC3D which claimed to be able to do that wasn't exactly living up to its promises.

I'd say see what your temperatures are first, then replace the fans. Even if your temps rise 5*C I guess it isn't really a disaster - watercooling keeps the hardware way below the max. temps anyway.

yeah sadly waited for better results from the fan controller

hmm i didn't payd attention the the 5c thing, but you right, 5c is nothing becase afterall he put a 295 on the loop, that's something like a sandwich of gtx260 (not exactly the 260 anyways..)

the temps are good dude.

 

[de_lenni]

you don't really need to replace the fans, you can also add fans.

by this i mean putting up push-pull configuration, this could help you get those few degrees.