How many fan in your case? - Page 2

Esturk · January 16th, 2003

Quote:

Originally posted by Sampah

This "DUST" makes me clean my PC once per month.

Speaking of dust! Wow, I just opened my case up today to put my old Voodoo 3 back in (Stupid Geforce overlay). And there sure were a lot of dust bunnies in there! Gave it a good clean and everything is nice and clean. For now. The nice thing was the temperature in my case is actually quite cool. Good airflow too. The dust is not a big deal when you clean it once and a while and make sure that your fans are not clogged up.

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Ali · January 16th, 2003

Dust sure is a big issue if you don't even install casing fans, with fans the rate increases to double (for dust pile up), so what I do is take a Vaccum Cleaner, put the thin hose infront of it and blow the dust out of the case, for heavy blow I even remove the blowing machine of the vaccum from the dust chamber

. If dust is not cleaned then the fans start making even more noise.

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Gamer1 · January 16th, 2003

I have extreme cooling for mine. a volcano 9, and 4 more case fans (the same case fans used in the volcano 9). and i have all of them blowing into the case. I have an exhaust fan right under my voodoo 3 (i'm too cheap).

since my comp is fairly new, no dust yet. but for my other comps... it need its semi annual appointment with the vacuum.

*i thought i was the only person who cleans the comp with the vaccum

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Neo_ZX · January 16th, 2003

As I recall aren't you NOT supposed to use a vacuum on your computer? From what I remember, a charge builds up at the end of the hose where the sucking takes place. That could potentially damange sensitive components. Oh the case itself it's not a big deal but you probably won't want to be doing that on any PCBs.

I guess that's why they have compressed air but some say that it leaves a residue when you use it. Seems that you just can't win.

I have to admit though, I have vacuumed my PC several times just out of sheer laziness to go some other (safer) route.

Gamer1 · January 16th, 2003

static is suppose to build up. but how can static end up in the plastic hose? really, even if you know what you are doing, it won't matter. That's why the case is made out of metal so that if there was a wiring fault, electricity goes to a path of less resistance (which is the case) and the case acts as a ground.

I remember this because i have a whole class about computer hardware. and we had a whole week about electricity and damage static would do.

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January 16th, 2003

You can actually see my Cooling setup in this thread. my heatsink is fairly large. But its still alluminom.

http://www.ngemu.com/forums/showthre...threadid=30846

**Betamax** · January 16th, 2003

Quote:

Originally posted by Shiori
I think it's cheaper (and less complex) to just get an old server or full tower case You can usually get those from offices phasing out old equipment, or even from Uni.

I know

. I originally got this case by pulling it out of the skip at the back of craigavon hospital.

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Exodus · January 16th, 2003

yeah, but the pride factor is a lot higher with a home-made solution, no?

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PrTv · January 26th, 2003

Me...?

I have totally 9 fans in my case.

1,2,5,3 Is Case fans
4 Is for HDD
6 Is for NorthBridge
7,8 Is PSU fans
9 Is For Cpu (Delta 6800 RPM ... SO NOISYYYY)

Do you think i'am crazy ?

I don't know , but if you live in (so) HOT country like me and want to keep your system cool (Without AIRCON) , I think you don't have so much choice but adding fan in your case. :rockets:

So.... How many fan you have in your case ?

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Hanamichi · January 26th, 2003

I remember a similar thread from sometime ago.
Anyways, mine's with 10 Fans.
4 intakes, 3 exhausts, 1 stock Intel fan blowing the primary HDD, 1 in the PSU and 1 Volcano7+.
11 If you include the one on the video card.

**Kellicros** · January 26th, 2003

Uh... why do you need that many of fans...? I only have 1 blowing my processor, I may inlcude the other one blowing my video card. My cpu and system temperature stays 40-50c all the time...

EDIT: I live in the same place as Han, you can say it's a hot country...

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**Kane** · January 26th, 2003

I have.....
My PSU fan, my CPU fan, a front mounted case fan, and a CD rom cooling fan. I don't live in a hot country...

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Auri87 · January 26th, 2003

1 intake
1 exaust
volcano 7+
one on my video card
2 in power supply
1 for each of my hard drives (2 hard drives)
one on my chipset

so 9 in total but it seems like i only have one fan since the volcano mutes out all the other ones lol

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JAZ · January 26th, 2003

Mines allways overclocked (right now I have a 1400@1752) but I dont have loads of fans :eek:
I've got 1 on my mobo chipset (that hardly counts though as its so small)
1 on my G4, 2 in my psu, a delta 8000rpm on my cpu, I also have an intake and an out blower but there not plugged in.
Im sick of the delta but Im not ready to run a cpu at stock so I can use a quiet fan so Im considering building myself a watercool setup.
Has anyone else here used watercooling? I might have some questions for anyone who has (how easy are they to live with, do they need constant maintence etc).

**Betamax** · January 26th, 2003

9 here as well:

1x cpu fan
1x gfx card fan
1x extractor mounted on case near cpu
2x front inlet (bottom)
2x rear exhaust (top)
Dual 300W PSU Setup. Hence one fan in each of the 2 PSU's.

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Battousai · January 26th, 2003

Nothing beats my configuration: I have a large electric fan blowing at my PC at all times!

I've got this really cool problem with my motherboard. About 6 months ago, a large 4700uF capacitor in the mobo got busted and whenever my PC remains on for about just 5 minutes, it resets and never boots again. So I have to wait for about a few days before I can use my PC again. So replaced the capacitor, but it didn't fix the problem, thus the electric fan.

The setup is really clunky so I'm thinking of adding the two extra fans I have from my old processors instead of the large electric fan.
So my question is: how do I tap supply for the extra fans from the power cables?

Thanks

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Sampah · January 27th, 2003

I got...let see a processor fan, graphics card fan, two casing fan, oh yeah and one very big fan(as big as my casing) beside my casing.

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January 27th, 2003

PrTv, I don't think you're crazy at all. I have 6 fans and a blower in my case and where I live (California USA) isn't nearly as hot as where you are. It seems that one can never have enough cooling.
But since there was just a similar thread on this very subject posted recently, I'm going to merge the two threads.
sincerely,
sx/amiga

Last edited by sxamiga; January 27th, 2003 at 05:49.

Battousai · January 27th, 2003

Um, where do I connect the wires from the cooling fans?

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Blebekblebek · January 27th, 2003

um...

well besides the fan for CPU and VGA

i got 2 add on FAN

1. To remove heat from PSU (i put it behind CDROM)
2. to remove heat from CPU

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January 16th, 2003	#22 (permalink)
Ali CoLD InSiDE Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Somewhere Posts: 2,615	Dust sure is a big issue if you don't even install casing fans, with fans the rate increases to double (for dust pile up), so what I do is take a Vaccum Cleaner, put the thin hose infront of it and blow the dust out of the case, for heavy blow I even remove the blowing machine of the vaccum from the dust chamber. If dust is not cleaned then the fans start making even more noise. __________________ AMD Athlon XP 2100 @ 1.75 Ghz Gigabyte GA-7VA.XP VIA K400 1.25GB PC3200 System Ram ChainTech GeForCe4 TI 4200 128MB Creative SB Live! 5.1 2x WD Caviar 120GBs and -Rom1 Maxtor 40GB LiteON 16x DVD-Rw WindowsXP Professional-SP2 & Mandrake Linux

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January 16th, 2003	#23 (permalink)
Gamer1 Anti-Brand Loyalist Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Its too dark to tell... Posts: 3,241	I have extreme cooling for mine. a volcano 9, and 4 more case fans (the same case fans used in the volcano 9). and i have all of them blowing into the case. I have an exhaust fan right under my voodoo 3 (i'm too cheap). since my comp is fairly new, no dust yet. but for my other comps... it need its semi annual appointment with the vacuum. i thought i was the only person who cleans the comp with the vaccum __________________ Iris: (Proc:Intel Pentium4 2.8Ghz w/ HT UNLOCKED* @ 15x200) (Mobo: Asus P4C800-E) (RAM: Corsair XMS 2x512MB DDR400) (HDD 1: Seagate 80GB, 8MB Buffer, 7200 RPM) (Disk Drive 1: Lite-On 16x DVD Burner 1673S) (GFX Card: Radeon 9800 All-In-Wonder Pro 128MB) (Sound Card: Sound Blaster Audigy) Morrigan: (Proc:AMD Athlon 2500+ @ 11x200) (Mobo: Asrock K7V88) (RAM: Corsair XMS 512MB DDR400) (HDD 1: Seagate 80GB, 8MB Buffer, 7200 RPM) (Disk Drive 1: NEC 16x DVD Burner 3200AG) (GFX Card: Radeon 920064MB) (Sound Card: Sound Blaster Live! 5.1)

January 16th, 2003	#24 (permalink)
Neo_ZX Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 186	As I recall aren't you NOT supposed to use a vacuum on your computer? From what I remember, a charge builds up at the end of the hose where the sucking takes place. That could potentially damange sensitive components. Oh the case itself it's not a big deal but you probably won't want to be doing that on any PCBs. I guess that's why they have compressed air but some say that it leaves a residue when you use it. Seems that you just can't win. I have to admit though, I have vacuumed my PC several times just out of sheer laziness to go some other (safer) route.

January 16th, 2003	#25 (permalink)
Gamer1 Anti-Brand Loyalist Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Its too dark to tell... Posts: 3,241	static is suppose to build up. but how can static end up in the plastic hose? really, even if you know what you are doing, it won't matter. That's why the case is made out of metal so that if there was a wiring fault, electricity goes to a path of less resistance (which is the case) and the case acts as a ground. I remember this because i have a whole class about computer hardware. and we had a whole week about electricity and damage static would do. __________________ Iris: (Proc:Intel Pentium4 2.8Ghz w/ HT UNLOCKED @ 15x200) (Mobo: Asus P4C800-E) (RAM: Corsair XMS 2x512MB DDR400) (HDD 1: Seagate 80GB, 8MB Buffer, 7200 RPM) (Disk Drive 1: Lite-On 16x DVD Burner 1673S) (GFX Card: Radeon 9800 All-In-Wonder Pro 128MB) (Sound Card: Sound Blaster Audigy) Morrigan: (Proc:AMD Athlon 2500+ @ 11x200) (Mobo: Asrock K7V88) (RAM: Corsair XMS 512MB DDR400) (HDD 1: Seagate 80GB, 8MB Buffer, 7200 RPM) (Disk Drive 1: NEC 16x DVD Burner 3200AG) (GFX Card: Radeon 920064MB) (Sound Card: Sound Blaster Live! 5.1)

January 16th, 2003	#26 (permalink)
ChrisRay Guest Posts: n/a	You can actually see my Cooling setup in this thread. my heatsink is fairly large. But its still alluminom. http://www.ngemu.com/forums/showthre...threadid=30846

January 16th, 2003	#28 (permalink)
Exodus ...and now they do. Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Null Posts: 16,836	yeah, but the pride factor is a lot higher with a home-made solution, no? __________________ No, I don't like anime, Street Fighter, Japanese music or download video game music. Yes, I know, I'm weird.

January 26th, 2003	#30 (permalink)
Hanamichi Crotally Tazy Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Malaysia Posts: 4,578	I remember a similar thread from sometime ago. Anyways, mine's with 10 Fans. 4 intakes, 3 exhausts, 1 stock Intel fan blowing the primary HDD, 1 in the PSU and 1 Volcano7+. 11 If you include the one on the video card.

January 26th, 2003	#31 (permalink)
Kellicros Administrator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Posts: 7,719	Uh... why do you need that many of fans...? I only have 1 blowing my processor, I may inlcude the other one blowing my video card. My cpu and system temperature stays 40-50c all the time... EDIT: I live in the same place as Han, you can say it's a hot country... __________________ Kellicros' DeviantArt Last edited by Evil Squall; January 26th, 2003 at 15:53.

January 26th, 2003	#32 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,305	I have..... My PSU fan, my CPU fan, a front mounted case fan, and a CD rom cooling fan. I don't live in a hot country... __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

January 26th, 2003	#33 (permalink)
Auri87 aka. "Kr0nic_2000" Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: If i told you then i would have to kill you... Posts: 2,166	1 intake 1 exaust volcano 7+ one on my video card 2 in power supply 1 for each of my hard drives (2 hard drives) one on my chipset so 9 in total but it seems like i only have one fan since the volcano mutes out all the other ones lol __________________ If you're lying to me, I'll kill ya. If I think you're lying to me, I'll kill ya. If you leave anything out, I'll kill ya. As a matter of fact you're gonna have to work very hard to stay alive. Do you understand? Good, cause if you don't, I'll kill ya. "trying is the first step towards failure" -Homer Simpson- check out my 3d marks http://service.madonion.com/compare?2k1=4481587

January 26th, 2003	#34 (permalink)
JAZ Nintendo Zealot Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: UK Posts: 1,425	Mines allways overclocked (right now I have a 1400@1752) but I dont have loads of fans :eek: I've got 1 on my mobo chipset (that hardly counts though as its so small) 1 on my G4, 2 in my psu, a delta 8000rpm on my cpu, I also have an intake and an out blower but there not plugged in. Im sick of the delta but Im not ready to run a cpu at stock so I can use a quiet fan so Im considering building myself a watercool setup. Has anyone else here used watercooling? I might have some questions for anyone who has (how easy are they to live with, do they need constant maintence etc).

January 26th, 2003	#35 (permalink)
Betamax Resident Movie Critic Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Posts: 9,508	9 here as well: 1x cpu fan 1x gfx card fan 1x extractor mounted on case near cpu 2x front inlet (bottom) 2x rear exhaust (top) Dual 300W PSU Setup. Hence one fan in each of the 2 PSU's. __________________ Superior marketing of an inferior product will always win over inferior marketing of a superior product.

January 26th, 2003	#36 (permalink)
Battousai Team Korea Player Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 125	Nothing beats my configuration: I have a large electric fan blowing at my PC at all times! I've got this really cool problem with my motherboard. About 6 months ago, a large 4700uF capacitor in the mobo got busted and whenever my PC remains on for about just 5 minutes, it resets and never boots again. So I have to wait for about a few days before I can use my PC again. So replaced the capacitor, but it didn't fix the problem, thus the electric fan. The setup is really clunky so I'm thinking of adding the two extra fans I have from my old processors instead of the large electric fan. So my question is: how do I tap supply for the extra fans from the power cables? Thanks System specs: Lowly Duron 850, MS-6330 Lite ATX VA (VIA KT133 chipset). __________________ Step 1: SS right Step 2: Left Flamingo Stance Step 3: SS right Step 4: Punish BT opponent Step 5: I'm scrubby

January 27th, 2003	#37 (permalink)
Sampah The Handsome Man Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Unlucky Place Posts: 886	I got...let see a processor fan, graphics card fan, two casing fan, oh yeah and one very big fan(as big as my casing) beside my casing. __________________ PROCESSOR: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ @1.8Ghz RAM: Kingstone 512MB PC3200 MOBO: ECS Nforce4 A939 VGA: Pixelview Geforce 6600GT (Golden Limited Edition) 128MB OS: WinXP pro Service pack 2

January 27th, 2003	#38 (permalink)
sxamiga Guest Posts: n/a	PrTv, I don't think you're crazy at all. I have 6 fans and a blower in my case and where I live (California USA) isn't nearly as hot as where you are. It seems that one can never have enough cooling. But since there was just a similar thread on this very subject posted recently, I'm going to merge the two threads. sincerely, sx/amiga Last edited by sxamiga; January 27th, 2003 at 05:49.

January 27th, 2003	#39 (permalink)
Battousai Team Korea Player Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 125	Um, where do I connect the wires from the cooling fans? __________________ Step 1: SS right Step 2: Left Flamingo Stance Step 3: SS right Step 4: Punish BT opponent Step 5: I'm scrubby

January 27th, 2003	#40 (permalink)
Blebekblebek Kelelep di Laut Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Banjarmasin [Indonesia] Posts: 149	um... well besides the fan for CPU and VGA i got 2 add on FAN 1. To remove heat from PSU (i put it behind CDROM) 2. to remove heat from CPU __________________ ~ Blebekblebek ~ 500x130, 25k max