What fans are you guys using?

[Nickeleye]

Right now I'm using all generic case fans. One intake, two rear exhaust, and two in my power supply. However, I just bought 5 new 80mm (21db, 24 CFM) to replace the three case fans and two PSU fans. I also cut out the grill covers covering all of these fans to allow better airflow and less noise.

[AstrumPreliator]

I have 2 80mm CM fans, one intake, one exhaust. Then I have an 80mm cpu heatsink fan (pushes some massive air). Then I have a fan on my GeForce 4 ti4600 of course =).

[ektay]

old neodins 80mm made in 91 i like it cause it a dual barring fan the first iv seen or found and if u run it at 17v u can get 71 cfm from it thats for the cpu i also have 4 80mm ,2 90mm and one 60mm on the radeon thats all. i have one of thoes new led 80mm fans its blue just dont know where to put it yet. i did have it on the hs for the cpu untill i tweaked the neodins 80mm for it

[Uglymonk]

Those led fans look sweet in a power supply. Then again my desk faces my door and the tri-color fan is visible from the rest of my room. I had it against a wall and in the dark it looks cool against the wall. I'd just take a pic but its 6 am and im low on caffene and I cant find my camera. If i find it, I'll post a pic.

[FreiDogMU]

some beat up old 6 1/4'' AC powered fan. designed for 220/.175A, on 110 pushes somewhere around 250 CFM.

[ektay]

i would love to see 150cfm little alone 250

[chiefdan85]

3 120's on the top, and 80 in the psu, an 80 on the hdd's and another 120 on the side. All panasonic, this case sounds like a jetliner taking off, but it averages a core temp of 60

[Lem6687]

I just got 3 80mm fans that came with my Cheiftec case.... :)

[folex187]

Are the Panasonic fans loud?? I need one to mount outside my box (80mm probably) but I don't want something thats going to be crazy loud.
-Alex

[SpeedFreak]

4 x 4 Blue LED fans:
1 in front bottom of case
1 in rear next to ATX connectors
1 in Power Supply
1 in Blowhole
32.5cfm each

would be nice if Vantec or Thermalright, etc. would come out with high CFM clear fans with LEDs

[mdcomp]

I got me 3 30cfm fans. 1 50cfm blue led. I also have a sunon 50cfm on my heatsink.

[Anonymous]

- [2] 80mm Y.S. Tech (exhaust)
- [1] 80mm Antec (exhaust)
- [1] 80mm Antec (power supply)
- [2] 80mm Antec (intake)
- [1] 80mm Vantec Tornado (cpu)

Extimated 192CFM case air flow. 276CFM with CPU fan.

Special thanks to SpeedFreak for the Y.S. Tech fans.

[ehswildcats2002]

I have 1 80 mm antec blue LED on the front at the bottom. It is pulling air in. I have a generic 80 mm on the case window. One 80 mm antec blue LED and one generic 80 mm on the back. I also have a Thermaltake volcano 9 for my cpu. It has both blue and red LEDs. I can relate to the guy earlier that says it sounds like a plane taking off. The Thermaltake makes tons of noise, but luckily it has a dial to change the speed.

[Evil_Spork]

2 led fan intakes
2 clear uv painted fans >all 80mm
smartfan2 /

[Kemo Racer]

I recomend ANTEC. Get a tornado fan on the top and an ANTEC heat sensor one for the Hard Drives. Then use 2 Antec fans in the back and one on the side. Get a ANTEC 1080 case for best air ventilation with its front washable filter.

[capdavis]

Crappy defailt alumminum heatsink, and slow fan that came with my Xp 2100+ Im sure ill get a new copper heatsink soon... but the AMD one works good.. Although i have 2 80mm case fans:

[Anonymous]

i've used a 28 cfm y.s tech fan with my 1.51ghz AMD and thermalright sk-7 copper heatsink, and it cooler very very good (under 125 F) for the amound of air it pushes, but i prefer using the vantec tornado, get yourself a fan control though its a loud one.

my AMD Thunderbird chips run A LOT hotter then the new XP chips, with a thermalright slk800 and a 32-35 cfm you'll get very nice results.

[[alpha]pc]

i've got 80mm's all around. two in front, one in back, one on Tt heatsink (plus the two fans in my ps). All are antec fans except for the heatsink fan- they really push the air through my case. they all run quiet except for the Volcano 11 running at full speed.

[capdavis]

On my new system im using a big ol 2 foot fan blown' into the case :lol:

[[alpha]pc]

haven't i seen your pc on a mod site before? has it got a big hole in the side with a large floor fan mounted to it? - awesome cpu temps - just watch out for flying debri! :D

[TomalakBORG]

I'm still using the stock Tt Xaser II fans, but will soon switch to LED lit fans to accent my case

[savethedodobird]

3 stock 80mm case fans, 3 blue svc quad led 80mm case fans and 1 tt smart fan II,

[Cornelius]

2 words (actually one word, but i broke it up)

THERMAL.......TAKE.

-corn

[ss8286]

Right now I've got about 10 fans; 4 of them hooked up to a homemade 3.5" 12v/OFF/5v BayBus. The 80mm case fans are "ColorFan" brand (aka generic) and are sleeve bearing. I would like to upgrade to either Vantec Stealth or Vantec Tornado fans with ball-bearings (they last longer).

Here's how my fans break out
2 80mm intake (generic)
2 80mm exhaust (generic)
3 Fans on Power Supply (Vantec Stealth 520W)
1 Northbridge cooler
1 GPU cooler
1 60mm CPU cooler

http://users.adelphia.net/~ss8286/images/fanswitch/highspeed_thumb.JPG High http://users.adelphia.net/~ss8286/images/fanswitch/lowspeed_thumb.JPG Low
http://www.yoshi.us/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2175

[DRock4WC]

That's a good looking baybus. Go any place in particular for the parts?

[ss8286]

Thanks DRock4WC.
The dual-color (blue/red) LEDs came from FronzenCPU.com (http://www.frozencpu.com/cgi-bin/frozencpu/ele-51.html);
and the DPDT switches came from Mouser.com (www.mouser.com (http://www.mouser.com))

If you build your own BayBus, use 7v for low speed instead of 5v. The additional voltage will move more air and still quiet the fans down.

[DRock4WC]

cool. thanks man