Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search
 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
Sun Mar 10, 2013, 07:06 PM Mar 2013

Case Fan Hell

I have a Centurion 690 case, with 4 drives, a DVD, 2 460 GTX's in SLI and an overclocked i5 @ 4.5ghz and an 850w Thermaltake PSU. Now mind you, I expect to have to have fans spinning constantly, and have six of them, but three of them died at the same time. I'm looking for six that are quality fans. They MUST move at least 85cm of air, be below 40 dcb, and be in a 120mm configuration. The two exceptions are the bottom and the side which can take 140mm.

Suggestions? I love Scythe, but those are the two that died on me. Money is as object since I'm not planning on switching to watercooling, but on air, I'd like economical suggestions.

(I'm not counting the CPU fan as one of the case mounts, nor the video card fans, either). Those are a whole other ball game.

I x-posted to gaming, since I have a gaming rig, but I figured there might be folk in here with some ideas on quality fans.

I might add that money is an object behind air flow and decibel level. i. e. if you can find one with high air flow and lesser dcb, I'm willing to spend. I just want something that is a little more lasting than a year.

Latest Discussions»Help & Search»Computer Help and Support»Case Fan Hell