Okay i'm getting ready to build a little testbed for my coolants all pending a letter thats in the mail right now and well i had planned to use 3 aerocool xtreame fans the ones that push like 90CFM each and set them up on a PA 120.3 rad. Well after coolant tests are done i don't want the 200.00 worth of computer cooling components to go into a university closet and never see the light of day again. My solution i'm canabalizing the parts but the problem is that 3 32db fans added on top my my other 3 30db fans is gonna be a little loud... so my solution fan controller.

Now the problem i run into there is that those aerocool fans will only operate down to 10.2 V... Not much adjustment. I'm looking at building my own one dial fan controller to tame them down, seperate couple of dials for the other fans in the case as well. The thing i'm looking for is what is going to be the best fan for high CFM and adjustability with a potentiometer. I don't want PWM cause the fans i have in my case are all LED and i don't want blinky red lights all night since this thing is 5 feet from my bed and head level. So ideas?

Hey man this fans kick azz and can be used on a speed controller! I have them on top of my GTS steath 360! Running on a 12v-5v switch!! Works really good!! Even turned up at 12V there still really quite.. and push almost 90CFM





matt



EDIT: They say on that site that they are 79CFM but on the back of the box it says 87CFM ??? HUmmm

you are buying a set of aerocool xtremes for a PA 120.3, why not the HE model it has a much better tolerance to high CFM fans, i think thats whatits made for

anyhow soundscool, any 12v switch from homedepotwill work, might need to add a few electronic thingys for the 12v-10vthing but im sure someone elsecan help you in that catogory, im no electrician.

Quote: Originally Posted by s1ugh34d you are buying a set of aerocool xtremes for a PA 120.3, why not the HE model it has a much better tolerance to high CFM fans, i think thats whatits made for anyhow soundscool, any 12v switch from homedepotwill work, might need to add a few electronic thingys for the 12v-10vthing but im sure someone elsecan help you in that catogory, im no electrician.

When u read the HE model i think is in the same general area for fan tolerance but i also want good cooling when i want to run them alot slower too. Besides i won't notice a difference in my cooling loop i just a wee amd 2800+ clawhammer OCed to 2.4 and a ASUS 6600 GPU that i want to cool its overkill but i like it