Thermaltake Volcano 12

[BeBop]

NICE [edited out] fan... i got it, it installed increidbly easy... its pretty much idiot proof (Except when i took off standard cpu fan i almost ran a flat head through my mobo several times lol) but the thermaltake has a nice clip that holds the flathead in place so it does slip. Comes wiht 2 fan speed controls, one for a 3.5" drive bay and the other for a pci... also has a smart fan to adjust its speed depending on the temperature of the cpu.

Just thought i'd post this incase anyone feels there CPU is a bit high in temp.... mine was running about 130 or so when playing games... its down to 95-105

[Steve]

i think a controller is a must these days, not everyone wants an aroplane engine in their case
the 3 blade fan looks weird but it seems to do the job

[BeBop]

it does wokr great... i seemed to have damaged somethin tho lol cuz the fanspeed worked for about a day then stopped lol... my comp sounded like a prop plane at first, now it sounds like a jet plane

[atholon]

Ahh my friend was running his new case and the Temp was 74 F how nice is that? :P

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Originally posted by BeBop
it does wokr great... i seemed to have damaged somethin tho lol cuz the fanspeed worked for about a day then stopped lol... my comp sounded like a prop plane at first, now it sounds like a jet plane

lmao, im getting a new PC (AMD 64 bit. 3000XP, Geforce 256 graphics ect... how many fans should i get put in?

[BeBop]

a few - more than one in my opinion

[BeBop]

a few - more than one in my opinion

[SFR-LiquidFX]

depends on how much stuff you are going to have in your system how much room you have for fans etc etc etc......too many variables to say. every case is different every system is different.

[Systemkaos]

lol check out my rig and i have 2 in the back but i run with an open case and my temps are pritty low

[Steve]

2 80mm in, 2 80mm out
only have 4 fan brackets :/

[BeBop]

Personally if it was me - im a freak about stuff overheating etc and i dont wanna ruin anything - i'd fill teh case with the most amount of fans it can handle and dont use the standard cpu fan either get a thermaltake (which kickass)

[Steve]

how about watercooling?

[BeBop]

*afraid of electrocuting himself, however foolproof it may be*

[Steve]

hehehe

[SFR-LiquidFX]

if you are not overclocking your system (honestly what's the point of that anyway these days with the speeds we are getting out of the box) there's really no need for watercooling.

[Lakie]

apparently people have been known to rig up liquid notrogen colling cases, although i havent seen any pics/tutorials so it could be a internet myth.

[Steve]

u can cool with liquid nitrogen, but you cant really get a 'system' to do it. i saw some pics of a one of rig that basically involved a bottomless tube filled with the stuff so it was directly on the die. the problem is insulating the rest of the system because the nitrogen will freeze and kill all the other components

[Steve]

Originally posted by SFR-LiquidFX
(honestly what's the point of that anyway these days with the speeds we are getting out of the box)

because in Far Cry my system cant hack Far Cry with all setting on 'very high'. but when i overclock it can. id say that was a pretty good reason? or maybe the fact my processor is now a lot faster than other CPU's that cost twice as much or more