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Changing Fans worth it?

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Harlequin76

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Hello,

I wanted to ask if its worth it to changes the fans in the h80 I have with Akasa Apache fans?they are ultra silent and I heard they are good? are there better alternatives? or should i just say with the corsair h80?

Many Thanks!
Harlequin76
 
Are you seeing limitations in the cooling performance? Is it too loud? Do you have money to burn?
 
Considering the stats for those fans I would be hesitant to replace them outright. If they're loud, then they can be turned down to a point. Component heat will rise slightly but as long as you stay well within the thermal limit for the processor you'll be fine. Also, you could add ghetto shrouds. I've got an H50 on an OC'd 1090T and adding ghetto shrouds dropped my temps by 4c.

(A ghetto shroud is a gutted fan placed between the radiator and the fan. The space allows for more even airflow across the fins since there is no fan motor in the way.)
 
In general, fan upgrades are for reductions in noise levels (or for a more agreeable type of noise). It's doubtful you'll gain much in the way of temperature reduction compared to the stock Corsair fans, no matter what fans you change to. I don't know about the Akasa Apache fans, but iirc you're going to want fans with high static pressure since the H80 rad fins are spaced tightly together (not to mention it's a thicker rad).
 
Only upgrade your fan if you want to reduce noise at load. Otherwise, go water cooling if you actually want to have a significant decrease in temperature (though it's pretty expensive)
 
ThunderBuns said:
Only upgrade your fan if you want to reduce noise at load. Otherwise, go water cooling if you actually want to have a significant decrease in temperature (though it's pretty expensive)
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He is water cooling. The question is regarding his radiator fans.
 
mhenley said:
Considering the stats for those fans I would be hesitant to replace them outright. If they're loud, then they can be turned down to a point. Component heat will rise slightly but as long as you stay well within the thermal limit for the processor you'll be fine. Also, you could add ghetto shrouds. I've got an H50 on an OC'd 1090T and adding ghetto shrouds dropped my temps by 4c.
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Good advice. Shrouds could definitely be a possibility. There are no magic fans that will be more silent and still increase the performance. Of course other fans could have a different tone which you find more tolerable.

mhenley said:
He is water cooling. The question is regarding his radiator fans.
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He obviously meant custom water cooling, which a H80 is not.
 
hmm,

Maybe I will replace my Silverstone fans (normal ones that come with the FT03) with apache? and H80 with gentle typhoon?, the controller of the H80 can be in my favor though and I don't want to loose it.

what exactly is ghetto shrouds?
I want to OC my 2500k, but still stay quiet as possible , less than the corsair fans :S.

Thanks!
Harlequin76
 
I'm not surprised that the fans are so loud. That why these corsair options look so good in reviews. I really like Yate Loons for cheap 120mm fans. They actually perform better than my S-flex fans that all have an annoying hum to the motor at higher speeds.
 
Harlequin76 said:
what exactly is ghetto shrouds?
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Take an old fan, cut all the guts out, and place it between your fan and radiator, and you have a ghetto shroud. You'll need to get longer screws, but they're easily found at Lowes, Home Depot or Ace Hardware.

The device you're creating performs the same functionality as an "AirBox" which I will link below. We call them 'Ghetto Shrouds' because of the simplistic nature of the mod due to the usage of old fans that you were probably going to throw away, but in testing they work amazingly well and are worth just as much as a higher priced prefabricated retail mod at a fraction of the cost. The pictures pretty much explain everything.

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/9205/cpa-282/Tecnofront_AirBox_120_-_Acrylic_.html


In the end, you may want to replace the stock Corsair fan anyway with a pair of those Asaka Apache in addition to the gthetto shrouds. At that point you could turn down the fans, but your overall airflow would be still be increased because of the shroud space.
 
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mhenley said:
Take an old fan, cut all the guts out, and place it between your fan and radiator, and you have a ghetto shroud. You'll need to get longer screws, but they're easily found at Lowes, Home Depot or Ace Hardware.

The device you're creating performs the same functionality as an "AirBox" which I will link below. We call them 'Ghetto Shrouds' because of the simplistic nature of the mod due to the usage of old fans that you were probably going to throw away, but in testing they work amazingly well and are worth just as much as a higher priced prefabricated retail mod at a fraction of the cost. The pictures pretty much explain everything.

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/9205/cpa-282/Tecnofront_AirBox_120_-_Acrylic_.html


In the end, you may want to replace the stock Corsair fan anyway with a pair of those Asaka Apache in addition to the gthetto shrouds. At that point you could turn down the fans, but your overall airflow would be still be increased because of the shroud space.
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Are you taking in mind its a Ft03 case?
 
on a heatsink the dead spot will be in the center, directly over the core of the cpu. on a radiator it will probably affect one of the input and one of the output slats. There will be some 12 or 14 of these. the excess air will cool some a little more, some a little less. They all get mixed back up on going back to the cpu. net result will probably be a loss of efficiency because of the added distance the air has to go.
 
jiminator said:
on a heatsink the dead spot will be in the center, directly over the core of the cpu. on a radiator it will probably affect one of the input and one of the output slats. There will be some 12 or 14 of these. the excess air will cool some a little more, some a little less. They all get mixed back up on going back to the cpu. net result will probably be a loss of efficiency because of the added distance the air has to go.
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With your typical tower style heatsink that the vast majority of aftermarket air coolers are the sides of the cooler where the heatpipes are located are by far the most important area to have moving air. On a radiator having moving air in the center of the rad is just as important as the sides. I can see why a shroud would be beneficial there.
 
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