Best fans for Thermochill PA120.3

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ronaldszkolnik

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Hello,
I just bougth a Thermochill PA120.3 to cool my Intel Quadcore QX6700 and 2 BFG 8800GTX water cooled edition.
What would be the best fans for this rad???
Thanks a lot
Bye
 
The 3.50$ Yate loons over at Jab-Tech are the best slow speed fans (for a fair price) these days.
 
I've read good things about the Noctua NF-S12-1200 fans. However, they are 20 bucks and the color isn't the best.

BTW, what PSU are you using for your system ronald? I am aiming to build a similar setup and have been debating over how much wattage to go with.
 
Getting Back to the fans,
I dond mind the price but i really want the fans to cool the rad the best posible.
I went to the thermochill page where it states" PA Series - Optimised for Fans with an individual CFM Output of upto 130cfm"
i am guessing the higher the cfm the more air goes through and more noise rigth?
If this is correct probably the best solution for me me is the ones taht has a higher cfm without being too noisy.
Any thougths on fans like this?
 
ronaldszkolnik said:
Getting Back to the fans,
I dond mind the price but i really want the fans to cool the rad the best posible.
I went to the thermochill page where it states" PA Series - Optimised for Fans with an individual CFM Output of upto 130cfm"
i am guessing the higher the cfm the more air goes through and more noise rigth?
If this is correct probably the best solution for me me is the ones taht has a higher cfm without being too noisy.
Any thougths on fans like this?
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Well, they say that up to 130CFM is good. That radiator is made for low flow fans... And you can get great temperatures with 3 fans with about 40CFM.

High CFM fans will be VERY noisy... The yate loons already suggested are pretty much the best. There's no "magic" technique to get a fan pushing 65CFM at only about 29dba... That's just impossible.

99% of the "SILENT" fans are only about 5-10% quieter than comparable, generic OEM fans. The ones that advertise AMAZING flow rates (like the SilenX fans of 60CFM @ 18Dba) are measured in open air, from about 5 meters away. The industry standard is 1 ft away in open air... Don't fall for all that mis-marketing.

The yate loons are about the best, and have long been, and will be for a long time.
 
Yes. The yates are the best (price/performance) for non thick radiators... A thick radiator would be a BIX or a GTS.

All other Rads are great with the Yates.

Make sure to get one extra, as some of them have bearing noise (24 out of the 300 I ordered were fairly loud).
 
Sure,
But let me just tell you, that is the exact rad i am changing to the pa120.3.
Its an ok rad but if you have the space and the $ and after all the question ive asked go for the thermochill.
Muchhhhh better, and i am not sure what components you have but with this rad u can upgrade in the future and theres no need to change the rad
Good luck
 
PA's perform about 20% better than similar sized MCR radiators...

So, a triple one should perform about 33% + 20% better than a dual MCR rad.
 
Arcygenical said:
Yes. The yates are the best (price/performance) for non thick radiators... A thick radiator would be a BIX or a GTS.

All other Rads are great with the Yates.

Make sure to get one extra, as some of them have bearing noise (24 out of the 300 I ordered were fairly loud).
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wait a minute...who orders 300 fans? ;)

I just got my yate loons in but I have a problem. What size screws do I need to have them sucking the air through? (the swiftech one i already linked)
 
jcll2002 said:
wait a minute...who orders 300 fans? ;)

I just got my yate loons in but I have a problem. What size screws do I need to have them sucking the air through? (the swiftech one i already linked)
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Hahaha, well, I charge 30$ to upgrade the cooling capacity on my enthusiast level systems... In reality it costs me about 9$ (3 fans) and about an hour of work to section everything off...

So, if 1/3 of my customers buy this (and the other 2 thirds don't) I use... 3 yates for those that do, and 1 for those that don't (sometimes 2 if requested)...

I sell about 150 systems a year (To students on my mostly Asian campus of 60k students, thus the need for powerful computers in volume haha), so I use about 300 a year. Fancy that...

I don't understand what you mean about the "screws" though... You need 6-32 threaded screws that are 1" 1/4 long. That should get the fans on without puncturing the radiator.
 
Arcygenical said:
Hahaha, well, I charge 30$ to upgrade the cooling capacity on my enthusiast level systems... In reality it costs me about 9$ (3 fans) and about an hour of work to section everything off...

So, if 1/3 of my customers buy this (and the other 2 thirds don't) I use... 3 yates for those that do, and 1 for those that don't (sometimes 2 if requested)...

I sell about 150 systems a year (To students on my mostly Asian campus of 60k students, thus the need for powerful computers in volume haha), so I use about 300 a year. Fancy that...

I don't understand what you mean about the "screws" though... You need 6-32 threaded screws that are 1" 1/4 long. That should get the fans on without puncturing the radiator.
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I have 2" ones but they are too thick

http://www.jab-tech.com/YATE-LOON-120mm-Case-Fan-D12SL-12-pr-3009.html bought those
 
The guy who makes the PA series radiators, Marci, recommends Yate Loons. Yate Loons are probably the most well known fans in all of watercooling-dom. They are praised for being very quiet, having good air flow for their size, and costing next to nothing. It is literally not possible for Yate Loon to be a bad choice compared to other 120mm fans.
 
just got the yans how i gonna screw them to my radiator since thermochill doesnt offer big screws
 
Arcygenical said:
Hahaha, well, I charge 30$ to upgrade the cooling capacity on my enthusiast level systems... In reality it costs me about 9$ (3 fans) and about an hour of work to section everything off...

So, if 1/3 of my customers buy this (and the other 2 thirds don't) I use... 3 yates for those that do, and 1 for those that don't (sometimes 2 if requested)...

I sell about 150 systems a year (To students on my mostly Asian campus of 60k students, thus the need for powerful computers in volume haha), so I use about 300 a year. Fancy that...

I don't understand what you mean about the "screws" though... You need 6-32 threaded screws that are 1" 1/4 long. That should get the fans on without puncturing the radiator.
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I thought the Black ICE series were M4 threaded?
 
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