Fans for the P180

E

etrips

Weaksauce
Joined
Oct 17, 2006
Messages
97
Anyone have any suggestions on what fans I should get for the P180 case? Should I replace the stock fans that it comes with?

Going to be OCing a E6600 if that matters.

Also any suggestions for northbridge heatsinks? As well as GPU coolers?
 
Nah, those Tricools are pretty sonically sound, and when running on medium or high speed, they can move some serious air. I wouldn't ditch them unless there was something wrong.
 
I had to put a high cfm fan in the front of my case to get decent airflow. I used this fan from frozencpu.com. It really improved temps and I am not particularly concerned with the noise level (which isn't all that loud anyway).
 
Yate Loon D12SL12. Get the orange ones, they work better than the black ones for some reason. Really. You will need 4 of them. Another tip, fan controller.
 
Are there any difference in fan controllers? Any suggestions for fan controller?
 
A friend of mine dug up two 120mm Noctua fans from somewhere. They are still hard to find in the US. They are expensive, but if you check out the reviews (or take my word for it), these SOBs are very, very quiet. I have always been a SilenX man, but I've been converted to these Noctuas for the new system build. I know frozencpu.com has their heatsinks, but I don't know if the fans are available in the US yet. They're made in Austria.

Again, I've only ever played with stock fans, SilenX fans, and these Noctuas, so my ability to compare it to any others is severly limited. Good luck.

P.S. If you find the Noctua 120s in the U.S., please post where you found them. Thanks.
 
f1tifosi said:
A friend of mine dug up two 120mm Noctua fans from somewhere. They are still hard to find in the US. They are expensive, but if you check out the reviews (or take my word for it), these SOBs are very, very quiet. I have always been a SilenX man, but I've been converted to these Noctuas for the new system build. I know frozencpu.com has their heatsinks, but I don't know if the fans are available in the US yet. They're made in Austria.

Again, I've only ever played with stock fans, SilenX fans, and these Noctuas, so my ability to compare it to any others is severly limited. Good luck.

P.S. If you find the Noctua 120s in the U.S., please post where you found them. Thanks.
Click to expand...


http://www.primochill.com/index.php?action=category&id=10 ?
 
_Korruption_ said:
Nah, those Tricools are pretty sonically sound, and when running on medium or high speed, they can move some serious air. I wouldn't ditch them unless there was something wrong.
Click to expand...

True, but at medium speed on the tricools, the Yate Loons will move more air at less volume. I've used both in my p180, there was a significant difference. plus ZOMG ORANGE

Those yate loons really are amazing fans. If you're ordering now, I'd pick up 6 or 8 of them, one of those at 9v would be perfect (not to mention dead silent) for a scythe or something
 
I bought a silenX fan for too much online when I already had tri-cool antec fans...the tricools are quieter on medium..the silenX offers no speed control and DIDN'T cool as well as the stock Thermaltake fan on my big typhoon.


I say go with cheaper antec, run them at medium, and enjoy a near silent PC>
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top