Questions!

[Mysticcal]

1. Which is stronger, 1 120mm fan and a shroud on a heatercore, or 4 80mm fans, and which fan direction is more beneficial? pushing or pulling?

2. is it really worth it to watercool HDs? IE 2 Raid 0 Raptors

3. what would u guys recomend for a 120mm silent fan, im looking for cool, yet quiet...

the 4 80mm were going to be ZM-OP1s, 15mm height fans that are usually sold with Zalman's heatsink video card setup, and if 120mm is better, on sale goes the fans.

 

[Alex41290]

1) well, it depends what 120mm fan you get...i think 4 80mms will push more air, but a 120mm will be quieter...

2) equal push/pull if you can do 2/4 fans

3) my evercool is kinda loud, not much, but its okay

hope that helps.

 

[maxxo]

1. Which is stronger, 1 120mm fan and a shroud on a heatercore, or 4 80mm fans, and which fan direction is more beneficial? pushing or pulling?

2. is it really worth it to watercool HDs? IE 2 Raid 0 Raptors

3. what would u guys recomend for a 120mm silent fan, im looking for cool, yet quiet...

the 4 80mm were going to be ZM-OP1s, 15mm height fans that are usually sold with Zalman's heatsink video card setup, and if 120mm is better, on sale goes the fans.

1. i would say the 4 x 80mm fans, but it would probably also be much noiser and not that much of a temp diff (a few degrees celcius i would think). this of course depends on what fans you are using also. if you were to use 4 x 80mm would you not use a shroud?
--afaik pulling is usually more efficient than pushing

2. i'm sure most people will say no, and i agree with them. a good amount of airflow going over your drives is sufficient IMO. not only that, but HDD blocks will really lower your flowrates.

3. i'm also looking for a good 120mm fan recomendation.. so far i've heard that a 5v/7v'ed evercool is a good choice, along with some papsts/panaflos @ low rpms/undervolted. i'd like to see some more info from people about some good 120mm fan configurations.