Case fans - what is better?

OuBoet

OuBoet

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Heya everybody,

After getting my new Corsair Obidian 800D - kudos again to all-around-awesome-dude Joker(received it but may only use on the 15th of September - wife is very hardcore about birthdays, meh) I am looking around to see what case fans I can put into my rig to make it more awesome. In the case there is space for 3 x 140mm and 4 x 120mm and I would like to fill it. My end-all choice will also influence my color scheme. I was thinking about blue LED fans with yellow case lighting. Or White LED fans with blue case lighting. Eish, all these options.....

My question is two-fold:

1.) What is better air flow (CFM) or static Pressure?
2.) to PWM or not to PWM?
 
For my 400R I got this

Bitfenix recon fan controller
http://titan-ice.co.za/product_info.php?cPath=48_102&products_id=9509
http://titan-ice.co.za/popup_image.php?pID=9509[/url]

Corsair sp120
[url]http://titan-ice.co.za/product_info.php?cPath=24_31&products_id=7131[/url]

Corsair af120
[url]http://titan-ice.co.za/product_info.php?cPath=24_31&products_id=7127[/url]

Then I wired some LEDs myself so I could get the lights to shine outwards instead of lighting just the fan.
I got [url=http://titan-ice.co.za/product_info.php?cPath=65_167&products_id=1209]this[/url] to connect to my PSU and then 7 super bright red LEDs and shrink tubing
 
verrry nice setup Ike!! I love the look especially of your front intake fans.

My mind is drifting a lot between the corsair sp's and the cougar vortex's. according to international reviews they do seem quite even on par. I wonder just why rebeltech sells a single corsair SP/AF for R132 but a double pack for R 283 - do you pay more for the bigger packaging (132 + 132 = 264 and not 283.... :wtf:)
 
The double box is fancier but there is no difference from a contents point of view, go for the cheaper alternative.

The front fans are the stock fans included with my case so in total I have 7, 3 stock and 4 afters. A fan controller though is a must with all those fans IMO
 
Ike_009 said:
The double box is fancier but there is no difference from a contents point of view, go for the cheaper alternative.

The front fans are the stock fans included with my case so in total I have 7, 3 stock and 4 afters. A fan controller though is a must with all those fans IMO
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Do you have the before/after temps of your setup with different fan setups?
 
No I don't but I can feel the difference from exhaust fans. I was too lazy to take temps etc
 
Samildanach said:
Does anybody have experience with Cougar Vortex 120mm fans?

Here's a link - http://www.cougar-world.com/products/fans/vortex.html

And pics -
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And specs -
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Only the 120mm's are available in our good ol' ZA and they retail for about R135 a pop depending where you shop. And they only come in orange with no LED's.
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I'm interested in getting one of these as an exhaust fan, where are you getting it from?

Ike_009 said:
No I don't but I can feel the difference from exhaust fans. I was too lazy to take temps etc
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Okay thanks
 
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