so I hooked up 16 x 92mm fans to my radiator...

zaim · Apr 15, 2007, 03:38 AM

so I work in a PC store, so i've got access to quite a few things.....freely!

I decided to cable tie 16x 92mm generic branded ball bearing fans, and mount them with some sticky tape, onto my 'watercool MO_RA2 Pro' radiator.. lol

Now, I run this thing passive cooled, and i have an overclocked system. 2.6ghz AMD X2 4200+ @ 1.55v, so it does get hot..

from 42c idle (it's a warm humid day here in melbourne), it's managing to idle at 34 degrees with the fans on.

an 8 degree drop, that aint bad lol. here are the pics and a video to display noise, its only 1mb

SpeedFan Temperature Graph:

video 1.2mb:
http://www.zaimc.com/temp/pc/16x92mm.fans/MVI_9417.AVI
youtube:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=HuyUU2ZOm8E

Chaos · Apr 15, 2007, 07:59 AM

so what was the final thoughts on your project, overkill or a viable solution for the temperature obsessed?

Lelisevis · Apr 15, 2007, 08:12 AM

Dog in the background is obviously not as impressed as you. Mind it's probably hanging onto a chair leg with it's teeth to stop it being blown out the window.

zaim · Apr 15, 2007, 09:11 AM

lol.... it got pretty windy oright...

GutterPunk · Apr 15, 2007, 09:58 AM

how loud is it? Pretty cool project!

RoyBatty · Apr 15, 2007, 10:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GutterPunk

how loud is it?

That was my first thought when I saw all those fans

Edit: It sounds quite noisy from the video. Maybe you could add some RPM regulation?

zaim · Apr 15, 2007, 11:17 AM

it's a windy loud... if that makes sense, lol.
but remember, this is just experimental, it wont ever be a permanent solution to cooling my radiator. it will remain possive cooled... I simply ran this test so I can see how this radiator performce under a wind tunnel simulation lol

i will post some new results of load temps etc in the morniing, when the ambients is a lot cooler than it was today when I ran these tests.. it was kinda warm in melbourne today

Lowfat · Apr 15, 2007, 11:56 AM

you bought 16 fans just for an experiment? ahahahaha

Just Learnin' · Apr 15, 2007, 03:01 PM

Das FREAK!!!!

Ever find your dog?

RoyBatty · Apr 15, 2007, 03:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lowfat

you bought 16 fans just for an experiment? ahahahaha

You should read at least the first sentence

Quote:

Originally Posted by zaim

so I work in a PC store, so i've got access to quite a few things.....freely!

procupine14 · Apr 15, 2007, 04:09 PM

well if only we all had extra stuff to steal to experiment lol

but nice little setup there i cant imagine how much "wind noise" 16 fans causes

i mean i have fine in my case and wow they make quite a bit of wind noise

but using a fan controller for me would be pointless seeing as my case being plastic doesn't displace the heat that a metal case would

infact i think this case doesnt give me any advantages except for being able to see when a fan goes out

zaim · Apr 15, 2007, 07:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lowfat

you bought 16 fans just for an experiment? ahahahaha

who said anything about bought lol

zaim · Apr 16, 2007, 10:23 PM

when i cut this hole, in passive mode, it dropped 5 degrees... that's huge

Judas · Apr 17, 2007, 12:54 PM

Go to a local Car audio place, they have large DC 3 pin fans that should nock down the noice less and increase CFM considerably. I think the biggest one is over 200mm that i saw.

Randomletters · Apr 17, 2007, 12:57 PM

YEA! Throw an Car A/C compressor fan on that, that is awesome.

Judas · Apr 17, 2007, 02:37 PM

http://www.edwardsgroup.ca/edwards/fans.cfm?local=Fans

Just Learnin' · Apr 17, 2007, 04:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Judas

http://www.edwardsgroup.ca/edwards/fans.cfm?local=Fans

With the 10 Horsepower model would lag bolting the side of the case opposite the fan to the wall be considered overkill?

Also what retention method do you recommend for any add-in cards, cables, drives and the like?!

zaim · Apr 17, 2007, 04:40 PM

lol that's just insanity

***Zardon*** · Apr 17, 2007, 06:00 PM

awesome thread, love it zaim.

Judas · Apr 17, 2007, 06:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Just Learnin'

With the 10 Horsepower model would lag bolting the side of the case opposite the fan to the wall be considered overkill?

Also what retention method do you recommend for any add-in cards, cables, drives and the like?!

Actually, it's best to build a reduction that converts the airation fan to the same shape of your computer case, then using 3/4 inch bolts, a minimum of 12 of them, to fasten it to the case, then using several brackets, reinforce the motherboard/pci cards thoroughly, if at all possible, it's best to try and run the fan so that the airflow is running from the front to the back of the case to REALLY see the drop in temperature...

Just Learnin' · Apr 17, 2007, 09:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Judas

Actually, it's best to build a reduction that converts the airation fan to the same shape of your computer case, then using 3/4 inch bolts, a minimum of 12 of them, to fasten it to the case, then using several brackets, reinforce the motherboard/pci cards thoroughly, if at all possible, it's best to try and run the fan so that the airflow is running from the front to the back of the case to REALLY see the drop in temperature...

Now I see. I misconstrued your intent in that link, silly me.

It was my belief one would use one of each model for the CPU, RAM, GFX card and chipsets individually....

Now where did that dog get to...?!?

procupine14 · Apr 18, 2007, 11:47 AM

well that was my thought too
lol whatever helps keep your rig cool?

Judas · Apr 18, 2007, 12:58 PM

holy smokes.... a seperate airaition unit per part.. that would be like.... my gaud, the airspeed alone woudl probably tear something apart if it were funneled down to mount onto a heatsink or whatever lol

you do know that a single airation unity, specially the large circular ones, are nearly a foot and a half to 2 feet in diameter.

H3X4D3C1M4L · Apr 18, 2007, 04:30 PM

Why generic fans, you need Vantec Tornados there. 16x120CFM = 1920CFM, about the average airflow of the average household furnace blower

Speaking of which one of those looks like it'd fit on an old one I have in my garage....

zaim · Apr 18, 2007, 09:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by H3X4D3C1M4L

Why generic fans, you need Vantec Tornados there. 16x120CFM = 1920CFM, about the average airflow of the average household furnace blower

I didn't pay for these fans.... and I most certainly wont pay for this amount of fans just for experimental use haha..

**Mousey** · Apr 20, 2007, 10:19 AM

someone asked me wouldn't it be cheaper just to hire your own personal wind tunnel?

H3X4D3C1M4L · May 2, 2007, 12:04 AM

How do you hire a wind tunnel... you have to go to the wind tunnel, it doesn't come to you

Apr 15, 2007, 03:38 AM	#1
zaim DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Melbourne, AU Posts: 1,044 Rep Power: 25	so I hooked up 16 x 92mm fans to my radiator... so I work in a PC store, so i've got access to quite a few things.....freely! I decided to cable tie 16x 92mm generic branded ball bearing fans, and mount them with some sticky tape, onto my 'watercool MO_RA2 Pro' radiator.. lol Now, I run this thing passive cooled, and i have an overclocked system. 2.6ghz AMD X2 4200+ @ 1.55v, so it does get hot.. from 42c idle (it's a warm humid day here in melbourne), it's managing to idle at 34 degrees with the fans on. an 8 degree drop, that aint bad lol. here are the pics and a video to display noise, its only 1mb SpeedFan Temperature Graph: video 1.2mb: http://www.zaimc.com/temp/pc/16x92mm.fans/MVI_9417.AVI youtube: http://youtube.com/watch?v=HuyUU2ZOm8E __________________ زعيم MAIN PC(1)(2)(3):•Q9550•GAP35DS3P• 4GBCrucialPC2-8500BallistixTracerLED•XFX9800GTX•3x146GB CheetahSAS15K.5 Raid0•2x 1TB Raid1•LianLiA10B•2x22"5ms@3360x1050• BEDROOM HTPC(1)(2)(3):E6600•MSI945GM3-F•2048DDR2667•1TB•Samsung26"HDTV•HybridHDTV•5.1• Laptop:•Centrino2 P8400 1066fsb•4GB-DDR2 800•320GBSATA•DVDDL•15.4"WXGA•802.11a/b/g/n• WHServer:•AM2 5200+•2GB DDR2 800•Lots of TB Storage•1GB TCP/IP• www.zaimc.com // myspace/zaimc // zaimm.deviantart BLOG BLOG BLOG BLOG BLOG 16 x 92mm fan + radiator experiment! Last edited by zaim; Apr 15, 2007 at 03:54 AM.

Apr 15, 2007, 07:59 AM	#2
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Apr 15, 2007, 08:12 AM	#3
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Apr 15, 2007, 09:11 AM	#4
zaim DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Melbourne, AU Posts: 1,044 Rep Power: 25	lol.... it got pretty windy oright... __________________ زعيم MAIN PC(1)(2)(3):•Q9550•GAP35DS3P• 4GBCrucialPC2-8500BallistixTracerLED•XFX9800GTX•3x146GB CheetahSAS15K.5 Raid0•2x 1TB Raid1•LianLiA10B•2x22"5ms@3360x1050• BEDROOM HTPC(1)(2)(3):E6600•MSI945GM3-F•2048DDR2667•1TB•Samsung26"HDTV•HybridHDTV•5.1• Laptop:•Centrino2 P8400 1066fsb•4GB-DDR2 800•320GBSATA•DVDDL•15.4"WXGA•802.11a/b/g/n• WHServer:•AM2 5200+•2GB DDR2 800•Lots of TB Storage•1GB TCP/IP• www.zaimc.com // myspace/zaimc // zaimm.deviantart BLOG BLOG BLOG BLOG BLOG 16 x 92mm fan + radiator experiment!

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Apr 15, 2007, 11:17 AM	#7
zaim DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Melbourne, AU Posts: 1,044 Rep Power: 25	it's a windy loud... if that makes sense, lol. but remember, this is just experimental, it wont ever be a permanent solution to cooling my radiator. it will remain possive cooled... I simply ran this test so I can see how this radiator performce under a wind tunnel simulation lol i will post some new results of load temps etc in the morniing, when the ambients is a lot cooler than it was today when I ran these tests.. it was kinda warm in melbourne today __________________ زعيم MAIN PC(1)(2)(3):•Q9550•GAP35DS3P• 4GBCrucialPC2-8500BallistixTracerLED•XFX9800GTX•3x146GB CheetahSAS15K.5 Raid0•2x 1TB Raid1•LianLiA10B•2x22"5ms@3360x1050• BEDROOM HTPC(1)(2)(3):E6600•MSI945GM3-F•2048DDR2667•1TB•Samsung26"HDTV•HybridHDTV•5.1• Laptop:•Centrino2 P8400 1066fsb•4GB-DDR2 800•320GBSATA•DVDDL•15.4"WXGA•802.11a/b/g/n• WHServer:•AM2 5200+•2GB DDR2 800•Lots of TB Storage•1GB TCP/IP• www.zaimc.com // myspace/zaimc // zaimm.deviantart BLOG BLOG BLOG BLOG BLOG 16 x 92mm fan + radiator experiment!

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Apr 15, 2007, 04:09 PM	#11
procupine14 Why is it Beeping!?!?! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA, Missouri Posts: 1,207 Rep Power: 27 System Specs	well if only we all had extra stuff to steal to experiment lol but nice little setup there i cant imagine how much "wind noise" 16 fans causes i mean i have fine in my case and wow they make quite a bit of wind noise but using a fan controller for me would be pointless seeing as my case being plastic doesn't displace the heat that a metal case would infact i think this case doesnt give me any advantages except for being able to see when a fan goes out

Apr 16, 2007, 10:23 PM	#13
zaim DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Melbourne, AU Posts: 1,044 Rep Power: 25	when i cut this hole, in passive mode, it dropped 5 degrees... that's huge __________________ زعيم MAIN PC(1)(2)(3):•Q9550•GAP35DS3P• 4GBCrucialPC2-8500BallistixTracerLED•XFX9800GTX•3x146GB CheetahSAS15K.5 Raid0•2x 1TB Raid1•LianLiA10B•2x22"5ms@3360x1050• BEDROOM HTPC(1)(2)(3):E6600•MSI945GM3-F•2048DDR2667•1TB•Samsung26"HDTV•HybridHDTV•5.1• Laptop:•Centrino2 P8400 1066fsb•4GB-DDR2 800•320GBSATA•DVDDL•15.4"WXGA•802.11a/b/g/n• WHServer:•AM2 5200+•2GB DDR2 800•Lots of TB Storage•1GB TCP/IP• www.zaimc.com // myspace/zaimc // zaimm.deviantart BLOG BLOG BLOG BLOG BLOG 16 x 92mm fan + radiator experiment!

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zaim DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Melbourne, AU Posts: 1,044 Rep Power: 25	lol that's just insanity __________________ زعيم MAIN PC(1)(2)(3):•Q9550•GAP35DS3P• 4GBCrucialPC2-8500BallistixTracerLED•XFX9800GTX•3x146GB CheetahSAS15K.5 Raid0•2x 1TB Raid1•LianLiA10B•2x22"5ms@3360x1050• BEDROOM HTPC(1)(2)(3):E6600•MSI945GM3-F•2048DDR2667•1TB•Samsung26"HDTV•HybridHDTV•5.1• Laptop:•Centrino2 P8400 1066fsb•4GB-DDR2 800•320GBSATA•DVDDL•15.4"WXGA•802.11a/b/g/n• WHServer:•AM2 5200+•2GB DDR2 800•Lots of TB Storage•1GB TCP/IP• www.zaimc.com // myspace/zaimc // zaimm.deviantart BLOG BLOG BLOG BLOG BLOG 16 x 92mm fan + radiator experiment!

Apr 17, 2007, 06:00 PM	#19
*Zardon* enchanted Join Date: May 2002 Location: Driverheaven Posts: 32,256 Rep Power: 3150	awesome thread, love it zaim.

Apr 18, 2007, 11:47 AM	#22
procupine14 Why is it Beeping!?!?! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: USA, Missouri Posts: 1,207 Rep Power: 27 System Specs	well that was my thought too lol whatever helps keep your rig cool?

Apr 18, 2007, 04:30 PM	#24
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,818 Rep Power: 0	Why generic fans, you need Vantec Tornados there. 16x120CFM = 1920CFM, about the average airflow of the average household furnace blower Speaking of which one of those looks like it'd fit on an old one I have in my garage....

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May 2, 2007, 12:04 AM	#27
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,818 Rep Power: 0	How do you hire a wind tunnel... you have to go to the wind tunnel, it doesn't come to you