dontos wrote:230mm fan! That is one big fan! I thought 120mm was pretty much the largest for PCs. Well, the larger the fan, the more air you can move without making too much noise. I say you should go for it! :thumbup:
I think the thing it avoid too much of a pressure gradient between the inside on the case and the surround atmosphere in either direction. I don't think you would necessarily want too strong of positive pressure, as that might lead to a lot of air flow through the optical drives from inside the case and that might lead to a lot of dust buildup in them which is a major cause of failure with these drives. Of course you can filter the air coming in, which would help a lot by reducing dust and also reducing the volume of air somewhat, which would be OK if you had three big intake fans like that. In any case, I think a very slight positive pressure (close to neutral) is where you want to be. So if you have a lot of air coming in, you want that air to have an easy way out.
So, you purchase from a UK etailer? How does that work? They are still using pounds and your country is on the euro, correct? I noticed that they rated the airflow in cubic feet per minute. I know that the foot is an English measurement, but I thought they switched to the metric system. Are PC cooling fans rated by CFM in Europe much, or do you usually use cubic meters per minute or per hour? Just curious.
My guess is that this larger fan size will become more and more common as CPUs, GPUs and chipsets continue to produce more and more heat which must be dissipated.
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