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06-24-2004, 01:14 PM
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too many fans?
is it POSSIBLE to have to many fans? like hypethetically 12+ 80 mm's
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06-24-2004, 01:48 PM
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Yes, it's possible to have too many fans to cool a computer efficiently. It's better to have a nicely balanced cooling fan set up than to just go with sheer number of fans. Too many fans will cause too much turbulence and reduce cooling efficiency.
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06-24-2004, 07:43 PM
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As Cricket says too many fan's can cause problems, a well balanced cooling setup works better, you want the same airflow going out as there is going in. So for exmaple if you got 2 80mm intake you want the same near the rear of the case to give a good through-flow
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06-25-2004, 04:40 AM
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me i have 7 case fan's,4 intake 3 exhaust oh and 1 psu exhaust fan.run's 36c idle
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06-25-2004, 05:03 AM
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I have 1 case fan (exhaust) and my CPU runs 44°C idle. MB temp is 39°C.
These are nice temps. . . but even that one case fan is one too many for me. . . Anyway, yes you can have too much fans. Remember that they also require power so you need a PSU that can handle it. RJ
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06-25-2004, 12:12 PM
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The more fans you have, their is more noise being produced.
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06-25-2004, 12:16 PM
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The more fans you have the less family members which use the computer
You also need a case which will fit all the fans in, and I don't see loads of cases with the option for lots of fans.
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06-25-2004, 01:17 PM
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most raidmax case's hold a fair amount of case fan's.mine is a raidmax and can hold a total of 9.
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06-25-2004, 03:35 PM
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i only have 3 fans....2 side intake and 1 rear exhaust.
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07-01-2004, 04:17 PM
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does not matter how many fans u have, but make sure the air leaves and comes in, in a flow, and u don’t want 2 fans blowing at each other, that means u don’t want 2 circulations of air you want one big one for the whole case
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07-02-2004, 12:39 AM
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it would be better to get less fans with higher air flow, this would be less power and still help with cooling with less noise.
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