Case Fans

[JamesB69]

Where can I get 80mm case fans cheap? I need 6 of them and need them to have the 4 pin pass through connections. Quality cooling is what i am looking for.

Our local store sells them for 14 dollars each.

[rallynavvie]

Quality cooling costs a bit more. Recommend RPM-sensing fans with 3-pin connectors onto a thermal management system like a DigitalDoc5 so you know when your fans are going bad. Otherwise I'll be getting rid of 3 of my chassis fans to replace them with 3-wire units if you want to buy those. I think they're 60mm but I'll have to check again. They do have 4-pin pass-through connectors on them.

[JamesB69]

What is this DigitalDoc5? The reason for the four pin pass through's is because my motherboard only has 1 three pin connector. I was surprised when i got to looking in my new case and found places for 2 fans at the back and 4 at the front. It also has like 8 total 3.5 Bays. No front USB unfortunately.

[rallynavvie]

DigitalDoc5 for a good price here:
http://shop.store.yahoo.com/directron/doc5.html

Read up on the unit. I just put one in my computer and like it a lot to keep an eye on things during long encoding sessions or to check the efficiency of my fans. Just because you have a ton of fans doesn't mean you're cooling your system well. You could get vortices inside the case from fans competing with each other.

[JamesB69]

Wow that thing looks neat, may have to get one. Still need to know where i can order decent fans for a low price.

[Cheesemeister2000]

Fans :

http://www.theoverclockingstore.co.uk

Cheesemeister2000

[MOVIEGEEK]

$14 for a 4 pin is a good price,after shipping & handling I would say your local shop has the best price.

[rallynavvie]

Are you after brushless sleeve bearing fans or ball-bearing fans? The former are older technology, not as quiet, not as efficient, and don't last as long. I just went to the local CompUSA to get those new fans I was talking about earlier in this thread and they cost me $12 each for 80mm ball-bearing fans with 3-wire connectors. CompUSA fans are rebranded Coolermaster fans FWIW. Make sure those $14 fans at your local store are ball-bearing and that's not a terrible price.

I took 3 brushless 80mm fans with pass-through 4-pin connectors out of my case just this weekend. A friend of mine has them and may use them for a computer he's building for someone, but if he doesn't need them you can have them for shipping. I'd still suggest ball-bearing fans.

[JamesB69]

So basically look for ball bearing fans. I wouldnt mind paying 14 bucks for 6 x 14 = 84. A lot of money for a broke college student

[tgpo]

So basically look for ball bearing fans. I wouldnt mind paying 14 bucks for 6 x 14 = 84. A lot of money for a broke college student

Do what we do to get extra money. Sell sperm and blood.

[rallynavvie]

Check out www.sidewindercomputers.com for more fans. You can even listen to sound samples of each fan on their site which is pretty cool (no pun intended). I've already spent $200 in cooling supplies alone so $84 is just the beginning. The offer still stands for the brushless fans I've got if you don't mind the noise. They all work. They're about a year old. And they aren't really that loud, the old heat sink fans on my box were drowning out everything else I could hear in it anyway.

Also you very likely don't need to put in all 6 fans on your case. If you're running dual MPs then you'd want all the cooling power you can get. You should just be able to get away with a couple intake fans and an exhaust fan in addition to the power supply fan. Your CPU has a heatsink/fan on it doesn't it? I wouldn't worry too much about putting all 6 in then. I've got a Lian Li tower with 2 80mm intake fans, 1 80mm exhaust fan, 2 80mm fans on my 600W power supply, the tiny fan on the DigitalDoc5, a Thermlaright VGA cooler/fan, a chipset heatsink fan, and the two copper heatsinks for the CPUs with 80mm fans. I guess that's 9 fans total, but only 3 of which are intake/exhaust fans for the case (besides the power supply). I'm sure there's a way you can get away with less fans on your case. Maybe there's a spot for a couple 120mm fans?

[zzyzzx]

Have you tried places like BUY.COM?

Bought a few there once and I think they were pretty cheap like this one for $6:
http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10224245&loc=101



The StarTech.com 8cm x 8cm x 2.5cm (3 1/8" x 3 1/8" x 1") PC case fan is an add-in cooling fan designed to fit most computers. It can be used to circulate cool air into the case or exhaust warm air out, preventing problems due to overheating components. A quiet running brushless ball bearing DC motor coupled with a high efficiency blade design is capable of moving 32 CFM (cubic feet per minute) of air. Power is supplied to the fan using a power tap that is connected to the large LP4 power connector on a PC's power supply.

If you want the 3 wire type go here:
http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=10232527&hdwt=0&loc=101
For a whopping $6.75



The StarTech.com 8cm x 8cm x 2.5cm (3 1/8" x 3 1/8" x 1") PC case fan is an add-in cooling fan designed to fit most computers. It can be used to circulate cool air into the case or exhaust warm air out, preventing problems due to overheating components. A quiet running brushless ball bearing DC motor coupled with a high efficiency blade design is capable of moving 32 CFM (cubic feet per minute) of air. Power is supplied to the fan using a 3-lead TX3 connector that plugs into the motherboard and allows the system to monitor fan speed and operating status.

And yeah I've used some of these and recommend them!

[Bob W]

http://www.nexfan.com/

[WeedVender]

i got a 200 milimeter fan on ebay for $3