that is obvious but does not help. Depends on the fans is why I am replacing my ancient Vantec Stealth ( not that stealthy anymore) with newer high flow LOW dBA levels. Very interesting case, do not like the power/reset button placement. (minor) but looks very well designed if not a little overkill on the fans but I have always been guilty of overkill myself :-) I'm thinking while top mounted PSU's are not necessary for case flow they certainly can not hurt but being mostly temp controlled on their fans sucking in hot air would make them run faster and can not be good for the PSU and make more noise.
I'm convinced bottom PSU is the way to go on new builds and I may even rebuild my main box with a new case to finally try and get that *quiet* box next to my desk. 8-) fp You have the rear fan blowing in ???? seems counter productive for good ventilation. At 06:20 PM 10/29/2010, Scoobydo Poked the stick with: >That, my friend, depends on the fans being used. The number and placement >make low CFM/RPM fans still effective. In fact, the loudest fan I have in >that CM690 is on my Radeon because I run it at 100%. > > > >On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 18:29:07 -0500, FORC5 <[email protected]> wrote: > >>what is the noise level ? >> >>fp >>At 01:24 PM 10/29/2010, Scoobydo Poked the stick with: >>>I just had to reply again to this post as far as properly designed case >>>air flow is concerned. Take for example my CM690 with 8 fan placements >>>(I'm currently using 5 of them). The case came with a front mounted >>>120mm >>>fan that blows cool ambient air over the hardrives. The side cover will >>>mount 2 140mm fans which blow ambient air over the video cards, CPU >>>heatsink/fan, Northbridge and VRM MOSFET area. The rear mounted 120mm >>>fan >>>blows ambient air over the CPU heatsink as well. There is a mount for a >>>120mm fan on the bottom of the case, 2 120mm blowholes and even a small >>>mount for behind the motherboard. Most of my wires are routed behind the >>>mobo tray and with the PSU mounted on bottom I just don't see how it can >>>be ventilated more efficiently. It's made of steel and feels heavy as >>>lead >>>but I can't say enough good about this case and weight is the only >>>negative as far as I'm concerned. >>> >>> >>> >>>On Fri, 29 Oct 2010 12:33:48 -0500, FORC5 <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>>looking at new cases and I see a lot with bottom PSU. >>>> >>>>Lian Li Classic Series PC-9F caught my eye. Other then it pulls PSU >>>>air >>>>from outside the case and point to bottom PSU in case ? >>>>Been partial to Supermicro cases but their service is the worse. >>>> >>>>Always thought the PSU helped ventilate the case. with those nice big >>>>bottom fans. >>>> >>>>Happy Halloween >>>>fp >>> >>> >>>-- >>>Opera's e-mail client >>> >>>Main Machine: >>>Generic Steel Case >>>ASUS M4A89GTD Pro/USB3 Mobo >>>AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (Default speed) >>>OCZ DDR3 1333 (2x2=4) >>>Palit GTX460 1 Gig (OC'd to 865 MHz) >>>WD Cariar Black 640 Gig >>>Lite On 22X DVD Burner >>>ASUS 21.5" 1080P Monitor >>>fold...@home (11,000 PPD) >>> >>>Game Box: >>>Cooler Master CM690 Mid-Tower >>>Gigabyte 785G/SB710 >>>AMD Phenom II X2 555 C3 >>>Corsair Dominator RAM 2 gigs >>>PowerColor HD5770 1 gig >>>Seasonic 550 watt PSU >>>2 Seagate 7200.12 500 gig (RAID 0) >>>LiteOn DVD Burner >>> >>>__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus >>>signature database 5576 (20101029) __________ >>> >>>The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. >>> >>>http://www.eset.com >>> > > >-- >Opera's e-mail client > >Main Machine: >Generic Steel Case >ASUS M4A89GTD Pro/USB3 Mobo >AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (Default speed) >OCZ DDR3 1333 (2x2=4) >Palit GTX460 1 Gig (OC'd to 865 MHz) >WD Cariar Black 640 Gig >Lite On 22X DVD Burner >ASUS 21.5" 1080P Monitor >fold...@home (11,000 PPD) > >Game Box: >Cooler Master CM690 Mid-Tower >Gigabyte 785G/SB710 >AMD Phenom II X2 555 C3 >Corsair Dominator RAM 2 gigs >PowerColor HD5770 1 gig >Seasonic 550 watt PSU >2 Seagate 7200.12 500 gig (RAID 0) >LiteOn DVD Burner > >__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature >database 5576 (20101029) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > >http://www.eset.com > > -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- The more known about people, the more to admire in dogs.
