I'm going to have one f'ing cold rig... but will I have pwr?

Scoth · SirTweaksabit Joined: 23 Feb 2004 Posts: 283

Ok after this tint I'm on right now (X800, Sata 160gb HDD) I plan on buying the setup Ham has (Tornado on a SP-95 (i think that's right) ) But I was thinking... why not get a few 5.25" fan controller bays, and fill all 8 (6 case fans plus CPU and soon-to-be blowhole) with Tornados? I'd have to get noise reducers for all of them and my rig would sound like a car.. but DAMN would it be cool..... BUT will that many high-end fans sap to much of my pwr?

Keeping in mind this will be 8 Vantec Tornados, ATI x800 Pro, SATA 160HDD and a CD Burner (52x if that matetrs) and DVD drive.... will my PSU explode? I currently have a 550W "Silence Blue" PSU which youguys saw in my pic-post, that comes with an 80mm fan on the side and a 120mm (maybe?) on the bottom (i could replace the 80mm with a tornado too

) so will i turn on my pc...get an earthqauke and then have shrapnel blown into the side of my face at high veloicty?

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FreeTheRock [banned] · Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 9:22 am Post subject:

just get 2 fan controller have 2 fans on each knob wont hurt and it wont use too much power man 550W is plenty the x800pro doesnt use that much power well not as much as the 6800 series does. and BTW its a SP-97 for AMD and SP-94 for Intel.

ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

LOL.....i think you should be fine.......but make sure you filter things properly.......a mchine with that much CFM will kick up more dust than you can imagine........=]

and yeah i would recommend fan controllers....something simple would be fine........just to shut up those turbine noisemakers when youre trying to sleep....=]
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Josh · Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 9:25 am Post subject:

Easily enough power.......but there will be an earthquake from the8 tornados starting up

Why dont you give watercooling a shot if you want it that cool?
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Scoth · SirTweaksabit Joined: 23 Feb 2004 Posts: 283

SP-94... i knew that.. ok I didn't but i was close! anywas.. i made up a basket on Frozencpu.com of this stuff and it's going to be around 180 bucks for the setup (the fans + heatsink)

Yeah I figured 550W would be enough.. btu I dunno.. i thought if I had them at high speed during instense gameplay it'd be hella taxing on the PSU... btu I suppose that's what it's made for.. thnks FTR

Scoth · SirTweaksabit Joined: 23 Feb 2004 Posts: 283

Watercooling is way more expensive and harder to install... plus i have some inbedded fear of water inside my computer

... don't get a leaky line 0_0

Josh · Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 9:29 am Post subject:

http://www.jscustompcs.com/power_supply/

and it has been updated since the release of some new hardware!
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Scoth · SirTweaksabit Joined: 23 Feb 2004 Posts: 283

Scratch what i said about price... check this:

fan-10 Vantec Tornado 80mm High Output
$17.00ea x8 = $136.00

fss-03 60mm Rubber Fan Silencer
$3.00ea x8 = $24.00

bus-20 Vantec Black Nexus NXP-205 Rheobus
$25.00ea x1 = $25.00

ffi-09 FilterRight™ 80mm Black Aluminum Fan Filter
$4.79ea x8 = $38.32

cpu-tri-07 Thermalright SP-94 - Socket 478 w/ Mounts
Optional Thermal Paste: Arctic Silver 5
$52.95ea x1 + Paste = $52.95

Subtotal: $276.27

Scoth · SirTweaksabit Joined: 23 Feb 2004 Posts: 283

according to that link Josh put up i only need a 283W PSU (that was including the x800 and my extra RAM i'ma get soon)

So I think I got it covered ;-x

Dolph · TweakNOOB Joined: 22 Jan 2004 Posts: 81

...you could go watercooling for about $200 bucks...
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2old2care · Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 11:13 am Post subject:

Yep. Alot of money in fans and alike. You might have to chain your rig down too. So figure a few bucks for chain.

You can buy a cheap window A/C for that. Hmmmmm. MOD IT TIME!!!

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smith.p.sean · Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 11:22 am Post subject:

yea scoth, im not sure if that would be such a great idea, check out water cooling if ur going to be spending that much, its silent and you dont have to worry about ur comp flying away!!!

[TN] Nathan · ALMIGHTY PWNER! Joined: 14 Feb 2002 Posts: 7406

Guys guys guys!

You don't need all this airflow and cost for a properly cooled rig.

Remember, we are tweakers, we think things out before we go and blow money unnecessarily.
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[KoG]^weaZel · Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 1:53 pm Post subject:

as Nathan has said you dont need that much airflow and noise to have a cool computer. And besides you would have a problem with small children and furry creatures getting stuff in the intake.

All you need is to have proper airflow and you will keep your rig cool.
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Scoth · SirTweaksabit Joined: 23 Feb 2004 Posts: 283

well i will only have 3 fans that actualy go to the outside (2 in the side window, one on my blowhole) the rest are all inside.... right now, since i dont have my blowhole yet, i only have the 2 side fans, one of which i have blowing inward (it's located in front of the AGP slot roughly) and the other is blowing out... i dunno what else i can do....

As for the fans that was a just a "hey that'd be cool" thing, the only one i'm probably really going to buy is the one for the SP-94 and maybe for my blowhole

Ham_fisT · Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 3:55 pm Post subject:

I wouls stick with only one tornado on the SP-94, and a few good 80mm fans for the case,

(maybe one tornado for rear exaust), and a top blowhole to vent heated air.
all those tornados are gonna sound like an F-18 takin off...and still only be as cool as your room temps are, just keep a steady flow of air through the case front to back, and let the SP-94 take care of the CPU!
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[KoG]^weaZel · Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2004 7:33 pm Post subject:

^^^^ wise words. You just need a flow thru the case and like he said you are only able to cool as low as your room temps.
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ToggleHead · TWEAKGURU Joined: 03 Mar 2004 Posts: 4360 Location: Jersey

^^^^^what he said..........get some intakes and exhausts ASAP
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Scoth · SirTweaksabit Joined: 23 Feb 2004 Posts: 283

my case only has one rear exaust and it's a 60mm

well there's about a 1.5" x 7" section on the back that has a bunch of holes, but you can;t get any fans on it

JayDubya · Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2004 10:22 am Post subject:

get case cooling ASAP. you need it right away. you don't want to burn up your new pc.
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