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Date Posted: August 9, 2002
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The Fans

    What about the fans included with the case, and believe me there is a fair amount.  There are 2 60mm*10mm fans that occupy the top 'blow hole', though why two 60mm fans were used is beyond me, as a single 120mm or even a 80/92mm fan could have been used in its place.  In fact the website lists a 80mm blowhole as standard on this case.  The two 60mm fans are in fact Delta fans (no not the noisy ones), these spin at 4800RPM and move about 21CFM, they also produce 36dbA of noise which isn't exactly quiet.

    The fans that occupy the window of this case are a pair of 92mm Sunon fans.  These fans move between 45-48CFM of air while spinning at 2600RPM, and producing about 33-34 dbA of noise.  Both of these fans blow into the case, one blows onto the the AGP slot and the first three or so PCI slots, while the other fan blows directly onto the CPU.  This arrangement would logically be most likely to cool the processor and other cards, especially the video card, which in the case of GeForce 4 and other similar cards get very hot.  This worked, as it allowed me to overclock my Kyro II by a couple of MHz more than previously.

    The other fans installed at the front and the back of the case are a pair of Sunon KD1208PTB2.  These fans spin at about 2900RPM and they move 39CFM while producing 32dbA of noise.  The front fan doesn't do that much as it isn't blowing over anything, the only help it gives is that it gets a slight amount of air inside the case.  The exhaust fan is of alot more use as it is one of the few exhaust points for the 2 92mm fans.

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