Community weekly poll: How many fans do you have in your computer ?
- 10/5/05 4:55 PM
How many fans do you have in your computer ?
by Marc Bennett - 10/5/05 4:55 PM
How many fans do you have in your computer (including the ones on your power supply, your CPU, and your video card)?
2
3
4
5 (what type, and why so many?)
6 (what type, and why so many?)
7 (what type, and why so many?)
8+ (what type, and why so many?)
I have no idea (take a guess)
few pollers
by Marge90601 - 10/7/05 4:19 AM In reply to: How many fans do you have in your computer ? by Marc Bennett
When I answered 4, the results didn't even show a 4 row; when I went back and looked again, 4 received 13%. That means to me that I am 13% of the poll, which means less than 10 answers. Is it really that small?
Fans
by driles - 10/7/05 4:30 AM In reply to: How many fans do you have in your computer ? by Marc Bennett
I put a fan in each space provided.
Dave Riles
home-built
by markske100 - 10/7/05 9:15 AM In reply to: Fans by drilesI have built my case myself, so as mucht fan as I could find a useful spot for ...
and my previous case had no options for casefans, so I dremeled 4 fan foles ... (92mm)
dremel
by momule - 10/7/05 4:37 PM In reply to: home-built by markske100thank god for the Dremel tool !!!!
(NT) Home made.
by sid irwin - 10/8/05 7:31 AM In reply to: home-built by markske100I like the idea of doing it yourself. Many times I can come up with a solution better than the one designed for the situation if i understand the principles. another neat site for this is in Popular Science and is called something like H2udo. it is a kind of McGyver forum where people modify stuff for purposes other than the original intent like a throw away digital camera that one modifies to reuse. maybe i am just a cheapskate.
My Media Center PC has 7 fans
by JohnCNR - 10/7/05 4:34 AM In reply to: How many fans do you have in your computer ? by Marc Bennett
PSU has 2 fans
ATi Radeon Video Card has 1 fan
2.8 P4 CPU has Akasa Evo33 Cooler
Case has 3 x 60mm Ultra Silent fans on rubber mounts
When in use the hum from the fans is bearly audible.
The rubber mounting for the case fans stop any noise being transmitted.
CPU runs at 30C and the case at 37C
Is there a minimum temperature
by CorpTech - 10/7/05 4:42 AM In reply to: My Media Center PC has 7 fans by JohnCNRMy system; fan on each of CPU, PS, case, plus 3 in add-in 5.5" bay because everything was running so hot.
Question - is there a Minimum temperature required for efficent operation? Is it possible (albeit unlikely) to over-cool?
Is there a minimum temperature?
by JohnCNR - 10/7/05 4:48 AM In reply to: Is there a minimum temperature by CorpTechThere probably is, but you'd never get there not even with liquid cooling. All CPU's have a maximum temperature, that's more important! Same applies to memory.
CPU Maximum temperatures
by JohnCNR - 10/7/05 4:54 AM In reply to: Is there a minimum temperature by CorpTechCheck out: http://www.pantherproducts.co.uk/Articles/CPU/CPU%20Temperatures.shtml
If you need to know what the MAX temperature is.
If you use a P4 then look at the bottom of the article.
Can you overcool? Sure...
by 40list04 - 10/7/05 7:39 AM In reply to: Is there a minimum temperature by CorpTechIf you were to achieve temperatures low enough then the mechanical parts of the computer could conceivably sieze up. Very unlikely though unless you keep your computer in unheated space and live in the Arctic. And if the computer were already running then even subzero temperatures would be less of a problem since a computer is inherently self-heating once it is started.
The CPU itself would be happy as cold as you might care to make it, witness those overclockers who have experimented with cooling their processors with liquid nitrogen.
Too Cool? not really
by enorbet - 10/8/05 12:42 AM In reply to: Can you overcool? Sure... by 40list04Hello
The only real world consideration having to do with being "too cool" is actually all about temperature differential and humidity. Just as you may have experienced aluminum window frames or the sides of soda cans sweating (beads of condenstaion forming on the surface) this is an example of what must either be avoided or protected against when it comes to cooling. Because of this concern, namely room air coming into contact with components cooled below ambient temperature where such beads of condenstaion occur causing electronic components to be exposed to the possiblity of shorting out, active systems that can cool components below room temperature are generally limited as to what gets cooled.
On water cooled systems for example there are heatsinks called "waterblocks" that one can mount on the most heat offensive devices namely CPU and GPU. In such a system mechanical dvices such as CDROMs/DVDs, hard drives, floppies,etc are not exposed to sub ambient temperatures. The components that are exposed require painstaking insurance against the formation of condensate and protection against that which occurs, usually in the form of silicone or other water-proof caulking and insulation.
The most monstrous systems, all the way from killer Crays down to desktop VapoChills and such that employ phase change cooling where a material such as nitrogen is converted in phase from gaseous to liquid and back again just like in an auto airconditioner (except they use freon in place of nitrogen), still must isolate some components if only to prevent access to outside air such as through floppy drives, cdroms, zips and such that have doors/trays that open. Additionally it is less expensive and difficult to cool a smaller volume so the only mechanical items likely to have any problems even approaching "seizing up" are usually isolated from extreme cooling.
In general heat is the enemy of electronics and anything you can do to properly cool any electronic device will improve it's longevity and stability. IN the specific case of PC's I have built many systems and done fairly extensive testing on cooling and while it is probably not cost-effective to go to extreme cooling methods (although water cooling kits have seriously come down in price now) just to be able to get a few percentage points overclocking) there is definitely a point at which the combination of speed increase and especially stability improvement as well as increased longevity on some important parts is well worth it. In general CPU life is usually somewhat shortened by overclocking but it has been my experience that even heavily overclocked, given sufficient cooling, CPU's will outlive their usefullness. I still have numerous Classic Pentiums that ran overclocked for years (until recently 50% gains were common ie 133MHz CPU OC'd to 200MHz, 300 to 450, etc) that work fine but have been rendered useless by obsolescence.
Jimmy
Only 7
by Solafide - 10/7/05 4:43 AM In reply to: My Media Center PC has 7 fans by JohnCNR2 front fans, 1 standard CPU fan, 1 on top(it's the only chassis fan that blows any warm-to-the-touch air), 1 in the rear, and 2 in the PSU. It is extremely quite though. I plan to put in some more fans(120mm instead of 80 mm) and get a quieter CPU fan. Why do I have all these fans? So that when I run my own server, overclock, or try to solve the RSA challenge, I don't overheat. 
just 9
by markske100 - 10/7/05 9:11 AM In reply to: Only 7 by Solafide2 120mm fans on the front, one in the back and one on the side of the case, and also a pci backet fan with a custom made vga sink to cool the video card effectively, also 2 power supplies one no-name 200 watt AT for my hard drives (3) and optical drives (3) and one q-tech 400 watt dual fan (wich cant power the rest of my system enough, and is now dying) with 2 80 mm fans
also a gigabyte 3d cooler pro to cool my cpu to a nice ans cool 41° celsius
casetemp is now 21°
7 Fans also
by Richard56 - 10/9/05 8:38 AM In reply to: Only 7 by SolafideHeat is the enemy of electrical components. The more heat you can remove the more stable and longer lived the system. I currently have 7 fans in my system. That may sound like a lot but 1 on each of 2 CPUs, 2 at the front of the case providing air over 3 HDs, 2 exhausting the air out the back, and 1 on the 420 watt PSU. The machine is exceptional quite. It sits about three feet away as I key this and is total silent.
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