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New side fan for Haf 932?
My old HAF 932 case is over 5 years old and the side fan finally died. I am getting this thermaltake fan filter x4 as I am tired of so much dust in the case.
I already have a filter, silverstone 140mm, on the front intake and will be adding a second as it only covers half the area. I wont be buying the second filter for this front intake just yet though so will be w/e one is cheapest when I do get it.
That said I have noticed a slight increase in temps with the front filter so I assume it will go up a little more with 4 filter on the side intake, not putting any filters on the exhausts. The info is scarce on the coolermaster side fan.... what I could find from CM themselves was its a 700rpm 19 dba fan and I can see it is DC12v, .40a right on the fan itself. Another site claims its a 92.9cfm while another claims it more like 75cfm even though they heard it suppose to be 150cfm.
I would like to add a "better" 230mm fan that can push air a little harder so temps don't go up too much due to the filters interference. I am not a fan expert but I am under the impression bigger fans tend to move larger amounts of air but don't "penetrate" as well but I am sure some 230mm are better at that than others, I could also put in 4 120mm fans but that would be quite costly.
Any advice suggestions on a 230mm fan? I am only seeing bitfenix 230mm fans or coolermaster ones...
I already have a filter, silverstone 140mm, on the front intake and will be adding a second as it only covers half the area. I wont be buying the second filter for this front intake just yet though so will be w/e one is cheapest when I do get it.
That said I have noticed a slight increase in temps with the front filter so I assume it will go up a little more with 4 filter on the side intake, not putting any filters on the exhausts. The info is scarce on the coolermaster side fan.... what I could find from CM themselves was its a 700rpm 19 dba fan and I can see it is DC12v, .40a right on the fan itself. Another site claims its a 92.9cfm while another claims it more like 75cfm even though they heard it suppose to be 150cfm.
I would like to add a "better" 230mm fan that can push air a little harder so temps don't go up too much due to the filters interference. I am not a fan expert but I am under the impression bigger fans tend to move larger amounts of air but don't "penetrate" as well but I am sure some 230mm are better at that than others, I could also put in 4 120mm fans but that would be quite costly.
Any advice suggestions on a 230mm fan? I am only seeing bitfenix 230mm fans or coolermaster ones...
Brenics ~ Just to point out I do believe Chris Roberts is going down as the man who cheated backers and took down crowdfunding for gaming.
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Asm0deus EpicPosts: 4,619
I took the fan apart and cleaned it and regreased it, took off o ring etc, with petroleum jelly and its now working so I might think about waiting and getting 4 120mm after all since 230m seem to be short in the choice department.
Brenics ~ Just to point out I do believe Chris Roberts is going down as the man who cheated backers and took down crowdfunding for gaming.
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Ridelynn
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If your worried about the filter interference, get high static pressure fans. They are made not for high air flow, but to preserve what air flow they do have even against high resistance (such as radiators).
Corsair SP120 are one example.
That being said, four of those is going to be a lot of ventilation for a single computer case, especially since you already have 2 140mm's up front
When I get fans anymore, I just look for something cheap and relatively quiet, as they are easy enough to replace for the most part, and if you install them in the correct spot, one fan going bad won't break everything, so you can replace it when you can get around to it should one break.
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Yeah that what I might do btw it doesn have 2x 140m in front.
The haf 932 comes stock with:
Front: 230 x 30 mm red LED fan x 1 / 700 rpm / 19 dBA
Side: 230 x 30 mm standard fan x 1 / 700 rpm / 19 dBA (supports 120 mm fan x 4)
Top: 230 x 30 mm fan x 1 / 700 rpm / 19 dBA (supports 120 mm fan x 3 /
120 mm fan x 1 + 230 x 30 mm fan x 1)
Rear: 140 x 25 mm fan x 1, 1200 RPM, 17 dBA
My psu is mounted at the bottom of the case with fan down so the psu intakes air from under/outside the case and pushes it out the back and the case is on wheels so bottom of case has good clearance from the floor.
My noctua D14 cpu cooler pushes air from front of the case through heatsink and out the back.
Front and side are intakes others are exhausts.
Post edited by Asm0deus onBrenics ~ Just to point out I do believe Chris Roberts is going down as the man who cheated backers and took down crowdfunding for gaming.
