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cougem · 05-19-2004, 01:20 AM

1 120mm is probably going to be better.

Area goes with radius^2, so you actually get much higher CFMs with a 120mm fan. For example a thermtaltake thunderblade is near silent, yet pushes 78CFM. A silent 80mm fan would push low 30s.

05-19-2004, 01:20 AM	#2
cougem Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2004 Location: Cambridge Uni Posts: 176	1 120mm is probably going to be better. Area goes with radius^2, so you actually get much higher CFMs with a 120mm fan. For example a thermtaltake thunderblade is near silent, yet pushes 78CFM. A silent 80mm fan would push low 30s.