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Originally Posted by Blackeagle
Cathar,
By use of the L type Panaflow fans are you hope'n to crowd the EU guys on noise? How much would use of them vs the H or M models cost in temps?
And how loud is the new Swifty 650? You've got one already?
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The fan choice was as determined by the voters. If you read the thread I linked to, you'd see.
OCAU requires your real email address but I have never seen any spam as a result of being there. email addresses are never made visible, and spam robots can't get there because of the need to register. Kindof a self-protecting environment...
The game here is to match cooling performance with noise. Can't have it all though - can't have low-space, low-noise and high-performance. Doesn't work. Pick any two, but not all three.
The L1A's, as opposed to the H1's, would "cost" you about 0.5-1.0C on the radiator I proposed (depending on heat load), but would be at under half the noise level.
Using two of the Little Arse's with the L1A fans would quite likely exceed what the single BA with H1A fans on it could offer in terms of cooling performance.
I don't have the MCP650 yet - should be due to arrive any day now.
Not deliberately intending to "crowd" the EU group on noise - I just think that there's a bit of a misconception over there that somehow all "US/OZ" style systems are loud and noisy things. There's little point going to water-cooling if you're going to miss out on the noise benefits.
I get all my mega-overclocks that I post on various sites, at room temperatures, on a very quiet system.
e.g.
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