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Long Haired Git · 11-24-2005, 01:42 AM

PA160.1 was designed for a single fan and designed for noise vs cooling.
The design thread here is a good read: basically it starts with a fan that is quiet (ie 7v) and then tries to make the best radiator for it that will fit inside "most" cases.

Sounds precisely what you are after.

A PA160.1 will cope with the 120W to 200W your rig is likely to put out. In fact, with a 200W load, the difference between a HE120.1 and HE120.2 is less than five degrees. Now five degees may get you tens of MHz more, or it might give you jack. The 2nd fan will definately add more noise, and the bigger rad will be harder to fit.

PA160.1 is a an excellant compromise between the two.

11-24-2005, 01:42 AM	#5
Long Haired Git Cooling Savant Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Sydney, Oz Posts: 336	PA160.1 was designed for a single fan and designed for noise vs cooling. The design thread here is a good read: basically it starts with a fan that is quiet (ie 7v) and then tries to make the best radiator for it that will fit inside "most" cases. Sounds precisely what you are after. A PA160.1 will cope with the 120W to 200W your rig is likely to put out. In fact, with a 200W load, the difference between a HE120.1 and HE120.2 is less than five degrees. Now five degees may get you tens of MHz more, or it might give you jack. The 2nd fan will definately add more noise, and the bigger rad will be harder to fit. PA160.1 is a an excellant compromise between the two. __________________ Long Haired Git "Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks factory where smoking on the job is permitted." (Prof. Gene Spafford) My Rig, in all its glory, can be seen best here AMD XP1600 @ 1530 Mhz \| Soyo Dragon + \| 256 Mb PC2700 DDRAM \| 2 x 40 Gb 7200rpm in Raid-0 \| Maze 2, eheim 1250, dual heater cores! \| Full specifications (PCDB)