I am putting together a system and am researching the various components I want to use (I usually spend about a month looking before I buy).
I am going to go with an Antec Sonata III case with a 500W Earthwatts PSU.
I will have an E8400 processor, which I am aiming at OCing to 4.0 GHz. I will use the Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme heat sink. I will be using an 8800 GTS 512MB video card.
My question is this:
Will I get adequate cooling with 3 Noctua NF-S12-800's at 800 RPM (one intake, one exhaust, one on the thermalright)? They Push 41 CFM at ~20 dBA. The other option is to use Scythe S-Flex fans (SFF21E) at 1200 RPM pushing 51 CFM at 23 dBA. I don't really want to go much louder than this, but if the consensus is that even the 1200 RMP Scythe isn't enough, I might go with something faster on the HS and keep the lower RPM fans in the case.
What do you guys think?
I am going to go with an Antec Sonata III case with a 500W Earthwatts PSU.
I will have an E8400 processor, which I am aiming at OCing to 4.0 GHz. I will use the Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme heat sink. I will be using an 8800 GTS 512MB video card.
My question is this:
Will I get adequate cooling with 3 Noctua NF-S12-800's at 800 RPM (one intake, one exhaust, one on the thermalright)? They Push 41 CFM at ~20 dBA. The other option is to use Scythe S-Flex fans (SFF21E) at 1200 RPM pushing 51 CFM at 23 dBA. I don't really want to go much louder than this, but if the consensus is that even the 1200 RMP Scythe isn't enough, I might go with something faster on the HS and keep the lower RPM fans in the case.
What do you guys think?