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Raphael Argus · 10-30-2007, 09:30 PM

1. What's the advantage to connecting case fans to the motherboard? Since they run slower, obvioulsy they are quieter, but would connecting them straight to a molex from the PSU be better for the higher RPM?

2. PCI exhaust fans. Are they really any good? I have an 8800GTS which has it's own exhaust fan, would having a PCI exhaust fan under it help at all, or is that just wasting power and adding noise?

Thanks for any feedback, and appreciate all the great help I've gotten through this site in general

10-30-2007, 09:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
Raphael Argus Ultra Techie Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 531	A couple general cooling questions 1. What's the advantage to connecting case fans to the motherboard? Since they run slower, obvioulsy they are quieter, but would connecting them straight to a molex from the PSU be better for the higher RPM? 2. PCI exhaust fans. Are they really any good? I have an 8800GTS which has it's own exhaust fan, would having a PCI exhaust fan under it help at all, or is that just wasting power and adding noise? Thanks for any feedback, and appreciate all the great help I've gotten through this site in general __________________ E6750 @ 2.66 Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L 2GB XMS2 Corsair Ram Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Evga 8800GTS 640MB 250GB Western Digital SATA2 HDD 250GB Maxtor SATA1 HDD Antec Truepower Trio 650 watt PSU Cooler Master Centurion 5 case 20.1" Samsung 204B LCD Microsoft Keyboard Logitech MX518 Mouse Geek Squad 875VA Back-UP UPS Windows XP SP2