Buying some case fans...need some help.

[lordvic]

So... I'm going to add a case fan or two, and I need a bit of help. I'm going out to buy them hopefully tomorrow.What brand should I buy from? It seems Antec are pretty good, but I'd like to hear more.
Images....might help.
4850 in there...


fan under my PSU that blows air out to the back...The fan there at the back is a 80mm (exhaust), and my CPU fan sucks air in.


Now, should I buy a fan and put it in here for intake...(bottom front of the case...80mm max, cant put a 120mm in that spot). It blows are directly under the 4850 --> [------card------] <~~air~~ [fan spot]


Or put one here...(side panel) blowing air in as the CPU fan sucks air in (like i said before). BUT, the 4850 blows air out from the copper side bit (as you can see in the photos). If you think I can't put a fan there because there are no screw hole/mount, well, I figured out a way .

So should I put it at one of the spots, or at both locations....not sure if it will cause any air intake/exhaust problems (turbulance? i dunno). Oh yeah, My PSU has ONE "case fan only" cable that allows it to control a case fan's speed.

[HONkUS]

what case are you using?
Also what is your budget?
Are you looking for quiet fans or high performance fans?

[FZ1]

The Noctua fans are great but a little pricey.

[lordvic]

Price doesn't matter much, also, I'd like them to be kind of quiet (not really loud), and decent/good performance.
I know, Notuca are pretty good...not sure if stores at my location has them...(might have to order online.)
O yeah, and the case, it's just some crap-tacular one... Mini ATX case.
I'm planning to just get one first, to put it at the bottom-front.

Hope to have more replies cuz I'm going out soon.

[lordvic]

So I bought a GlacialTech 80mm fan for the bottom-front location. Seems pretty good right now, reviews i checked from google seems very good.
The fan is pretty quiet ( under 18dBA some-what impressive) and it moves quite a bit of air (says 26.3 CFM, 0.75 m3/min, but it's a little BS I think...probably like 20 CFM). The fan speed seems a bit slow (1,700 RPM +/- 10%). It wasn't very expensive too

**Might get an Antec one for the side panel from futureshop later.

[Sporg]

I've had a few Antec fans and haven't been too impressed with them. Personally I like Yate Loons - cheap and can move a fair amount of air. All 6 fans in my current rig are Yates - 3 on the rad, one front intake, one back exhaust, and one up top. All 6 are hooked up to a fan controller. Only run 5 at around 50%, and the blower up top rarely gets turned on. I don't have a dB meter, but I barely hear the system running.

[lordvic]

I've had a few Antec fans and haven't been too impressed with them. Personally I like Yate Loons - cheap and can move a fair amount of air. All 6 fans in my current rig are Yates - 3 on the rad, one front intake, one back exhaust, and one up top. All 6 are hooked up to a fan controller. Only run 5 at around 50%, and the blower up top rarely gets turned on. I don't have a dB meter, but I barely hear the system running.

I see...how about Dynex case fans? they any good? I have a store that sells a flashing LED one (80mm), plain black one (80/120mm). I'm planning to get one (not the annoying flashing one) for my side panel.

Should the side panel be 80mm or 120mm?

Yate Loons...I'll look into that