Do P4's need case fans?

If your power supply has a nice dual fan setup (like Enermax), you may not need additional case fans to keep the case temp down.

Ritesh

Well, you have options. Generally speaking a typical 80mm medium speed case fan should do. But typical 80mm fans are noisy. You would be better off with 2 or more slower, quieter fans, if you really want the system quiet.

Also, brand does matter to some extent, especially at higher speeds. Better fans have better bearings and more optimized blade shapes that help reduce noise. I recommend Panaflow fans. For good cooling and low noise, a couple low speed Panaflows would be a good choice, but one might be enough.

Now, the power supply also exaust heat. If you have one with an exhaust fan on the bottom, it will pull heat from the processor. Enermax makes some quite power supplies in this configuration. You might get by with just that, or better yet, one of those and one low speed Panaflow.

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Right not a lot of case cooling, but some. I believe the quietest hard drives are the 5400RPM Seagate drives with the rubber noise isolator cover.

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The maxtor D740x has quiet enough idle noises, especially if youget the drive with fluid bearings, but i find the seek noises 'scratchy'.

P.S. I believe that all modern (fast) PC's should have at least one low speed casefan.
You cant really depend on the PSU cooling your system as the fans in the PSU essentially just cool itself.

One low speed rear casefan should be sufficient, provided air can get in somewhere at the front.


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