Building a New Mountain Mods Rig: Need Help with Air Cooling

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10-30-2010, 10:24 PM
Baasha

Building a New Mountain Mods Rig: Need Help with Air Cooling

So I just got a Mountain Mods Ascension CYO case with the following set up:

Trinity Front Panel (9 120mm fan slots - intake)
Triple Original Top Panel (3 120mm fan slots - exhaust)
Horizon Back Panel (4 120mm fan slots - exhaust)

I was thinking of the following fans for air cooling:

9 Scythe Ultra Kaze 3000 RPM 120mm fans for the intake (Front Panel)
3 Delta AFB1212GHE 5200 RPM 120mm fans for the exhaust (Top Panel)
4 Delta AFB1212GHE 5200 RPM 120mm fans for the exhaust (Back Panel)

I am planning to use two Rhobeus Extreme fan controllers to control the 9 intake and 3 exhaust fans for a total of 12 fans (6 per controller).

Is this is a good set up for excellent air-cooling?

I wanted to do all Deltas at first but I fear that might just be a bit too loud. :D

Also, do you guys have experience with the Delta and Scythe fans?

I really want an excellent air-cooled system for my new rig so I do not want to compromise on anything.

I also realized the Scythe fans don't have LEDs which is okay I guess but is there a good guide or suggestion for lighting the interior of the case to make it look awesome? I plan to do mostly white LEDs with a few blue ones interspersed.
10-30-2010, 10:27 PM
lkiller123

White LED strips combined with a few blues will look awesome.

But IMO the MountainMods is an extreme overkill for aircooling.
10-30-2010, 10:38 PM
Movieman

You do not want 5200rpm fans on anything unless your idea of fun is walking around with earplugs and adding a 1000w amp to your TV soyou can hear it..
Stick with fans in the 2000rpm range..
Oh, I have 2-120x25mm 113cfm 3600rpm Delta's on a very high end midtower and you can hear them 10 ft before you hit the room the machine is in..:rofl:
I also have 8 of those on a MM Extended Ascention but thankfully those are on a fan controller thats never turned up more than 50%
10-30-2010, 10:55 PM
Baasha

Quote:

Originally Posted by Movieman

I also have 8 of those on a MM Extended Ascention but thankfully those are on a fan controller thats never turned up more than 50%

Which fan controller are you using for the Deltas?
10-30-2010, 10:58 PM
Baasha

Quote:

Originally Posted by lkiller123

White LED strips combined with a few blues will look awesome.

But IMO the MountainMods is an extreme overkill for aircooling.

Do you recommend any particular brand of LEDs? Any particular 'models'/sizes?

Regarding the MM case, I understand it is a bit much for air-cooling but I plan to get into water-cooling in the future and wanted to keep this case for several years. I also really like the horizontal motherboard option so I got it for that reason as well.
10-30-2010, 10:59 PM
Baasha

Quote:

Originally Posted by Movieman

I also have 8 of those on a MM Extended Ascention but thankfully those are on a fan controller thats never turned up more than 50%

Do you have any pics of your MM case? I would love to see how you've set it up.
10-30-2010, 11:49 PM
Movieman

Quote:

Originally Posted by Baasha

Do you have any pics of your MM case? I would love to see how you've set it up.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&postcount=471

sunbeam controller but now 2-FC2's in there.