considering the size of the heatsink is the same as that of the stock fan, you will need to use an adaptor to fully utilize the extra flowrate of a 120mm. making one yourself should be easy enough.
Would mounting 2 low rpm fans on either end of the cube (same dir of air flow) reduce the noise produced per unit cfm?
i knew how easy it will be to remove the jet the day i bought starice.
But the problem is how will you attach the 120MM fan on it? The sides are too small for 120MM. And how to attach the fan.
But the negatives of having a 120mm fan is toooo much…why?? here’s my true opinion :
120mm means maximum airflow at the edges, i.e., around the 110mm edge…the fins are hardly 90mm wide…so most of the air goues waste…
120mm fans have a bigger core, i.e., the motor in the centre. this creates a bigger “blind spot” (no air passes infront of the motor, so that area isnt cooled by the fan) thats a HUUUGE disadvantage…
heh..there is a technique however using a 120mm to 92mm or 80mm duct…
using a duct enables u to use a bigger fan instead of a smaller one…and it eliminate the blind spot. But this will be verrrry bulky, and practically imposible since u’ll ber placing the fan verticlly, and there will be no room to make it since it’ll interfere with the RAM slots, VGA cards, etc tec…
I just thought of an idea… Funky has an XP-90 which he is using now. His water cooling kit is on the way(or has already arrived…I am not sure). Why don’t you ask him if he can sell it to you???