Antec Spot Cool Fan Review and Install - Replace noisy northbridge fan on Intel DX58SO

[ccben]

I find it odd that you go for an additional fan for your northbridge yet stick with a stock intel cooling solution for your cpu... very odd.

[MtnXfreeride]

@ccben my coolermaster V8 was in the mail still at the time.

[labobo]

damn that mount system sucks, what if you move the computer, lan party, fan may get out of position and not do its job

[MtnXfreeride]

@labobo it has held in place for over a year now even traveling from home to apartment a few times.

[labobo]

@MtnXfreeride huh, then it just looks bad i guess

[bobiana289]

@labobo Thats exactly what I was thinking. Not only not do its job (it would be easy to reposition) but fall on a component and possible short something out.

[sale2009]

computer noob here; i wold just like to know if this mobo has the right connectors for this and what type of connectors it uses thnks in advance

ASRock M3A770DE AMD 770

[572dwayne]

@sale2009 it is a 3 pin connector u should have several on your motherboard

[danorambo]

Hey mad vid subbed, but if you got the fan like that where is the hot air going to go? oh and where you put switch? or just leave it oon 3perm?

[MtnXfreeride]

@danorambo hey, the air would do the same thing the CPU fan does, send it out into the case away from the centered point of the heatsink. The antec 900 case has a crapton of fans to clear out the heat in the case quickly from there. Also, the switch is built onto the fan, so I just keep it on medium.

[danorambo]

@MtnXfreeride ahh yep, when you put it like that makes sense lol

But yeah i got the 902 case and the fans are amazing. lookin at ur vid first i seen of this fan, very likely ill be adding this :)

thanks for quick reply man

[572dwayne]

@MtnXfreeride can u get this in different colors i have looked and cant find anything different i need a green one that fan looks like it works well and i think it has a nice look to it 

[MtnXfreeride]

@572dwayne Only in blue as far as I have seen too. I wonder if it would be hard to switch the LEDs out??

[572dwayne]

@MtnXfreeride probably would be more trouble than its worth lol

[MtnXfreeride]

@572dwayne yup..

But green mixed with blue fine for me.. My cold cathodes are green.. I need to upload a new video.. my computer has been pretty rebuilt since this was made

[572dwayne]

@572dwayne i decided i was gonna get one so i ordered one today id say it will make huge difference in temp mine only runs at 29C with 500gb hard drive 4 gb ram which im wanting to up grade to some ripjaws and i have intel 3.2ghz duel core processor with nvidia geforce 9500GT 1gb graphics card

[danorambo]

Hey mad vid subbed, but if you got the fan like that where is the hot air going to go?

[572dwayne]

@danorambo the side of his case is vented it will be fine

[572dwayne]

@danorambo the side of his case is vented 2:31 and his other fans will suck out the heat anyways he is just adding a nice quiet more effecient cooling and not to mention it looks nice and these fans are not expensive and they have and 8 inch lead and u can put it any where in your case unlike any other fan mod

[items419]

Whats the song name

[MtnXfreeride]

@items419 teen angst by M83

[TheRGUK]

you need a better graphics card XD

[MtnXfreeride]

@TheRGUK I have 2 Nvidia 1GB GTX460's now.. I am going to make another video soon once my i7 970 hex core comes in the mail! I will make another video of epicness.

[evilbadger714]

Haha needs viagra xD legend

[hyperactivecalvino]

intel stock cooler needs to go xD

Grab yourself a Zalman 9700 its a kickass cooler :D

[MtnXfreeride]

@hyperactivecalvino I ended up getting the Coolermaster V8 right after this was made. Its pretty bad ass looking haha

[DrVoxeatspeople]

you need a blue CPU fan

[MtnXfreeride]

@DrVoxeatspeople I have a coolermaster V8 cpu fan now.. super sexyy

[crimson177]

very noisy at full speed but i love them

[Sonnel99]

Needs viagra lol :)) funny

[TheRealSergentSiler]

needs viagra lol

[Medo5556]

good work

[muh1h1]

xDDDDDDDDDD

[AddictedToTrance123]

nice song m83 rocks.

[BestxNexus]

Memory above the CPU? That's different. I think I might get one of these for mostfet cooling since I can't find a good DDR2 AMD mobo with a heatsink on the mosfet.

[MtnXfreeride]

@BestxNexus it works well with the antec 900 because of the giant fan above at the top.

[negerauto123]

just use the fan above you :)

[spacegekko]

it looks nice but with your cable management in that case i'm supprised you havent needed to buy about 10 of those things!

[MtnXfreeride]

@spacegekko this is before I did cable management.. I was still waiting for a new PSU to come and heatsink so the whole thing was going to be gutted anyway. I have a newer video of the completed desktop.

[shewasahooa]

Great idea, great price, so dont complain!

[MechaNintendoMast]

With this talk of loud, hot harddrives I can say no one believes in solid state

[MtnXfreeride]

@MechaNintendoMast See my other computer videos? I have 2 SSDs, one intel one OCZ. I dont get heat from my disc hard drives, and the noise isnt from them. Its from the tiny fan the mobo came with.

[DukeLuke1020]

@MechaNintendoMast Solid state would be amazing, if it wasn't $1,000 for like 200GB.

[xLuciferProductionsx]

im getting this fan to point at my second 1TB hard drive thats making it extremely hot in the tower, i hope it works...

[MtnXfreeride]

if your hard drives are heating up a tower, then maybe there is something wrong with them. Mine are fairly cool to the touch, my 2 640's and 1TB in the case.

[xh4x0rx]

what kind of fan is tthat?

[jackJber]

yea i got the antec 900 2 and its pretty decent with cable management if u take the time to do it right. has a nice back behind the motherboard for wires

[MtnXfreeride]

yup, my 900 can only get some cables back there.. I really would have to cut a hole by the PSU to make my wiring really efficient.. but its really cramped behind my mobo with the few cables I have.. I still have to put a lot of power into closing the back case!

But, the UV light and cable wraps make it "cool" to show some cables.

[Otaybay]

What case u got?

[MtnXfreeride]

antec 900, its pretty good, but hard to do a good job with cable management. I think the 902 may have fixed that.

[BZ4LiFe90210]

What kind of Power Supply do you have installed?

[MtnXfreeride]

ROcketfish 700watt PSU here, but ive changed it out for a BFG 600 watt since, the rocketfish was too loud.

[BZ4LiFe90210]

Which one has the LED lights?

[MtnXfreeride]

The rocketfish has blue LEDS, it did look sexy int he case, mirror finish wrapped cables and LEDs, but it was LOUDD.

[jhorickok]

how loud it is??

[MtnXfreeride]

on high I can hear it, on the other settings it is drowned out by my other fans.

[fpsraab]

LOL you did the same thing as I did, with the exact motherboard.

[Crodon]

What motherboard do you have? They layout is really wierd.

[MtnXfreeride]

intel DX58SO, dont get it, it sucks. FInd one with 6 memory DIMMS so you can add memory for cheap. The fourth slot on here is useless for triple channel memory.

[ThuGfunk]

Nice little fan, I may buy one.

[ModeloIbarra]

I'm gonna mount spot cool fans on every mb mount on for my pc! its gonna be awesome!

[MtnXfreeride]

Done, it was on order for this video. It now has a coolmaster v8.

[SysAdmin86851]

you should replace that stock cooler next ...lol

[l337z0r]

Best place to cool in a case? Northbridge or what?

[MtnXfreeride]

Well, I placed it over the northbridge because the motherboard came with a small (optional) fan to mount over it. That fan however, was very loud and high pitched. So the Antec is just there to replace it because its so quiet.

[rauleeter]

do you know if there is a way to install more than one antec spot cool fan if you cannot find the two point connection on the motherboard for more than one? i have two connections that i see on my board an i have one rocketfish gaming 80 mm fan and an antec spot cool hooked up. would like to add one more spot cool. maybe an adaptor is available?

[MtnXfreeride]

there are adapters out there that go from molex to the 3 pin fan plug you need. They are pass throughs to so you have a molex on both ends with the fan plug coming off a side.

[rauleeter]

where would i get one of these? I could use one more cooling fan in my case.

let me know and thanks for the fast reply.

[MtnXfreeride]

amazon. C O M/Fan-Molex-Pin-MB/dp/B000BSJG­L0

Take the spaces out of COM. $2.99 and its a pass through so you dont lose the molex connector.

[maxnanabas09]

yeah it does need a viagra ROFL

i got this one and it is very quiet even on high

i used it for my memory because XTC cooler doesnt fit on my mobo because of my CM V8

[kbtwinkietwins]

hey just a question, did i see your power supply on the bottom

[MtnXfreeride]

yes you did, the antec 900 case mounts the PSU at the bottom, which makes sense - it blows hot air up - where it naturally goes, and the giant fan at the top of the case blows it out. The air from the PSU is moved at such a fast pace it is barely warm.

[genesyswebmaster]

Can you turn off the obnoxious BLUE LEEEEDDDDDDD's?

[jimini34]

Excellent video demonstration. Helped me make my decision.

[mpa912]

it would be better with a nother cpu cooler that one from intel is too ugly =x

[MtnXfreeride]

Yep. It's coming tomorrow. I ordered the cool master v8. It's gonna be hugggeee.

[BKiggin]

i got mine!!! Its soo good :) yup 2 weeks later finally got mine xD

[boomshakalakalacka]

i was just wondering....does the antec cases need a special PSU because arent they suppose to suck the air?

[MtnXfreeride]

I dont think it matters. It seems like mine is sucking and then blowing from inside. Which is smart, because it is sucking in cool air and then blowing the hot air up since it will rise anyway and go out the giant fan on top. There really isnt any heat build up in this case, but I dont overclocked much @3.2ghz.

[BKiggin]

the fan is blowing cold air onto your motherboard/ram, also this will help you cpu by blowing hot air away for cold air

[BKiggin]

dude whats the song and also ty for posting this, IM GETTING THIS FOR MY RAM :)

[MtnXfreeride]

Its "Teen Angst" by M83 thanks for commenting!