Those 3000 rpm Noctua fans are nice, but after running them 24/7 for over a year I have had 3 of them fail
I didn't think the batch 1 fans with 11 blades were too bad, however the batch 2 fans with 7 blades were really bad -- it really depends on the ambient temp -- One rig in my bedroom with A/C runs fine with batch 1 fans, however the ones that run in unconditioned space all have the noctua fans.
I have found that airflow is the most important thing, below 88f I can run the exhaust fan on low, above 88f I have to run it on high to keep gentarkins firmware from throttling a few cubes -- hottest this year is 97f 2 days ago(it'll get hotter) -- Thinking of putting a second exhaust that will auto start on high speed when temps reach 88f, plus that"ll give some redundancy in case the first exhaust fails -- gotta keep that air moving!!
My airflow is beyond good I think. See here my setup
lostgonzo.imgur.comTemp today was 90F outside and humid. In the Basement it was 86F which is beyond good considering I'm kicking out at 705 mh at 2850 or so watts!
Other 300mh hosted recent 3rd Titan) So heck that is covered. They have not yet been modified. I have 6 more to modify in basement yet as well.
Not sure about the Noctura Fans dying thou...I have original first batch Titans (Nov Units) plus 2 cubes I got in Feb (1 cube only 1 good die) also Nov unit and they all had some
half assed labeled KNC brand fans...looked generic as heck. Still state NO WAY as was stated on KNC forums back in the day these puppies were 2000 rpm
they were likely 1500 rpm. There is just too much air flow if the ones I just put in are 3000 rpm don't ya know.
But taking into consideration your 3 noctura fans died in a year..that is some concern...I have the Gen Tarkin Firmware that guards against that kinda thing (had one fail from knc 1/2 year ago) but I just LOVE the conversation on here that NOW on NOV 2014 units (all 3 titans 1 orig price 2 used priced) we are really saying and really having this
CONVERSATION on this date of 6/20/16 that we MAY have a problem running KNC Titans SOMETIME NEXT YEAR on the same date 6/20/17 because perhaps 3
of these new noctura 3000 rpm replacement fans MIGHT croak! I wish I'm so LUCKY as that to happen. Yet another YEAR of life in my Titans!
Man I got to sit down ...considering when I got my 2nd Titan March 2015 and with all the NEW bigger badder scrypt miners that were supposed to come
out (Volcano/alpha tech/flower tech etc) that the best I could see was MAYBE I'd mine into JULY 2015 and then just play with crummy scrypt alts hoping
for a hit there after eating electric costs)....man 1 more year of these these raspberry pi 8th grade science project Titan miners is beyond my wildest dreams.
I mean really......2017....that would be Nov to Nov THREE SOLID YEARS. The mind boggles.
But again I take your point on air flow ...I did try putting in floor push fans...but in my setup the air rising up to the ceiling and the push fan at the other end
of the basement giving a flag waving wind up there 24/7 seems to just grabs the heat migrating to the ceiling and just shoots it out the exhaust shutter fan
in my above picture link.When I added Big Floor with wheels push fans on the floor to get more direct airflow it seemed to just MIX around and just kinda made the temp 2F worse
I suppose I could run flexible duct work to be more precise...but heck if it is 90F outside and 86F in the basement...it just seems that in my case it is pretty much as good as it is gonna get airflow wise, considering I'm running the equivalent of 24/7 2850 watt 'space heaters' heh
But I surely wish the only issues I have after my re-pasting and fan improvements dwells into NEXT YEAR is me wearing the fans out from too much use. But
I will watch for such. (Also I plan to clean them out like every 4 months ..the cubes I mean....don't be me and wait 22 months or so ...it was terrifying to look at!)
anyway .......still want to run my 1 cube with 1 working die on my previous posted message with links to water cooling.....see how fast a guy could make 1 die
scream...(man I need a life)