Fan Show Down

Been a while since we wrapped up season 4 of the fan showdown, well we are back. Today marks the start of season 5 of the fan showdown. With a new season comes changes to how we are judging the contestants. Last season we focused on just airflow, however you said you want this season to focus on static pressure. So that’s what we will do, this season the fans will have to push air through a standard 120mm AIO radiator. Fans prioritize static pressure in there design should have the upper hand this season. Oh, and the cheater came along to season 5, the cheater was undefeated in season 4 let’s see if someone can topple the champion this season.

Welcome back to another episode of the Fan Showdown, Youtubes favorite series where you try your hand at designing what you think is the best PC cooling fan. Today we learn that sometimes the simplest solution is sometimes the best solution.

Today we have a fan who pays homage to the country of Uruguay and the run they made for the world cup, unfortunately things don’t go according to plan. In other news we see if trial and error can overcome the simple 13.

Sometimes the things you all come up with are mind blowing. In todays new episode of the fan showdown we have a fan who blade angle automatically adjust to optimize performance. A fan who takes its inspiration from a jet engine and an underdog who takes the cake.

I while back I made a video where I tried to take MIT research into toroidal propellers and use it on a PC fan. In that video we spoke about a propeller that's been available for boats for some time. Well today Tom decided to find out what would happen if you took the Sharrow marine toroidal propeller and turned it into a PC fan.

Have you ever wondered what an Noctua A12x25 would look like inside a Noctua A12x25. Well today is your lucky day because that's what we will be testing. Also, one of the most asked for designs finally gets it's time in the spot light, the Tesla Turbine.

I'm willing to bet when you have been walking around you home town or some large city looking at the architecter you have wondered, would that building make a good PC fan. Probably not, however sometimes those thoughts do come up and what better building to give the fan treatment to than the Sydney Opera House.

Today we have a look at 4 more of your designs in this episode of the Fan Showdown. One fan offers a creative solution to a problem we have all faced during a PC build, however its design created another rather noisy situation.

Have you ever wondered if a fan with no blades could work. well today we look at one modeled after a natural phenomenon that performed better then I could have predicted.