Home > Consumer Reviews > Vantec SP-FC70-BL Spectrum System Fan Card with Dual Adjustable 70mm UV LED Fans (Blue)

I have a good sized case with 3 open PCI slots, like most new MOBO's my PCI-e slot is the highest slot closest to the case fans with he other slots below it. My cards also mount at the rear of the system with everything attached to the left panel with the right panle removeable. I have tried other PCI fan cards in the past and they are easy to switch their configuration so you can mount it how ever you need. One thing the discription fails to mention is the direction of airflow. Under the stock configuration, according to the instructions that came with the card, it draws air in at the top of the card and blows it out the bottom onto the GPU. But like most newer PC MOBO's my PCI-e slot is ABOVE the other PCI slots. You can't simply flip the bracket on this card to reverse the air flow. The mounting bracket is attached by screws that can not mount to both sides and to support the long length of the card it needs to plug into an open PCI slot, which you can not do if you flip the card over. So after drilling a couple of holes and creating a support to sit under the card it's installed. The 2 fans move alot of air but it does not pull in air from the outside just moves air with in the case. My exhaust fan is above all the PCI slots so it blows air up past the GPU into the air flow being sucked out of the case so it does help. Vantec needs to be like Antec and make their PCI Fan Cards more versitle...or Antec needs to make a Dual fan card. **Caution** fan blade tips are sharp...I put my hand over the card to feel the air flow and one of the fan tips nicked my finger and ripped it open.

I've been struggling with heat issues for quite some time with my gaming PC and have gone through numerous fans and combinations trying to find a way to keep it cool. I had just about resigned myself to just running with the case open all the time until I bought this. After shuffling my PCI cards around so as to allow a space between this and my 6800 Ultra I fired the machine up (and closed the case! ;-) and did some gaming, all the while keeping an eye on the temperature of the card. This fan easily dropped the temperature on the card 5-7 degrees celsius when the graphics are running full bore.. once the chaos on the screen starts to subside, the cooling is even better. As an added bonus, this will cool the card down quick once you exit your game.

I thought for sure that I would have to trade off cooling for a lot more noise and I was surprised to find that I had to listen for it in order to hear it. About the only complaint I have on this is that the fan speed is manual with a slider on the back (which I knew when I bought it) so it is not temperature sensitive. Still deserves 5 stars though.

Let's make it simple. I have been using this fan for two years now and I think they deserve the recognition of the achievement that Vantec have made. I use this to cool down my video card. It fitted perfectly cause the fan blows the air directly to the graphic card. It make the air circles in all the case.
Pros:
- 2 fans.
- variable speed control.
- low noise fans.
- easy to install.
- Long lifetime!
- Cool blue led light in the fans. If you are using a transparent case it looks great.
Cons:
- It takes up a PCI slot

Very satisfied with this pci fan, in fact I bought another one to my PC in the office.

I do recommend this product.

I use this pointed directly at my fanless vid card with great results. Prior to this fan, GPU temp under load was about 80c. Now, with the fan on low (extremely quiet,) it barely spiked to 51c. With the fan on high under load it didn't get any higher than 40c. High setting is much louder, but it does have a variable switch (like a dimmer switch) so you can probably find a happy medium that works for you some where in between. Moves A LOT of air on low and even more on high setting. Very impressed for such a cheap price.

after installing a bigger video card that had its own fan i was still getting heat troubles bought this fan and everything is nice and cool i thought it might be noisy but to my pleasant surprise its nice and quiet ive already recommended this fan to friends