recommend me a 120mm quiet/powerful fan please

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Hi.

I'm looking for a quiet (silent) but powerful fan for my powermac. I know I have to make a compromise between the two. I recently purchased an xilence 120mm fan and it is nice and quiet but doesn't shift enough air and so I'm stuck with my noisey stock fan :mad:

Is the Noctua p12 any good? It seems to have good reviews fairly quiet and shifts a fair bit of air but then the xilence seemed to have similar reviews :confused:

Thanks for any help
 
maybe ..one of these ..

Coolermaster 90 CFM Blue LED Silent Fan 120mm .. R4-L2R-20CK-GP

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... Air pressure (mmH2O) 3.04 mm H2O
... Speed (R.P.M.) 2,000 R.P.M
... Input (Watt) 4.2 W ± 10%
... 90 CFM high airflow
... 19 dBA silent application for CPU cooling
... Long-life Sleeve Bearings


AND NOW BACK TO THE REAL WORLD ... :D


Arctic Cooling Arctic Fan 12025L ....

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Rated Fan Speed: 1000 RPM
Air Flow: 37.0 CFM / 62.8 m3/h
Noise Level: 22.0 dBA
Power Consumption: 12 V, 0.15 Amp.
Bearing: Fluid Dynamic Bearing

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;)
 
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satman said:
maybe ..one of these ..

Coolermaster 90 CFM Blue LED Silent Fan 120mm .. R4-L2R-20CK-GP

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file1208503897232.jpg



... Air pressure (mmH2O) 3.04 mm H2O
... Speed (R.P.M.) 2,000 R.P.M
... Input (Watt) 4.2 W ± 10%
... 90 CFM high airflow
... 19 dBA silent application for CPU cooling
... Long-life Sleeve Bearings

;)
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BS stats. If the 2000rpm is true then it's over 30dB, if 19dB is true then it nothing like 90cfm, more like ~40cfm if even that.

OP: Noctua are suppose to be the the quiet fans, but they will probably move even less air that fan you have which isn't what you are after.
 
to be fair, the stats do say 19 dBa silent application, which i presume means that the speed of the fans is intentionally kept slow to reduce noise.

i think the scythe s flex fans are all pretty good as i have them and a couple of xilence fans. although i have heard the most good said about the noctua's although, remember, you get what you pay for in most cases :-)
 
I actually recently did a first time case mod on a old trash tower and purchased several Yate loon D12SL-12 and I have to say for the money they are quiet and push a lot of air. I know there are better fans out there but for the price these fans really do the job.

I have the tower a couple feet away from me and I really cant hear them at all.
 
Has anyone compared the L type Yate loons to the M type. How do you find the extra noise for the extra airflow ? Is it worth it ?
Also, anyone tested M@7v against L@12v ?
 
I got an NF-P12 for ultra 120

It's too quiet. I kinda wish i had saved my money and gotten something with more airflow and more noise. Damn 4850.
 
Plasmoid said:
I got an NF-P12 for ultra 120

It's too quiet. I kinda wish i had saved my money and gotten something with more airflow and more noise. Damn 4850.
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lol, thanks for the heads up.

so if one is getting that NF-P12, they will HAVE to cut off arm and leg to buy 5 for the whole computer, and then change GPU heatsink for a quiet computing, otherwise it's useless to buy such quiet fan.

i got 2 second hand Noiseblocker which is a rebranded Yate Loon, without the bit at the screw holes for easy moutning on TRUE push-puul. it's very quiet, even at 12v, can't hear it on top of my Antec Tri-cool fans.
 
oTTo said:
Has anyone compared the L type Yate loons to the M type. How do you find the extra noise for the extra airflow ? Is it worth it ?
Also, anyone tested M@7v against L@12v ?
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i run 6 of them on my PA120.3 off a rheobus @ ~7v most of the time and they're good performers and still v.quiet.
 
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