A couple of questions about fans and db...

epoxy5 · 29 Jan 2006 at 14:46

Hello all...

Getting a little tired of all the humming and noise coming from my Thermaltake Tsunami case, so I started to examin what made all the noise, and to my surprise the front and rear 120mm case fans were to blame. When I bought it, the add said with "silent" front and rear fans, so I never thought they were to blame...

But I can see that they are both 22db each, I have found some rather expensive 11db 120mm fans - would that make a LOT of difference in terms of noise?

The fan on my Asus 6800gt also makes some noise, allthough not so irritating as the casefans, how are normal/stock fans on those Nvidia boards rated in terms of db? - what is the best fan solution for such cards?

Thanks in advance

epoxy5 · 29 Jan 2006 at 14:53

Cheers it was Silenx I was looking at - they seemed nice, and heat is not THAT big a problem in my case..

epoxy5 · 29 Jan 2006 at 15:03

Ahh ok.. I can see the Ambers are 18db, is that also a big step down compared to 22db?
I am not sure if I am a silence freak, but those two 22db Tsunami fans are VERY annoying.

epoxy5 · 29 Jan 2006 at 20:12

I'll order the Amber ones or the Silenx, next month - will let you know what happens with noise and temps.

epoxy5 · 6 Feb 2006 at 14:27

Just an update eventhough it took a couple of days to get sorted

I just installed the SilenX 120mm fans instead of the orange ones that came with my Tsunami case, and I must say that I am happy.

Case temps only went up 2 degrees, but the noise went down a lot.

Right now if I turn down the stock 6800gt cooler to 0 rpm there is no noise at all. So I reckon with a better cooler for the 6800gt I will almost get in noise heaven...

I'll probably try the Zalman one, but I will have to wait a little - no reason to buy a gfx cooler if I change the card anytime soon.

Thanks for the help!