Fan and heatsink issue

RogueGB · 20 Mar 2015 at 15:24

Hi Guys

My fan on the cooler has become very loud, even after a clean.

I'm looking for a reasable replacement for the hardware below.

Can you advised of reasable cooler

Motherboard - Asus P8Z77-V LX Intel Z77
Case - Corsair Carbide 330R Silent Mid Tower Case
Thermalright True Spirit 140 CPU Cooler

Thanks

MrMD · 20 Mar 2015 at 15:34

You should just swap out the fan m8,save yourself some money.

Grab a noctua or apache 140mm fan

ttaskmaster · 20 Mar 2015 at 16:38

Noctua FTW!!

Kelt · 21 Mar 2015 at 13:58

MrMD said:
You should just swap out the fan m8,save yourself some money.

Grab a noctua or apache 140mm fan

This.

doyll · 22 Mar 2015 at 14:29

Is the fan loud because it is running at higher speed or because it is failing? I have have used so many TY-140 series fans I've lost count and never had one go bad .. not to say it can't happen.

I just wonder if the speed control on the fan somehow changes and it is now running full speed instead of 650-1100rpm where it is virtually silent to just audible.

The Noctua NF-A15 and NF-A14 are no better than the TY-140 series fans. If anything, independent testing shows the TY-140 series fans slightly better.

They even look almost identical

But Noctua cost much more.

Chuffbaby · 23 Mar 2015 at 11:27

Go for a Corsair Hydro. Pretty easy to fit and nearly silent.

Ronald · 23 Mar 2015 at 15:22

doyll said:
The Noctua NF-A15 and NF-A14 are no better than the TY-140 series fans. If anything, independent testing shows the TY-140 series fans slightly better.
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They even look almost identical
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But Noctua cost much more.

Looks like the difference is in the motor and profiling on the blades, as the Noctua draws quite significantly less power to run same RPM/CFM.

doyll · 23 Mar 2015 at 16:18

Depending on which NF-A1x fan is compared to which TY-14x fan.
NF-A15 1500 is 0.09a @ 1098rppm to TY-141 being 0.11a @ 1101rpm.
0.11a @ 1281rpm compared to 0.13a @ 1282rpm.

Also depends on how close 10 of each of these would test. We are dealing with 1, maybe 2 fans of each, which really isn't enough for me to be putting too much accuracy on the data. It oculd easily be +/-10%.

I do agree, it does appear the Noctua are more power efficient. But it would take a lot of them to make a difference in our utility bill.

ttaskmaster · 23 Mar 2015 at 16:28

Can't see the pic - Which is quieter?

Telecaster · 23 Mar 2015 at 17:11

I can only add to doyll's post, thanks for the TY tip BTW, the 147 I went for on my CPU cooler is probably the best fan I've owned, and I've owned pretty much all the flavour of the month fans.

Ronald · 23 Mar 2015 at 17:34

doyll said:
I do agree, it does appear the Noctua are more power efficient. But it would take a lot of them to make a difference in our utility bill.

Yes it is irrelevant in respect of utility bill... I just noted it because it won't be the same motor. Still keeps decent bearings as well... so sounds like worth a try (Just don't have any fan needs at the moment)

doyll · 23 Mar 2015 at 18:16

I do not believe either Noctua or Thermalright are copying each other's fans or using same OEM. They are just very similar in looks performance and quality. And Thermalright are also less expensive. I really wish Thermalright would make the TY-140 series fans with square housings. A square TY-147 .. now it's the TY-147A with improved rpm range of 300-1300rpm .. would be fantastic in a square housing.

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Just grins, here's the PWM to RPM graph I did