Fans = Bloody Loud!!

PC-M Vip3r · 28 Mar 2006 at 18:46

Hey guys and gals. Ive almost finished my PC. Everything is there. Fans are my problems i have 4 80mm case fans. 2 (front) Coolermaster Blue LED's - very quiet when on full power. Now the other 2, 1 i got with case (side) - very loud. I have 1 on the back Alsaka Blue LED, Bloody loud. Whats your recomendations for a high quality quiet fan for these 2 places in my case.

Explicit · 28 Mar 2006 at 18:51

I'd just buy a fan controller instead.

A.N.Other · 28 Mar 2006 at 19:26

Akasa ambers are the quietest fans going for decent money...

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Akasa_Fans_97.html

... Nearly 6 DB quieter than your akasas at the moment - and remembering that DB is a logarithmic scale!

pinkacidbootson · 28 Mar 2006 at 19:39

I have a 120mm akasa amber and its quiet except from the slight buzzing noise it makes. Is this normal? I also have 2 80mm ambers and they are great i would reccomend you get some of them.

PC-M Vip3r · 29 Mar 2006 at 11:27

Ok, thanks for that ill order some, BTW ive got a fan controler.

Zefan · 29 Mar 2006 at 11:31

I stuck an amber to my radiator and the buzzing is insane, although it's probably due to the fact that I'm either not screwing it tight enough/too tight but it just doesn't seem to not buzz unless I stick the speed at 50% or lower.

PC-M Vip3r · 29 Mar 2006 at 11:43

This is the inside of my case. Ive got a fan on my evo heatsink. Its makes a lot of noise too. I think its some sort of amber.

www.hyperwebdesign.co.uk/images/case002.jpg

The loud fan is the big bright blue one at the back, and I have a stock case on on the side panel.

One thing ive just noticed with that link you gave me is - It has no Blue LED's without an LED fan my case would look crap with just the 2 coolermaster ones.

SH4RKY · 29 Mar 2006 at 12:31

I stuck a 120mm amber fan in the spare 5" drive slots. Its plugged straight into the power so its at full speed.

The air flow is great but its distinctly audible. still quiet compared to the GPU fans, so with a fan controller limiting the speed a touch i think it would be pretty much silent
It does create more of a buzz now though as I have stuck a pair of 'tights' on the fan to stop dust haha