How loud are 120mm Deltas at 7v?

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All you people who have been crazy enough to buy deltas, have you tried them at 7v? If so, how loud are they (the 120mm one from OcUK).

I ask this because the unbranded front 120mm fan in my case pushes such little air, that even on 12v i can't feel any air rushing past my hand. The Dell PC that my family uses went through a stage when the front fan made a VERY loud noise and pushed out so much air that i could feel it at the back of the case and thought that there were several rear fans. When i opened it up and saw only a single 120mm fan at the front, i thought 'I want one :eek:'

I don't mind the noise too much and will have it on a fan controller to take it down to 7v.

Thanks

EDIT: Just noticed the YS Tech 120mm fan that pushes 125cfm as a pose to the Delta's 190cfm but is cheaper and quieter. Would this be better than the Delta?
 
So i take it that even at 5v a delta will be loud?

With the YS Tech, is 125cfm a lot of air? I don't know because all of my fans are unbranded ones and i don't know what their ratings are so i have nothing to compare the YS Tech's cfm rating to.

Thanks
 
bledd. said:
all the ehe's are too loud even at 5v tbh (i bought them all for my overclocking test pc :))
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All the what? lol

Thanks for the comments guys, i think i'll still go for the ys tech but i'm going to wait until i need something else from overclockers before i buy. £8 delivery is just :eek:
 
Solouko said:
i would have said vacume cleaner at 12V, had one for ages then switched to a zalman and i spent about a month thinking it was broken when i switched it on and then that passed as my hearing recovered

(this all comming from somone who's had he hearing ireprably distroyed by heavy metal)

and that was only an 80mm the 120mm fans are even louder :eek:
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I definately won't be getting one then if it's that bad :eek:

I may not be needing a replacement 120mm fan after all, managed to find a Coolermaster 201 and it doesn't have a 120mm fan attachment.
 
tomos said:
i have 2 pcs with a delta 120mm fan (on an xp-120) cooling both. both on full power 100% of the time. one i can hear very loudly and the other i can barely hear.

afaik the diff is down to the case. P-180 v Stacker. the p-180 deffo allows more noise from the delta through than the stacker. thankfully i dont mind the noise, although i can hear it in my bedroom - with 3 closed doors in between! :eek:

p.s. piccy of a delta on an xp-120 :p piccy 1
piccy 2
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Hmmm, i don't think the rest of my family would be pleased if they could hear my pc in the next two or so rooms :p

Thanks for the pics ;)
 
Conanius said:
im using a 120mm ystech 125cfm fan on a fan controller, on low, its silent and moves as much fan as my antec superlanboys clear rear fan.. when I bench etc, just turn it up a bit and its great...

on full, it lowered case temps massively, the cpu just never seems to get hot anymore on load.. lol
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Is that at 5v on a fan controller or 7v?

Thanks for the comment :)
 
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