Noctua fans are brown?!
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You putting that in your case, or on your CPU?
literally just opened the boxes, but will test 'em later. tbh i'm reasonaby happy with my sharkoon fans but had to give these a try. had some Yateloons, and some Ambers which bere both a lot noiser (annoyingly so) than the Sharkoons. Let's see how these compaire 
i also have a sharkoon 2000 which i'd like to test on my fan controller, to see how noisy it is at full whack in comparison.
the fans are supposed to be for the case, but becasue ive a window, i'm not sure if i'm gonna like them simply because of the colour. guess they might be on the MM soon
i also have a sharkoon 2000 which i'd like to test on my fan controller, to see how noisy it is at full whack in comparison.the fans are supposed to be for the case, but becasue ive a window, i'm not sure if i'm gonna like them simply because of the colour. guess they might be on the MM soon
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P_A_N_I_C said:the fans are supposed to be for the case, but becasue ive a window, i'm not sure if i'm gonna like them simply because of the colour. guess they might be on the MM soon
If they're cheap and cool well, I'll be watching
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As will I
If only to help knock up the price for the most excellent pun in the OP
If only to help knock up the price for the most excellent pun in the OP
What is it with quiet fans and nasty colours?
We've got the nexus/d12sl12 in 'asbo orange' and now these things in rotting shrimp pink with brown blades...
I'm also interested to know if these things are worth the money. I can get two d12s for the price of one of these...
We've got the nexus/d12sl12 in 'asbo orange' and now these things in rotting shrimp pink with brown blades...
I'm also interested to know if these things are worth the money. I can get two d12s for the price of one of these...
20% is quite a bit though.SPCR said:
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Joe42 said:
LOLI have these, I'm calling them the Tango Fans!
well i've gotta say these appear to be fine fans indeed
just compairing with the sharkoon 1000 atm (using the blue 5.25" zalman fan controller btw), the airflow seems greater by far, it's not even close. i got both fans and put one next to each ear, you can clearly hear the Noc is louder upto about 3 inches away (airflow noise not motor), but any further away than that and i cant hear it above my system noise.
the full speed sharkoon pushes more air than the Noc on lowest speed (to be expected), but there is not much difference. the Noc is far superior if both are on full, but as i said you can hear the air flowing if you have your head next to it.
colour aside, these are damn good IMHO
also tested today...
Akasa blower / exhaust fan
hmm too noisy. always that strange motor noise with blower fans :/ . but i really need something to get rid of the heat from my gfx card. however this is not going in my system.
Akasa AK-1704RDS Crystal 80mm 4x Red LED Fan
to replace the stock fan in my Lian Li EX-23B HDD Bay which is currently keeping my Raptor quiet, attached to fan controller switch (off 5v and 12v), which worked out better than i expected. 5v is silent and the LED's dont come on. and 12v which is pretty quiet and the LED's come on, and subtley shines through the front grill of the bay.
just compairing with the sharkoon 1000 atm (using the blue 5.25" zalman fan controller btw), the airflow seems greater by far, it's not even close. i got both fans and put one next to each ear, you can clearly hear the Noc is louder upto about 3 inches away (airflow noise not motor), but any further away than that and i cant hear it above my system noise.
the full speed sharkoon pushes more air than the Noc on lowest speed (to be expected), but there is not much difference. the Noc is far superior if both are on full, but as i said you can hear the air flowing if you have your head next to it.
colour aside, these are damn good IMHO
also tested today...
Akasa blower / exhaust fan
hmm too noisy. always that strange motor noise with blower fans :/ . but i really need something to get rid of the heat from my gfx card. however this is not going in my system.
Akasa AK-1704RDS Crystal 80mm 4x Red LED Fan
to replace the stock fan in my Lian Li EX-23B HDD Bay which is currently keeping my Raptor quiet
, attached to fan controller switch (off 5v and 12v), which worked out better than i expected. 5v is silent and the LED's dont come on. and 12v which is pretty quiet and the LED's come on, and subtley shines through the front grill of the bay.
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Dr_Evil said:
Get out.
also comes with this stuff, if anyone was thinking of buying one.
the lookie like extension cable is a Ultra Low Noise Adaptor, the box says the noise is < 6dB with it attached
. i presume it puts it on a stupidly slow rpm
the lookie like extension cable is a Ultra Low Noise Adaptor, the box says the noise is < 6dB with it attached
. i presume it puts it on a stupidly slow rpm500rpm apparently. And 6db is utter BS as usual, totally meaningless. In reality its about 19dba, which is very quiet.P_A_N_I_C said:also comes with this stuff, if anyone was thinking of buying one.
the lookie like extension cable is a Ultra Low Noise Adaptor, the box says the noise is < 6dB with it attached
I can't believe they go to the trouble of spending a lot of money on r&d to design a really good fan rather than getting an oem to do it and they still lie about the noise levels.
I've got one of those, its rubbish, very noisy.P_A_N_I_C said:
Its not usually motor noise, its the air whooshing across the blades, unfortunately most blower fans tend to sound like this. Plus they tend to have rubbishy motors. I have seen some very quiet blower fans, but only in oem machines.
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I've got two of the Noctua fans and think they are excellent. I particularly like the small rubber mountings which reduce vibration noise, especially if you have a steel case.