Quiet 120mm case fans with LED - are there any ?

Tuvoc · 4 May 2006 at 19:41

I'm a fan of the Akasa amber fans but they don't have LED
The Akasa fans with LEDs are noisy, as are the Thermaltake Thunderblades...

Anyome know of any quiet 120mm fans with LEDs ? I can't seem to find any on OCUK

Steve_h · 4 May 2006 at 20:00

SilenX do these in a range of colours...don't know if they are any good tho

Features:
Fan Swept Forward Fan Blade Design
Smoother, Thinner Fan Blades
Highly Efficient Hypro Bearings
Vibration Isolation Mounts
Built-in tachometer for motherboard RPM monitoring
Built-in LEDs

Specifications:
Fan Dimensions: 120 x 120 x 25mm
Fan Input: 12V/1.2W
Fan Speed: 1500 RPM
Air Flow: 64 CFM
Noise Level: 14 dBA
LED Color: Blue
Three Pin Connector (Supports RPM Monitoring)
Four Pin Connector

Day03 · 4 May 2006 at 20:12

SilenX are not quiet!

Steve_h · 4 May 2006 at 20:14

Day03 said:
SilenX are not quiet!

Which ones are you using?

ray · 4 May 2006 at 21:13

Hi there,

I'm using 3 SilenX blue LED fans with my case:
2 x 80mm fans as intakes at front and 1 x 120mm exhaust at the back

They're connected to a fan controller with the 80mm fans turned to 50% (at full speed they emit a mild whooshing sound) and the 120mm running at full speed (pretty quiet).

The 14bB figure quoted by SilenX could be an exaggeration though.

Motherboard temperature according to Asus PC Probe II is currently 38 degs although the heating in the room is turned on and I have a Zalman VF900 cooler fitted to my graphics card.

Tuvoc · 5 May 2006 at 06:23

Thanks guys. Another idea has just come out of this actually - I could always just buy a fan controller and use with the existing fan to regulate it's speed as necessary

bbreezeuk · 5 May 2006 at 10:18

coolermaster LED ones spin at 1200rpm and are silent highly recommend them

Tuvoc · 6 May 2006 at 20:22

bbreezeuk said:
coolermaster LED ones spin at 1200rpm and are silent highly recommend them

Thanks, I'll check them out too. Sounds like just what I'm after

Raikiri · 6 May 2006 at 20:26

Aerocool Turbine 120mm, very quiet, 1000rpm, decent airflow and have LEDs.

Plus they are less than £5 each.

MeddlE · 6 May 2006 at 23:32

Another vote for the Aerocool turbine, just need another one to fit to my Scythe Ninja and evry fan in my system will be an Aerocool. Very quiet.

KillBoY_UK · 7 May 2006 at 01:10

bbreezeuk said:
coolermaster LED ones spin at 1200rpm and are silent highly recommend them

i 2nd that if u lisen hard in a quiet room u can here them just at 12v at 7v no chnace of hearing them , cheap too about 5/6 quid each compaired to 12to 20 for as quiet fans

Raikiri · 7 May 2006 at 01:15

KillBoY_UK said:
i 2nd that if u[Sic] lisen[Sic] hard in a quiet room u[Sic] can here[Sic] them just at 12v at 7v no chnace[Sic] of hearing them , cheap too about 5/6 quid each compaired[Sic] to 12to 20 for as quiet fans

The aerocools are quieter

There was a roundup of 17 120mm fans, the aerocools were only barely louder than Nexus fans which are regarded by most as the best quiet fans (Silent PC Review for example) and pushed about the same amount of air.

P.S sorry for all the "[Sic]"s, just that it is easier to read if you take your time writing the post.