Silent Fans.

CREATIVE!11 · 26 Apr 2007 at 03:12

Which ones are most silent? im looking to get some 120mm fans for my antec case and wondering from experience if anyone can recommend some good silent ones cause im tired of the fan noise!

IceShock · 26 Apr 2007 at 03:39

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=57&subid=189

fan speed ajusters are your friend :cool:

if you dont have fans tho id reccomend akasa blue LED ones for style then turn there speed down with a speed ajuster.

or buy some silent ones but iv only ever gone for akasa ones there great but not silent on stock speed

skanky · 26 Apr 2007 at 06:31

take your pick from:
-Nexus Real Silent Case Fan D12SL-12
-Noctua NF-S12 Series
-Scythe S-Flex & Kama Flow Series

i have the 800rpm scythe blowing across my rev a ninja and 4x (7v'd) 80mm nexus fans in the normal intake/exhaust fan mounts in my black widow = silence

Philio · 26 Apr 2007 at 09:25

I've been wondering the same thing, however I've come to the conclusion that there is very little difference between fans which claim to be quieter than others other than the RPM speed. It goes without saying that higher RPM will be louder. I am installing a monitoring/control system anyway so I am going to get 2k RPM fans and have them set to a low speed for quiet operation by default, they will speed up automatically depending on system temperature.

Teasy · 27 Apr 2007 at 12:11

Is there anyway software that lets you reduce the speed of your system fans (mainly the CPU fan). I have on that changes my graphics card fan speed depending on temp, so surely there's on for CPU fans?

manveruppd · 27 Apr 2007 at 12:19

Philio said:
I've been wondering the same thing, however I've come to the conclusion that there is very little difference between fans which claim to be quieter than others other than the RPM speed.

You've obviously never tried to silence a YS-Tech or Delta!

skanky · 27 Apr 2007 at 13:04

Teasy said:
Is there anyway software that lets you reduce the speed of your system fans (mainly the CPU fan). I have on that changes my graphics card fan speed depending on temp, so surely there's on for CPU fans?

speedfan?

Dingleberry88 · 27 Apr 2007 at 13:10

Got one of these for the back of my case yesterday. Absolutely silent, even on full whack.

Teasy · 27 Apr 2007 at 16:44

skanky said:
speedfan?

I tried Speedfan, I changed the Speed2 option (which corresponds to my CPU fan speed) from 100% to 50% but nothing changes. The fan speed is still reported at the same RPM and the noise coming from it is the same.