Silent (no ticking) fan

MatsyLR · 9 Jun 2013 at 23:40

Hey in need of case fans which do not make any noise what so ever (no ticking) air noise is fine and can be controlled but bearing ticking is a must no have.

120mm or 140mm, any price but cheap as possible.

thanks

daveip · 10 Jun 2013 at 00:35

I'm extremely happy with my Gentle Typhoon Ap-15s (1850RPM versions) but I have them on a controller. Same for Noctua NF-P12s

Some people prefer the Cougar Vortex fans.

Of the 3, the Gentle Typhoons are cheaper but can't say that they're cheap.

Something Else · 10 Jun 2013 at 17:46

OCUK Tech labs golf fans.

I have them and Cannot hear any ticking coming from them.

I would avoid bitfenix fans like the plague as each one i have had has ticked terrible

SirChumpalot · 11 Jun 2013 at 09:07

OCUK Tech labs or the Scythe for me

spixelspixel · 11 Jun 2013 at 09:17

Arctic f12 are pretty good considering the price.

The only fans I've come across that make no bearing noise at all are the be quiet silent wings 2 but they're very expensive.

benjii · 11 Jun 2013 at 09:46

I have these http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-057-AK and they're great!

Swagger187 · 11 Jun 2013 at 10:03

I thought I would add onto this thread rather create my own as it is not needed. Does anybody own these? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-000-AL&groupid=701&catid=2331&subcat=4

Look pretty decent and move a good amount of air.

ubersonic · 11 Jun 2013 at 10:08

If you don't want ticking, stay the hell away form anything PWM ^^

SirChumpalot · 11 Jun 2013 at 10:17

ubersonic said:
If you don't want ticking, stay the hell away form anything PWM ^^

Do PWM fans make more noise than standard fans then?

ubersonic · 11 Jun 2013 at 10:31

SirChumpalot said:
Do PWM fans make more noise than standard fans then?

Pretty much all PWM fans tick at a certain speed, PWM works by rapidly turning the fan on/off, in the same way LED screens strobe the backlight to dim.

SirChumpalot · 11 Jun 2013 at 10:38

I see.

I'm hoping my Scythe 1200 slipstreams arrive soon. Looking forward to seeing how they perform against the stock Silverstone fans. They're 3 pin so just one speed I gather?

ubersonic · 11 Jun 2013 at 10:51

SirChumpalot said:
I'm hoping my Scythe 1200 slipstreams arrive soon. Looking forward to seeing how they perform against the stock Silverstone fans. They're 3 pin so just one speed I gather?

If you attach them to the chassis/system fan headers on your board they can be speed controlled (the CPU fan header cannot control 3pin fans on ASUS boards), in the bios you can set them to standard/silent/turbo/custom fan profiles or just disable fan control.

SirChumpalot · 11 Jun 2013 at 11:22

ubersonic said:
If you attach them to the chassis/system fan headers on your board they can be speed controlled (the CPU fan header cannot control 3pin fans on ASUS boards), in the bios you can set them to standard/silent/turbo/custom fan profiles or just disable fan control.

Yeah, was reading up on this the other day.

On a slightly related point, do OcUK sell sleeving for things like fans and power cables?

Cheers