silenx fans

David230 · 15 Mar 2006 at 22:29

A friend of mine bought a couple of silenx fans and both of them have a problem. Well, infact ones stopped working all together and the other has liquid leaking out of it. Anyone else experienced this before? Dodgy considering how much these things cost!!!

MikeTimbers · 15 Mar 2006 at 22:38

If he'd searched on here he would have seen that they're over-priced, over-hyped re-badged Adda fans with frankly ludicrous quoted specs.

Return them and ask for a refund.

David230 · 15 Mar 2006 at 23:39

I was quite shocked when he told me he had problems with 2/2 fans.

Certainly put me off them thats for sure.

Showed him this forum today at work so hopefully he will use it again.

Creidiki · 16 Mar 2006 at 14:30

Best silent fans around are Yate Loon D12SL-12. You can get nexus (rewound, slower yates that cost 2x as much) or you can order some real yates for like 4£ each from germany or fleebay.

Drazic · 16 Mar 2006 at 15:02

47CFM @ 26DBA they say for these er Yate Loon D12SL-12 fans.

Flebay there 8.50 euros and only found 1

They even do a 140x140x25mm one!!! Still poor CFM@s

pcfan · 16 Mar 2006 at 15:07

Akasa do some nice fans. Quiet too.

Drazic · 16 Mar 2006 at 15:11

AC Ryan seams to be good, just gotten my self some and @ 12v do 77cfm @ 28.9dBa....so @ 7v should push least 45cfm and be about 19dBa'ish

Creidiki · 16 Mar 2006 at 15:19

Drazic said:
AC Ryan seams to be good, just gotten my self some and @ 12v do 77cfm @ 28.9dBa....so @ 7v should push least 45cfm and be about 19dBa'ish

All the fan stats apart from Delta, Sanyo, Yate Loon and a few other real manufacturers are lies.

For example, antecs, vantec stealths, akasas ambers, and those ac ryans. Yate loons actually the best airflow/noise ratio. Everyone who has better ones lies - ive got quite a few of these "hyped" rebadged fans, and i can tell you that my Yates are either quieter, push more air, or both (in the case of akasa ambers, vantec stealths, and silenx).

Drazic · 16 Mar 2006 at 15:21

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/pauld.dalton/fan2.JPG

AC Ryan are thereb own make mate, nothing eles like em!!! I'll go get a DBA meater when they arrive and test em but all reviewes and what not have proved it.

If you can send me 3 120mm's i'll test em, fact i will buy them just to try out like

WJA96 · 16 Mar 2006 at 20:48

Ah - so your AC Ryan fans haven't actually arrived then?

When they do, be VERY careful with them. The build-quality is SHOCKING - there is no sealant around the LED connectors and the independent LED power source shorts out horribly and that can take out your motherboard fan header if it's fused with a good old-fashioned solder fuse (pretty much all of them except Biostar)

Oh - and I sold two to OneWingedAngel and he said they were LOUD!

David230 · 16 Mar 2006 at 22:19

I'm thinking of trying Nexxus fans. Look smart and have a reasonable reputation.

I've recently bought a thermaltake blue LED fan which works fine, but now I think I'd prefer to go down the more subtle styling route.

Street · 16 Mar 2006 at 22:35

Have you considered Panaflo fans? They push a fair bit of air and aren't that loud either...