13th May, 2004, 06:27 AM
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| Silent Fans I know that I am quandering the age old problem more cooling or more quiet, but I am going to dive in anyway. Does anyone know of some really silent really good fans? I am looking for cpu and case fans. Any help would be appreciated.
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13th May, 2004, 02:15 PM
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| I'm you look in the classy's I'm sure someone is selling something that might be of use too you. Rob
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14th May, 2004, 09:48 PM
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| If you have the $ then silenx.com has by far the quietest fans on the market. I think their loudest is only 14db at a decent cfm (don't remember exactly). At about $15 each they are a bit pricey for me. A cheaper alternative is the panflo. Both are quite because they have simmilar bearings that are based on some innovative technology that I don't care about as long as it works.
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14th May, 2004, 11:09 PM
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| Quiet CPU fan is difficult because the back pressure from the heat sink causes a slight increase in noise. So a heatsink with wide gaps between the fins helps here. Zalman make sinks which fit this requirement.
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16th May, 2004, 02:46 AM
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| Why not have selectable cooling and noise by buying a fan speed controller to fit in a drive bay?
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10th June, 2004, 01:07 AM
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| Um. That is a possibility for those who dont want to cooling to noise ratio and have a bay open but then you can always get one for hte back or add sonthin to a floppy slot. But who am i to blow agenst the wind?... my cpu is noisy
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