$3.99 120mm Yate Loon D12SL-12 DC brushless sleeve bearing fans

[Avalon]

Very nice, you can never have enough quality fans! Thanks OP!

 

[Fluence]

Thanks. I just happen to need fans right now...

 

[LOUISSSSS]

are they rpm sensing?
whats DBB?

 

[markrb38]

Nexus fans are Yate Loons at 1000RPM.
These spin at 1300RPM.
Great fans. I have 3 of them and just ordered 4 more.
Luckily I bought from these guys for about the same price before.

Yes RPM sensing.

Mark

 

[Gazziza]

these fans are sleeve bearing

 

[Marm]

Thanks OP. I am in for 4 $15.50 shipped to MN not too bad a deal.

 

[overst33r]

what is the easiest way to undervolt? i dont have a soldering gun

 

[SonicIce]

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
are they rpm sensing?
whats DBB?

double ball bearing.

what is the bearing type on these fans? if its DBB i'm gunna buy a bunch.

 

[Navid]

Originally posted by: mariok2006
what is the easiest way to undervolt? i dont have a soldering gun

Get a fan speed controller like this.

 

[Devistater]

Originally posted by: mariok2006
what is the easiest way to undervolt? i dont have a soldering gun

No need for one.
The free solution is to just grab a little straight pen or a very small screwdriver. You can move some wires around on the molex plug end these have on the end to get 5V or 7V. (5v by using the 5v wire to ground, 5-0=5v, 7v by using the 12v to 5v wire 12-5=7v).
Make DANG sure you do NOT plug anything else into the other end of the molex that comes with the fan though. You dont want to plug a hdd into a wrong voltage molex Its fine to plug somehting in before the fan though.

Example:

Power supply
|
|
-- Molex connector
== Hdd plugged into molex connector
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-- Molex connector, unmodified
== Start of Molex thats on fan, MODIFIED
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-- Other end of fan molex, DO NOT USE FOR ANYTHING!


If this is too complex or confusing, then do what the other guy said, buy a fan controller. You can often get them for around $5-$15 nowadays.

Originally posted by: SonicIce

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
are they rpm sensing?
whats DBB?

double ball bearing.

what is the bearing type on these fans? if its DBB i'm gunna buy a bunch.

If you are worried about bearing noise, these fans when undervolted are some of the quietest 120mm fans (these same type are cherry picked and used as nexus fans, except I believe they add a resistor or diode to lower the RPM even further). Even at full 12v its still pretty decent noise.

I'm the kinda guy that replaced all fans in my case with these (its nice to have a stacker case where almost all fan mounts are 120mm), replaced the noisey motherboard chipset fan with a big heatsink, put in a passivly cooled nvidia 6600GT card and hooked the fans up to fan controllers to reduce noise even further (I love it because I can crank them up when I do gaming and dont care about some extra noise). And I also replaced the fan in my APC UPS because it was too loud. So although I'm not a super quiet freak who can't stand any noise at all (Some of these type of people move thier computer cases into another room or into garage and run long cables so they can have keyboard/mouse/monitor still at their desk), I am still a bit of a quiet freak.

If you are worried about how long they last, at $3 you can replace them a couple/few times for the price you'd normally pay

 

[Gazziza]

Originally posted by: SonicIce

Originally posted by: LOUISSSSS
are they rpm sensing?
whats DBB?

double ball bearing.

what is the bearing type on these fans? if its DBB i'm gunna buy a bunch.

read six posts above

 

[NicePants42]

In for 3.
Thanks OP!
I can rhyme,
You go, me!

 

[Stratmanx]

Deal dead.

Price now $3.99.

 

[Devistater]

Originally posted by: Stratmanx
Deal dead.

Price now $3.99.

$4 is still a pretty good price for these. I wouldn't nessasarily call it dead, just not as hot.

 

[walkure]

Perhaps I should consider some of these instead of the Antec 120mm fans that came with my Super Lanboy case? I'm getting tired of the blue glow late at night (lighting up the room)

 

[ParatoOptimal]

Are these better than fluid dynamic bearing?
http://svcompucycle.stores.yahoo.net/sy-fan-sff21e.html

Thanks

 

[Toadster]

these fans are awesome! i paid $5.99 from a different site, and still happy with price/performance!!!

 

[cthulhu]

Those fans look nice. Are these quieter than panaflo's? I haven't bought case fans in years.

Guides to 7v mod:
http://www.overclockers.com/tips766/
http://www.ocforums.com/showthread.php?t=372297

 

[overst33r]

I received mine earlier today...

 

[astrocase]

NV, found a better rate on there.

 

[EliteRetard]

Are these better than fluid dynamic bearing?

You do know that "air" is considered a "fluid" right? Making FDB basically a sleeve style fan with no bearings at all. In otherwords cheap and or junk. You can get FDB/sleeve fans from newegg for less than 10$ each shipped (or like 5$ each shipped in bulk).

 

[ChewyTran]

Originally posted by: walkure
Perhaps I should consider some of these instead of the Antec 120mm fans that came with my Super Lanboy case? I'm getting tired of the blue glow late at night (lighting up the room)

I replace the Antec fans that come with my p180 with these, very quiet!

 

[tallman45]

Mine move very little air, far less than the TT 1225 I wanted to replace

 

[echow87]

these are quite silent at 12v, VERY SILENT, comparable to a 80mm sunon

 

[mb]

Originally posted by: ParatoOptimal
Are these better than fluid dynamic bearing?
http://svcompucycle.stores.yahoo.net/sy-fan-sff21e.html

Thanks

Those Scythe S-flex fans are amazing.
I got one of the 63.7 CFM/28 dBA/1,600 RPM ones and I almost can't hear it at full speed, and it is dead silent below 1400rpm using my fan controller.
I just wish they were cheaper.