Aluminum Fans - any experiences?

[kparis]

i'm about to order a 92 mm evercool aluminum fan for the side of my case

has anyone had any experiences with these fans? any good?

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Kurt

 

[t3h1337guy]

I haven't but i think thats complete overkill, personally.

 

[pspada]

I love the evercools. I've got a 60x10, a 60x25, and just got the 120x25 to use as an intake fan for the front of my case. I could care less about the Aluminum aspect, except that they are quiet, I only wish they made a 160mm...

 

[chadomaly]

I have 2 of the 80mm aluminums to match my Lian Li. However, the frames of them are about 1/8" larger than a standard plastic fan, which proved to be quite the bitch when I tried to mount them (they mount side-by-side with a design that would have plastic fans touching each others' edges. I ended up having to take the dremel to my shiny new imported PC-6077 which was quite hard to get at the time to enlarge the mobo tray opening about 1/8" as well as enlarge the fan mounting holes. Otherwise, they look great with the case, totally match metal to metal. looks neat with the CCFL shining on them too.

picture of them installed

 

[Blooz1]

I've been using a Titan aluminum-framed fan on the Coolermaster HHC-001 I have for about a year. This fan is 38CFM, but is very quiet for the amount of air it pushes - about 30dB. It's got RPM monitoring, and has been extremely reliable. I believe I got it from PCMods.

This system (presently an Epox 8K5A2 with a 1700A T-Bred) is soon to be upgraded to an 8RDA+/1700B T-Bred, and the HS will be replaced with a Thermalright SK-7. The aluminum fan will have to be replaced due to the size of the frame. (Won't fit the SK-7). I'll use it as an exhaust fan in the case (Lian-Li PC-65b), and replace it with a Panaflo 80MM H1A.

It'll look good in the exhaust position!