Best fan

[Gamingphreek]

What is the best as in quiet yet good CFM fan out there. I think the Chieftec Dragon series uses 80mm fans. Also i have a 400Watt allied PSU... it is loud as all get out... i think one of the bearing broke on the fans because i makes a lot of noise... sounds almost like the 5800Ultra only on a smaller scale.

-Kevin

 

[Metron]

Check out the PSU's and case fans at EndPCNoise I have 2 Pabst 8412 case fans, and a Nexus 300 watt PSU in my system, and it's very quiet. That site is a good resource, backing up it's products with data instead of fluff, since it posts dB output for all of their products.

Metron

 

[0roo0roo]

use a fan speed controller with all your fans. thats what i do in my dragon type case. even with the psu fans, i just thread the wires throgh the grates just be careful, dont touch the capacitors in there, they can hold very large charges. read some psu mod guide if dont know what your doing. i find most fans sound pretty quiet when paired with a fanspeed controller. how much a fan moves, depends on its rpm, and the higher the rpm, the higher the noise.

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
use a fan speed controller with all your fans. thats what i do in my dragon type case. even with the psu fans, i just thread the wires throgh the grates just be careful, dont touch the capacitors in there, they can hold very large charges. read some psu mod guide if dont know what your doing. i find most fans sound pretty quiet when paired with a fanspeed controller. how much a fan moves, depends on its rpm, and the higher the rpm, the higher the noise.

Very good advice. The ONLY thing I disagree on is using a Fanbus with the PS's fan. IMO, the PS fan should always run at a constant speed. Also, IMO, if you attach the PS fan to a Fanbus, there's always the possiblitly of accidentally "bumping" the control or something going wrong. Then you're left with a PS fan that isn't spinning and you don't know it.

Also, some people will put the CPU fan on the Fanbus too. That's just freakin' DUMB in my book.

Case fans = Fanbus all the way.

CPU and PS fans /= never put on Fanbus


If you're looking for the best fans, there is only one choice. Panaflo L1A.

 

[Hyperlite]

does newegg not carry Panaflows? i can't find them

 

[0roo0roo]

ah yes, but i have a case door dunno if he does though. depends on the knobs i guess, vantec speed controllers can't really be bumped. if ur paranoid, a fanmate 1 speed controller would work, it would be internal and only fnor the psu. if your paranoid, put each of the psu fans on a separate knob. would take quite a failure to take em both out.ussually one dies at a time. and fans ussually make a horrible racket when dying. this is the price we pay for quiet pc's on a budget. there are passive psu's, but those are costly.

 

[chadomaly]

80mm fan database

Good site, sortable database of a lot of 80mm fans. Sort by cfm and/or dba. Find a mix that you can live with. Good starting place for your search

 

[xbassman]

Originally posted by: Hyperlite
does newegg not carry Panaflows? i can't find them

SVC Compucycle

They have em.... 6.95 + 1.00 for a 3 pin or 4 pin tail.