Best silent or near silent fan?

[RockGuitarDude]

keeping sound level in mind first, then performance, what are the most powerful 80mm, 92mm, and 120mm fans?

 

[Corporate Thug]

panaflos

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: shady06
panaflos

Negative, Panaflos larger than 80mms are known to be clicky and not so quiet. For larger fans look for Pabst or Acoustifan. Of course, for 80mms, it's hard to beat an L1A from Japan (not China.)

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: shady06
panaflos

Negative, Panaflos larger than 80mms are known to be clicky and not so quiet. For larger fans look for Pabst or Acoustifan. Of course, for 80mms, it's hard to beat an L1A from Japan (not China.)

Alas, Japanese panaflos are hard to come by.

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: PorBleemo

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: shady06
panaflos

Negative, Panaflos larger than 80mms are known to be clicky and not so quiet. For larger fans look for Pabst or Acoustifan. Of course, for 80mms, it's hard to beat an L1A from Japan (not China.)

Alas, Japanese panaflos are hard to come by.

I have one in my junk box in the closet and 2 or 3 of them still strapped into my old 1080 case in the attic. 80mm fans are so 2002.

I put 2 in my AMD box and one in the power supply of my Zalman PS. They're pretty sweet undervolted.

 

[Dman877]

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: shady06
panaflos

Negative, Panaflos larger than 80mms are known to be clicky and not so quiet. For larger fans look for Pabst or Acoustifan. Of course, for 80mms, it's hard to beat an L1A from Japan (not China.)

Affirmative. The L1A 80mm's I have (3 all from Japan) are sweet, the 2 120mm pretty much suck.

 

[calam63]

i believe jab-tech.com has the japan panaflos

 

[gordanfreeman]

whats the difference between japanese and chinese panaflos? and how would one go about telling if the fan they were going to buy was from japan?

 

[jessieqwert]

I assume it has something to do with better Q.C. (Quality Control) in Japan. Whether you will notice the difference and if it matters is dubious.