Looking for a fan for the front of my Antec P180

[entropy1982]

A lot of people say panaflo but they have a few and i don't know which ones are better.

thanks

 

[Safeway]

Depending on what you want, the L1A or M1A are your best bets.

I would buy the M1A and use a fan controller to throttle it down.

 

[entropy1982]

i will actually have 2 fan controllers which can control 3 fans each. So would an M1A be my best bet?

anyone have an opinion on this?

Maybe another fan?

 

[JBDan]

I say go w/ the L1A. 60cfm in that case=plenty. If you treasure silence as I do, you'll never run even the L1A at full tilt anyway IMO Pannies are hard to beat. Could spend less and get this>>http://www.jab-tech.com/catalog/YATE_LOON_120mm_Case_Fan__D12SL12_p_3009.html
when they get them back in stock. g-luck whatever you get.

 

[entropy1982]

yea i totally don't mind paying a little more ... too bad svc doesnt have the L1A i wanted to get a few roundcables from em :-/

 

[Snowice]

if you are keeping the 3 stock antec tricool fans, why not make it 4 😉

 

[entropy1982]

well i'd rather have 4 panaflos but it's not worth the money since they are decent fans. The panaflos are better tho =)

 

[Bona Fide]

Idk...the Tricools are pretty nice. In my book...

Panaflo = CPU Heatsink

🙂

 

[entropy1982]

I've heard that the panaflos... even tho rated at the dba they are rated at produce a more pleasing sound than others.... dba is not the only factor

 

[JBDan]

Originally posted by: entropy1982
I've heard that the panaflos... even tho rated at the dba they are rated at produce a more pleasing sound than others.... dba is not the only factor

That is definitely my experience with the pannies and they ramp very nicely. I also think panaflo's cfm specs are conservative. I think they push more than they say.