Hey everyone,
I have the following setup:
Antec P160
AMD Athlon 64 4000+ San Diego
Thermalright XP-120
eVGA GeForce 7800 GTX KO AC3
I'm looking to put 2 fans in the system. One for the case, one for the heatsink.
I am not an overclocker, but I would still prefer to have the option available to me. Silence is more of a preference. But I would like decent airflow so I COULD OC if i ever wanted to.
The two fans i'm looking at are actually the same fan, just one is rebadged:
1. Yate Loon D12SL-12 (1350 RPM, 47CFM, 28 dBA).
http://tekgems.com/Products/et-13713-fan-d12sl-12.htm
2. Nexus Real Silent 120mm Case Fan (1000 RPM, 36.8 CFM, 22.8 dBA)
http://www.endpcnoise.com/cgi-bin/e/nexus120mm.html?id=dTYE5KP8
The question is, the Yate Loons are about 50%(5 more dBA) louder than the Nexus just because of the RPM. Is there a cheap way to lower the speed of the Yate Loon i'll be using on the CPU, while keeping the case fan at the 1350 standard?
I ask this whole question, because I could get 2 of the Yate's for about 17 shipped, and if I wanted 1 nexus and 1 yate, or even 2 nexus, it would cost at max 40 dollars! I'm trying to take advantage of the yate loon deal (might even get a 3rd fan to replace the native case fan exhaust).
Or would any of you recommend just leaving the CPU fan at 1350(for higher CFM on the CPU) and then slowing the 2 case fans down to 1000ish? (Or just leaving all 3 at 1350)
I really don't know anything about how loud certain dBA is considering I have a 65ish dBA Volcano 7+ in the current system i'm using now and have been used to the jet engine noise for 3+ years. I'm sure 3 1350RPM 28 dBA fans will be silent as hell compared to what I hear now, but I would just like to hear a few opinions about it if anyone would mind contributing! =)
Thanks
I have the following setup:
Antec P160
AMD Athlon 64 4000+ San Diego
Thermalright XP-120
eVGA GeForce 7800 GTX KO AC3
I'm looking to put 2 fans in the system. One for the case, one for the heatsink.
I am not an overclocker, but I would still prefer to have the option available to me. Silence is more of a preference. But I would like decent airflow so I COULD OC if i ever wanted to.
The two fans i'm looking at are actually the same fan, just one is rebadged:
1. Yate Loon D12SL-12 (1350 RPM, 47CFM, 28 dBA).
http://tekgems.com/Products/et-13713-fan-d12sl-12.htm
2. Nexus Real Silent 120mm Case Fan (1000 RPM, 36.8 CFM, 22.8 dBA)
http://www.endpcnoise.com/cgi-bin/e/nexus120mm.html?id=dTYE5KP8
The question is, the Yate Loons are about 50%(5 more dBA) louder than the Nexus just because of the RPM. Is there a cheap way to lower the speed of the Yate Loon i'll be using on the CPU, while keeping the case fan at the 1350 standard?
I ask this whole question, because I could get 2 of the Yate's for about 17 shipped, and if I wanted 1 nexus and 1 yate, or even 2 nexus, it would cost at max 40 dollars! I'm trying to take advantage of the yate loon deal (might even get a 3rd fan to replace the native case fan exhaust).
Or would any of you recommend just leaving the CPU fan at 1350(for higher CFM on the CPU) and then slowing the 2 case fans down to 1000ish? (Or just leaving all 3 at 1350)
I really don't know anything about how loud certain dBA is considering I have a 65ish dBA Volcano 7+ in the current system i'm using now and have been used to the jet engine noise for 3+ years. I'm sure 3 1350RPM 28 dBA fans will be silent as hell compared to what I hear now, but I would just like to hear a few opinions about it if anyone would mind contributing! =)
Thanks
