Excuse my ignorance, but don't people looking for really quiet cases these days use 120mm or 90mm fans?
uOpt
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Well, if a case you otherwise like happens to have 80mm mounts, these panaflos will still be very quiet as long as you don't have to move too much air.
Also, even if you have one 120mm in the back, I always have a fan in front of my harddrives, and I've never seen a 120mm mount in that position.
Theres actually still some debate on this issue from the diehard quiet people. General public agrees with you though. My take is two 80mm fans undervolted move more air then one 120mm undervolted with just the slightest increase in noise. But also depends on the fans of course and there are so many variables/differents points to argue for each side.
The Super Lanboy has 2 120mm fanswith following specs at 12v:
- RPM: 1200
- CFM: 38.94
-dB(A): 24.85
They are very quiet but are not very powerful (at 39 CFM max), but I think it's better than undervolting a faster 120mm fan.
Yes, I know specs mean nothing, but I have these fans and a Panaflo L1A 120mm on my CPU HS and I can tell you that these fans are a lot quieter than the L1A at 12v. They are are the about the same at 12v as the L1A at 7v in terms of noise. The airflow at 12v is considerably less than the L1A at 12v. From my experience with these fans the specs are roughly accurate.
Chebago
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So can anyone order these? I'm afraid they might be out...
oh, and were you serious Howard? Because I can't decide if I should bust out laughing, or not...
oh, and were you serious Howard? Because I can't decide if I should bust out laughing, or not...
Warning!
I just got my shipment of 10 fans and it had zero packing. There were 10 fans in a tiny box with a piece of paper crumpled and pressed hard against the fan blades to keep the fans from rattling around. I used to work in shipping and let me tell you if there damaged ups wont cover it because it doesnt meet there terms for proper packaging.
Not to mention the most important fact that even though the blades on the panaflos are stiff. The slightest bending in them at all will cause them to be unballanced and create more noise and wear earlyier. and.. god only knows how BG micro stored them if thats how they shipped them like that.
I am cheap, but if I had to do it again id pay more somewhere else. Less super quiet long lasting fans doesnt matter to you, then your better of just getting some 99 cent specials somewhere else anyways.
These are going in a build thats still a long ways away. Once I get to that point im burning each fan in 24hrs and testing them with a mic. If any are doa or have excess noise ill post back here someday.
I just got my shipment of 10 fans and it had zero packing. There were 10 fans in a tiny box with a piece of paper crumpled and pressed hard against the fan blades to keep the fans from rattling around. I used to work in shipping and let me tell you if there damaged ups wont cover it because it doesnt meet there terms for proper packaging.
Not to mention the most important fact that even though the blades on the panaflos are stiff. The slightest bending in them at all will cause them to be unballanced and create more noise and wear earlyier. and.. god only knows how BG micro stored them if thats how they shipped them like that.
I am cheap, but if I had to do it again id pay more somewhere else. Less super quiet long lasting fans doesnt matter to you, then your better of just getting some 99 cent specials somewhere else anyways.
These are going in a build thats still a long ways away. Once I get to that point im burning each fan in 24hrs and testing them with a mic. If any are doa or have excess noise ill post back here someday.
Wow I thought only some ebay sellers packed stuff that poorly. They should take some tips from Amazon on packing. Actually SVC has always packed my stuff well too.
If UPS refused to cover any damage, you don't think BGM would?
If UPS refused to cover any damage, you don't think BGM would?
Should bump this. Jusr got mine. I thought they were packaged well. They were all japan models. They only thing was they never sent me an email saying I ordered or they shipped or anything, but all is well.
Sorry for the newbie question, but I only have 1 fan in my PC and that is the one over my heatsink (which is pretty noisy). Can I purchase the Panaflo 80mm fan and replace my current heatsink fan?
Thx.
Thx.
VirtualLarry
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Obviously, he appreciates the result of a very cool-running computer case.
I wonder what PSU he uses to run all 100 fans?
VirtualLarry
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Wow, really? Hmm. Maybe I should do an experiment, and replace my BB Sunons with some of these Panaflos, just to see what the real difference is.
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