Originally posted by: Nessism
I've never used a SilenX fan but I'm going to call bull $hit on this. There is no way a 1600 rpm fan is going to be QUIETER AND PUSH MORE AIR than a 1350 rpm Yate Loon. Sounds like SilenX is testing db's using some BS method.
According to the Yate Loon web site, the fans I listed are rated at 1350 rpm, 40.0 cfm, and 28 dB.
The SilenX 120 mm fan is rated at 1600 rpm, 58 cfm, and 14 dB.
I'd love to learn the physics behind this black magic
Try again.
Ed
No Ed you are incorrect. All but 1 do not have a thermistor. Only the 80mm does. They have what is called a resistor. There is a difference. My bad on the cfm earlier for the YATE you spec'ed out. I did not know they pushed 40. That would be fine in BigJoe's case and cheaper then the SilenX. Its all good and SilenX's fans are quality products as I have been using them for a while. Their specs are right on. Try 1 Joe and return if you do not like. G-LuckOriginally posted by: JBDan
Nice edit
If you have not used one how can you say this? I have not used Yate's, but yet what makes their stats truthful and SilenX's untruthful (in your opinion)? Anyways I will get a analogue noise meter from my Boss this next week and run some dba tests on SilenX/TT/and Delta fans and post the results. Shoot for 7$ I'm gonna order some Yates and do as well. I'll do the test from 3 meters down to 1 meter in a 10x12 room with wood floors and some basic furniture. I'm curious. -->http://www.directron.com/noise.html interesting read here.Originally posted by: Nessism
Originally posted by: JBDan
Nice edit
I edited my origional post after reading a review of the 80 that had a thermister. My bad to assume the 120 has one as well.
Basically I was try to understand why SilenX could make such BS claims of airflow and low noise. There is no way they can move 18 cfm more air than the Yate Loon while being 14 dB quieter. NO WAY.
SilenX may make a good product, but their marketing specs are untruthful. Plain and simple.
Ed
If I remember correctly, SPCR had some info that SilenX as well as Nexus were both really manufactured by Yate Loon. It was shortly after the controversy over there when the owner of SilenX got himself permanently banned from those forums. (He was registered as a few different users trying to promote his product.)
It's not the rpm's that cause this. It will vary from fan to fan whether or not it will startup @ 5v. Most specs say 6-12V. When I received the 2 Yate Loon 1350rpm fans I ordered, I cut out the closed corners and mounted one (decoupled) inside my wifes Fortron FSP 350PN power supply. It started and ran fine voltage regulated. It was dead silent. Matter of fact I put my ear inside her case, turned off her case fans and set her cpu fan control at it's lowest setting. I couldn't hear it at all. All I could hear was her WD 800JB hard disk whining like a banshee! In this application, though, I am going to replace it with a Globe fan because her case temps rose too much. That power supply needs more airflow to effectively remove heat and it regulates fan voltage from 4-11.3V. The Globe (very quiet also) has about 20cfm more flow @ 12V.
Originally posted by: bigjoe1975
How can I tell that these are Yate Loon's? Is there a product number or something? I don't really want orange fans.
thanks for all the info.
Originally posted by: Nessism
Originally posted by: bigjoe1975
How can I tell that these are Yate Loon's? Is there a product number or something? I don't really want orange fans.
thanks for all the info.
"Yate Loon" is molded into the frame of the fan
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