Quiet 120mm PWM fan?

[tempoct]

I almost order the Yate Loon 120mm fan to go with Thermalright Ultra-120 on my P5B Deluxe and E6300. Just realized that the connector is 4-Pin PWM ( not molex) instead of regular 3-pin.
Search the web and only found one option for JMC fan with hefty price tag of $19 + $8 S&H to Cali. Wonder if I have any other option? Yate Loon is just $3.70 from Jab-tech.

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

A 120x38 that's pretty quiet and blowing more air than you need.
http://www.provantage.com/arctic-afc12~7ARCT005.htm

 

[tempoct]

Thanks but that's not PWM version (which is not out yet for Arctic)

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

OK, sorry. I understand now.

 

[Zepper]

3-wire fan will work just as well unless you really need the PWM function. If you look closely at the 4-pin connector on the mobo, you will see that it's just a 3-pin connector with an extra pin tacked on one side. You will still get the normal 2 or 3 step control as before the advent of PWM.

Besides the Y-L, the Global Win on SVC or the Arctic Cooling that G-Y's been pushing are all good options.

.bh.

 

[Operandi]

The JMC is a very good but expensive fan; one of the SPCR forum regulars reviewed it and found to to be very quiet. I think the P5B Deluxe is able to control the speed of 3 pin fans if enable it to do so in the BIOS.

A friend of mine is going to be using that board with a Zalman CNPS 7700 so I'll know in a week or so how it handles 3 pin fans.

 

[tempoct]

oh, thanks.
Please post the result when you have it!
I might get the Ninja instead of Ultra-120. Ultra-120 + fan is $$$. Hopefully, Ninja fan is quiet enough, maybe close to Nexus when undervolt.