Quiet and good quality case fans?

[sphfaros]

I'm building a new machine and will probably get the Antec p180 case when released. I"m looking to either add some fans to it or replace the ones it comes with.

What are some quiet and good quality fans that I can purchase?

Thank you.

 

[Blain]

What size?

 

[imported_Kensai]

Low - Medium Panaflos. 🙂

 

[Operandi]

Antec uses Dyanatron for their fans, they are pretty good quality I don't think you'll have to replace or add different fans.

 

[Zepper]

Panaflo, Sanyo-Denki, Nexus, Sunon Maglev (come in 80mm or smaller) even the CoolerMaster fans with the "rifle" bearing are decent (http://www.SVC.com had some of the Neon CMs with rifle bearing in 80mm for 99 cents starting a few days ago-don't know for how long. Some say that something called "Yate Loon" is supposed to be good, but apparently they are very hard to find in the wild...

.bh.

 

[Chode Messiah]

Yate loons are cheap, quiet, and reliable.

 

[Zepper]

Originally posted by: Chode Messiah
Yate loons are cheap, quiet, and reliable.

But where can one actually buy some???

.bh.

 

[NucEm]

I've been using Enermax Ultra-Cool thermo control second fan kit (FAN-MAX-8TC Enermax Thermal Control 80mm Case fan, Model "UC-001B-TC") from BestByte I usually use 3 of these fans in my systems and found them to be very quiet. There is at least one other source I think its directron.com and they both offer the fans for about $5.00 plus shipping. I've found them to be very quiet under normal loads. They are temperature controled and I think directron.com has a link to a reveiw.

 

[txlonghorn]

Check out http://www.silentpcreview.com/ for fan recommendations. Those guys there are fanatics about "silencing" their computers. In a nut shell, Antec fans don't meet their standard unless they are under-volted to 5V. Panaflo 12L (low speed version) @ 7V or 5V is their reference. Most of the rigs I see on SPRC use Nexus, Papst, or Yate Loon.

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Originally posted by: sphfaros
I'm building a new machine and will probably get the Antec p180 case when released. I"m looking to either add some fans to it or replace the ones it comes with.

What are some quiet and good quality fans that I can purchase?

Thank you.

The case will be silent enough - it's DESIGNED to be < 25dbA