Quiet Fans...

[Online]

Anyone know of some nice and quiet fans to help cool my case. My old ones are just too loud for me to think.

 

[VisableAssassin]

the two top choices are
panaflo
H1A's semi loud move decent amount of air
M1A's quieter than the H1A's but a little harder to find at times
L1A's the most silent but dont move a ton of air


then you got PAPST......about the best youll ever get so silence..bar none !

however ive found a very good compromise in the new cooler master neon LED fans useing the rifle bearing setup........about inaudible (at least o me when compaired to my antec true power 550..which is silent) and they move nearly the same amount of air the panaflo H1A's do !

 

[Peter D]

Panaflo's as VisableAssassin suggested, Vantec Stealth's, Papst's, Adda. Or you could get some fans that are a little louder, and hook them up to a Rheobus

 

[pspada]

Does Pabst make a 60mm fan that would work as a replacement for the stock fan on an AMD Athlon XP heatsink? If so, which one would work best, with the objective being to quiet the system?

 

[lazybum131]

Any 60mm fan that moves enough air for a modern day CPU will be loud. You can get a reduction in noise, but don't expect much difference. Small fans will make a high pitch whine, you can't really get away from that with 60mm. And a slow-speed 60mm might make your CPU temp go way up.

 

[Online]

Where do you guys shop for case cooling? I usually go with newEgg but their fans are all OEM and come with no connectors.

I also found some Thermaltakes that adjust speed depending on the temperature, but didn't know if they were worth it.

 

[Pothead]

Originally posted by: Online
Where do you guys shop for case cooling? I usually go with newEgg but their fans are all OEM and come with no connectors.

I also found some Thermaltakes that adjust speed depending on the temperature, but didn't know if they were worth it.

svc, directron, sidewindercomputers (sp?), pc-mod, kdcomputers

 

[BZeto]

SVC is really spiffy.

 

[InlineFive]

Take a look at www.silentpcreview.com for a LOT of information on this subject. They even have a chart stating fans DB and CFM at different voltages, very useful!

-Por

 

[ReiAyanami]

5v or 7 volt mod them, although you won't get as much cooling power