What is the quietest case fan?

[openwheelformula1]

Vantec Stealths are pretty loud compared to Panaflo and Nexus. I've gotten 2 Stealths from Frys, 3 Panaflos from Jabtech, and 6 nexus from Jabtech. So far I've returned both stealths, one slighly loud panflo, and the Nexus are by far the quietest. Note that the panalo also push a lot more air.

 

[bay]

Originally posted by: openwheelformula1
Vantec Stealths are pretty loud compared to Panaflo and Nexus. I've gotten 2 Stealths from Frys, 3 Panaflos from Jabtech, and 6 nexus from Jabtech. So far I've returned both stealths, one slighly loud panflo, and the Nexus are by far the quietest. Note that the panalo also push a lot more air.

i also had 3-4 stelths that became terrible once i relaized how much quieter the panaflos and nexus' were. nexus w/o a doubt quieter than panaflo.

 

[AndyD2k]

If you're looking at 80mm fans only then yes L1A Panaflos are the way to go. I replaced the ones in my lian-li case and the only things that were audible after that were my old harddrives.

 

[furballi]

Use the medium speed Panaflo and fine-tune the speed using the Zalman Fanmate 2 fan controller.

 

[NotquiteanooB]

GlacialTech GT12252BDL-1 (19db)
7.5-13.2 vdc
.20amp
2.4watt
ball bearings
950+/- 15% rpm
37.0 CFM @950rpm
19dbA
120x120x25
50,000 hours MTBF

Edit: Also available in 80mm as GT80252BDL-1

 

[otispunkmeyer]

akasa amber series are pretty damn quiet....i just picked up another coz i was so impressed

 

[suszterpatt]

Originally posted by: NotquiteanooB
GlacialTech GT12252BDL-1 (19db)
7.5-13.2 vdc
.20amp
2.4watt
ball bearings
950+/- 15% rpm
37.0 CFM @950rpm
19dbA
120x120x25
50,000 hours MTBF

Edit: Also available in 80mm as GT80252BDL-1

Rock on GT.