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Originally Posted by unregistered
Bob
I ordered some of those fans too, let us know what you think of them
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Not to steal Bob's thunder, but 6 Yate Loons arrived from isellsurplus on Friday. I find them pretty good, but they don't live up to the Nexus' hype. OTOH, they're <40% of the price.
They are excellent fans for low airflow use. At 12V, noise is very reasonable (though still too loud for us silent types) with more than enough airflow for any reasonable PC heatload. They start at ~5V and undervolt well: one sample runs at only 2.75V!
The bad news for me is a small amount of motor ticking - audible to about 1m with the fan at 5V in free air. In addition, 2 fans have a little mechanical noise. I doubt either would be noticeable in normal usage, though all other reports I've seen indicate no motor or bearing noise from YL 120s.
I'll keep playing with them this week. Probably lube some bearings and possibly swap one for the Evercool in my WC rig.