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Bignuts · 01-03-2003, 12:17 PM

I am currently running my first phase of a low noise computer attempt.

I originally opted for the Panaflow 120mm M1A's, and they were far too noisy (and I had two of them in my system, one blowing on the Danger Den Cooling cube, the other shrouded and pulling air through the radiator).

So I decided to go with a single Panaflow 120mm L1A pulling air through the radiator, and the air is now ducted through a gutted CDRom drive, so the radiator doesn't get warm case air fed to it.( http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/sho...&threadid=5188 )

But I CAN hear the fan at 12V, it is the loudest component in my system. And I can hear it plainly anywhere in my room.

If you plan on going this route, make sure to get a fan speed contoller, or make one yourself, as the noise from these fans is greatly diminished at 7V.

On a side note, by far the quietest, easiest to aquire fan I have found at 12V is the Panaflow 80mm L1A, though at 7V the fan can start to make a "clicking" noise, but at slightly higher voltages this noise goes away.

01-03-2003, 12:17 PM	#5
Bignuts Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 155	120mm L1A's are not that quiet at 12V I am currently running my first phase of a low noise computer attempt. I originally opted for the Panaflow 120mm M1A's, and they were far too noisy (and I had two of them in my system, one blowing on the Danger Den Cooling cube, the other shrouded and pulling air through the radiator). So I decided to go with a single Panaflow 120mm L1A pulling air through the radiator, and the air is now ducted through a gutted CDRom drive, so the radiator doesn't get warm case air fed to it.( http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/sho...&threadid=5188 ) But I CAN hear the fan at 12V, it is the loudest component in my system. And I can hear it plainly anywhere in my room. If you plan on going this route, make sure to get a fan speed contoller, or make one yourself, as the noise from these fans is greatly diminished at 7V. On a side note, by far the quietest, easiest to aquire fan I have found at 12V is the Panaflow 80mm L1A, though at 7V the fan can start to make a "clicking" noise, but at slightly higher voltages this noise goes away.