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Buzzard · 01-10-2003, 08:51 PM

Can anyone recommend a good brand of cooling fan that's relatively quiet and effecient, and has 3-wires for RPM monitoring? I'm planning to use 80mm for case cooling, 120mm for radiator cooling, and monitoring them with a DigiDoc5.

Love the site...VERY informative.

Hixup · 01-11-2003, 12:26 AM

http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/tecar.html

go to that link if you want to hear any of the fans, although you have to have your volume set right, you can read them in comparison with the other fans though.

koslov · 01-11-2003, 02:26 AM

I ordered a box of 36 Panaflo FBA08T12L fans , the 80mm slim ones, and they are great. Quiet at 12V, very quiet at 7V, and dead silent at 5V. They just don't have the RPM cable, but I never really understood why people look at RPMs anyway... as long as its spinning, I'm happy.

If you can stand not having the RPM cable, I can sell you a few for way below retail.

Otherwise, I'd look for some Panaflo L1A's or similar with the RPM cable. The Vantec Stealth fans look good, if they weren't so freakin' expensive.

Buzzard · 01-11-2003, 09:05 AM

Thanks for the info.

V12|V12 · 01-13-2003, 09:35 PM

If you have the space, just get one of these MONSTERS!

http://www.comairrotron.com/dcfans/MajorDC.htm

Size: 6.75" x 5.92" x 2.00" deep
(171.5mm x 150.4mm x 50.8mm)

300CFM! I found a couple at an electronics liquidation store for only $6.50... I'm running it at around 8volts and it still puts out 157CFM! It's almost silent. And the bearings are nice too.

I was thinking that if you have the room and a nice shroud, you could get a blower-fan and just make a bend for the air to flow towards the rest of your system cards. Blowers are usually the most silent of fans. Good luck

joemac · 01-13-2003, 11:06 PM

I had one of those - shit almost took my finger off !!!

msv · 01-14-2003, 01:21 AM

Only heard good about PAPST fans, if You don´t mind the price tag.
Regards
Mikael S.

01-10-2003, 08:51 PM	#1
Buzzard Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Jacksonville, NC Posts: 4	Fans Can anyone recommend a good brand of cooling fan that's relatively quiet and effecient, and has 3-wires for RPM monitoring? I'm planning to use 80mm for case cooling, 120mm for radiator cooling, and monitoring them with a DigiDoc5. Love the site...VERY informative. __________________ Semper Fi!

01-11-2003, 12:26 AM	#2
Hixup Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: By the computer Posts: 51	http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/tecar.html go to that link if you want to hear any of the fans, although you have to have your volume set right, you can read them in comparison with the other fans though. __________________ AMD Athlon XP 1900+ Water Cooled Soyo SY-K7V Dragon plus! 512 DDR radoen 9500 Soft Mod Give Me Money

01-11-2003, 09:05 AM	#4
Buzzard Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Jacksonville, NC Posts: 4	Thanks for the info. __________________ Semper Fi!

01-13-2003, 09:35 PM	#5
V12\|V12 Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio-State! <--Money Hussle! SUCKS Posts: 292	If you have the space, just get one of these MONSTERS! http://www.comairrotron.com/dcfans/MajorDC.htm Size: 6.75" x 5.92" x 2.00" deep (171.5mm x 150.4mm x 50.8mm) 300CFM! I found a couple at an electronics liquidation store for only $6.50... I'm running it at around 8volts and it still puts out 157CFM! It's almost silent. And the bearings are nice too. I was thinking that if you have the room and a nice shroud, you could get a blower-fan and just make a bend for the air to flow towards the rest of your system cards. Blowers are usually the most silent of fans. Good luck __________________ XP 1600+ AGOIA-Y (GreenLabel, UNLOCKED!@/ NF7-S 2.0/ PC 2700 DDR 10.5*172FSB(1806/ 1991 high), Vcore 1.792...@84.95Watts --86' Chevette Heater Core --1/2" Vinyl tubes --Via1300-Stealth Mod(QUIET!) ---Home made copper-tube block ---PVC small internal res

01-11-2003, 02:26 AM	#3
koslov Cooling Savant Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Posts: 264	I ordered a box of 36 Panaflo FBA08T12L fans , the 80mm slim ones, and they are great. Quiet at 12V, very quiet at 7V, and dead silent at 5V. They just don't have the RPM cable, but I never really understood why people look at RPMs anyway... as long as its spinning, I'm happy. If you can stand not having the RPM cable, I can sell you a few for way below retail. Otherwise, I'd look for some Panaflo L1A's or similar with the RPM cable. The Vantec Stealth fans look good, if they weren't so freakin' expensive.

01-13-2003, 11:06 PM	#6
joemac Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Dallas Posts: 339	I had one of those - shit almost took my finger off !!!

01-14-2003, 01:21 AM	#7
msv Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 336	Only heard good about PAPST fans, if You don´t mind the price tag. Regards Mikael S.

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