Enermax 120mm w/ speed control...

Crosstrack16 · 05-12-2003, 12:57 PM

How quite is it really? Some sites say at its lowest speeds, 34dB, some say 22dB...

jtroutma · 05-14-2003, 04:07 PM

Cant comment on numbers but I can say that personally I can barely hear it running with my ear right next to it at its lowest setting. I have one of these modded into my case cooling my 15K cheetahs. I can hear my pump over this fan, Ehiem 1250.

Cyco-Dude · 05-14-2003, 06:38 PM

i dont have the adjustable ver., but i do have serveral 120mm enermax fans. at full speed they are kinda loud i guess (no prob for me; i sleep next to a delta black label

), but not nearly as 'annoying' as the delta screamers. hmm...its subjective i suppose; i have no more info about its specs than you do.

mhayenga · 08-21-2003, 12:23 AM

Yeah... thats what I've recently been noticing... When I bought, they all said 22dB... and I've never thought it was that quiet. though, I've never used another 120mm to compare... (until recently the fan on my vid card was the loudest fan in my case and droned out the 120mm, thank you epoxied U1 athlon cooler

)...

Based upon experience, I'd say that there are probably fans decently quieter.

pHaestus · 08-21-2003, 01:45 AM

They aren't all that quiet at full speed (40dBish I think) but they are ok at the minimum speed. 22dB might be correct for them with the pot turned all the way down.

05-12-2003, 12:57 PM	#1
Crosstrack16 Cooling Savant Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Spring Hill, FL Posts: 169	Enermax 120mm w/ speed control... How quite is it really? Some sites say at its lowest speeds, 34dB, some say 22dB...

05-14-2003, 04:07 PM	#2
jtroutma Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SLO, CA Posts: 837	Cant comment on numbers but I can say that personally I can barely hear it running with my ear right next to it at its lowest setting. I have one of these modded into my case cooling my 15K cheetahs. I can hear my pump over this fan, Ehiem 1250. __________________ Athlon64 X2 4200+ @ 2.5Ghz (250FSB x 10) OCZ VX 1GB 4000 @ 250FSB (6-2-2-2 timmings) DFI LANParty nForce4 Ultra-D SCSI Raid 5 x (3) Cheetah 15K HDDs LSI Express 500 (128MB cache) OCZ PowerStream 520W PSU ATI X850XT PE (Stock) DTEK WhiteWater + DTEK Custom Radiator Eheim 1250

05-14-2003, 06:38 PM	#3
Cyco-Dude Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Dayton, Ohio Posts: 836	i dont have the adjustable ver., but i do have serveral 120mm enermax fans. at full speed they are kinda loud i guess (no prob for me; i sleep next to a delta black label ), but not nearly as 'annoying' as the delta screamers. hmm...its subjective i suppose; i have no more info about its specs than you do.

08-21-2003, 12:23 AM	#4
mhayenga Cooling Neophyte Join Date: May 2002 Location: Earth Posts: 46	Yeah... thats what I've recently been noticing... When I bought, they all said 22dB... and I've never thought it was that quiet. though, I've never used another 120mm to compare... (until recently the fan on my vid card was the loudest fan in my case and droned out the 120mm, thank you epoxied U1 athlon cooler )... Based upon experience, I'd say that there are probably fans decently quieter.

08-21-2003, 01:45 AM	#5
pHaestus Big Player Making Big Money Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: irc.lostgeek.com #procooling.com Posts: 4,782	They aren't all that quiet at full speed (40dBish I think) but they are ok at the minimum speed. 22dB might be correct for them with the pot turned all the way down.

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