Quietest Fans

Cokeman · 08-18-2001, 08:54 PM

Just wondering if anyone has any opinions on which fans they consider to be the quietest.. I'm looking into an Antec SX1030 case with an AMD 1400MHz.. I know it'll be hot, so I intend to fill 'er up with some fans... I just dont feel like creating an airport in my house.

Any suggestions?

Darkhorse · 08-19-2001, 04:22 AM

Panflo fans are pretty quiet. Best bet is to get fans rated at quite a high CFM and use a rheobus to tame them. At least you have the extra CFM should things heat up.

mkosem · 08-21-2001, 03:35 PM

just get a good strong fan and run it off of 7v

--Matt

xy · 08-21-2001, 11:15 PM

try this page they have a list of quiet fans with dBA, CFM and RPM of the fans.

http://www.gizzo.8m.com/fans/

Soupy · 09-10-2001, 03:23 AM

get the low end Panaflo's they put out enough air wihtout haveing to lower the voltage. I made the mistake of ordering two high and two low end panaflo's and when I cut the voltage on the high end ones they don't put out near the amount of air the low end ones do. and are just as loud. I orderd two more low end 120's and I'm going to scrap the high end 120's.

Just my 2 cents,
Soupy

Nordic · 10-20-2001, 09:35 PM

The Panaflos are hard to come by in Sweden but Papst can generally be found here. If you follow the link to the page with listed fans and their cfm ratio you'll see that Papst fans rate very high. I have never seen such good design on the fan blades anywhere and this is what contributes to their low noise.
They are available with both ball and sleeve bearing (more cfm's usually mean ball bearing). I've used their low noise 80, 92 and 120 mm fans and find them unbeatable.

Of course the 7V trick might do it for you but you still won't beat the cfm/noise ratio of the Papst fans.

Kevin · 10-21-2001, 03:17 AM

The panaflo L1As are more or less the quietest fans. At 120mm, the JMC fans are quieter. At 60mm, the Sany Denki fans are quieter.
-Kev

08-18-2001, 08:54 PM	#1
Cokeman Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: New Orleans, LA Posts: 1	Quietest Fans Just wondering if anyone has any opinions on which fans they consider to be the quietest.. I'm looking into an Antec SX1030 case with an AMD 1400MHz.. I know it'll be hot, so I intend to fill 'er up with some fans... I just dont feel like creating an airport in my house. Any suggestions?

08-21-2001, 03:35 PM	#3
mkosem Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2001 Location: here Posts: 494	just get a good strong fan and run it off of 7v --Matt __________________ If you can't cool it, blow it up!! http://www.mattkosem.com

10-20-2001, 09:35 PM	#6
Nordic Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Umeå, Sweden Posts: 98	The Panaflos are hard to come by in Sweden but Papst can generally be found here. If you follow the link to the page with listed fans and their cfm ratio you'll see that Papst fans rate very high. I have never seen such good design on the fan blades anywhere and this is what contributes to their low noise. They are available with both ball and sleeve bearing (more cfm's usually mean ball bearing). I've used their low noise 80, 92 and 120 mm fans and find them unbeatable. Of course the 7V trick might do it for you but you still won't beat the cfm/noise ratio of the Papst fans. __________________ Pump:Eheim 1048, Radiator:LPD radiator 100x150x20mm, CPU block:DD Maze-2, GPU block: DD GPU block, Chipset block:Zalman NB32 AMD XP 1500+, EpoX 8K7A, PoV GF3Ti200 Pic of my YY-cube

10-21-2001, 03:17 AM	#7
Kevin Slacking more than your weird uncle Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: San Diego, CA (UCSD) / Los Angeles, CA (home) Posts: 1,605	The panaflo L1As are more or less the quietest fans. At 120mm, the JMC fans are quieter. At 60mm, the Sany Denki fans are quieter. -Kev __________________ I used to throw hot coffee all over the ass of the horse there, then whip him while he was kickin' at me. Those f***in things are crazy.

08-19-2001, 04:22 AM	#2
Darkhorse Cooling Savant Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: UK Posts: 103	Panflo fans are pretty quiet. Best bet is to get fans rated at quite a high CFM and use a rheobus to tame them. At least you have the extra CFM should things heat up.

08-21-2001, 11:15 PM	#4
xy Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 13	try this page they have a list of quiet fans with dBA, CFM and RPM of the fans. http://www.gizzo.8m.com/fans/

09-10-2001, 03:23 AM	#5
Soupy Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 2	get the low end Panaflo's they put out enough air wihtout haveing to lower the voltage. I made the mistake of ordering two high and two low end panaflo's and when I cut the voltage on the high end ones they don't put out near the amount of air the low end ones do. and are just as loud. I orderd two more low end 120's and I'm going to scrap the high end 120's. Just my 2 cents, Soupy

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