Slient FANS

Gnome said:
Nexus D12SL

SilentPCReview's defacto standard against which all other fans are measured and still their no. 1 As posted above Sybaritic sells them, Cyberdyne systems in Johannesburg also.

I've personally got 2 of them and at 7v you can't hear the PC except if you put your ear right up against the fan.
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Oh I have a gigabyte one that does that (hear only when you near.. )

But.. now.. mm.. can't find them anymore... :(
 
Ono'rach said:
I bought two Aerocool 14cm Shark fans, and at full voltage it sounds like an Airbus A380 at takeoff :p

I'm going to try them in reduced voltage mode, to see if they are bearable.

They do move an awesome amount of air though! :D
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How do you remve voltages?

Does that have to be fans connected to the motherboard?
 
People$champ said:
I would recommend the Thermalrite X-Silent got them from wootware they really silent and can run dead silent on the fanmate also those Noctua fans are even better but hard to find in CPT though
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:"(

Doesn't matter.. I guess having silent fans are just extra lol..
 
Does anyone know how FANS must be placed inside a box?

I kind of know the layout, but not sure... I mean I just have all my fans blowing IN..

But don't know if that is the right thing to do.. Because I heard before that you're suppose to create a "flow" through your case..
 
I just found out something recently..

WHen I play games.. (Like batman AA)

My GPU heats up the PC.. Even though I have FANS on.. Does that mean that my GPU fan isn't doing its job? Or is it suppose to be like thaT?
 
kaisterkai said:
Oh I have a gigabyte one that does that (hear only when you near.. )
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That might not be the best measure of noise tho. You should head over to SilentPCReview. They have a very good testing methodology. I think I know which Gigabyte fans you are talking of tho, probably those sold on the Gigabyte Triton/Poseidon cases. It has a blue sticker on it. Had that in my old setup. Those are pretty good but the Nexus is def. better IMHO.
 
kaisterkai said:
How do you remve voltages?

Does that have to be fans connected to the motherboard?
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You modify a molex connector/adapter such that the fan is powered from the +12V (red) and +5V (yellow), instead of the +12 and Ground (black). That way the fan is powered by 7V and not 12V :)
Unfortunately then you won't be able to monitor the fan speed any more from the motherboard, unless you make a fan header connector yourself...

I'm currently running 2x 120mm Coolermaster Sickleflow fans like that (from +7V) on my TRUE cooler so that they don't make such a massive amount of noise.
 
Gnome said:
That might not be the best measure of noise tho. You should head over to SilentPCReview. They have a very good testing methodology. I think I know which Gigabyte fans you are talking of tho, probably those sold on the Gigabyte Triton/Poseidon cases. It has a blue sticker on it. Had that in my old setup. Those are pretty good but the Nexus is def. better IMHO.
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YES.. The one with the blue stickers on them..

When I first got my PC.. It was in there. and it was really silent.. (Compare to my previous one lol)

But there isn't really a need to replace the fan yet.. so .. I'll wait for it to break or something :P
 
Pada said:
You modify a molex connector/adapter such that the fan is powered from the +12V (red) and +5V (yellow), instead of the +12 and Ground (black). That way the fan is powered by 7V and not 12V :)
Unfortunately then you won't be able to monitor the fan speed any more from the motherboard, unless you make a fan header connector yourself...

I'm currently running 2x 120mm Coolermaster Sickleflow fans like that (from +7V) on my TRUE cooler so that they don't make such a massive amount of noise.
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Very confusing.. BUt I think I understand..

Just the different colours of the molex is different voltage?

Changing them will reduce them making a noise.. ^ ^

THanks
 
Sorry kaisterkai, I should've put a bit more effort into explaining.

The power supply's molex plugs has 3 colours: red = +12V, yellow = +5V and black = ground (or +0V)

Usually with the fans you get a molex adapter to fan header, so that you can connect the fan directly on the PSU.
These molex adapters only take 2 wires to the fan of course. You then have to take out the pin that is going from the fan header to the ground (black) position and move it to the opposite side of the +12V (red) position, so that you're connecting it on the +5V (yellow).

If you still don't quite understand, then just follow the Article on TechPowerUp: http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/other/137
 
Pada said:
Sorry kaisterkai, I should've put a bit more effort into explaining.

The power supply's molex plugs has 3 colours: red = +12V, yellow = +5V and black = ground (or +0V)

Usually with the fans you get a molex adapter to fan header, so that you can connect the fan directly on the PSU.
These molex adapters only take 2 wires to the fan of course. You then have to take out the pin that is going from the fan header to the ground (black) position and move it to the opposite side of the +12V (red) position, so that you're connecting it on the +5V (yellow).

If you still don't quite understand, then just follow the Article on TechPowerUp: http://www.techpowerup.com/articles/other/137
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Pada, you know I must say that you really know alot ^ ^ Or just reading alot :)
 
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