Case Fans

Krazy K · 10-01-2008, 09:34 PM

Merlin,

Not to pick on you for those gaudy expensive fans you bought a while ago but, how are you liking them? I just got my Cosmos 1000 and the 4 stock fans are a bit rattly.

I have the stock fans plugged right into a molex so this might be misleading but if anyone has something they like and would recommend, I would heed your advice and get what you think works the best.

Merlin · 10-01-2008, 11:12 PM

I would love to have more of these
Good air flow and they last forever

Merlin

Krazy K · 10-01-2008, 11:28 PM

Them be the ones. I still can't stand the color, but I could take a rattle can to them and make it all black. So if you like them then I'll get some on order.

THUMPer · 10-02-2008, 12:08 PM

I swear by these
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835220014
I don't use the fan controller, they are a bit noisy, but I'm running my Scythe ninja passive and these push/pull a ton of air.

Kougar · 10-02-2008, 07:37 PM

Depends what you want most. Performance, or silence, or both with a fan controller?

Merlin's suggestion with the Noctua P12 fans are absolutely silent and do not require a controller whatsoever. To stay silent they don't push huge amounts of air though.

Thumper's suggestion of the Silverstone FM121 are very dependable fans that push an incredible amount of airflow at speed. They are only silent at the absolute lowest fan controller speed (to my ears), anything higher and they get loud fast. I can't run one of them without a fan controller, they're just to loud for me.

b1lk1 · 10-02-2008, 08:02 PM

The Noctua's have the best possible performance of all quiet fans. I love mine to pieces and actually need 2 more for my case so I can trash the lousy noisy Zalman fans.......

Krazy K · 10-02-2008, 10:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kougar

Depends what you want most. Performance, or silence, or both with a fan controller?

I'll run them with Speedfan or I'll play more with Cool n Quiet and see if that will do it.

10-01-2008, 09:34 PM	#1
Krazy K Partition Master Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Awesomeville, Mn Posts: 265	Case Fans Merlin, Not to pick on you for those gaudy expensive fans you bought a while ago but, how are you liking them? I just got my Cosmos 1000 and the 4 stock fans are a bit rattly. I have the stock fans plugged right into a molex so this might be misleading but if anyone has something they like and would recommend, I would heed your advice and get what you think works the best. __________________ Asus M2N32-SLi Deluxe, AMD 9950 @ 2.9 GHz, Corsair 2x2GB 1066 DDR2, BFG 9800GX2, Caviar SE16 4x640 RAID 5, Raptor 150GB, PC P&C 750 Quadin a Cosmos 1000. Antec Skeleton AMD 4200+ 2x1gb 3xBFG 9800GX2

10-01-2008, 11:12 PM	#2
Merlin The Tech Wizard Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Lakeland, Fl Posts: 1,855	I would love to have more of these Good air flow and they last forever Merlin __________________ Win7 64 bit Intel i7 920 watercooled Asus P6X580 Premium mobo, GTX280 GPU watercooled Synology NAS 207 Network Server with 2 Hitachi Terabite drives LG NAS N2R1 with 2 ea 2 tb drives LINKSYS PLK300 Powerline Network Kit

10-01-2008, 11:28 PM	#3
Krazy K Partition Master Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Awesomeville, Mn Posts: 265	Them be the ones. I still can't stand the color, but I could take a rattle can to them and make it all black. So if you like them then I'll get some on order. __________________ Asus M2N32-SLi Deluxe, AMD 9950 @ 2.9 GHz, Corsair 2x2GB 1066 DDR2, BFG 9800GX2, Caviar SE16 4x640 RAID 5, Raptor 150GB, PC P&C 750 Quadin a Cosmos 1000. Antec Skeleton AMD 4200+ 2x1gb 3xBFG 9800GX2

10-02-2008, 08:02 PM	#6
b1lk1 Tech Monkey Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Ontario Posts: 821	The Noctua's have the best possible performance of all quiet fans. I love mine to pieces and actually need 2 more for my case so I can trash the lousy noisy Zalman fans....... __________________ Oldschool PC: Intel E6300/Nouctua NH-9U w/dual 92mm Panaflos XFX 680i LT Patriot PC2-6400 2X2GB LL 2 X BFG 8800GTX in SLI Enermax Revolution 620W PSU ASUS 24X DVD/Seagate 250GB SATA 2/THermaltake A90/Windows 7 Ultimate 64

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
393 fans tested	Rob Williams	Overclocking and Cooling	0	05-07-2012 03:09 PM
Cooler Master R4 Fans!	Doomsday	General Hardware	24	04-10-2010 10:34 AM
Portal Fans, the cake is a lie. Vg cat style.	madstork91	Off Topic	1	12-10-2007 05:57 PM
Why do fancy fan controllers only control 4 fans?!	NicePants42	Overclocking and Cooling	11	11-11-2007 06:51 PM
140mm Fans	moon111	Overclocking and Cooling	3	07-10-2007 08:47 AM

10-02-2008, 12:08 PM	#4
THUMPer Coastermaker Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Indianpolis! Posts: 230	I swear by these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835220014 I don't use the fan controller, they are a bit noisy, but I'm running my Scythe ninja passive and these push/pull a ton of air.