RAD FAN

[KING_OF_SAND]

Does anyone have any good options for fans for a RAD. I need 3, but they must also be really quiet at min speed. below 20db and at high i dont want anything above 30db.

any suggestion?

 

[S_I_N]

cooler master sickle flows will fit those requirements swimmingly plus they come in a few colors (led) so would make a nice accent to ur case

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=sickleflow+120

 

[FunkyMonkey90]

Gentle Typhoon 800RPM

These are the one's i'm looking at getting when I go WCing, Between good airflow and low sound =]

 

[KING_OF_SAND]

Those gentle typhoons are not RAD fans. Its a good decision for a case fan but they do not provide any decent airflow. a good RAD fan mus be able to force a lot of air.

 

[KING_OF_SAND]

cooler master sickle flows will fit those requirements swimmingly plus they come in a few colors (led) so would make a nice accent to ur case

http://www.newegg.co...=sickleflow+120

great suggestion THANK YOU! I need it in blue, and Amazon has some. $10 for a 69cfm fan under 20db! thats incredible!

 

[KING_OF_SAND]

Alright now i am confused on this Coolermaster fan?? The cooler master site says that the fan runs at 2000rpm at 69cfm at 19db (http://www.coolermas...product_id=2915). but i look at Amazon they provide the information from Coolermaster showing that it is 90cfm with the rest of the specs the same (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0026ZPFCK/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&m=A2EUTVCJXLAJ4K). I then read the comments and some are complaining that the fan is loud? 19db is as loud a whisper. Also i doubt a fan at 2000rpm is under 19db? my coolermaster Excalibur is 2000rpm and is 69db.

 

[S_I_N]

blade design play apart in that bro plus I have 3 of them in my sniper at 100% and they are pretty dang quiet I have one for rear exhaust one for additional front intake and one angled 45degrees at bottom of case near lowewr intake for extra flow on my GTX570 I hear air moving not fans whirling

 

[KING_OF_SAND]

Ok, then. I will take your word for it. But if you are wrong, I will come to your house and take that 570 of yours.

 

[FunkyMonkey90]

From what I read it depends on what RAD you use, e.g if you use a thinker RAD they are designed for lower RPM fans if a thinner RAD then you'll need higher RPM fans

 

[S_I_N]

Ok, then. I will take your word for it. But if you are wrong, I will come to your house and take that 570 of yours.

lol and hear i thought you'd want a 590 for physics with ur 6990

 

[GiantKiwi]

From what I read it depends on what RAD you use, e.g if you use a thinker RAD they are designed for lower RPM fans if a thinner RAD then you'll need higher RPM fans

Sickleflows are stupidly quiet for 2000rpm fans, the 900rpm 180mm silverstone Air Penetrator fans are louder.

 

[FunkyMonkey90]

Sickleflows are stupidly quiet for 2000rpm fans, the 900rpm 180mm silverstone Air Penetrator fans are louder.

I understand that but KING_OF_SAND didn't say weather he wanted them for a thick or thin RAD.. he just said quiet fans at min. speed.

 

[SmoulderingCircuits]

cooler master sickle flows will fit those requirements swimmingly plus they come in a few colors (led) so would make a nice accent to ur case

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=sickleflow+120

Sickle flows make a racket from what I've seen about the net.

Just join the excalibur club, best all round fan IMO

 

[S_I_N]

Sickle flows make a racket from what I've seen about the net.

Just join the excalibur club, best all round fan IMO

I'm doubting that as I have 3 of them in this case and 2 more in my former step sons rig and none of them are loud. I plan on using them as long as they make them

 

[KING_OF_SAND]

I have the excalibur, and its loud as a mofo. It was an amazing fan I had my cosair h50.

 

[KING_OF_SAND]

I just want to confirm... These are the same thing S_I_N was referring too, correct?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0026ZPFCK/ref=s9_simh_gw_p23_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1VCQ8C53BWGSP7ZKK34H&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846

 

[S_I_N]

aye those be the ones matey lol had to do a google search to be 100% but there listed on CM's site with that part #

 

[GiantKiwi]

I understand that but KING_OF_SAND didn't say weather he wanted them for a thick or thin RAD.. he just said quiet fans at min. speed.

Ive got them on an H70 in the Rig (RV02-E)on my desk, got them on a small machine (an ancient akasa midi tower) with an H50 in push/pull (file server but what the hey

) and my 2 render machines - one (Stacker 832) with Black Ice GT Xtreme 120.3 gen 1 in push/pull with 6 of them and the other (Stacker 830) with XSPC RS360 with 6 of them in Push/pull, recently replacing the 6 scythe GT's (they were only a tad quieter and selling 2 allowed me to buy 6 sickleflows, which btw perform better for a quarter of the price each - same ambient, sickleflows avg 1°C cooler).

That just about covers all possibilities right?

Also steer clear of CM excalibur's, built my younger brother a new machine a few months back and put some of those in it, turned it on first time, a few minutes later put them in the bin, i've used quieter Delta's in the past around a rad. He got some of the old GT's.

 

[SmoulderingCircuits]

I have the excalibur, and its loud as a mofo. It was an amazing fan I had my cosair h50.

It's certainly not the rated 30db but I keep mine at max and sit right next to the rig not noticing they are there - soft woosh rather than choppy screech but yeah sickle flows aren't bad, they're just not outstandingly good either

 

[Stromatolites]

I use gentle typhoons on my rad's. Best cooling I have seen from fans so far, took a good 2-4 degrees off my past set up. Both rads are low FPI rads.