Quietest 120mm case fan?

[mdk77]

What is the quietest 120mm case fan available?

 

[mdk77]

What is the quietest 120mm case fan available?

I googled and found this fan listed at 21 db noise level:

Scythe S-FLEX 120mm

Anyone using this and can comment?

 

[gaskari]

I've had great luck with zalman fans. They are very high quality,
quiet, and have variable speed control.

 

[Guest]

I googled and found this fan listed at 21 db noise level:

Scythe S-FLEX 120mm

Anyone using this and can comment?

I've had very good experiences with Nexus' 120mm:

http://www.endpcnoise.com/cgi-bin/e/std/sku=nexus120mm.html

The noise spec for most fans are understated. This one isn't.

 

[spodosaurus]

What is the quietest 120mm case fan available?

Well, the quietest is one that isn't spinning. My point is, you have to
take into account airflow with the noise ratings. Airflow is what you
want, noise is what you don't. You can have a very quiet fan that pushes
almost no air! I've even seen fan manufacturers changing the units they
use to measure airflow to make it SEEM like their 'silent' fans measure
up, but when you do the conversion to a commonly used unit, like CFM,
you'll find they move less air with about the same noise at about the
same price. I use Vantec Stealth 120mm fans. Besides being quiet
they move a fair amount of air and have a lifetime warranty (which I've
never had to use on any Vantec Stealth fan, and I've been using many for
years).

Ari


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[johns]

What is the quietest 120mm case fan available?

Any of them. Just use a manual speed controller,
and set the fan down to where you can't hear it.
Those case fans run too fast anyway. I set mine
to 600 rpm and I can't hear it at all. Go to a 90mm
on the CPU, and do the same thing. Knob it down
to about 1000 rpm .. very quiet too. And I have
my video card fan controlled down to about
700 rpm ... and the temp is 31 C on a GF7900GTO.

johns

 

[sbb78247]

I googled and found this fan listed at 21 db noise level:

Scythe S-FLEX 120mm

Anyone using this and can comment?

yes, very quiet for the money spent but they only have a few months of
runtime. ymmv

 

[Hackworth]

I've had very good experiences with Nexus' 120mm:

http://www.endpcnoise.com/cgi-bin/e/std/sku=nexus120mm.html

The noise spec for most fans are understated. This one isn't.

Agreed. I use tons of these and they are the quietest.

 

[Oak7]

What is the quietest 120mm case fan available?

I use 120mm Antec fans, then slow them down a little--very quiet. Have not
had one burn out on me yet.

 

[Bob Fry]

http://www.silentpcreview.com/article695-page1.html

 

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