As i am falling more and more to dead silent setup, i'm starting to feel that all 5 vantec spectrum 120mm uvled fans are kinda "noisy" well, not really noisy, it's just that i'm slowly starting to feel that i can't stand the noise anymore.

All these started when i switch my casing from the 3D Aurora 570 to this Lian Li PC-G7.

I'm thinking of swapping all 120mm fan to these:

Aerocool 120MM Silver Lightning Fan
It's not the most silent, but it's better than this Vantec Spectrum UV Led Fans



Official Link:
http://www.aerocool.us/p-accessory/silver%...ning%20fan.html

Love the white led.
Yeah, i know coolermaster also have those fans with white led's, but, it's just too slow at 1200RPM.

While the Aerocool Silver Lightning is at 1500RPM which is quite okay too me.
Not too fast, not too slow.

Thinking of buying five units of 120MM Aerocool Silver Lightning and one unit of 80MM Aerocool Silver Lightning.

What do you guys think about this fan?

This post has been edited by sHawTY: Mar 16 2007, 07:25 PM

hmm i have seen and feel the fan on spot ... some how i think the air flow is a bit weak of course not as quiet as CM.. .

however the blade design is very nice..

hmm u need 5 means 3 for the case and two for the radiator ..

or u buy more for other rig ????

Honestly, any 120mm fan that spins at 1500rpm is gonna be fairly audible. They'll probably be better than thoes Vantec UVs, but I doubt they'll be anywhere near silent considering the 1200rpm CM UV is not completely silent either. Additionally, that Aerocool looks like it's geared more towards bling anyway.

I recommend you try getting some Yate Loons/Scythes/CM UVs, undervolting them to run at about 1000rpm or so and see how it goes. IF your temps don't suffer too much, you'll probably have a pretty quiet fan setup. Which will of course make you notice other things like HDD seek noise and PWM whine.

Where?

Offcourse its weaker, weaker than Vantec Spectrum UV Led fans and Vizo Fans.
Coz it's RPM is 300RPM lower than those vantec fans.

As i've said earlier, i need silent, but i need CFM's too, 1200RPM is too low for me.
I can stand some noise, but i can't stand Vantec Spectrum fans noise anymore.

About the quantity of fans, yes, you are right.
3 For the case, and two for the radiator. and one extra 80mm fan for the top blowhole on the casing.

Not sure bout the pricing though, as i didn't see anyone sells aerocool products here.

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Added on March 16, 2007, 7:46 pm1000RPM you say?
Remember when i use to have Gigabyte 3D Aurora 570 casing?

All of the 120MM fans used in that comes with that casing spins at exactly 1000RPM.
And seriously, i can't stand it, it's too low, and seriously, i can't feel any air through the fans.

And when it's too low, the temps are freaking high!
And when i switch all the fans to Vantec Spectrum Fans, the temps decrease a lot.

I know it's not the best solution for a dead silent setup.
But i need some CFM's too.

1000RPm & 1200RPm is too low for me, so it's not in my book of fans.


This post has been edited by sHawTY: Mar 16 2007, 07:46 PM

hmm .. so can the Aerorcool fan reach 50 cfm with as low as 17~20dba noise??

anyway you could use case fan dampening kit from Vantec to reduce the noise .. it is kind of useful as well to reduce noise..

btw which fan u use for the PC-G7 ?? original case fan ??

if is the stock fan it should be a bit noisy ...

50CFM is very low for a 120MM fans.
And about the 17~20DBa noise, that kind of noise can only be achieved by those 1000~1200RPm.

I don't want those, as it's too slow and the CFM is too low.

This aerocool 120MM fan however, gives you 65CFM on 26.5DBa.
That's considered silent d.

Rather than my Vantec that is on 30++DBa

The stock PC-G7 fan speed is 1400RPM on 100%.
But the design of the fan is too simple, yet, no bling bling at all.

I don't want too much bling bling, i just want a fan with white led's.
That's all.

Plus, i think White Led Fans are quite "SMART"

No other colour of led's wanted in my CPU.

hhahha ,,, where u going to source it from ... ??

i might want one for testing only .. .muhahahha

That's what i've been thinking lately.
Quite hard to find that aerocool fans here.

Not quite hard, but it is hard.

Any1 seen those Noctua fans on sale locally? I just love the design of the blades on those fans. Very very nice, like a submarine's propellors.

Now that's an appreciation.

Well bro, if you want noctua fans, you can't find it anywhere else except from irangan.

He's the only one guy that bulk that brand here.

but irangan say he will not bring in that fan alone due the the price is high... if a lot people want it and can accept the price...I think irangan will consider to bring in...maybe...

Uncle ianho olang kaya mah.
Those noctua fans cheap cheap only to him.

hhahaha he's indeed rich but the real rich guys does not spent much on pc ...

one meal they paid can get u a nice graphic card already ...

one thing that buy can buy entire mid high pc ....

anyway hope that more people bulk better brand of fan like Yate Loon, Panaflo, Nortua and so on ,,,

this market is dead with CM and ICute or chapalang brand ...

Yeah... if can have more bulk on those great fans will be nice...

im currently using the 140mm ones to cool my hdd....not too bad....very silent

Can any1 recommend what fan should i use for this rig?

intel C2D E6600
kingston ddr2 667 pc5400 x2
maxtor 300gb
8800GTS

plz give as much detail as u can cause i really not good in this.....
thanks in advance.

at least tell us the casing u are using and the CPU cooler as well.

Quite a comprehensive review on the 120mm fans. This has been posted all over the net. Just thought I'd share it here.

Linkage

Wonder how our local favourite, the Vizo, fares against the competition.

to mods: Dont really know where to put this, thought that ppl who visit this thread 'might' be interested in case fans. If not, please move it to where appropriate.

Very interested in this review. Thanks vassalle.

Mods, mayb can make a new post and pin it for others to see what types of fans available in malaysia, then how's the performance, then let the buyer choose according to how they plan to use the fans lo.

There's already a case fans thread. Will merge them. Link added to 1st post so all can c it. Thanks for a very good link vassale.

This post has been edited by ianho: Mar 28 2007, 04:42 PM