QUOTE(irangan @ Dec 29 2007, 01:18 AM)
Like stated by lolhalol, SilentX is a con stuff and its dont perform as its stated. Conclusion, it is a crappy fan.. The creator got banned in several forum because he self promoted the fan by posing as customer.
So as for your question, of course Noctua is more silent

Ya.. it is a sucky fan. No where near to those really 'branded' fan.
FM121 and FM122 are good but abit too noisy (weak in dba / cfm ratio). Meanswhile, FM123 is total crap according to most user feedback that I read. It is said that its cfm just cant justify the noise its produced.
You cant whine much when it is one of those few 'branded' fan that can easily found in Malaysia.
But if you have other option like S-Flex, Minibea and Panaflo, you wont even look at Silverstone fans. Haha.hehe like you lah....

kena my poison

hehehehe....
QUOTE(Doom @ Dec 29 2007, 03:44 AM)
hmmm .. .. looks like Noctua still my best choice ....
I'm favor of silent more than performance ... as long as it's not below 35cfm on full spin .. it's fine with me ...
So far I hardly feel any strong advantage with high CFM fan ... it brings down an additional 2~2 degree but the noise increment just too much ...
seriously minibea is the way to go.. u will not regret...the medium range is the best if u dont like to control ur fans...
QUOTE(E-J@1 @ Dec 29 2007, 04:14 AM)
yup, same here
have to find the sweet spot for it
where the increment on the CFM is useless (doesn't justify the noise increment)
want full blast = 70cfm, yet ur heatsink has its limit sinking the heat
in the end, u'll get a noisy setup just for the sake of 1-2 degree difference than the sweet spot noise or cfm

hehe minibea brother.. beware once u touch.. u will not go back... like me , irangan , cabelsguy also