How do i determine if a fan is strong and powerful. I want to find a powerful fan but those lowyat sell 1 doesnt convince me so any pointers?

hmm....determine a fan strong or weak by its CFM.
How strong you want ? Our forumer like AllnGap he sell alot powerful fan.

powerfully = noisy

think again

yup, if you can stand the noise...100CFM 12CM Fan should be not problem ^^

i want powerful but the noise of course not so loud la

Powerful = noise. U can't avoid that I'm afraid. Even Silverstone fans are quite loud at full speed.

borrow/highjack your thread for a while. any recommendations on 120mm front intake fan for my casing? dont want a loud one and as long as it can suck in sufficient air thats good enough.

yep

noise is like a vaccum cleaner some like hair dryer....

you can always buy those fan with fan speen controller. Like Silver Stone ...forget the model.
Silver Stone FM123 , http://www.silverstonetek.com/products/p_s...=fm123&area=usa

i think zalman 80mm fan is already suitable for u...zalman is better than cooler master...

thanks for the suggestion. but RM69? U kill me better lah. Anything decent for around RM25+/-?

Preferbly something black, with a little bling also nvm.

ah...cari AllnGap, he sell alot of strong fan. You can ask him + fan controller also.

ok thanks for the advice.

cari allngap, buy delta nmb, panaflo, or other fans from him.

CM, evercool etc etc fans are for pussies

for 120mm NMB/delta etc.. anything above 0.45A rating is abit noisy, but so is the airflow.. damn nice
for 80mm nmb/delta anything above 0.7 is noisy ade, but the airflow is good la...

how about this one? ok?



how to see above 0.45A or not?

my options are limited to 120mm x 25mm coz the any thicker, it wouldnt be able to fit in my casing.

39.77CFM for 12CM fan is common , you can go LYP try the CM LED 12CM FAN too...same feel.

allngap does have 25mm thick fans

the amperage is this one:

Current (Ampere) 0.16 A±10% .... 0.16A only LoL

haha ok. but i gatal wan to have the led and controller. =D

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Added on December 30, 2007, 2:38 pmso its lower than 0.45 right? thats a good thing?

This post has been edited by awh85: Dec 30 2007, 02:38 PM

its a good thing only if you want silence la.. because afaik, that cfm and pressure are crappy...btw, if you are the DIY type, u can easily attach LED, fan controllers etc etc to the fans without paying a premium

0.16A for a 120mm is very silent already.. 0.45A is for a delta or NMB, which is a ball bearing fan, which again, generally, the lifespan of ball bearing based fans vs sleeved bearing fans are alot longer
but then again, can u stand the noise of a high cfm unit?

200CFM Hair Dryer ?

I cant stand the noise for 8CM FAN(87CFM)

wah sound like hair dryer got or not?

haha...of course no.
100CFM @ 39db noise for 12cm fan is acceptable.

lol... 8cm fan producing 87cfm... thats damn blardy loud lol


then only good mar
better then CM or evercool crap fans

yeah, saw the shop at sabah here showing that fan.
CM expensive
use i-cute pun lagi bagus

icute fans are actually not bad u know....good flow with not much noise..

seriously.. for 12cm.. get the vizo uv led fans enough la. good airflow and acceptable noise IMHO.

I-Cute fan cheap and good. im using it for exhausting the hot air from 8800gt.

So far so good. always keep my card cool.