prosser13

Just a taster as this has just started, but a lot more to come soon...

Introduction

This has been a long time planning - while Vapor over at XS has some great fan tests up, and SPCR also test fans on a regular basis, with the constantly changing fan market not every fan has been reviewed. The one which stood out was the Xilence Red Wing; a forum favourite

To carry out the testing, I bought an anemometer - it's accurate to around 4%, a 50cfm fan could actually be pushing anywhere between 48cfm and 52cfm, so bare this in mind. Airflow is measured from about 11cm away from the fan itself, using a shroud, and the fan pulls the air through the probe (as recommended by Vapor). For radiator airflow testing, a XSPC 120.1 radiator will be used, with the fan set up to pull through the radiator

I'll provide more information on the dB tests when their done.

Every fan will be tested at 5V, 7V and 12V

If you have any fans you'd like to see me test, feel free to either point me to a link where I can buy them or I'll accept loan offers when I get the dB meter

Pictures and Specifications

Xilence Red Wing



Rated CFM: 68cfm
Rated dB: 21.2dB(A)
Thickness: 25mm
Connections: 4 pin molex, 3 pin (with RPM monitor)
Package: 4 fan screws
Price: £5.49
Notes: needed to be hand started at 5V

Noctua NF-P12



Rated CFM: 54cfm
Rated dB: 19.8dB(A)
Thickness: 25mm
Connections: 3 pin (with RPM monitor)
Package: 4 fan screws, 4 vibration dampeners, Low-Noise and Ultra Low-Noise Adapters
Price: £14.99 / $20.75
Notes: Fan cable pre-sleeved

Yate Loon D12SL-12



Rated CFM: 47cfm
Rated dB: 28dB(A)
Thickness: 25mm
Connections: 4 pin molex
Package: 4 fan screws (optional)
Price: £3.99 / $4.99
Notes: Pass-through molex connection

Arctic Cooling 12025L



Rated CFM: 37cfm
Rated dB: 22dB(A)
Thickness: 25mm
Connections: 3 pin
Package: 4 fan screws, case badge
Price: ~£3 (no current UK stock) / ~$5 (no current US stock)
Notes: no RPM wire, cable pre-sleeved, black 3 pin connector, needed to be hand started at 5V

Akasa Amber



Rated CFM: 44.8cfm
Rated dB: 18dB(A)
Thickness: 25mm
Connections: 3 pin
Package: 4 fan screws, 3 pin to 4 pin adapter
Price: £6.99 / $13.95
Notes:

CFM Tests

So far:



Waiting on Marcus000 to send me his microphone equipment so I can record dB

Fans to come:

SilenX 25mm
SilenX 38mm
Lian Li generic
Sharkoon "golfball"
AcRyan Blackfire4
Coolermaster blue LED
Couple more generic ones
And some others...


4. Radiator Testing
5. Comparison to manufacturer's specs
6. Conclusion

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Qbert

Thanks for the taster prosser13! Looking forward to the rest. Just one comment/question...will you define the fans a bit more as you update this? Specifically on size (120mm, 80mm, etc) as some newer member's might not recognize these right off the bat...or some of us older members may not recall (and we will need to look up the specs ourselves and being lazy farts we don't like that..hehehe).

Also, do you plan to include any Scythe fans? Any x38mm fans?

That would be the topper to your teaser.

Cheers and thanks again for this, will keep checking in.

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Mebby

Don't suppose you can test an aerocool turbine fan? =D

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By-Tor

Maybe test a Delta She 141 CFM fan. I'm running 5 of these on 2 rads...

http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/de12trblhisp.html

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onlycodered

Woohoo. Another reason why I'm glad I got the NF-P12. Could you please test the Scythe Slipstream fans?

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derek2esilent

i think its agreed that we definitely need some scythe fans in this test....

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dr_bowtie

hey....can you put the mm size of the fan tested....I am dumb I dont see it on the graph..

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prosser13

My apologies guys - completely forgot The fans are all 120mm at the moment. I'll get that added as soon as I get the next graph update online

I'll see if I can hunt one down for you - they seem to come in 1000, 2000, 3000rpm varieties; 2000rpm probably suits this test best so I'll see what I cna do

Don't seem to be able to get these over here in the UK I'll take a deeper look when I'm a bit more awake (just got up)

I am definitely planning on picking up some Slipstreams and Ultra Kazes - working overtime this weekend so should be able to afford some on Monday

As for 38mm fans, any preferences apart from the Ultra Kazes?

Update coming later, thanks for the feedback

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RayvinAzn

I'd love to see Panaflo fans tested here - the H1 or M1 would be the ideal choice I think. I'd also like to see results from the Scythe S-Flex series, probably the 1600RPM "F" variant.

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derek2esilent

i think the 2k and 3k kazes are the most popular...correct?

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