MasterKromm

The only fans you really need to worry about their orientation are sleeve bearing. Even then it's not a big deal, @ ~40K MTBF if the number were halved due to horizontal orientation that's still a long time unless you run your PC 24/7... Scythe Sflex fans use Sony's "patent pending" FDB(fluid dynamic bearing) they are incredibly quiet for the amount of air they move and last forever. As for the panaflos in general? I have never owned one so I really can't comment, but (IMHO) depending on application it's either scythe sflex, Sanyo Denki San Ace or bust.

*tangent* Once upon a time, long ago and far away, I exclusively bought the cheapest fans which almost always worked out to be sleeve bearing... Long story short never skimp on the fans, ever. There's just no comparing a sflex to say a yate loon. Even if the specs read the same, IE 30dB(A), the sounds/noises are completely different and for me anyway YL high speed and medium speed fans are unbearable. */end tangent*

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Chunky_Chimp

Panaflos are great, really, they work in any orientation and work very well. For me if you're getting a Panaflo, it's either the L1BX for quiet operations without a controller, or if you DO have a controller, the M1BX or U1BX. I'd take the U1BX over everything but San Aces, really; the U1BX is somehow quieter than BOTH of my H1BXes, including at full speed.

As for San Aces, well, I gotta say, the 9G1212H1011 lives up to all the hype I've been trying to give it in the past. The only downside is I somehow got 2-3 degrees better overall from the Panaflo, but other than that, the San Ace, despite being only 100RPM slower than the U1BX, it's VASTLY quieter and smoother at ALL voltages (in fact it sounds better though not quieter than my S-Flex G, which I never expected), it's built like a tank, and the sleeving/heatshrinking that the shop did is top-notch.

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Yogi

Thanks for the replies.
Chunky whats the difference between the M1J and the M1BX?

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Chunky_Chimp

The M1J doesn't have an RPM sensor, the M1BX does.

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honk_honk

I accidentally ordered some silent Panaflos from Xixiode because I thought they were the medium types. Would it be possible to use both in a push pull set up, I have a fan controller.

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goodolsen

Might want to remove xoxide.com from the first page, as they are going out of business.

@honk - as long as they fit the cooler you should be fine using them in push/pull.

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kevindd992002

I couldn't agree more The sleeving that Chilled PC did with our 9G-H1011 is really very pleasing to the eye

ceemuk

Does anybody have Sharkoon 120mm 2400RPM\81CFM fans?

Thinking about using them for my entire system (1x intake 1x exhaust 1x CPU) in conjunction with my fan controller but can't find the watts\amps specs of them.

Trying to see if they use 3 pin connectors aswell even though I don't need RPM signal as my fan controller doesn't display RPM. As long as it isn't molex.

Loserdave

Anyone ever tried Liquid solder as a thermal adhesive?
I't can be picked up at autozone

OR i have access to copper roof paint with real copper in it. I was thinking that might make a good thermal adhesive.
Any experience with these?

sLowEnd

You're about $8 too high on the Mugen 2 price.

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