The 500DX use Pure Wings 2 but this are to loud. I also have test Noctua Redux 1200 but this also to loud. Which fan are realy quietly? The case is open at the front, so you can hear the fans from a certain speed. The Noctua and Pure Wings i hear from 650rpm. I need fans that you can't hear up to 800rpm but still cool well. Does anyone know very good quiet fans?
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The 500DX use Pure Wings 2 but this are to loud. I also have test Noctua Redux 1200 but this also to loud. Which fan are realy quietly? The case is open at the front, so you can hear the fans from a certain speed. The Noctua and Pure Wings i hear from 650rpm. I need fans that you can't hear up to 800rpm but still cool well. Does anyone know very good quiet fans?
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Silent Wings 2 have very low pressure rating of 0.76mmH2O @ 1000rpm (full speed), and that's not enough to move much air. No surprise because most cases come with lousy fans.
P14 are 140mm fans. Dogzilla07 probably fat-fingered / brain faded when he hit 120 for P14.
Arctic P14 is okay if you can get them cheap. They've been out just barely 2 years and some owners are already having failures. At $5 each they are okay, but I wouldn't pay more. And don't fall for their 10 year warranty. It's 10% / year depreciation based on original purchase price. So in 5 years $5 is up to $7-8, maybe more, and warranty will give you $2.50, quite possibly after having to send fan in. So warranty is a joke.
Could you get some of your little minion buddies to move air for you?
2x good high-pressure front intakes with openings not covered by fans blocked off so air fans push into case can't leak around to front area and go in circles. Remove all unused PCie back slot covers to increase rear vent area by GPU for better front to back airflow and you should have good cooling. You might find basics about airflow and how to optimize case airflow in link below of interest:
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P14 are 140mm fans. Dogzilla07 probably fat-fingered / brain faded when he hit 120 for P14.
Arctic P14 is okay if you can get them cheap. They've been out just barely 2 years and some owners are already having failures. At $5 each they are okay, but I wouldn't pay more. And don't fall for their 10 year warranty. It's 10% / year depreciation based on original purchase price. So in 5 years $5 is up to $7-8, maybe more, and warranty will give you $2.50, quite possibly after having to send fan in. So warranty is a joke.
Could you get some of your little minion buddies to move air for you?
2x good high-pressure front intakes with openings not covered by fans blocked off so air fans push into case can't leak around to front area and go in circles. Remove all unused PCie back slot covers to increase rear vent area by GPU for better front to back airflow and you should have good cooling. You might find basics about airflow and how to optimize case airflow in link below of interest:
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Maybe p14, will do 800rpm without producing noise, but i doubt it.
800rpm it's hard to be inaudible even for 120mm static pressure focused fans.
Go sw3 140, and keep them around 650. They should do the trick.
If you want full mesh front fans to be inaudible, nf a12x25, p12, nidec GT. Under 700rpm, but idk if they are the best airflow/noise ratio combo in that case and at that rpm.
800rpm it's hard to be inaudible even for 120mm static pressure focused fans.
Go sw3 140, and keep them around 650. They should do the trick.
If you want full mesh front fans to be inaudible, nf a12x25, p12, nidec GT. Under 700rpm, but idk if they are the best airflow/noise ratio combo in that case and at that rpm.
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How quiet are the surroundings?
For instance, I can hear my 140mm SW3 HS PWM at ~725RPM when the room is quiet if I listen carefully. They may be very quiet, but they can still be heard.
Despite the name, they aren't actually the quietest 140mm fans anyway, the TY-147 and F140MP/HP2 are quieter. SW3 140mm HS PWM review from Thermalbench with graphs here.
I don't have first hand experience with a P14, but P12 PWM isn't inaudible at mid RPM for me either. YMMV, I don't know how much bearing noise the typical P14 has.
P14 are a good cheap no frills fan. no fan is going to be really quiet unless it is switched off. I have 8 P12 fans on my system and the loudest noise I hear is from my PSU fan.
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I have a 500DX, likewise I replaced all the fans to Noctua.
CPU is a D15 chromax, extremely silent, extremely good thermals. Best in terms of air cooling.
In terms of chassis fans. These are all inaudible at >800rpm
Noctua NFA12x25 (120MM 800rpm) 30% (Pushing revs, it became noticeably audible at 50% 1050-1100rpm. Silence below that.
Noctua NF-A15 (150mm Diameter 120/140 mount 800rpm) 40% (audible <800rpm)
Noctua NF-P14r PWM (50% speed makes it inaudible at 700rpm)
I overall dont like any other silent focused fans. I'm a noctua shill since I first opened their brown F12 and never considered anything since to beat them in terms of pure quiet airflow. and I have tried. They're expensive, but for silence, theres a premium to pay.
CPU is a D15 chromax, extremely silent, extremely good thermals. Best in terms of air cooling.
In terms of chassis fans. These are all inaudible at >800rpm
Noctua NFA12x25 (120MM 800rpm) 30% (Pushing revs, it became noticeably audible at 50% 1050-1100rpm. Silence below that.
Noctua NF-A15 (150mm Diameter 120/140 mount 800rpm) 40% (audible <800rpm)
Noctua NF-P14r PWM (50% speed makes it inaudible at 700rpm)
I overall dont like any other silent focused fans. I'm a noctua shill since I first opened their brown F12 and never considered anything since to beat them in terms of pure quiet airflow. and I have tried. They're expensive, but for silence, theres a premium to pay.
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I have also the D15 chromax.black and 3 Redux 1200 and i hear this over 640rpm.
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Il rather refrase it as 6-700 with the exception of a12x25 and similar ones, which are p12 and nidec gt.
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Beyond 600-700rpm the speed of the air moving causes noise in all fans, below that if they have a quiet motor they should be inaudible. Silent wings 3 is 15.5db@1000rpm compared to 19.8db for your current pure wings 2 according to be quiet's website so I think the sw3 will improve your current noise level a good deal.
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I might be wrong but those numbers are achieved in a controlled pressure environment and they only measure the motor noise, letting the air movement factor out of the equation.
Idk for sure, i might be wrong. I welcome any1 to correct me and explain the real reason.
In real world application those numbers are simply not true, so i wouldn't even use them as reference numbers. I do know for sure that sw3 produce less noise for the same performance.
Regarding the displacement of air, you are right, but the way you saying it, it´s like all fans perform the same. You can have cheapo fans that at the same rpm make more impeller noise and move less air. So there are better, and there are worst, and the impeller design is of great importance in the matter.
I´m curious how well a nf a14, sw3, ph f140mp and fans alike, that are built with tolerances between edge of the blade and chasis adapted for 800rpm max speed, would compare in sound. I´m pretty sure they would be damn good.
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Do you guys overclock, or do you just run stock systems? Just asking because I had to look and see if I was still at overclock.net. To me taking a 60cfm fan and running it at 40% is obviously going to be quiet lol, its not doing or moving anything lol I've never considered buying a fan for how it sounds at 500rpm, that is just crazy talk.
Just buy a dell, they are quiet too.
I've never considered buying a fan for how it sounds at 500rpm, that is just crazy talk.Just buy a dell, they are quiet too.
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We do but, when is needed, where is needed, and how much is needed, and not just for the sake of doing it, and run the PC like it´s a vacuum cleaner, or waste hundreds of dollars in water cooling. I have RAM, CPU and GPU tweaked, and i run most of my fans at 5-600rpm. GPU it´s at the limit, RAM im not gonna get anything for going any higher, CPU i would maybe get a 3% performance, pushing 1.4v instead 1.25....Do you guys overclock, or do you just run stock systems? Just asking because I had to look and see if I was still at overclock.net. To me taking a 60cfm fan and running it at 40% is obviously going to be quiet lol, its not doing or moving anything lol
Just buy a dell, they are quiet too.
I do understand your perspective tho.....running a Intel, and even more so, an old one, so i understand why our talk must feel strange, or even crazy talk.
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Hi Shenhua, what do you think of NoiseBlockers, are they good?
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Idk. Didn't use them. There's others here that did.
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It depends on which Noiseblocker fan you are asking about, and the application it will be used in. For example, the eLoops are a really nice fan on reads in push, but howl with any restriction placed in front of them.
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