The next best thing of course is to use fans in real worlds situations (like the great Martin of the Liquid labs) and measure very carefully, be aware of error margins etc etc. To actually do real science you need some very expensive equipment. The biggest problem for us who want science is that it is not easy to really test fans. They all also supply numbers that are measured according to industry standards etc, and usually are comparable. Or Nidec Servo (they make the Scythe Gentle Typhoon among others). Like Yate Loon who make a fair amount of fans every year. The only ones who pretty much have numbers that have something to do with reality are the big makers who supply industry etc. They all seems to measure them differently, and during independent testing they pretty much never measure up. Yeah, most fan vendors who sell to "computer enthusiast" are a bit fast an loose with the specs. Never go by the manufactures posted numbers for airflow or pressure, it's all trash, or ever just go by someone's offhand. I got mine fairly cheap at a local store.įirst, a waring. I think Amazon stock them, though they tend to be a bit expensive there. I've cooled an overclocked 4820K and a 290 on a 2x120 thin rad with two of these no problem (swiftech rad). Delta have much cheaper variants too, but they are still very loud.īest radiator fans in the 120 mm size I've tried are easily the PWM variant of the Scythe Grand Flex (SM1225GF12SH-P). Then there is always the thicker industrial fans like the Delta fans, but these are soo loud you don't want to be in the same room. The 120 mm variant usually sells for less. Expensive though, the B-Blaster is less expensive, about 10 bucks. I ended up using the Akasa Viper fans though, PWM and less loud. A little over 5 Watts a pop, 100+ CFM and great static pressure. When I was looking for 140mm fans a good while back I found these: BGears B-Blaster.
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