Anonymous - Abgeschickt: 8 Aug 2011 16:56
 (10/10)

Looked at it the wrong way and one of the spokes fell off. Solved the resulting vibration problem by letting it hang nonchalantly from a single plastic fastener, where it swings back and forth looking preposterous while reducing the case temperature by a few degrees. I've given it 10 out of 10, as it's the best swinging, spoke-challenged fan in its class.

Simon Tarr - Abgeschickt: 27 Jul 2009 11:31
 (9/10)

I currently have two of these connected to my fan controller and I can get RPMs down to 260- at these speeds they really are silent, even with your head directly next to the case. Naturally, airflow suffers at this RPM but as most of us know, just a little airflow makes all the difference over HDDs etc

When cranked right up they are noticeable but never really distracting. It's a very 'even' sound that most people would get accustomed to. In all practicality, you would only ever need to turn these right up when gaming. You then wouldn't be able to hear them over the sounds from your game so this shouldn't matter on a day-to-day basis.

In an Antec P183 case (as is the case with my set up) with it's excellent sound dampening properties, you could easily afford to have these at a respectable RPM without noticing a difference in noise levels.

To summarise, this is a perfect case fan if you want silence at the expense of high airflow.