alex boston - Posted: 24 Sep 2010 14:46
 (10/10)

I bought this fan purely because it's quiet. I needed a rear exhaust fan but wanted to keep the system quiet as I have designed the system to be as quiet as possible so all that work would have been ruined by a noisy fan, but this is quieter than my cpu fan so it's perfect. Good air shifting ability too.

I installed this with anti-vibration screws/rubber thingies so I don't know how good it would be with normal screws but I am willing to bet pretty damn quiet.

Mr Simon Rae - Posted: 25 Mar 2010 15:58
 (8/10)

Performs as described. Not cheap but worth paying for the lack of annoying noises! Delivery was very fast, thank you.

Slight problem: the fan I was replacing had rubber mounting pins. The screw shafts on this fan are more enclosed making it hard to pull the rubber pins through. I ended up using the case screws instead but since the fan runs nice and smooth it was not an issue.

Couple of tips:

1) the most dangerous part of a fan's journey is the last 3 feet from letterbox to floor! Since the package is small enough for the postie to push through, I recommend a strategically placed cushion.

2) even the best fans can make annoying noises if your motherboard controls their speed. I prefer to wire just the yellow and black to the fan header, so the motherboard can measure the speed, and use the Molex adapter to get power direct from the PSU.