Anonymous - Posted: 9 Jun 2011 13:13
 (8/10)

A £700 HP managed switch, of course, gets fitted with the cheapest loudest fans on the market, never thinking that it will live in an office cabinet 2 meters from an important client with hearing like a f'king bat !! In deepest darkest Africa, ordered for delivery to someone about to head out to join me....and they arrived bang on time (thanks QPC). So, whipped of the lid and installed three of these babies (yup.....3) - and from client's POV it was like it had been switched off. Used the gaskets too....just to be sure. Great product, and while not silent silent, they are very very very quiet - and we had three of em

blasting air in!

David Steele - Posted: 4 Dec 2009 23:29
 (8/10)

I replaced a noisy northbridge fan in my Shuttle with this Fractal Design 40mm unit. It's significantly quieter than the original fan and in isolation, almost silent, although in my installation there is a rattle from the northbridge heat sink that took a while to solve (not really the fan's fault).

After installation, the northbridge ran slightly warmer, but only by one or two degrees.

The power cable is extra long, which could be useful, but can also clutter up the case if you have nowhere to easily stow it.

All in all, a good example of a fan size difficult to quieten down. I don't mind admitting that with more space I would have installed one of the passive northbridge coolers.