[Gonz]

Any of you guys found long lasting, quiet, 80mm case/cpu fans?
I could sure use some recommendations.

Its a modded/windowed case, so LED fans would be a plus.

Whats decent these days?

 

[mADmAN]

try the CoolerMaster UV Silent fans... those are silent...

but truth be told that 80mm fans generally makes lots of noise. the best way to silence them would be via a fan controller or undervolting them. that would make the fan spin slower hence generate lesser noise.

if u can...try fitting 120mm fans. better airflow with less noise.

 

[Gonz]

I know, but this is with a smallish midtower, 80mm all around.

I need to slap one on the Athlon XP also, and the board has no holes, so I'm stuck with that as well. Everything is pretty tight anyways.

I have a coolermaster on there right now, it's just a little much. 20-25dB is gonna be the maximum, and heres hoping I can keep a cpu cool with that.

 

[threEchelon]

Is the fan speed adjusted automatically by the motherboard? If so, you might be able to lower the speed from inside Windows through a 3rd party program and still be in the safe temperature range. If not, you should undervolt the fan, but, again, only if the processor doesn't overheat.

 

[uraflit]

www.silentpcreview.com

 

[jpr703]

Ball bearing 120mm fans are the way to go.

 

[Culverin]

another thing you can do it to manually lower the fan speed.
you might not need that extra 20% of airflow.
so dropping you fan from 3000 to 2000rpm might just do the trick.

also, some board deliver more voltage than the fan is requires to reach the desirable speed, resulting in a fan spinning faster than it was designed for. so the fan blades vibrate more than they should

 

[terrymx]

buy a fan controller and you"re settled. for 80mm i use sunbeam which is 20.5db i think.

 

[stukovx]

close to impossible to get silence with 80mm fans. 120mm is the only way to go. try taking a dremel and cutting out a larger hole for your case. Also a fan controller is a must. I also predict you have a 80mm fan or two on your power supply. Try upgrading to seasonic power supplies.

SilentPCReview is where I learned everything about silencing my computer.

 

[floydenheimer]

The arctic cooling exhaust fans are nice, super quiet. For intake I'd probably look at nexus.

 

[snowice]

Just run your fans at 5V. If you don't want to mess with modding your fan or power supply connectors, just use this.

 

[hYdrociTy]

Verax or arctic cooling, but leaning towards verax but they don't come cheap..

 

[oqvist]

ball bearing is a no no. Sleeve bearing is quiter (though has about half the life expectancy)

 

[Gautama]

Mod case to fit 120mm or undervolt

 

[snowice]

Just get a new case LOL... http://www.frys.com/product/4895610