Fan noise annoyance

[Welsh_Jester]

I have quite a few Scythe GT AP13 and AP14 fans, they produce motor ticking so i was looking for a fan that is actually quiet at around 1000 rpm or less. So recently i got 2 Noiseblocker NB12-1 (800rpm) fans, they are making some vibration or droning sound and i have them as exhaust.

Has anyone got any suggestions what i can do? I don't want to waste any more money on fans. I really don't know if there is a perfect fan, but both those i mentioned are supposed to be really good with noise.. But from my experience they are most certainly not.

[doveman]

Probably the best fans I've used in terms of noise are the Artic PWM and they're very reasonably priced as well. They're not the best for cooling but I think they're good enough: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002 ... entries*=0

I too found the Scythe fans (both Scythe 120mm SY1225SL12M and 120mm SY1225SL12LM-P PWM) to have an annoying ticking noise at high RPM, which was very disappointing.

[user587]

I've had a pretty good experience with Scythe fans. But that being said, my only other experience is with stock case fans xD.

[Arbutus]

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