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by fallenturtle
Wed Jun 29, 2005 8:00 am
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: Calling All Good Fans!
Replies: 143
Views: 313598

ATTN to everyone who sent me a fan: I'd like to thank you all and would appreciate it very much if you could send me an email giving me your name, forum name and the fan(s) you sent. I have such a huge pile of fans that it's been well-nigh impossible to keep track of where they all came from. I am ...
by fallenturtle
Wed Jun 29, 2005 5:10 am
Forum: Fans and Control
Topic: SilenX 60mm fans question
Replies: 1
Views: 2250

Re: SilenX 60mm fans question

I have a HTPC case with two 60mm exhaust fans that I've replaced with SilenX 9 cfm 8 dba fans. They are very quiet but I need fans that nove more air. Are the 13 cfm 12 dba or the 18 cfm 16 dba SilenX fans much noisier than the 9 cfm 8 dba version? Thanks. The 16dba fan will be roughly twice as lou...
by fallenturtle
Tue Jun 28, 2005 8:56 pm
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: Recommended Fans page
Replies: 146
Views: 190411

How can we do that? We'd have to know how SilenX got the numbers for themselves in the first place--i.e. their testing methodology, their equipment etc. Anybody can take a sound meter that reads that low and fudge around the testing method until they get the same figure; if I took one of their fans...
by fallenturtle
Thu Jun 23, 2005 11:35 am
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: Recommended Fans page
Replies: 146
Views: 190411

fallenturtle: the reference fans for SPCR for 120mm and 92mm are Nexus. Buy those, they're cheaper and definetly quieter (plus, unlike most fans, HAVE ACCUERATE SPECS). That doesn't really answer my question. I want to know if anyone has put SilenX's published specs to the test... except for the ne...
by fallenturtle
Thu Jun 23, 2005 9:57 am
Forum: SPCR Article Discussion
Topic: Recommended Fans page
Replies: 146
Views: 190411

Hola!

I was wondering if there'd been anymore progress on the silenx fan testings. I was about to pay the premium until I read about all the BS the company was doing several years ago, but now I'm weary...