panaflo 120mm low fans?

intx · Post by **intx** » Fri May 21, 2004 12:57 am

are these noisy?

mond · Post by **mond** » Fri May 21, 2004 1:15 am

chylld · Post by **chylld** » Fri May 21, 2004 1:27 am

papst 4412fgl.

edit: added dot

kogi · Post by **kogi** » Fri May 21, 2004 4:00 am

Both are nicely quiet at 5v

miyagi_ · Post by **miyagi_** » Fri May 21, 2004 5:05 am

I found that the Panaflo 120mm moves jack all at 5v, you can't hear it though lol.

7v works best IMO, you hear a quiet hum (<50cm) and it moves considerably more air.

Post by **Ralf Hutter** » Fri May 21, 2004 6:00 am

miyagi_ wrote:I found that the Panaflo 120mm moves jack all at 5v, you can't hear it though lol.

7v works best IMO, you hear a quiet hum (<50cm) and it moves considerably more air.

I've found that (with a well ventilated case) a 5V 120mm Panaflo moves plenty of air, if not too much air.

intx - Most L1As have a slight ticking noise, even at 5V which seems to vary from sample to sample.

I'd look at some of the alternatives, like the Papst, Evercool etc, and even the inexpensive Globe 120mm low speed. I've recently played with three of these and they were pretty quiet and each sounded the same as the other. You can get them for around $8-9 each.