Coolermaster aluminum fan
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Coolermaster aluminum fan
Hi guys!
What do you think about these fans? It looks good on paper. Is it on sale anywhere yet?
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What do you think about these fans? It looks good on paper. Is it on sale anywhere yet?
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Update
I have found a review. It doesn't give much info about how quiet it is compared to the other fans. But, at least, there's plenty of pics and some interesting infos.
What do you guys think? Anyone planning to get one to test?
Model #:
AAF-B12-E1
Pic:
Review:
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=a ... =156&num=1
Link to actual product.
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I have found a review. It doesn't give much info about how quiet it is compared to the other fans. But, at least, there's plenty of pics and some interesting infos.
What do you guys think? Anyone planning to get one to test?
Model #:
AAF-B12-E1
Pic:
Review:
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=a ... =156&num=1
Link to actual product.
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I wonder about the 80mm version.
It has an unusual fan blade design, and only spins at 1800 rpm at 12V. I wonder how well the "fan fault" protection works.
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It has an unusual fan blade design, and only spins at 1800 rpm at 12V. I wonder how well the "fan fault" protection works.
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too bad the only review i've seen is not helping much. i would like to know how it behaves at 7.0V, if there's any motor noise when undervolted... google doesn't help much, it seems the fan is very new and most of the sites that have this fan listed are in Japanese
oh well, i guess we'll have to wait a bit. im quite excited, it could be one of the best 120mm fans ever, considering the CM fans are not too bad, is 38mm thick with pretty high air pressure and flow, and should work very quiet at 500-600rpm
oh well, i guess we'll have to wait a bit. im quite excited, it could be one of the best 120mm fans ever, considering the CM fans are not too bad, is 38mm thick with pretty high air pressure and flow, and should work very quiet at 500-600rpm
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Bi-Sonic link
Here's the bi-sonic link.
http://www.bisonic.com.tw/35dc12038-03.html
http://www.bisonic.com.tw/35dc12038-03.html
Re: Bi-Sonic link
i don't get it, the Cooler Master is a rebadged bisonic? the specs don't seem to match...frankgehry wrote:Here's the bi-sonic link.
http://www.bisonic.com.tw/35dc12038-03.html
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Atomidude,
I'm not really sure what coolermaster is doing to arrive at 1200rpm, but you can have a fan maker customize certain specifications or it could be a 24v fan. The nexus 92 is made by dynatron, the same manufacturer of the top motor fans that antec uses. And the nexus 80 is made by bi-sonic and of course the nexus 120 is made by yate loon. - FG
I'm not really sure what coolermaster is doing to arrive at 1200rpm, but you can have a fan maker customize certain specifications or it could be a 24v fan. The nexus 92 is made by dynatron, the same manufacturer of the top motor fans that antec uses. And the nexus 80 is made by bi-sonic and of course the nexus 120 is made by yate loon. - FG
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I would email coolermaster and find out about the amp rating. I have a 120x38 delta that's only .25 amp so somethings not right. - FG
I would email coolermaster and find out about the amp rating. I have a 120x38 delta that's only .25 amp so somethings not right. - FG
On the fan itself it says 1.1A. I have a 24V fan from bisonic that is rated at .25A at 24V. 24V * .25A = 6W, yet when I looked up the specs it said it was a 3.25W fan. This leads me to suspect that bisonic may over-rate current on their fans. Perhaps they rate the fans based on some theoretical absolute worst case scenerio? I don't know. Normally fans are rated based on their stall current correct (ie when the fan is run at full voltage with something preventing the blades from moving)?
not a problem for me, this is how i'm going to mount the fan:
http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=20515
as long as it weights less than 2.0 Kg it should be safe
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/ato ... idefan.jpg
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http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=20515
as long as it weights less than 2.0 Kg it should be safe
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/ato ... idefan.jpg
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Last edited by atomidude on Tue Apr 05, 2005 3:06 pm, edited 1 time in total.
IIRC, the 92cm Vantec Tornado pulls 1.0A. So that high a current draw is not completely unheard of...Bluefront wrote:That 2.0A rating has to be a mis-print. I have a 120mm, 38mm thick, 12v IMC (NMB) Boxer Aluminum fan. It's rated at .2A. I can't imagine any fan made for a computer, to draw much more current.
I hope you guys considering this type fan, realize how heavy it is. It's a handful.....
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Equally, the fans that sport such high current ratings are not unheard (of)
Aluminium fans seem nice, but how successfully can you decouple the big ones (other than atomidude's method? Most 'traditional' methods I can think of could have problems holding half a kilo in for long periods of time, and it almost certainly isn't well-balanced enough for hardmounting.
Aluminium fans seem nice, but how successfully can you decouple the big ones (other than atomidude's method? Most 'traditional' methods I can think of could have problems holding half a kilo in for long periods of time, and it almost certainly isn't well-balanced enough for hardmounting.
Most likely is the fan header will short out and stop providing the fan with power. It's possible something else could be effected but I believe it unlikely unless the board is about to fail anways.atomidude wrote:so guys, if my mobo can supply only 600mA to the cpu fan header when the fan needs 1,000mA, does that mean the fan could do any damage?
And Tornado fans fall into my ridiculous category. 92x38 pushing 5K rpms is just crazy. But looking at it again 1.0 probably isn't crazy for a 120x38, it does seem high to me for a fan that is supposed to be quiet. Still there's good potential here.
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