phew.. just got my glacialtech gt12252bdl shipment

yeha · Post by **yeha** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 11:05 am

took a bit of a chance i know

but i ordered 100 of these 120mm ball-bearing fans on a hunch, and it seems to have paid off. they're very impressive imho - rebadged/resistor-aided everflow r121225bl fans, 9-bladed, 950 rpm, of the black variety spec'ed here.

the only other 120mm fan i have is a blue led d12sm-12, and the glacialtech beats it hands down for me - less motor noise (from a ball bearing fan?!) and it feels like a bit more air at the same speed, i guess the 9 blades are doing something. starts at 4.8 volts too. tested 5 so far, they're all identical. only real problem is the closed screw housing

now i just have to figure out how/where to sell them

stay tuned for a post in the classifieds coming soon.. will i need to be marked as a vendor?

Tobias · Post by **Tobias** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:20 pm

Well, I can only agree... had mine for three months now and I love it! It's way quieter than my seagate 7200.7 and not noisier than my undervolted panaflo in my PSU...

c00z · Post by **c00z** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 3:15 pm

wow..what price you think you will be charging..i am interested

yeha · Post by **yeha** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 4:09 pm

the price is another sticking point

though i'd like to, i can't realistically charge less than $12, because they came through a reseller instead of straight from taiwan. if i got them from taiwan (friendly people at glacialtech-tw too) i could charge $8 or so, however their minimum order quantities are much higher and i have no idea how to get something from a taiwanese dock to my doorstep in south carolina.

just taking a quick look at payment options, i may have to go with paypal to start with - merchant go-betweens ilke ccnow, ccavenue etc. take a chunk out due to credit card authorization fees, and paypal can avoid that as it debits directly from bank accounts. or there's always checks in the mail i suppose.

if anyone is super-keen to get one and has a paypal account, drop me a pm. i guess shipping would be $2 with usps first class, depends on how much those padded envelope things they have are. i'll head to the post office tomorrow to figure it all out.

joshd2012 · Post by **joshd2012** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 4:30 pm

As soon as you post prices, I'll probably take two. You can never have too many fans laying around. FYI, PayPal does take a percentage when someone sends you money.

yeha · Post by **yeha** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 5:07 pm

hm this is a quick copy/paste from the fees screen:

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                   Personal Account      Premier/Business Account
Open an Account    Free                  Free
Send Money         Free                  Free
Withdraw Funds     Free (US accounts)    Free (US accounts)
Add Funds          Free                  Free
Receive Funds      Free                  1.9% + $0.30 USD to 2.9% + $0.30 USD

i'm not going with a premier/business account, which means i won't be able to accept credit card payments. all i'll be able to receive (apparently) are payments from people who've added their bank account details so paypal can do a direct debit - this is how paypal gets around the cc authorization fees that'd cripple them otherwise.

joshd2012 · Post by **joshd2012** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 5:39 pm

I see. I have the Business Account, so I get charged any way the money comes in.

fierce_freak · Post by **fierce_freak** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 8:47 pm

I'd probably be up for two when the time comes...thinking I'll have some paypal credit anyways

niels007 · Post by **niels007** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 10:12 am

We need a direct comparisson with a Nexus 120

Tibors · Post by **Tibors** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 11:18 am

niels007 wrote:We need a direct comparisson with a Nexus 120

IIRC someone posted a direct comparison in this forum a while back. Good luck searching

yeha · Post by **yeha** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 11:35 am

this might be the thread you're after.

yeha · Post by **yeha** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 7:00 pm

i hope it's not against the rules to advertise in these side forums, but i've posted an ad in the classifieds for anyone interested. $13 per fan unfortunately

an accountant urged me to increase the price, lest i get a nasty surprise come tax season.

Natronomonas · Post by **Natronomonas** » Mon May 09, 2005 4:39 pm

I got hold of a couple of these in Australia.

I find them to be very quiet at 12v - mainly a whooshing noise, about as loud as a Zalman CPNS7000 at 5v.

Perhaps just slightly louder than the stock fan on an Antec 3700BQE, but pushes a bit more air I think.
However, when undervolted, there is a distinct whine under say 10-11v, which is irritating enough that they seem quieter at the say 11v than lower.

If you want a quiet 120mm that pushes a fair amount of air, get one of these. If you want an ultra-silent fan @ 5v, look elsewhere. For the price though, these would have to be an excellent proposition. (A$12.50)