16dbA 120mm fan!!

RaptorZX3 · Post by **RaptorZX3** » Fri May 19, 2006 9:54 pm

while browsing for case fans, i've found this on the ThermalTake website:

http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/2005/dcfa ... /a2329.htm

1600rpm, very good airflow, and ONLY 16dbA, woot!!

that might replace my Antec tri-cool rear fan (set on medium speed) someday!

Tephras · Post by **Tephras** » Fri May 19, 2006 10:18 pm

Quieting a PC, and SPCR... in a nutshell wrote:A lot of case fans claim to move an obscenely large amount of air at extremely low noise levels. 99% of the time these claims are lies or blatant exaggerations.

wim · Post by **wim** » Fri May 19, 2006 10:52 pm

i think you could change the title of your thread to 'please flame me!'

frostedflakes · Post by **frostedflakes** » Fri May 19, 2006 11:06 pm

Maybe from 15 feet away.

Elixer · Post by **Elixer** » Fri May 19, 2006 11:47 pm

Another one falls for the thermaltake trap...

openwheelformula1 · Post by **openwheelformula1** » Fri May 19, 2006 11:49 pm

"Thermaltake"

enough said.

jaganath · Post by **jaganath** » Sat May 20, 2006 1:58 am

I have a 40mm fan that only produces 6dBA at 76,000rpm, would you like to buy it?

justblair · Post by **justblair** » Sat May 20, 2006 6:24 am

Be wary of TT's claims. But dont write it off just becasue of the brand name.

TT always get a bashing here, however not all of their products are unsuitable for silencing.

IMO most manufacturers are guilty of exagerating their claims. That doesn'tmean that their products are poor.

A lot of people here rubbish any TT product without any experiance of it. That is just as damaging as believing everything their marketing claims.

RaptorZX3 · Post by **RaptorZX3** » Sat May 20, 2006 9:37 am

ok, i understand, but does that mean the Antec tri-cool 120mm fan is the best with good-enough airflow? i mean 50CFM+

cos my components (mostly CPU and North Bridge) in my comp are running a bit hot, and i need a better airflow than 30-35CFM without being very noisy, so the airflow is good and components doesn't get hotter.

so i'm kinda "forced" to use the medium speed on the tri-cool fan

Tephras · Post by **Tephras** » Sat May 20, 2006 1:37 pm

If the components are getting to hot (btw, what are your temps?), try to improve the cooling of the specific components instead of relying on increased case airflow as a solution. You could, for instance, get a CPU heatsink with better cooling performance.

RaptorZX3 · Post by **RaptorZX3** » Sat May 20, 2006 7:06 pm

well temps in general are a bit hotter than normal, but still in the temps. limits. i take the temps. from SpeedFan. (in Celcius).

for some reason i think SpeedFan detected my VIA North Bridge temp. i checked the VIA website and they says for safe operations, temperature need to be 55 degrees or lower.

CPU idle: around 44-45 degrees
CPU loaded: around 57-58 degrees

North Bridge idle: around 39 degrees
North Bridge loaded: around 51-52 degrees

SATA HDD: normally always go around 46-49 degrees, rarely get hotter to around 51-52 degrees, but it goes down after a while

Main Board idle: 35-36 degrees
Main Board loaded: around 38-39 degrees

i had the stock heat-sink and fan before changing for this ThermalTake one. BUT before, i had my computer on top of the desk, and with the stock heat-sink + fan, it was going around 45-46 degrees idle, and up to 59-60 degrees loaded. BEFORE putting it on the side, i had the new heat-sink + fan installed, and CPU temp was going around 42-43 when idle, and 54-55 when loaded.
NOW my computer is beside the desk in a compartment we used to store sheets, pencils and documents, it was a part of an old desk, we took the table part off and we kept this storage part to take off the back part and also a shelf that was inside. Anybody know that putting a computer below the top of the desk make it get a bit hotter.

before you ask, i always make sure there's space behind so the hot air won't come back. And i do still have the ACAG inside my computer, since this heat-sink + fan is not too big the ACAG still fit.

i even made something behind the computer, like putting a box near the ACAG air intake so the hot air blowing out will mostly be blocked by this box, but still have enough space on the side for air to get in, i bet the air getting by the side of the box is not that hot anymore, so i think it's good.

Tephras · Post by **Tephras** » Sat May 20, 2006 7:58 pm

Those temps looks very much like the temps in my system, except for the HDD temp. Most often, a slow running front intake fan that blows over the hard drive(s) is all that's needed to keep the HDD temperature at a reasonable level. You could try to remove the ACAG, maybe close the openings in the back of the case, so that the CPU get it's air from the front to see if the temperatures will be lower.

RaptorZX3 · Post by **RaptorZX3** » Sat May 20, 2006 8:11 pm

Tephras wrote:Those temps looks very much like the temps in my system, except for the HDD temp. Most often, a slow running front intake fan that blows over the hard drive(s) is all that's needed to keep the HDD temperature at a reasonable level. You could try to remove the ACAG, maybe close the openings in the back of the case, so that the CPU get it's air from the front to see if the temperatures will be lower.

this comp doesn't like when i play with it, sometimes a fan could make a rattling noise for a bit, at cold boot, and then it stops after a while. Once, my 120mm fan was making a small constan rattling noise at medium and high speed, but not at low speed, so i switched it to low speed for a day or two, yes the temp was hotter than when in medium speed, but when i switched it back at medium, the rattle has stopped.

you have a Sonata 2?

Slaugh · Post by **Slaugh** » Sun May 21, 2006 12:46 am

Tephras · Post by **Tephras** » Sun May 21, 2006 12:49 pm

RaptorZX3 wrote:you have a Sonata 2?

Nope, I haven't.