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- Jun 7, 2007
I am going to soon be getting rid of my old Q6600 rig and getting an Ivy Bridge setup. My current rig is a Lian-Li V1200 PlusII with Petra's Yate Loon fans all around. L-rated ones for intake/exhaust and a M-rated one for the CPU. The CPU cooler is a Thermalright 120-extreme.
These fans are not PWM and over the years my thoughts on computing have changed a bit...no longer so I want bleeding performance as much as a quiet and cool, yet powerful rig. Currently the PC isn't THAT loud but I'd like to get it a little more quiet while retaining cooling efficiency when needed.
This is why I am on the search for some PWM fans, specially for the CPU. My understanding is most new mobos have support for PWM CPU fans at the very least and a lot have several for different case fans. I really love my Yate Loons but I am wondering ifthere is something better out there now and one that supports PWM. Any suggestions? Am I going to find anything better than my Yates? Are quieter fans even going to matter considering the GPU that will be in it (7970)? Any help or suggestions would be appreciated!
These fans are not PWM and over the years my thoughts on computing have changed a bit...no longer so I want bleeding performance as much as a quiet and cool, yet powerful rig. Currently the PC isn't THAT loud but I'd like to get it a little more quiet while retaining cooling efficiency when needed.
This is why I am on the search for some PWM fans, specially for the CPU. My understanding is most new mobos have support for PWM CPU fans at the very least and a lot have several for different case fans. I really love my Yate Loons but I am wondering ifthere is something better out there now and one that supports PWM. Any suggestions? Am I going to find anything better than my Yates? Are quieter fans even going to matter considering the GPU that will be in it (7970)? Any help or suggestions would be appreciated!