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In most cases, you can plug the 3 pin fans directly in a 4 pin header...and control them with voltage.
If you are looking for quiet fans that move a lot of air, check out the fans in my dig. The Noctuas I have listed there are MUCH quieter than the Noctua iPPPC PWM are...these get noisy at 1500+ rpm
I was looking at the 140's as case fans. I threw in the 140mm rad when I realized it was 16FPI. They made the rad for 800rpm quiet rad fans. I was mainly looking at how well these fans will pull against a dust filter. The sparse rad simulates a heatsink.
If I ever get a real 30FPI 140mm rad, you can bet I'll test those Noctuas. But pushing on a rad is much easier to test than pulling. You can permanently attach the rad to your mixing box and swap fans. This is easy. Pulling through a rad requires you to fasten the fan directly to the mixing box, then attach the rad to the fan -- think fan sandwich here. Doable, but a pain. And you probably end up with a destroyed box.
I suppose you could use the current rig but reverse the airflow -- just measure the air you pull into the box. For some reason, I'm a little leery about that. But i'll think about it if I ever get a "real" 140mm rad.
I've seen that San Ace. I've lusted after that San Ace. But the cheapest I could find it was $59 US -- a little steep for a fan I would test but never use.
If I can ever get some more 140mm case fans together -- think Corsair, Deepcool, Phanteks, Thermaltake, etc. -- I'd certainly do another roundup. Now that I have a testing system together, I'm curious.
San Ace sells fans for industrial use. They distribute fans through premiere/Farnel/Newark to engineers and others building test equipment. So far, I have not seen them interested in mere enthusiasts like us.
Promo a $50 fan? I don't think so. But if our editors can get them to send me a couple, I'd be glad to review them. As for the 120mm fans, I have specimens of their silent series from L to H. I have 8 PWM M's. And the there are their 120x38mm beasts. You could call me a San Ace fan -- pun intended. Actually, I have included the 120x25mm fans in a review, here and here. But send out fans for review? I'll believe it when I see it.
But my wife put me on a buy-no-more-fans diet . . .
Speaking of San Ace fans I have been thinking of picking up this pack of them off of Amazon. I just don't know if I want to run a second power supply just for the fans.
http://www.amazon.com/Sanyo-Denki-S...F8&qid=1455075071&sr=1-2&keywords=san+ace+fan
Question: RPM and Decibal ratings?
Answer: 224 cfm 6400rpm 64db
By Jose F. on January 15, 2016
WHAT????
CAN'T HEAR YOU!!!
DID YOU SAY SOMETHING???
I wouldn't be too sure of that. More likely you'd have 18 fans you can't use. You'd be better off saving your money.. . . I can always slow them down to help make them quieter.