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overall, I am surprised so few people talked about the GentleTyphoon 5400 RPM..
I raised this thread half expecting like 10 people gonna give that name. :)
hehehehe

but the GT 5400 is too noisey at 7V for me..

uk.hardware.info has all these fans tested against their marketing data, I call that a must visit before buying fans. :)
 
Yate Loon D12SH-12 fans are my favorite. Not the knockoffs like on FrozenCpu but the genuine article available at petratech. Cheap and very good!

Ultra Kraze 3000's are my favorite 38mm.

I have used like 6 of them on my benchstation when I did not have DICE and I wanted to bench! :comp:
 
The higher end Gentle Typhoons can be PWM modded to fix some of the noise issue. There was an article on the front page a while ago.
 
The higher end Gentle Typhoons can be PWM modded to fix some of the noise issue. There was an article on the front page a while ago.



whoa.. I am sooo digging that post up.
thanks for the tip !!
 
I have a pair of 109R1212H1011's. As was said, too much motor noise when undervolted. I prefer my 9G1212H101's.

But my favorite fan is the 9S1212P4M011. I was able to get 8 of them. They're perfect for CPU heatsinks. A fine match for GT AP-15's, but PWM. I have some 9S1212L401's, and they're great, but not PWM. But they did cool my 4GHz overclocked i7 860 to 55.5c at only 19.5dBA, no small feat -- check out the link in my sig. I put one in my daughter's quiet rig. You never hear it.

For GT's, best is AP-14 for all-around use, but I use an AP-12 (800rpm) on the front of my case. I use my spare AP-14's around my case at 5v to get 750 rpm.

Best performing fan: TY-140. Excellent, probably my best, but I'm not in love with it and I don't know why.

And for fun, the 14cm Shark at 5v or 7v pushes a mild amount of air, quietly, with pretty blue LED's.

You want to convert your highspeed GT's to PWM? Look here.
 
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