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- Mar 31, 2005
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So I have been running the medium speed Yates on my Black Ice GT Stealth 360 (30 FPI
) for a little too long, and temps were starting to go on the rise. I had picked up a set of Delta AFB1212VHE's, which are rated at around 130 CFM, 48.5 db, and somewhere around 3400 RPM. Needless to say, these things are LOUD. At 12 volts, I stepped into the living room, which is about 20 feet away from my rig. It literally sounded like the vacuum was running in the living room. I tried 7 volts, and they were tolerable for me, but my wife was still complaining about the noise. I then took each one down til it quit spinning, and then turned the knob on the Rheobus up until they spin up, and kept spinning. The noise dropped down drastically, but the airflow seems to have done the same. To make matters worse, the rad is a serious dust magnet. I have only had the loop set up for a couple of months, and there was already quite a bit of dust built up. I was out of canned air, so I let the Delta's do the dusting for me. It took a bit for the dust to settle, and temps were better than I have ever seen with the fans at 12 volts, around 34C idle, with a case temp of 27C (don't have a measurement of room temp, but guessing it was close). This is the first set of Delta's I have owned in quite a long time, and don't remember the ones I had before being this loud. I think I am going to look into getting some Panaflo ultra highs to replace the Delta's, as they seem to be quite a bit quieter (the one I have now is rated at 45.5 db at full tilt), moves close to the same amount of air (Delta's are 130 CFM, Panaflo FBA12G12U is about 115), use less power, have a much smaller hub in the center, and the blades seem thicker to allow more airflow at slower speeds/lower noise levels.
I just wanted to post this as a warning to anyone considering a high FPI rad, don't expect silent. Also, if you live in a dusty environment (Arizona is nothing but dust and cactus
), you may want to add a filter on the intake side of the fans. The problem is, with that much airflow, the filters will clog up extremely fast as well. I think it is time to rethink my rad, so this one may be posted up in the classies soon.
) for a little too long, and temps were starting to go on the rise. I had picked up a set of Delta AFB1212VHE's, which are rated at around 130 CFM, 48.5 db, and somewhere around 3400 RPM. Needless to say, these things are LOUD. At 12 volts, I stepped into the living room, which is about 20 feet away from my rig. It literally sounded like the vacuum was running in the living room. I tried 7 volts, and they were tolerable for me, but my wife was still complaining about the noise. I then took each one down til it quit spinning, and then turned the knob on the Rheobus up until they spin up, and kept spinning. The noise dropped down drastically, but the airflow seems to have done the same. To make matters worse, the rad is a serious dust magnet. I have only had the loop set up for a couple of months, and there was already quite a bit of dust built up. I was out of canned air, so I let the Delta's do the dusting for me. It took a bit for the dust to settle, and temps were better than I have ever seen with the fans at 12 volts, around 34C idle, with a case temp of 27C (don't have a measurement of room temp, but guessing it was close). This is the first set of Delta's I have owned in quite a long time, and don't remember the ones I had before being this loud. I think I am going to look into getting some Panaflo ultra highs to replace the Delta's, as they seem to be quite a bit quieter (the one I have now is rated at 45.5 db at full tilt), moves close to the same amount of air (Delta's are 130 CFM, Panaflo FBA12G12U is about 115), use less power, have a much smaller hub in the center, and the blades seem thicker to allow more airflow at slower speeds/lower noise levels. I just wanted to post this as a warning to anyone considering a high FPI rad, don't expect silent. Also, if you live in a dusty environment (Arizona is nothing but dust and cactus
), you may want to add a filter on the intake side of the fans. The problem is, with that much airflow, the filters will clog up extremely fast as well. I think it is time to rethink my rad, so this one may be posted up in the classies soon.
