does anyone know where i can find a case fan (prefferablely 120mm) the is quite and lights up?
I'm planing out a kick case mod and I want it to bd as quite as possible
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does anyone know where i can find a case fan (prefferablely 120mm) the is quite and lights up?
I'm planing out a kick case mod and I want it to bd as quite as possible
chek out this thread. these guys seem to know what theyre on about
That is a really vague question.Quote:
Originally Posted by scar~face
What color? How quiet must it be? Air flow? LED color? Material?
We need specifics man.
go to frozencpu.com i bought all my liquid cooling and new fans from them they have the biggist selection online and have AMAZING customer service, i highley recommend them, and they like ship things RIGHT AWAY......just go there and ask ull find what ya need
Doesn't light up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Computer-Geek
Oh yeah just noticed that lol. He didn't specify a color though.
Then make it light up !!!!!!!!! :up: :D :smoker:Quote:
Originally Posted by .Maleficus.
I would recommend the noctua:
http://www.thebestcasescenario.com/f...2&postcount=12
I just bought this fan. I got the 1200 rpm version not the 800 rpm one in that ^^^ thread. It is soo quiet its hard to believe. I can't hear the fan from 6 inches away over the traffic noise coming from the closed windows of my seventh floor appartment.
- 12v performance - 1200RPM, 17dBA, 48CFM
- 7.5v performance - 600RPM, <6dBA, 24CFM
You can buy separate lighting components to light any fan from what I have heard but I can't remember where. I'll try and dig my mind over.
What do 17dBA or 6dBA mean in reality? :::::
From: http://www.4servnow.com/webapp/GetPage?pid=57
Vacuum Cleaner/Hair Dryer
70 dBA
Intrusive; interferes with telephone conversation
Normal Conversation
50-65 dBA
Quiet Office
50-60 dBA
Comfortable (under 60 dB)
Refrigerator Humming
40 dBA
Whisper/Broadcasting Studio
30 dBA
Very quiet
Rustling Leaves
20 dBA
Just audible
Normal Breathing
10 dBA
From what I remember it's a logarithmic scale...so if you want something to be twice as loud you don't double it, you square it. I can't remember my physics so much these days. Bad me. :(
-Dave
Dave ... yes it's logarithmic ... from wikipedia:
"A decibel is one tenth of a bel (B). Devised by engineers of the Bell Telephone Laboratory to quantify the reduction in audio level over a 1 mile (1.6 km) length of standard telephone cable, the bel was originally called the transmission unit or TU, but was renamed in 1923 or 1924 in honor of the Bell System's founder and telecommunications pioneer Alexander Graham Bell. In many situations, however, the bel proved inconveniently large, so the decibel has become more common. (It appears to be a happy coincidence that, to the human ear, one B in sound pressure level represents approximately twice-loudness, that is, 10 decibels or so.)"
So a 10dBa increase in sound is a doubling of sound. a 10dBA fan you wont hear. A 20dBA fan you will hear. A 30dBA fan you will not want to hear. you can see where this is going :D
scar~face ... to answer your original Q:
Here is a whole selection of lit fans. The coolermaster and thermaltake one's look like they offer the best airflow vs noise profile. The evercool aluminium framed 3 LED fan is defo the glitziest if you don't mind losing a little performance.