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140mm Case Fans?

  • 23-05-2008 9:54pm
    #1
    Fnz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,850 ✭✭✭


    Looking for some quiet case fans for my Cooler Master CM-690 chassis. It can take up to 140mm fans so I'd like to avail of the higher airflow/lower RPM advantage of this size over the more common 120mm fans.

    Sharkoon and Yate Loon make some in this size but the Sharkoon one is supposedly loud. I haven't been able to find anywhere that I can buy the Yate's that doesn't have prohibitively expensive shipping charges.

    If anyone can suggest some decent quiet fans, and a good place to buy them, that would be great. :)


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  • #2
    Sqaull20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,044 ✭✭✭Sqaull20


    Red Scorpion 140mm would be my choice..

    dsc04109resizell3.jpg

    http://www.overclockersonline.net/index.php?page=articles&num=611

    2 delivered will set you back €34

    http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=23614

    Takes about 1 week to come, I have gotten a few bits and pieces off them..


  • #3
    requiem1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 611 ✭✭✭requiem1


    Yate Loons are available here for £5.49 each excluding delivery.
    Good airflow and as quiet as they come:D


  • #4
    Anti
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,401 ✭✭✭✭Anti


    www.pc-look.com have a huge range of fans. Company is based in france.


  • #5
    Fnz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,850 ✭✭✭Fnz


    Thanks for the replies. Unfortunately pc-look have no 140mm fans in stock.

    I can't find much about those Red Scorpion fans online other than that overclockersonline review. I'd like them to be quiet but at 1200 RPM they are rotating as fast as my current stock fans. I'm guessing that the "Ever Lubricate bearing type" would be better than the sleeve bearing type as, according to some random guy on a forum site, sleeve bearing aren't ideal for horizontally mounted fans. :D

    Would a hardware fan controller be able to adjust these 3-pin fans or are 4-pin fans required? Also if there are any 120mm tried and trusted fans that I might be better off getting, don't hoard the information... please share.


  • #6
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    Yate Loons ftw, I've got the 70cfm 120mm ones and they're quiet but very effective. Its not all bout the rpm, blade design and number of fins has more to do with noise levels.

    I highly recommend getting a fan conroller, or at least adding one in the future. 3pin what a fan controller uses.


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