quiet cpu fans?

[SportSC4]

i did a search and the two that seem to stand out are the panaflo and the zalman tech fans. unfortunately, i can't find any info on how many cfpm they put out or how many wires they have (rpm sensor since my epox board won't boot if it doesn't know how many rpms it is at for some odd reason).

any info would be great,
thanks

 

[erikistired]

from www.2cooltek.com:

panaflo 80mm 3pin low speed fan:

24.0 cfm
21.0 dba

panaflo 80mm 3pin high speed fan:

39.6 cfm
32 db

i just bought vantec stealth fans (thanks ian! <~ shameless plug) 80mm:

27 cfm
21 dba

i'm not sure of the stats on the zalman fans.

~erik

 

[jarsoffart]

FYI, any fan can be a heatsink fan.

 

[mrman3k]

I would use Antec LED fans for both case and CPU fans as they are very quiet and look really neat. When I get my Swiftech HS I will use one of the LED fans for the CPU fan.

 

[SportSC4]

Thanks.

I'm wondering how do you hook up an 80mm fan if the heatsink is designed for a 60mm fan? (I have a copper heatsink and wouldn't a larger fan not screw in?)

 

[RalfHutter]

Gizzo's Fan Page has tons of fan specs on it. A very good resource.

 

[JasonG]

I just installed a Zalman flower cooler (Al-Cu) on my Pentium 4 2.0A and it works great in silence mode (20 db) at ~1600 RPM.

The RPM are correctly reported in my bios (Gigabyte GA-8IEXP).

Jason