Quietest PWM CPU Fan

[Kostamojen]

I haven't posted here in awhile, but after building a computer a couple months ago (i7) I've found there just aren't that many comparison tests of PWM fans on the internet yet...

I have a Xigamatek Dark Knight heatsink on my CPU but I've since removed the original fan which had a bearing pitch that bothered me for some reason and i'm currently running a Gentle Typhoon B5AP-15 1800rpm fan which is running at full speed ALL the time since its not a PWM fan. Its not loud during the daytime, but its still too loud to leave running at night which I only occasionally do. I also don't overclock, so high-speed fans are not a concern.

BTW, I replaced all the other fans on the case (Antec 900 II) with lower rpm Scythe Gentle Typhoons (which are great compared to the original case fans) which i'm using Speedfan to control the speeds automatically instead of the knobs that came with the originals.


So anyway...

The question is, what is the quietest PWM fan on the market right now, and has anyone actually compared several PWM fans against each other yet?

 

[bloodugly]

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[frostedflakes]

I'd assume you're aware of it, but if not, this might be a good place to start reading.

http://www.silentpcreview.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=9

Unfortunately I don't know of any professional PWM fan comparisons, although I think there have been a couple user comparisons by SPCR forum members.

FWIW I've owned a few Arctic Cooling PWM fans and have been pretty happy with them, they don't seem to have any obtrusive motor noise (although I haven't listened very closely either). Had an AC Freezer 64 Pro for a couple years, and I recently changed my CPU cooling to something that required a separate 92mm fan. Ended up buying an AC 92mm PWM fan because the one on my Freezer 64 Pro seemed to work pretty well.

 

[Kostamojen]

I hadn't found that forum yet, thanks for the link.

 

[Kostamojen]

Think I found a solution on that site already:

http://www.frozencpu.com/produ..._Controller.html#blank

This way I get to keep the Gentle Typhoon (which I really like) but I can control it via the PWM controller (which I presume means I can control it via Speedfan)

 

[Kostamojen]

Just wanted to leve everyone know, I bought that mini-controller and it does work

I have control of the fan now via software. So if you have a 3-pin fan you want to use on a PWM CPU fan chip and maintain control of it, use that adapter.