What's a good company to buy blue led fans from?

[xSkyDrAx]

Im thinking about CoolerMaster but ouch at Newegg...its like 20 bucks w/shipping for 2 fans! Plus a Chieftec Window SidePanel, thats nearly 40. IMO thats a bit too much. And anyone got any advice on how to run your wires so they aren't as visible? Thanks.

 

[BZeto]

SVC has good prices.

I have both coolermaster and antec blue led fans. My favorite are the antecs, they are much brighter. They do cost a bit more though.

 

[Tullphan]

Originally posted by: BZeto
SVC has good prices.

I have both coolermaster and antec blue led fans. My favorite are the antecs, they are much brighter. They do cost a bit more though.

How quiet are they compared to a Panaflo L1A?

 

[BZeto]

I've never tried Panaflo's and dont know their specs.

Quiteness isn't exactley my primary concern and my 50CFM sunon exhaust kind of drowned out all the other fans. But I assume they are average 2600 RPM fans.

They're very bright though.

 

[acemcmac]

It's been my experience that the PC Toys models that Coolerguys.com sells are brighter, have an extra LED, move more air and are quieter than the Antec 3-led fans that you can buy at your local computer store. I don't know if coolerguys is still doing the 3 for the price of 2 sale that brought me to them initially, but if they are... go for it

 

[fredtam]

The newer coolermasters are bright and quiet. I use them and they are great.
Also I run the wires behind the mobo panel.

 

[BZeto]

My cooler master TLF-R82 is quiet and moves pretty good amount of air, but its really dim w/ its 4 leds comared to the antecs with only 3 leds.

 

[Bookie]

The best way to hide your wires it to put flexo sleeving on them. This will at least take them from 2 or 3 wires down to just one (or so it will look). You can get the same color sleeving as your case so it doesn't stay out too.

 

[BZeto]

Originally posted by: Bookie
The best way to hide your wires it to put flexo sleeving on them. This will at least take them from 2 or 3 wires down to just one (or so it will look). You can get the same color sleeving as your case so it doesn't stay out too.

Another reason I like the antecs is because they come sleeved.

 

[GregM425]

those are the vantec ones with a pctoys label strapped on, same with their version of the stealth fans


I have two of the green antec case fans and they rock, pretty qiuet and move a good amount of air, i just need a good quiet non led fan for my intake over my cpu and one for my front intake then i will be set, i have the two antecs in my sidepanel

 

[xSkyDrAx]

Also I run the wires behind the mobo panel.

How that work? Under the mobo panel? I doubt that...

Another reason I like the antecs is because they come sleeved.

My antec didnt come sleeved...just a bunch of rubber bands..actually just one strong one. Im thinking of food ties(heard some people here suggested them) but i have to unplug everything again. Darn school, gives me no time for this.


EDIT : nevermind about that behind mobo panel remark. I just figured it out after i posted hahaha. Im so lame.

 

[0roo0roo]

coolermaster, you get what you pay for. they have uv led fans now too.

 

[nick1985]

i have both galaxy and cooler master LED's in my case. the Galaxy ones are brighter than the cooler masters, and they are so pretty

 

[JokerF15]

Coolermater all the way. Never once received a defective or even a complaint from a customer. Only good remarks .

-JokerF15

 

[nick1985]

Originally posted by: JokerF15
Coolermater all the way. Never once received a defective or even a complaint from a customer. Only good remarks .

-JokerF15

of the 2 i ordered, 1 is dying. the galaxy is far brighter than my either of my coolermasters. just look at my pic.

 

[JokerF15]

Originally posted by: nick1985

Originally posted by: JokerF15
Coolermater all the way. Never once received a defective or even a complaint from a customer. Only good remarks .

-JokerF15

of the 2 i ordered, 1 is dying. the galaxy is far brighter than my either of my coolermasters. just look at my pic.

The Galaxy Fans are brighter. They are of very good quality also. They are actually YS Tech OEM fans, I wouldn't expect anything but the best from them. But in my experiance generally, the Coolermaster ones have been problem free, though if one of 2 were bad i wouldn't be surprised.

BTW Galaxy one's are a lot cheaper you can usually buy 2 for the price of 1 Coolermaster or Antec. =P.

-JokerF15