Quiet Computer Fans
Quiet Computer Fans
A quiet fan can minimise the amount of noise being generated, whilst keeping the air moving at a sensible rate.
About AcoustiFan Dust Proof Fan:
The AcoustiFan™ C-Series are great value low vibration quiet fans suitable for PC case cooling, whilst the AcoustiFan™ DustPROOF series are extremely quiet premium quality multi-
purpose cooling fans with a sealed motor to prevent dust ingress so the fan remains quiet over time.
AcoustiFan by Acousti Products are truly the highest quality quiet fans available. these fans take a licking and keep on ticking and stay quiet overtime.
About Noctua SSO Bearing Sound Optimised Blade Desighn Quiet Fan: Noctua fans are the QUIETEST fans we offer at 8 dB(A)!
Noctua aims at establishing a new level of quality and performance "Designed in Austria" through paying attention to the users' needs in a market burdened with all kinds of frills and
furbelows and providing sound-optimised premium components, and straigh blade design which serve their purpose in a smart, percise and reliable manner.Of producing the maximun
air flow (CFM) available per square inch" in an open enviorment. Noctua's sound-optimised premium CPU heatsinks and computer fans are designed using scientific measurement
instrumentation, methods of calculation and simulation technology, and meet the highest demands in terms of performance, quality and quietness of operation.
About SilenX Fans:
SilenX Fans claim to be the best Noise to CFM Ratio computer Fan, Implementing a unique approach using advance blade design makeing the fan blades more aerodynamic thus
producing less noise. while still producing greater airflow (CFM).
About sflex Sony fluid dynamic bearing fans:
Scythe SFLEX Fans are the quiet long life 120mm fans that have a special motor desighned by the SONY Corporatuon called the SONY Fluid dynamic bearing motor approx. life span 10
years. Scythe claims there highend sony fluid dynamic bering motor is the absoulute most robuts, durable long life fan motor available.
"Quote by Acoustic PC."
As far is Acoustic PC is conserned with all regards to the manufature. This is a point which is verry arguble will the sony motor inn our opinion are durable and fairly quiet there is no doubt
these fans are premium quality if not we would not sell them but it is of our opinion The best Quiet computer fans on the market or hands down Noctua Fans & AcoustiFans by Acousti
Products depending on the application for more details on the applications that bets fits your needs feel free to contact an Acoustic PC specialist at sales@acousticpc.com
About Yate Loon Fans:
Yate Loon, the premiere OEM case fan manufacturer, has been well known for providing high quality, silent 120mm case fans. Highly reputable power supply manufacturers such as
Seasonic use these fans in their award-winning line of S12 power supplies while the Nexus silent 120mm case fans are really just Yate Loon fans. The Yate Loon DS12L-12 has an
impressive CFM to noise ratio at only a fraction of the price of comparable fans. These versatile fans are constantly recommended in any 120mm application whether its on a cpu cooling
heatsink, in a quiet computer case, or even on radiators for water cooled pc's (esp. BIPII).
About Panaflow NMB MAT Fans:
Panaflow has aquired a reputation for being reliable work horses thes particular modles we carry are the quitest available at 30 db witch is not considered quiet computing but it is close
these fan can be slowed down with a resistor, or fan controller therefor becoming quiter and able to reach quiet computing standards at 25 db or less and then you wi;; have a quiet
reliable work horse on your side. Another thing you must keep in mind is panaflows patented hydro dynamic bearing able to resist high tempatures for long periods of time these fans have
become Zalmans choice fans for there new line of 120mm fan Computer power supplies
Quiet Fan Options: We offer various sizes of quiet computer fans:
40mm, 50mm, 60mm, 70mm, 80mm, 92mm, 120mm, 140mm
All fans are 25mm thick, except the certain 40 and 120mm fans which are 10mm & 32mm as well as 38mm thick and the ZM-OP1 80mm fan and the SilenX SLIM Fan which is 15mm
thick. All fans have 3-pin connectors for direct attachment to motherboard fan headers (pins). This allows the motherboard to read the fan’s RPM (speed), and if supported, the
motherboard can sound an alarm in the unlikely event the fan fails. For customers who are short of motherboard fan headers, we would recommend using the Zalman Multi-Connector
Cable ZM-MC1 to convert our 3-pin computer fans to a 4-pin connector or opt for the AcoustiFan™ DustPROOF Series, for connection to an available 4 pin connector from the power supply.
Quiet Fan Mounting Accessories
You can further decrease computer fan noise with our range of PC fan accessories for controlling fan speeds and reducing fan vibration. Click Here > To View Quiet Fan Accessories
Acoustic PC offers quiet computer fans, A low noise Quiet fan for a Quiet PCis are modo. Acoustic PC has been recognized by manny Quiet PC Enthusisat as the premiere source for quiet
computer fans. As computer fan specialist AcousticPC.com has a huge inventory of the best quiet computer fans available for a quiet cooled PC. We also offer a vast selection of fan grills,
fan filters, fan ducts fan accessories, fan controllers, thermal controllers, fan silencers, fan screws, quiet fans, system fans, and laptop coolers.
We carry quiet computer fans, high performance computer fans, fan controllers and fan accessories from the leading manufacturers like Noctua, Acousti Products, Antec, SilenX, Evercool,
Panaflo, Rasurbo, Sunon, Mechatronics, Nexus, Yate Loon, NMB, Scythe, Sony, ebm Papst and Zalman.
Quiet Fan Information for Power Supplies, CPU, Case and more ...
QUIET FAN and POWER SUPPLY
bearings or noiseless sleeve bearings designed to rotate at high RPM with little friction, and a more efficient blade design. Unfortunately, with power often get noisier just before failing,
whereas sleeve-bearing fans can seize up without your knowing it potentially leading to failure of the whole power supplies it’s hard for sleeve-bearing fans to move enough air, so ball
bearing-based units are usually preferred. A “bonus” of ball bearing fans is that they often get noisier just before failing, whereas sleeve-bearing fans can seize up without your knowing it
potentially leading to failure of the whole power in supply. Audible oscillation of air can be generated as the fan pulls air past internal components, adding even more noise. Poorly-
designed chassis holes in the power supply’s case often cause an audible “siren effect” as air is forced through the openings. Unlike older single-speed power supply fans, some of the
better power supplies now available include temperature-sensing circuits and variable speed control so the fan rotates only as quickly as needed get very noisy when the fan’s higher
speeds kick in.
for proper cooling. This is good for audio applications, but make sure you check out any power supply under full load; a unit that’s quiet when idling can
get very noisy when the fan’s higher speeds kick in.
There are now off-the-shelf power supplies that produce in excess of 350W yet are virtually inaudible. Installing a quiet fan in the power supply can be a worthwhile upgrade, but the
procedure requires a qualified technician. Power supply capacitors can retain a lethal shock, even when unplugged. Also, the fan connector may be non-standard or may require a direct
solder connection to the board.
Special fan-less power supplies are now available such as this impressive 500 watt model made by SilentMaxx. How about '0' dbA! There are some relatively new models of fan-less
power supplies now avaiable which are very well designed and very efficient, but remember that the main source of venting for most internal case heat build-up is usually the power supply
fan so you may have to install an extra case fan anyway to exhaust the internal case heat. Also, a fan-less power supply may not need a fan because it doesn’t produce a very high output,
so you may not be able to expand your computer without pushing it over the edge. There are more elaborate silencing methods, such as water or oil cooling, but these options are
generally impractical in the typical sound production/playback environment.
When selecting a power supply, look for “sheathed” cables that supply 5V and 12V power on the ATX connector (as well as the serial ATA connectors if so equipped) to the PC’s various
components. These improve airflow and don’t have gaps that can generate noise as air goes through them.The QTechnology line of power supplies are quiet, efficient, and have sheathed
cables. The Ultra Quiet 460W Gold Series power supply unitmade by QTechnology is super quiet, generating only 17db(A), with an overall acoustic noise level range of 17 - 26dB(A).
Some power supplies have the exhaust fan mounted on the power supply’s bottom. This helps keep fan noise inside the case rather than directly out of the back where there’s a more
direct path to your ear. However, as the area at the top of the inside of the case behind the power supply gets less air flow, try to mount hard drives toward the bottom of the case to avoid
inadvertently creating “heat pockets.”
QUIET FAN and CPU COOLER
Older CPU coolers used heat sinks with a relatively small surface area, coupled with a fixed RPM high-speed fan to move air over the small surface area. Newer CPU cooling systems
may use copper instead of aluminum for better heat transfer, and elaborate heat sink designs that dissipate more heat into the air. If you couple these with a large fan, the fan can rotate
more slowly, further reducing noise levels even further. Some heat sink/fan designs, as used in some products pioneered by Zalman, don’t couple the two components directly; the fan
used in this example may be much larger than traditional designs, and suspended over the CPU heat sink by a special frame that connects to the PC chassis. This reduces noise
dramatically due to using a larger fan, and minimizing noise-causing air flow effects.
QUIET FAN and COMPUTER CASE
Case fans, CPU fans, motherboard, and video card cooling fans share the same design considerations described above in the “Power Supplies,” section and you pretty much get what
you pay for. You can also decrease case fan noise with vibration isolation. Special fan mounts will help reduce the transfer of vibrations to areas of the case that can resonate
sympathetically and acoustically amplify the noise.
Recently, Acousti Products has introduced some fairly inexpensive, yet effective, silicone gel fan mounts and fan gaskets.
Standard 80mm case fans usually come in one or two wiring configurations, and each has its own type of connector. A four-pin Molex connector (like the type that supplies power to a hard
disk drive) delivers 12V DC. It doesn’t inherently accommodate speed control. The “three-wire” type of fan allows feedback from the fan so the user can see the fan speed, and/or an alarm
can sound if the fan fails. If your three-pin fan speed isn’t controlled by the motherboard, inexpensive fan speed controls let you limit the fan speed to a lower RPM. This can drop unwanted
noise levels quite a bit, but make sure there’s still enough airflow to dissipate heat.
QUIET FAN SPECIFICATION Information
A fan spec sheet will specify air throughput in “CFM,” or cubic-feet-per-minute. As a general rule, bigger is better; a 120mm fan rotating at a low speed with usually move more air than a
smaller fan running at a higher RPM. We recommend the AcoustiFan 120mm fans from Acousti Products, which are literally inaudible. Learn to understand dB specs you read for
computer components. As a general guideline, anything 15dB or less is inaudible to most people under most circumstances. 20 dB or less is very acceptable in many situations but not
quiet enough for recording studios and other applications that require silence. Anything over 25 dB will be very audible to most people. Fan noise above 30 dB getting into the 'rude' zone.
Adapted from " How To Silence Your PC ".
A quiet fan can minimise the amount of noise being generated, whilst keeping the air moving at a sensible rate.
About AcoustiFan Dust Proof Fan:
The AcoustiFan™ C-Series are great value low vibration quiet fans suitable for PC case cooling, whilst the AcoustiFan™ DustPROOF series are extremely quiet premium quality multi-
purpose cooling fans with a sealed motor to prevent dust ingress so the fan remains quiet over time.
AcoustiFan by Acousti Products are truly the highest quality quiet fans available. these fans take a licking and keep on ticking and stay quiet overtime.
About Noctua SSO Bearing Sound Optimised Blade Desighn Quiet Fan: Noctua fans are the QUIETEST fans we offer at 8 dB(A)!
Noctua aims at establishing a new level of quality and performance "Designed in Austria" through paying attention to the users' needs in a market burdened with all kinds of frills and
furbelows and providing sound-optimised premium components, and straigh blade design which serve their purpose in a smart, percise and reliable manner.Of producing the maximun
air flow (CFM) available per square inch" in an open enviorment. Noctua's sound-optimised premium CPU heatsinks and computer fans are designed using scientific measurement
instrumentation, methods of calculation and simulation technology, and meet the highest demands in terms of performance, quality and quietness of operation.
About SilenX Fans:
SilenX Fans claim to be the best Noise to CFM Ratio computer Fan, Implementing a unique approach using advance blade design makeing the fan blades more aerodynamic thus
producing less noise. while still producing greater airflow (CFM).
About sflex Sony fluid dynamic bearing fans:
Scythe SFLEX Fans are the quiet long life 120mm fans that have a special motor desighned by the SONY Corporatuon called the SONY Fluid dynamic bearing motor approx. life span 10
years. Scythe claims there highend sony fluid dynamic bering motor is the absoulute most robuts, durable long life fan motor available.
"Quote by Acoustic PC."
As far is Acoustic PC is conserned with all regards to the manufature. This is a point which is verry arguble will the sony motor inn our opinion are durable and fairly quiet there is no doubt
these fans are premium quality if not we would not sell them but it is of our opinion The best Quiet computer fans on the market or hands down Noctua Fans & AcoustiFans by Acousti
Products depending on the application for more details on the applications that bets fits your needs feel free to contact an Acoustic PC specialist at sales@acousticpc.com
About Yate Loon Fans:
Yate Loon, the premiere OEM case fan manufacturer, has been well known for providing high quality, silent 120mm case fans. Highly reputable power supply manufacturers such as
Seasonic use these fans in their award-winning line of S12 power supplies while the Nexus silent 120mm case fans are really just Yate Loon fans. The Yate Loon DS12L-12 has an
impressive CFM to noise ratio at only a fraction of the price of comparable fans. These versatile fans are constantly recommended in any 120mm application whether its on a cpu cooling
heatsink, in a quiet computer case, or even on radiators for water cooled pc's (esp. BIPII).
About Panaflow NMB MAT Fans:
Panaflow has aquired a reputation for being reliable work horses thes particular modles we carry are the quitest available at 30 db witch is not considered quiet computing but it is close
these fan can be slowed down with a resistor, or fan controller therefor becoming quiter and able to reach quiet computing standards at 25 db or less and then you wi;; have a quiet
reliable work horse on your side. Another thing you must keep in mind is panaflows patented hydro dynamic bearing able to resist high tempatures for long periods of time these fans have
become Zalmans choice fans for there new line of 120mm fan Computer power supplies
Quiet Fan Options: We offer various sizes of quiet computer fans:
40mm, 50mm, 60mm, 70mm, 80mm, 92mm, 120mm, 140mm
All fans are 25mm thick, except the certain 40 and 120mm fans which are 10mm & 32mm as well as 38mm thick and the ZM-OP1 80mm fan and the SilenX SLIM Fan which is 15mm
thick. All fans have 3-pin connectors for direct attachment to motherboard fan headers (pins). This allows the motherboard to read the fan’s RPM (speed), and if supported, the
motherboard can sound an alarm in the unlikely event the fan fails. For customers who are short of motherboard fan headers, we would recommend using the Zalman Multi-Connector
Cable ZM-MC1 to convert our 3-pin computer fans to a 4-pin connector or opt for the AcoustiFan™ DustPROOF Series, for connection to an available 4 pin connector from the power supply.
Quiet Fan Mounting Accessories
You can further decrease computer fan noise with our range of PC fan accessories for controlling fan speeds and reducing fan vibration. Click Here > To View Quiet Fan Accessories
Acoustic PC offers quiet computer fans, A low noise Quiet fan for a Quiet PCis are modo. Acoustic PC has been recognized by manny Quiet PC Enthusisat as the premiere source for quiet
computer fans. As computer fan specialist AcousticPC.com has a huge inventory of the best quiet computer fans available for a quiet cooled PC. We also offer a vast selection of fan grills,
fan filters, fan ducts fan accessories, fan controllers, thermal controllers, fan silencers, fan screws, quiet fans, system fans, and laptop coolers.
We carry quiet computer fans, high performance computer fans, fan controllers and fan accessories from the leading manufacturers like Noctua, Acousti Products, Antec, SilenX, Evercool,
Panaflo, Rasurbo, Sunon, Mechatronics, Nexus, Yate Loon, NMB, Scythe, Sony, ebm Papst and Zalman.
Quiet Fan Information for Power Supplies, CPU, Case and more ...
QUIET FAN and POWER SUPPLY
bearings or noiseless sleeve bearings designed to rotate at high RPM with little friction, and a more efficient blade design. Unfortunately, with power often get noisier just before failing,
whereas sleeve-bearing fans can seize up without your knowing it potentially leading to failure of the whole power supplies it’s hard for sleeve-bearing fans to move enough air, so ball
bearing-based units are usually preferred. A “bonus” of ball bearing fans is that they often get noisier just before failing, whereas sleeve-bearing fans can seize up without your knowing it
potentially leading to failure of the whole power in supply. Audible oscillation of air can be generated as the fan pulls air past internal components, adding even more noise. Poorly-
designed chassis holes in the power supply’s case often cause an audible “siren effect” as air is forced through the openings. Unlike older single-speed power supply fans, some of the
better power supplies now available include temperature-sensing circuits and variable speed control so the fan rotates only as quickly as needed get very noisy when the fan’s higher
speeds kick in.
for proper cooling. This is good for audio applications, but make sure you check out any power supply under full load; a unit that’s quiet when idling can
get very noisy when the fan’s higher speeds kick in.
There are now off-the-shelf power supplies that produce in excess of 350W yet are virtually inaudible. Installing a quiet fan in the power supply can be a worthwhile upgrade, but the
procedure requires a qualified technician. Power supply capacitors can retain a lethal shock, even when unplugged. Also, the fan connector may be non-standard or may require a direct
solder connection to the board.
Special fan-less power supplies are now available such as this impressive 500 watt model made by SilentMaxx. How about '0' dbA! There are some relatively new models of fan-less
power supplies now avaiable which are very well designed and very efficient, but remember that the main source of venting for most internal case heat build-up is usually the power supply
fan so you may have to install an extra case fan anyway to exhaust the internal case heat. Also, a fan-less power supply may not need a fan because it doesn’t produce a very high output,
so you may not be able to expand your computer without pushing it over the edge. There are more elaborate silencing methods, such as water or oil cooling, but these options are
generally impractical in the typical sound production/playback environment.
When selecting a power supply, look for “sheathed” cables that supply 5V and 12V power on the ATX connector (as well as the serial ATA connectors if so equipped) to the PC’s various
components. These improve airflow and don’t have gaps that can generate noise as air goes through them.The QTechnology line of power supplies are quiet, efficient, and have sheathed
cables. The Ultra Quiet 460W Gold Series power supply unitmade by QTechnology is super quiet, generating only 17db(A), with an overall acoustic noise level range of 17 - 26dB(A).
Some power supplies have the exhaust fan mounted on the power supply’s bottom. This helps keep fan noise inside the case rather than directly out of the back where there’s a more
direct path to your ear. However, as the area at the top of the inside of the case behind the power supply gets less air flow, try to mount hard drives toward the bottom of the case to avoid
inadvertently creating “heat pockets.”
QUIET FAN and CPU COOLER
Older CPU coolers used heat sinks with a relatively small surface area, coupled with a fixed RPM high-speed fan to move air over the small surface area. Newer CPU cooling systems
may use copper instead of aluminum for better heat transfer, and elaborate heat sink designs that dissipate more heat into the air. If you couple these with a large fan, the fan can rotate
more slowly, further reducing noise levels even further. Some heat sink/fan designs, as used in some products pioneered by Zalman, don’t couple the two components directly; the fan
used in this example may be much larger than traditional designs, and suspended over the CPU heat sink by a special frame that connects to the PC chassis. This reduces noise
dramatically due to using a larger fan, and minimizing noise-causing air flow effects.
QUIET FAN and COMPUTER CASE
Case fans, CPU fans, motherboard, and video card cooling fans share the same design considerations described above in the “Power Supplies,” section and you pretty much get what
you pay for. You can also decrease case fan noise with vibration isolation. Special fan mounts will help reduce the transfer of vibrations to areas of the case that can resonate
sympathetically and acoustically amplify the noise.
Recently, Acousti Products has introduced some fairly inexpensive, yet effective, silicone gel fan mounts and fan gaskets.
Standard 80mm case fans usually come in one or two wiring configurations, and each has its own type of connector. A four-pin Molex connector (like the type that supplies power to a hard
disk drive) delivers 12V DC. It doesn’t inherently accommodate speed control. The “three-wire” type of fan allows feedback from the fan so the user can see the fan speed, and/or an alarm
can sound if the fan fails. If your three-pin fan speed isn’t controlled by the motherboard, inexpensive fan speed controls let you limit the fan speed to a lower RPM. This can drop unwanted
noise levels quite a bit, but make sure there’s still enough airflow to dissipate heat.
QUIET FAN SPECIFICATION Information
A fan spec sheet will specify air throughput in “CFM,” or cubic-feet-per-minute. As a general rule, bigger is better; a 120mm fan rotating at a low speed with usually move more air than a
smaller fan running at a higher RPM. We recommend the AcoustiFan 120mm fans from Acousti Products, which are literally inaudible. Learn to understand dB specs you read for
computer components. As a general guideline, anything 15dB or less is inaudible to most people under most circumstances. 20 dB or less is very acceptable in many situations but not
quiet enough for recording studios and other applications that require silence. Anything over 25 dB will be very audible to most people. Fan noise above 30 dB getting into the 'rude' zone.
Adapted from " How To Silence Your PC ".
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A low noise quiet computer fan is essential for a quiet pc. Acoustic PC has a huge inventory of best of class technology quiet pc fans, quiet computer
fans, quiet pc case fans, computer fans, performance fans, fan grills, fan filters, fan ducts fan accessories, fan controllers, thermal controllers, fan
silencers, fan screws, quiet fans, system fans, and laptop coolers. We carry pc fans, fan controllers and fan accessories from the leading
manufacturers like Noctua, Acousti Products, Antec, Coolink, SilenX, Evercool, Panaflo, Rasurbo, Sunon, Mechatronics, Nexus, Yate Loon, NMB,
Scythe, Sony, ebm Papst and Zalman. Acoustic PC Specilaizes and offers the largest selection of quiet computer case fans available for a "Quiet
PC." Get a quiet fan for your computer and start Listening to yourself think again with the peace and quiet of a quiet fan and a silent PC enviorment.
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manufacturers like Noctua, Acousti Products, Antec, Coolink, SilenX, Evercool, Panaflo, Rasurbo, Sunon, Mechatronics, Nexus, Yate Loon, NMB,
Scythe, Sony, ebm Papst and Zalman. Acoustic PC Specilaizes and offers the largest selection of quiet computer case fans available for a "Quiet
PC." Get a quiet fan for your computer and start Listening to yourself think again with the peace and quiet of a quiet fan and a silent PC enviorment.
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