I'm looking for an extremely quiet 92 mm fan to put in my new Antec Solo case. I want it to basically be inaudible and still put out a decent CFM. I have a fan controller to ramp down the voltage to it as well.

I was looking at the Panaflo L, but it sounds like they start screeching after 3 months.

Suggestions?

6/12/2006 11:54:44 AM

Has anyone had any experience with any of these?

Nexus Real Silent Fan
PCtoys Stealth Pro
Panaflo L1A or M1A
Papst 3412NGL

6/12/2006 12:23:13 PM

[Edited on June 12, 2006 at 12:24 PM. Reason : blah]

6/12/2006 12:24:34 PM

yeah i need three near silent fans too

6/12/2006 12:25:15 PM

cant help ya there eric
my antec fans are pretty quiet

6/12/2006 11:49:42 PM

Narrowed down to these 92mm models:

Scythe DF http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835185015
RPM: 2000
CFM: 35
dBA: 25
Cost: $9 shipped

Nexus http://www.siliconacoustics.com/nexus-92mm-real-silent-case-fan-df1209sl-3.html
RPM: 1500
CFM: 27
dBA: 19
Cost: $18 shipped

Panaflo L1A http://www.directron.com/92l1a.html
RPM: 2100
CFM: 43
dBA: 27
Cost: $10 + shipping

Papst http://www.directron.com/papst9.html
RPM: 2000
CFM: 36
dBA: 23
Cost: $23 + shipping

6/14/2006 4:48:14 PM

Panaflo's are alright, they move a lot of air, but its not as quiet as you would think.

Scythe is quiet, but not as much air.

Try looking at SilentX, they are supposedly pretty good, but are more $

6/14/2006 5:22:50 PM

i've had luck w/ zalman they come with a resistor that make's them nearly inaudible...

i don't see why any dual ball bearing fan wouldn't work if you have a fan controller...

this is it:
http://www.svc.com/92zalzm.html

i just run it on the 5v instead of 12v, and at 20db, i never hear it and i have 2 in my case.

[Edited on June 15, 2006 at 12:08 AM. Reason : .]

6/15/2006 12:04:25 AM

it turns out that I may not need one after all. I installed my components in the new Antec Solo case and put the new passive heatsink on my nForce4 chip and everything is cooler with one 120mm fan spinning at 1200 RPM,39 CFM than it was in my Antec Lanboy case with 2 80mm fans. And it's a lot quieter too. My CPU temp has dropped 5 C at idle. Tonight I will test and see if this cooling is enough under stressful conditions.

6/15/2006 9:15:44 AM