View Full Version : yate loon fans are really 28dba? or they quiter?
crspyjohn
10-16-2006, 03:05 PM
yate loon fans are really 28dba? or they quiter? I been hearing wonders about them being extremely quite but are they quiter then the 17dba thermaltake fans?
SparkyJJO
10-16-2006, 05:18 PM
17dBA thermaltake fans are NOT 17dBA. Thermaltake outright lies about their fan specs. Believe me, I've seen/heard one of their supposed "21dBA" 120mm fans and there is no way that thing is 21dBA.
Zardokk
10-16-2006, 05:41 PM
Well they could very well be. dBA doesn't accurately measure what you hear, it just measures the sound...I forgot what about it specifically. I've heard 30ish CFM fans that make all sorts of awful noise. They technically might've been low dBA, but they were high noise. As for Yates, AFAIK, they are quiet. 28 dBA is not loud at all. For a long time I was running 6-7 30 dBA fans and that really wasn't that bad. Definately audible, but nothing worth complaining about. If your PC is sitting on your floor (which it should be) and you have halfway decent speakers, 30 dBA and under is pretty darn quiet. Yates are TRUE 28 dBA, too. Yate rates them well, unlike some companies, whose names happen to start with T...
Sorrow13
10-16-2006, 05:57 PM
ive got no way to measure, but yeah the yates are quiet. a low hum is all you get. as it happens, antec tricools are about the same on low/medium settings.
crspyjohn
10-16-2006, 07:39 PM
I leave my computer on at night and its like next to my bed. You guys recommend me replacing my big typhoon 120mm fan with a yate loon too? I think i'll order 3 later.
Muzzle
10-16-2006, 08:00 PM
I ordered a bunch of Yate SLs a while ago and love em. I have 5 in my case right now and Sorrow13 is right, nothing but a very low hum is all you hear.
Shpoon
10-16-2006, 08:39 PM
I have 4 YL "SM" fans in my case right now, and I undervolt them to between 5-7v. And in all seriousness, my pump, and the NB (Extreme Spirit 2 @ 50% via speedfan) makes more noise individually than all combined (to my ears).
Silver Bullet
10-16-2006, 08:40 PM
Yateloon have trouble if u want to run them at low voltages .. alot of bearing wine (not nice sound) .. go for Nexus fans ... they work alot better when u run them slower. This comes from having both fans side by side.
Shpoon
10-16-2006, 09:04 PM
Yateloon have trouble if u want to run them at low voltages .. alot of bearing wine (not nice sound) .. go for Nexus fans ... they work alot better when u run them slower. This comes from having both fans side by side.
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My YLs have ZERO noise problems (whines, clicks, etc) at lower volts...not sure what happened with yours
Btw, Nexus = rebranded YL akaik.
http://www.nexustek.nl/120mmcasefan.htm
Product name look familiar?
Navig
10-16-2006, 10:54 PM
To the original poster, I've found that the Yate Loon and the stock Big Typhoon fan (original BT, not the new BT VX), were fairly comparable fans in performance and sound. The BT fan is just a hair faster and just a hair louder.
So I don't think replacing the stock fan with a YL is going to do anything for you.
If you want quieter, I'd suggest lowering the rpms on the stock fan via a fan controller or perhaps control thru the motherboard if that is an option.
If you want better performance, but wish to maintain quietness, you'll need to go up to a 38mm thick fan, which requires some modding.
skane
10-17-2006, 03:16 AM
17dBA thermaltake fans are NOT 17dBA. Thermaltake outright lies about their fan specs. Believe me, I've seen/heard one of their supposed "21dBA" 120mm fans and there is no way that thing is 21dBA.
that depends on the distance they measured from. i can believe that those thermaltake fans really produce 17bda at about 10 meters or so, but not at 1m, which is pretty much the industry testing standard.
Nexus' are yate loons with an added resistor. No more, no less.
TT's 17db claim is crap. Assuming it really DOES 17db, don't forget whining, clicking, scratching, etc. None of that happens with the yates. VERY smooth fans, and cheap too.
The 17db rating is almost as fake as silenX's 14db. Way to go SilenX, you just tricked people into buying $35 re-badged Adda fans.
cantankerous
10-17-2006, 01:35 PM
I was thinking of switching the stock fan on my newly installed Big Typhoon for my 38mm thick Panaflo high I have sitting here from my XP-120 install before the BT. I was going to run it at 7v which should still provide more cooling potential over the stock BT fan without a lot of noise. I am very used to the sound/tone/amplitude of the panaflo at 7v from having it on my XP-120 for a year and a half so it should be no problem getting used to the sound. The problem is getting it to fit on the BT. The screws that come with the BT at stock are not nearly long enough to fit a 38mm thick fan and the holes in the heatsink itself to mount the fan is not very deep. I am going to have to find screws with the same diameter as the stock screws but 13mm longer or approx. half an inch to compensate for the difference between the stock 25mm thick fan and the new fan.
BTW, what are these Adda fans that SilenX is apparently ripping off? Are they any good? I have a couple SilenX fans in my case, they are pretty quiet and definately can't be heard over the other fans on my case. They don't push a whole lot of air but are decent for an exhaust and blowhole fan. I was actually thinking of putting the stock BT fan as my exhaust fan once I swap it for the panaflo. Should pull some extra hot air from my case for sure, hopefully dropping temps around the cpu area a bit more which can get quite hot with both cores under load on my 4800+.
First paragraph
Zip ties. Ghetto ftw.
BTW, what are these Adda fans that SilenX is apparently ripping off? Are they any good? I have a couple SilenX fans in my case, they are pretty quiet and definately can't be heard over the other fans on my case. They don't push a whole lot of air but are decent for an exhaust and blowhole fan. I was actually thinking of putting the stock BT fan as my exhaust fan once I swap it for the panaflo. Should pull some extra hot air from my case for sure, hopefully dropping temps around the cpu area a bit more which can get quite hot with both cores under load on my 4800+.
I'm not sure about every exact model number, but a few seconds of google with "silenx adda" obtained:
click (http://www.users.on.net/~tiredguy/Coincidence%20lol.jpg)
click (http://www.users.on.net/~tiredguy/Coincidence%20lol%202.jpg)
People that hate SilenX fans (http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=27087&highlight=silenx+ixtrema)
first few results too.
cantankerous
10-18-2006, 06:24 AM
I will see what I can do with zip ties. That actually crossed my mind as it is mentioned quite often when dealing with ghetto fan mods. Thanks for the clarification however.
FLMJIGGY
10-18-2006, 07:00 AM
Yate. The best for the cfm/dba. Love them.
Pannys r good too.
Navig
10-18-2006, 08:25 PM
Here's how I stylin' (as opposed to ghetto) mounted larger fans to my TTBT. I took my 6-32 tap tool and just retapped the holes. Now it accepts 6-32 US machine screws, even convenient thumbscrews. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v363/navig/Lubic%20Bench/Deltabigonttbt.jpg)
The metal is thin, so as long as the base diameter is close, re-threading is easy--not sure what the appropriate metric machine screw would be.
Navig, I have a few questions about that:
1. Did you have the problem with the an8-sli 32x where you couldn't boot it without a fan in the cpu header?
2. how needed is that lower molex?
3. how do i get it so the headers don't throttle down my fans?
I have the same board :D 3ghz is a piece of cake with a 146.
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