Doh....you guys weren't kidding - Yate 4tw

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

i just ordered 6 Yate 33 dBA/70 CFMs (medium) and i feel so much better, its like the SilenX's in my comp were eating away at my soul...

[daytripper67mi]

ive got 2 d12sh-12 on my swiftech 220 rad cant hear them from my chair ,and barely audible with nothing else in the house running,much quieter than a single tt 1225m12s

[serialk11r]

ive got 2 d12sh-12 on my swiftech 220 rad cant hear them from my chair ,and barely audible with nothing else in the house running,much quieter than a single tt 1225m12s

Really? To me, the tt1225 thingy was quieter than a d12sl12...

[xenoasd]

im somewhat curious about these fans... are they really quiet? can someone record the sound of these yate loon fans? by the looks at the information provided of these fans (looking at the medium ones), they are 33dba. that is really loud, my antec tricool fans are 33dba on high settings.

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

im somewhat curious about these fans... are they really quiet? can someone record the sound of these yate loon fans? by the looks at the information provided of these fans (looking at the medium ones), they are 33dba. that is really loud, my antec tricool fans are 33dba on high settings.

except tricool's are more like 44 on high, i have them.

i just got my 6 medium fans and brought them down in to the basement where i had some tricools and lian-li fans to compare to. (it was 2 am when i did this so barely any ambient to interfere)

so i plugged in 4 of the D12SM-12's and one tricool.

SURPRISE, the 4 yates were quieter than the one tricool on high

conclusion yes they are quieter

[xenoasd]

are they quiet right off the bat? or do you have to mod them or something. i read the whole thread, and theres something about putting them at 7Vs? im sure i can do it with the asus chassis fan connectors on my p5b-deluxe? (using q-fan 2)

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

no, you don't have to mod, they are quiet at 12v. they put out a little less air than the tricool on high but if you were to set the tricool to 7v it would put out less air then the yates.

also in case you didn't know yates cost about 3-4 $ apiece, you could buy 5 yates for the price of 1 tricool lol

[SNiiPE_DoGG]

if you aren't worried about noise use some medium or high panaflo's, they are 38mm (a plus for performance) and produce great airflow without TOO much noise

[ranker]

there are also the 88CFM/40db version. is the extra 18CFM per fan worth the extra noise on a MCR320? i am not that worried about noise, just performance. so if the extra 54CFM through the rad is worth it then ill go for it

You have to ask yourself if the noise is worth the performance. As with most things, you'll eventually hit the wall of diminishing returns. Sure you can get 1-3C better, but is it worth it at the noise level of a Boeing 747?

Thermochill PA's and the MCR Quiet Power series radiators were designed specifically for low CFM fans. They don't scale as well with high CFM fans. I'd suggest the Thermochill HE series or heatercores if you prefer to create a wind tunnel in your room. You'll get much better performance gains with increased CFM rated fans.