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

[ooeric]

I've now got mine hooked into the onboard fan controller & it adjusts nicely when I boot into my O/C'ed partition - operating between 5V to 12V. They seem to push a huge amount of air if you have the high flow version - still, I would like to hear from cathar about their flows if he had tested them against these yates



- over here

i dunno. but i personally use panaflo FBA12G12H on a controller also
when i turn it down. it goes silent (for me) but it still pulls a load of air thru a 240rad. (high static pressure 38mm fan?)

and when i game with cans on, i just turn them up a lil. at full 12v, freaking thing feels like a table fan.

[Mekrel]

Hold up a Silenx Xtrema Pro and a Yate side by side and listen. If the Silenx is 14dba and yate is 32dba I'm a monkey's uncle!!!! lol

The Yate must be 10dba lol. Or maybe the Silenx is 40dba? heh

Take it you didn't read my post properly?

[Cronos]

I ran the Yates last night for about 3 hours at 23c ambient. Here are some temps at 72cfm with yates.

480 rad
8800 GTX SLI
idle 43/39 load 50/44

240 rad
E6700 @ 3.3GHz
idle 32 load 36 - average about 34-35

Not too shabby.

The CPU temps are not physically possible even for 4x Prime/Orthos, forget about some really heavy loaders like Sandra Multimedia burn-in, Intel TAT so on.

[TheBigBunny]

Don't get me wrong, I love the silence of my yates, but over the years, every fan I've seen die has been a sleeve bearing type. They get noisy, then they die.

Cheap enough to replace, but I have a feeling these won't last for 5 years+ like the ball and fluid dynamic bearing fans.

[serialk11r]

Don't get me wrong, I love the silence of my yates, but over the years, every fan I've seen die has been a sleeve bearing type. They get noisy, then they die.

Cheap enough to replace, but I have a feeling these won't last for 5 years+ like the ball and fluid dynamic bearing fans.

Ball bearings get louder and louder as they wear out as well...but ball bearing fans are generally louder at low rpm, I think.
Papst fans seem to be of good quality, maybe I should order a few... don't got money now but maybe in the future (iany isn't going to be happy )

[Cronos]

Don't get me wrong, I love the silence of my yates, but over the years, every fan I've seen die has been a sleeve bearing type. They get noisy, then they die.

Cheap enough to replace, but I have a feeling these won't last for 5 years+ like the ball and fluid dynamic bearing fans.

"5 years+" is a joke ? Your entire computer will become totally outdated in less than 2 years.

[serialk11r]

"5 years+" is a joke ? Your entire computer will become totally outdated in less than 2 years.

Well do you replace your fans when you replace components?
I think he wants the fans to last longer so he doesn't have to order more, but 5 years is a long time...

[Cronos]

Well do you replace your fans when you replace components?
I think he wants the fans to last longer so he doesn't have to order more, but 5 years is a long time...

Do you think i will hesitate spending 20$ on fans then i replace 3000$ worth workstation?

[TheBigBunny]

Do you think i will hesitate spending 20$ on fans then i replace 3000$ worth workstation?

I guess you didn't read my statement that they are 'Cheap enough to replace'.

My point was sleeve bearing fans have a short lifespan in my experience.

That was all.

[shimmishim]

i skipped pages 2 and 3.

is there a link to a US vendor that sells the D12SM's? i only see the L's on most websites (jab-tech, frozencpu... etc). thanks!

[TheBigBunny]

i skipped pages 2 and 3.

is there a link to a US vendor that sells the D12SM's? i only see the L's on most websites (jab-tech, frozencpu... etc). thanks!

http://www.petrastechshop.com/12yalod1cafa1.html

On sale too

[shimmishim]

thanks.

what about this fan?
http://www.svc.com/a2368.html

it's rated 21dB and pushes 78cfm ... doesn't that make it a little better than the YL's?

[TheBigBunny]

There seems to be no industry standard for dB measurements with these fans, so only subjective testing is reliable unfortunately.

[IanY]

Yate Loons are the absolute best fans in the world! They are of the highest possible quality! They are ultra silent and last forever! Everyone please please please keep buying lots and lots of Yate Loon fans!!! ... Cathar says he designed the PA120.3 with Yate Loons in mind!!!!! Hurry... buy lots of them !! They are $3 now, maybe they'll be $2 next year... and someday, you'll be able to buy a baker's dozen for $10, preferrably at Wal-Mart or Costco !!! Let's e-mail them and ask them to put red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet LEDs.. oh.. aquamarine and chartreuse LEDs would be good as well !!! Buy buy buy !!

[Sparky]

thanks.

what about this fan?
http://www.svc.com/a2368.html

it's rated 21dB and pushes 78cfm ... doesn't that make it a little better than the YL's?

No, Thermaltake lies about their specs. It isn't 78 cfm nor 21dB, guaranteed.

Check in the aircooling section for Vapor's 26 fan roundup.

[IanY]

thanks.

what about this fan?
http://www.svc.com/a2368.html

it's rated 21dB and pushes 78cfm ... doesn't that make it a little better than the YL's?

Yes! The Thermaltake ThunderBlade fans are the best fans in the world! They are much better than anything else, and they come with pleasant looking red fan blades!!

[IanY]

No, Thermaltake lies about their specs. It isn't 78 cfm nor 21dB, guaranteed.

Check in the aircooling section for Vapor's 26 fan roundup.

Come on. ThermalTake is one of the largest computer accessories companies in the world!!! How can they lie??

[Sparky]

Come on. ThermalTake is one of the largest computer accessories companies in the world!!! How can they lie??

very easily, unless my ears, my friends' ears, other people's ears, and Vapor's test are all lying to us

[Fossil]

I have brand-new sleeve-bearing fans that sometimes rattle excessively at low speeds. I've never had that off a ball-bearing fan. I guess it depends how lucky you are with tolerances.

[Sparky]

I have brand-new sleeve-bearing fans that sometimes rattle excessively at low speeds. I've never had that off a ball-bearing fan. I guess it depends how lucky you are with tolerances.

Which fans are those?

[lowfat]

I have a Yate cooled PSU, a Yate cooled radiator, and Yate case fans, and have 6 extra Nexus fans sitting in my closet as backups

[Skyguy]

Nobody here use Noctua fans?? I've got 5 in my P180 and I can barely hear a whoosh of air when I put my ear beside them. 1200 rpm, 63cfm @ 18dba. Too low pressure for most rads? I can't imagine that, the Panaflo and Nexus are lowflow as well.....

[Pete]

Masaville

Hey dude, been busy with the new missis. Glad you like them and my vid sold them too...will catch ya on msn sometime soon

Enjoy the slience and nice high CFM

Pete

[serialk11r]

LOL Thermaltake fans are funny as hell. Lying about fan specs is one thing, but giving different specs to the same f***ing fan??? Thermaltake Thunderblades say they are 21db, 78cfm. Then we have the thermaltake fans that come with the cases, which are labeled 17dba, 78cfm. Then we have the TTBT fan which is rated at 16dba I think... Now what the F*** is going on here???????

[IanY]

ThermalTakes are the best fans. You guys with the Yate Loons are just jealous