Fans, Fans, Fans -- XS Fan Review!

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I personally never tried the yates, but on SPCR reviews, the S-Flex took the first place off the Yates. That's why I opted for them and I'm really happy. Even in Vapor tests, the S-Flex F has a nicer silent/speed profile than the Yate M. On the SPCR they can achieve total silence with the S-Flex too.

I really don't see why you can prefere a Yate M over a S-Flex F(when turned down), except one major point: its price. But remember, it is a sleeve bearing fan, so can't be compared to S-FDB fans.

Here are SPCR results, which look similar to Vapor tests too. The values of CFM can't be compared since they don't test the same way

Yate M:





Scythe S-Flex F



Again, if you look for power fans, the San Ace seems to be one of the best fans, like Vapor said

If u look at that graphs u see that u loose quite abit of airflow with the s-flex. Yeah, yates are a tad noisier but that is probably because they do move abit more air. Id still go with yate becasuse of price and the sleeve bearing hasnt failed me yet. My 3 yates on my rad is still good and that machine has been on 24\7 for 2 years ish.