Fan Mini-Review: Fan Roundup 3 Begins

[DoomSayer]

Gentle Typhoon must be by far the gayest name for a fan.

[Ar3s]

Gentle Typhoon must be by far the gayest name for a fan.

i agree 100%

[echn111]

I was going to buy a few more of the excellent Scythe S-FLEX's, which is a solid and proven fan. But then heard that Scythe was releasing a "better" product. And while I do not care for made up manufacturer's specs in absolute terms, on the Scythe website the specs of both fans ranges do claim that the Gentle Typhoon 120mm fans produce more airflow at lower noise levels than the Scythe S-FLEX 120mm products.

Now in general, when a technical product is released by the same company, which also claims that it's new product is better than the old one, on average it usually is better. Does it apply to the new Scythe Gentle Typhoons? Or it just more made up marketing and their old product, the Scythe S-FLEX is still better?

I would also like to see a proper review of the Scythe Gentle Typhoon, and am especially interested in how they match up to the proven Scythe S-FLEX.

[echn111]

Thanks for the info on the Scythe Gentle Typhoon's guys.

Initial results do seem positive as they seem to beat the slipsteams in terms of cooling power to noise. That is, if I'm reading that review correctly as I found their diagrams a bit confusing. They use the same colours for completely different fans and the legend that was provided was a bit strange...

I'm not sure exactly how they tested it and it's too bad they compare them against the slipstreams as there will be some restriction in my case (i.e. fan filters, air duct etc.) and the slipstreams aren't great under those conditions.

[Blazing fire]

Gentle Typhoon must be by far the gayest name for a fan.

i agree 100%

contradiction eh?

if you want to find his reviews, why dont you use the search feature....

"fan roundup" almost EVERYTHING is there.

thank you for playing

I am not playing...

[fgw]

vapor,

did you already have a chance to get your hands on the new thermalright fans:

http://www.thermalright.com/new_a_pa...oduct_fan.html

they use FDB ADDA fans and should go away for about $13 each:

* TR-FDB-1000 - 1000 RPM ± 10%, 38.9 CFM airflow, 15.8 dB/A
* TR-FDB-1300 - 1300 RPM ± 10%, 50.0 CFM airflow, 24.1 dB/A
* TR-FDB-1600 - 1600 RPM ± 10%, 63.7 CFM airflow, 28.0 dB/A
* TR-FDB-2000 - 2000 RPM ± 10%, 80.5 CFM airflow, 38.0 dB/A

interesting to see how they compare to good old sflex...