Quote Originally Posted by orangekiwii View Post
Thanks martin, i guess its the typhoons for me

might try to put some lights down there to make it look a bit better but don't really know




the charts are awesome thanks for taking the time to make them

as for my setup i think i'll put some gentle typhoons on the inside of the radiators and the LED fans on the outside, that way i get the light and a mix between them

only issue is if LED fans are loud


EDIT: btw the sound on the videos, when the fans aren't moving is that just ambient air moving over it or something?

if you remove that noise in your mind thats a good noise right?


I don't know exactly how much work this would be as it would probably be different for each fan, but is it possible to get a graph that shows the relationship of the average distance of the sensor and the noise?

i'm just curious if some of those fans that sound medium - kinda loud... would actually sound silent at like 5 feet when in a metal case or something similar

thanks for your work... this should definitely be stickied as it really clears up a lot of the best fans

one thing that might be good to add to your OP is kind of a recommendation thing

like a different fan for each category

high power - UK3 or the Delta SHE

mid power - sflex

low power - gentle typhoon etc... might help those just looking for a good fan and not those actually looking at their individual situation
The sound on the videos when the fans are not moving is complete silence. It's the quietest place I have available which is my bedroom walk in closet which doesn't have any windows and tons of clothes that do a pretty good job at absorbing sound. I also tested at night after 8PM when the the most quiet time. So any noise you hear is just static from the microphone. I didn't do any edits to the videos, they were uploaded from the format that came right out of my camera to ensure consistency and provide the highest quality. You should ignore that white noise sound and consider silence.

All tests were done at 1/2" to be compatible with the sound meter I had. I found that you need to spend 300+ dollars on a sound level meter if you want something that can measure below 30db, and that's what you would need to measure at a distance. It would be nice, but I can't do that with the tools I have. Even with that you'd still need to pay attention to the video sounds because noise level doesn't pick up the character of the sound which I think is more important than the actual level.