Silverstone demonstrates new Air Penetrator fan series

[Dimitriman]

Air Penetrator?

Nice Name....


For a blow-up doll.


Nah but looks cool, I would try it.

[MpG]

The directional vanes are pretty much what Delta's been using on their FFB series for some time now. Except that these can go slow enough that you can't hear them from fifty feet away.

Still, the overlapping fin design is interesting - I've often thought that that sort of thing could go a long way towards improving static pressure. Mind, the listed specs aren't too inspiring, so who knows.

[meanmoe]

They're called "stators" - critical in turbine design. In turbine design, some energy is lost on the stators but it's made up for in over all efficiency by optimizing the incident angle for the next turbine row. i.e. overall energy lost to the stator rows is less than what is lost spinning the air, or something like that.

This would be better for stacked fans, but not optimal unless designed for it. It would probably be more efficient than counter-rotating fans depending on individual fan deisgn. The major advantage that I see is that, with these, you're not just increasing pressure within the case, you actually get well directed airflow. I would expect static pressure, measured normal to the fan, to increase vs not having the stators/vains/fins, total pressure would probably decrease a little.


Edit:
MpG, 0.067 in-H2O spec'd max static, I think this is inline with YLs by noise - if the spec is true. Maybe slightly better. I'd like to see the P/Q curve.

[Boogerlad]

I read somewhere that stacking fans in series only works if the fans are counter rotating, like that 120x76mm Delta GFB1212VHW.

exactly. Counter rotating fans means that the second fan will be able to "spin" /benefit. Since the grill de-spins the air, then the second fan will be able to help.

[dctokyo]

Silverstone has been making good fans for a good while, and this will hopefully carry the same tradition.

I've get a SilverStone FT01 newly, but it is getting old now. I got really surprised to see how quiet and effective fans it has. Those 2 x 180mm 700RPM pushes a lot of air without making any noise.

The SilverStone FT01 is really little, litle and quiet case, but it has much better cooling than my good old heavy and big CollerMaster 1000 with 5x120 fans.

The FT01 is a great case, still have it but I move to the Raven 02 and now the FT02 special edition case. The new AP181 runs up to 1200rpm`s and they are just as quiet as the fans that the FT01 use when ran at 700RPM but they seem to push more air at the same RPM

[BeepBeep2]

"C Company" I can see the CM logo

Same here hahaha I see "C Company" and I'm like "WTF?" and I look and see this:

[miptzi]

The cheapest fans. the R4s....

[XSAlliN]

Definitely not for silence fanatics (like me )...

[MpG]

Edit:
MpG, 0.067 in-H2O spec'd max static, I think this is inline with YLs by noise - if the spec is true. Maybe slightly better. I'd like to see the P/Q curve.

It'd be interesting to see. On the other hand, Noctua's NF-P12 fans advertise 0.066 in-H2O at only 1300rpm. But yeah, in all cases, we have nothing but the manufacturer's specs to work with.

[iddqd]

Doesn't Delta make fans with the same basic design principle?

[R101]

< puts 10$ on next model being called 'Atmosphere Intruder'

[BeepBeep2]

Doesn't Delta make fans with the same basic design principle?

Yep.

[STEvil]

You know... someone should just make a plastic insert you can put under any fan that does this...

[autobot]

You know... someone should just make a plastic insert you can put under any fan that does this...

Actually, Silverstone will be making grills that allow this air tunneling effect with any fan.

[BeepBeep2]

Actually, Silverstone will be making grills that allow this air tunneling effect with any fan.

Sweeeet.

[Andrew LB]

It's good to see companies trying new things to get better performance with less speed and noise. But unfortunately I don't see any company out there doing the kind of 'outside the box' thinking needed to truly revolutionize air cooling.

The last time I saw a company really "think different" was not Mac (couldn't help myself), but was YS Tech who made a series of fans without a motor at the center. Rather, the fans had magnetic tips and the actual motor was built into the outer frame itself.

IMO, it was a great idea. Unfortunately nobody picked up on the concept and further developed it.

[STEvil]

TMD fans kind of sucked.. good idea, poor execution.

edit

What would be interesting is a TMD fan with forward-curved blades (tips ahead of center of the fan) and the blades dimpled like golf balls... with a vane under the fan like silverstone is supposed to be making soon apparently.

[Mash]

Not an invention. This iscalled stator vanes, every axial compressor has them, and fan is a simple axial compressor.

[saaya]

"hello ? yes, I'd like to order some 120mm penetrators"

only 120mm? ^^

[FatAlbert]

230 mm would be enough

[WaterFlex]

nice vid ! Is it dust?

[STEvil]

nice vid ! Is it dust?

read.

[WhiteFireDragon]

so the real innovation is the new grill added right in front of the fan. otherwise, it's just a regular fan i think.

nice vid ! Is it dust?

smoke

[WhiteFireDragon]

looks like these are for sale already that you can buy separately from any case:

120mm version $17


180mm version $24