X-bit labs

Started by: Slackenerny | Date 04/07/08

Comments: 17 | Last Comment:  05/09/08

[1-13]

1. Nice review but you missed the S-FLEX series. For example, my own personal testing has shown that the SFF21E is superior to the NF-P12 in both performance and noise. Why exclude such a good fan?

Can you produce any numbers to give us an idea how superior?

2. In addition, perhaps the Thermalright Ultra 120 eXtreme might have been a better choice of cooler given that it's generally considered to be the best air cooler and is already in the hands of a lot of enthusiasts.

But still, a very interesting review.

It can be the best heatsink but I also think that is preferable a heatsink that vary most with different fans and speeds.

3. Max static pressures for Noctua S12 are known : 0.5 mmH2O for S12-800 @ 800 RPM and 1.05 mmH2O for S12-1200 @ 1200 RPM

4. A very good article with a brilliant ending...thumbs up!!!
However, you should have included some fans from Delta and Silenx...

5. Good first article about fans!

I'd like to see the S-Flex and Nexus fan results in the next chapter. Also, I wonder how the HDT-type coolers (Xigmatek etc) behave with different fans and rpms.

6. Cool. I'm not an overclocker so only need a gentle breeze to work a big cooler and push a bit of air around the case.

As the glacialtech costs peanuts and comes near the very top in acustics, it's a no brainer really. Is the noctua really worth 4 times as much?

It would have been interesting if you would have tried the almost as cheap fluid dynamic bearing version.

7. Interesting tests! We can conclude:
1) low cost fans work about as well as those overpriced "miricle fans".
2) thick fans cool better due too higher pressure which is well known and used in water cooling to suck air through the radiator
3) noise and cooling are directly proportional and fancy fan blades or designs do not make much difference.

good job on this report

8. Very nice, i enjoyed it alot. Would have liked to see an even larger variaty but at the end of it all I think it depends on what a fan looks like. if it is not seriously flawed and looks good

9. Hello Sergey!
Really nice review, thx!

Would you measure the minimum voltage when the Noctua NF-P12 starts spinning up, please? At what speed is it then? This could help me to decide if I spend that much money on this fan.

How did you attach the Scythe Ultra Kaze to the Scythe Infinity, the braces are for 25mm fans only.
As for the Noctua NF-P12 I have the same questions for this fan concerning the voltage and fanspeed.

Greetings from Germany

Actually, the brackets attaches to fans of any thickness, as long as they are ribless.

No, I don't think that the brackets would fit if the fan is thicker, because it is already really tight. In this picture you can see what I mean: http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Scythe/Infinity/images/comparison.jpg

10. Another product your recommend "SilverStone FM123" that is hard to find!!

11. WoW!!!!!!!!

I'm blown away by this amazing review!!! I've been a fan collector for 4 years.

My computer has 14 fans in total, while my wife's (I also built hers) has 12 fans. Most are stylish. *grins*

12. darn drooooool ... its a bad thing that i cant find any of these where i live.... such a boooring place...

13. I really appreciate the comparative charts showing Static Pressure, CFM and Noise.

The Static Pressure is useful when researching fans that will drive high impedance loads. Wimp fans don't have enough pressure to do this properly.

[1-13]