Best 12cm case fan

[jhogg]

I need a couple of quieter 12cm fans for my case
any suggestions please?

[Clunk]

loonies.

[Steve B]

yate loons or akasa ambers are allright depends on whether you want to place it in terms of airflow and noise.

quieter, yate loons...

[jhogg]

the fans will be going on the side window panel
where their was a 8cm fan when purchased fan seems pretty quiet but a good 12cm would be preferable.
I put an old (v loud) 12cm fan on but it was noisier than all the rest put together
Akasa 8cm i have pretty good so could go with them,never heard of yate loons b4 now seems they are quite top end tho.What about coolermaster,or the xclio 16 balde ones?

[jhogg]

I meant blade
Can you tell me where to find these yate loon fans?

[Clunk]

Ebay, a seller called silencio_777 - He is in germany, but ships fast and cheap, and speaks pretty good English.

[finlay666]

I like the sharkoon series of fans, nice and dimpled lol, but they are damn silent, one of the few things in my pc case on full I still cant hear them!

you can get em from scan...so free postage for >4

[torched_geek]

Artic Cooling 12 is awesome..
And very cheap for the price.
Only one problem, it can only be used as a blower fan. Lol.

[jimbouk]

If you don't need that much air flow, 7V or 5V them (try it on your old one).

Just be careful what you do with the molex after it's been converted, I've blown up a DVD drive with careless plugging (5V in the 12V line and 12V in the 5V line = small puff of smoke )

[Clunk]

Or just use a fan controller

[Steve B]

<pedant> rheobus </pedant>

[Clunk]

<pedant> twistey turney knob </pedant>

[dave87]

I've had good experiences with the Silverstone Fans, completely adjustable, come with their own fan controller aswell

[owen1978]

Ebay, a seller called silencio_777 - He is in germany, but ships fast and cheap, and speaks pretty good English.

Yep agree, Yate Loons! recommended by silentpcreview!

[Dark Horse]

Yate Loon D12SL-12. I have 3 and with a fan controller they are inaudible at 1m for 3/4 of their range.

[jackvdbuk]

I've had good experiences with the Silverstone Fans, completely adjustable, come with their own fan controller aswell

me 2 , they look the balls n all but i wanted to use my newly bought Akasa PRo fran controller... have to remove one of the wires from the molex connector into the 3 pin (only 2 pins were orignalyl used) fan connector... bit of a hassle