Mau5Capades: builds & grow journal

sunni

Administrator
Staff member
temp closed until this problem is resolved
there seems to be a bit of an issue between a member and his ex wife
which they cant be using the forum for their marital problems.

ill reopen once this issue is resolved thank you for understanding folks
please dont quote the problems.
i dont want the OP's thread getting derailed over this
 

alesh

Well-Known Member
Nothing against Arctic, they're great budget fans. But to call them high quality? I've got several arctics in my home server for about 3 years. They're not silent anymore and one died already. On the other hand, 2 Noctuas are running in other PC for 7 or 8 years now. Silent as new ones, just a little bit dusty. And, well, you don't want a fan over your LEDs to die.
 

PurpleBuz

Well-Known Member
Whoa whoa whoa now. $14? There's cheapo ones that I'm sure will do the job on ebay. But luckily, there's a very nice Nexus for $6. I'll be buying and using them.
if you took the time to actually read the specs and did a little research you would realize that these fans are in the same class as the noctua fans, and have higher static pressures than a noctua. The nexus fan doesn't even compare with a cfm at almost half of the hyperborea.


One of these is capable of cooling a 48" long 5.886" wide profile all by itself.
 

Fastslappy

Well-Known Member
that's what I consider a $5 high quality fan ( in that 5$ price range ) you guys all referenced 15$ -10$ fans
that's just too $ for a cooling fan imo
 

SaltyNuts

Well-Known Member
Nothing against Arctic, they're great budget fans. But to call them high quality? I've got several arctics in my home server for about 3 years. They're not silent anymore and one died already. On the other hand, 2 Noctuas are running in other PC for 7 or 8 years now. Silent as new ones, just a little bit dusty. And, well, you don't want a fan over your LEDs to die.
NOCTUA FOR LIFE

they even make IP67 models, da bomb
 
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