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Old 07-19-2006, 01:26 PM   #1
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Case fans

Looking for some suggestions on silent high CFM 80 mm case fans...the ones i have now are generic and louder than i want
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Old 07-19-2006, 02:26 PM   #2
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Check out the Panaflos at www.heatsinkfactory.com
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silent, high CFM
That's the trick right there.

I like panaflos also, and I think Papst fans are also really great.
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Old 07-19-2006, 05:30 PM   #4
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i don't get it,... what is so good about the Papst? i hear everybody about them. When you say 'Papst' out loud it sounds ridicules too :P
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They remind me of beer. Mmmmmmmmmmmm........
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Nexus fans have won a lot of noise-performance ratio tests.
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Old 07-20-2006, 02:30 PM   #7
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I've been looking into this myself...

At this point in time, its looking to me like Scythe fans are the winners...
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