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Next Generation Fans

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the line-is-drawn-hee-ahh dept.

Tweaker writes "We just posted the first installment of an ongoing article dedicated to the latest designs and innovations for cooling your PC. The Next Generation Fans roundup starts off with five different models from four different manufacturers." I would have liked to have seen the dB rating for each fan- I've had some fans that really were great, provided I was wearing noise cancelling headphones while sharing a room with them. I have the Antec Tricolor fans they review in my case- they are gorgeous, but audible.

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  1. Next Generation? by mindriot · · Score: 5, Informative

    Wtf, putting blinking LEDs in fans makes them "next-generation"?

    The CPU fan I'm using right now is what I'd call next-generation. Why? Because it's actually quite silent. Go ahead and check out Verax (German only unfortunately). There's information on their fan design, including more detailed pics of different models. Verax uses a special fan shape to reduce noise, and, most importantly, ties the fan to the heatsink with a rubber connection, reducing vibration.

    Replacing my old fan with one of those babies has greatly reduced the noise level of my box.