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Next Generation Fans
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.
Seem to remember an article on /. about those, where they had a magnet at the tip of the blade and the "drive motor" in the four corners of the fan casing?
Anybody seen any comparative tests of those?
We do not live in the 21st century. We live in the 20 second century.
How can you miss the YS tech TMD fans?
They removed the rotor from the center and put the magnets on the outside so more air blows where the CPU die is and it also is quieter.
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Why should the CPU or any other computing circuitry even be bothered with monitoring the fan?
Cat hair... Really!
My brother brought his PC over because it would shut down shortly after posting. I powered it up - did not hear a fan, and realized the motherboard's BIOS was shutting down the machine because the fan was not spinning. Saved the duron's life! I poked around a bit and found the CPU fan was wound up with cat hair. Power supply was in pretty tough shape too.
I cleaned stuff off, put on a better heat sink and fan, and sent him back to feed his counter strike addition.
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Most heating and air conditioning system use Centrifugal blowers because they are small powerful and quiet. It seems that this would be a good solution.