Users who want to know exactly how the fans were testedĪrticle. In the objective data to make clear distinctions on the basis of measurementsįor users who are interested, a more technical discussion of fan technologiesĬan be found in our recent article, Anatomy Measurements for both airflow and noise, we nearly always base our recommendations Although we do a complete set of objective In practical terms, this ends up being the fan that sounds best Fans produce noise - the faster the fan, the more noise it producesįor our purposes, the best fan is the one that pushes the most air for the.Fans are designed to push air - the faster the fan, the more air it.Not need to know how a fan works to get the most out of this article. We have kept theory to a minimum, so you do This roundup is primarily a summary of our test results with a few interesting We also have fans from Global Win, Enermax, Arctic Cooling, Next up are two fans from brands that did well in our 92mm roundup: Fander,Īnd Noiseblocker. To our favorite Nexus, not least because Yate Loon is Nexus’ original manufacturer. To kick things off, we have a Yate Loon - an oft recommended alternative Most of the fans were chosen on the basis of user recommendations.Īs a result, we expect the average fan quality in this review to be higher than This time around, the selection of fans chosen is a little less random than Last 92mm fan roundup, and the chorus urging us to prove our impartialityīy testing some SilenX fans has grown steadily louder. Performance of the Noctua, discovered some new, promising manufacturers in our The way we test airflow in response to questions raised about the real-world Our last 120mm fan roundup uncovered two new quiet contenders - from ScytheĪnd Noctua - in addition to our longtime favorite, the Nexus. There will be a new methodology article coming soon. We’ve updated airflow dataįor some but not all fans only fans that fared well acoustically were retested Revision to improve accuracy and repeatability. Our fan airflow measurement system has recently undergone a major Despite the careful selection, we can only recommended one fan unconditionally. In our second roundup of 120mm fans, we’ve tested several frequently requested models, including fans from Yate Loon, Global Win, SilenX and others often highly recommended by SPCR forum regulars.

Yate loon 120mm