18 months ago I got a bunch of Enermax Marathon 80mm Fan - Magnetic
Bearing = $4.55 from Monoprice.com and I really like them. They are
magnetic bearing so the fan blades just pull out for easy cleaning,
no part to part contact, which makes them quiet. They don't move all
that fast but for me they don't have to.
w
At 11:17 AM 3/8/2010, you wrote:
I am getting ripe to order new 80mm cooling fans for my LAN
machines. Most/all of them have been running well for the past 12 or so years.
I now have two that have cooling fans with fan bearings going bad.
I need 18 80mm fans. !So many choices!
I have already decided to buy 9 Noctua NF-R8-1800 fans from Newegg
(N82E16835608006). I have wanted to test this brand for the past 3
yrs based on comments here on our List. Yes, these are expensive.
But, I'd like to have some practical experience with this vendor.
Where I now get really foggy is with the remaining 9 fans. I thought
it would be a simple decision of fan bearings. I prefer ball
bearings. Nope! Now I have fan bearing choices I just can not
picture in my mind. And, 1 choice seems to have some hidden
electronics in the wiring that may vary actual fan speed. Hmm. So, I
am a bit confused.
I have seen the newer 3/4 pin interface and a newer 4/5 pin fan
interface. Scary this is 4Me. I own 3-pin cooling fan interfaces!
I seek List opinion/suggestion! All my choices are from Newegg.
N82E16811999069, Cooler-Master, 2-Ball, 2500rpm, 26dba, $7.99/ea.
N82E16811999070, Cooler-Master, Ball, 2500rpm, 26dba, $3.99/ea. [cheap]
N82E16811999071, Cooler-Master, SuperFlo, 1400rpm, 13dba, $5.99
Please 'splain me a "SuperFlo" fan bearing...??
N82E16835103025, Cooler-Master, RIFLE, 2000rpm, 20.9dba, $6.99/ea.
**WTF is a RIFLE bearing?
N82E16835186013, Arctic-Cooling, Fluid Dynamic, 600-2Krpm,
9.5-21dba, $6.99/ea. **I suspect some post m/b rpm/temp electronics
here??? Confused I am!
Tell ya what! I'll order my Noctua fans now, and, wait for comments,
suggestions, and opinions!
Thank you,
Duncan
