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Well, what are the best thin fans?
Like many people in this subforum, i'm designing my own SFF case. It will be for personal use and i'm not looking to make it public or gain feedback at this stage.
I'm looking at thin fans because reasons. Should be obvious - tradeoff performance to noise ratio with smaller size. Standard fans at 25mm thick and most thin fans are 15mm thick and go as low s 12mm from scythe.
From my research, the best appear to be prolimatech ultra sleek vortex. I don't believe their spec sheet CFM of 98 on the 140mm version but I can't find solid info on the fan at all. I've ordered a few 140mm and a single 120mm to test.
So taking the ultra sleek vortex 14 (140mm), the specs are 9-18dB and 300-1000rpm and a max CFM of 98. You may notice this as being much higher than regular case fans.
The other thin fans i've identified are:
- Prolimatech Ultra Sleek Vortex 12 & 14
- Scythe Slip Stream 1200/1600/2000RPM 120mm Slim Case Fan
- Scythe Kaze Jyu SLIM 100mm 2000RPM
- Gelid Slim 12 UV Blue 3pin
- Gelid Slim 12 PL Blue PWM
- CoolerMaster XtraFlo 120 Slim
- Akasa AK-FN078 120mm slim PWM
- Titan 120mm x 15 mm Extreme Super Thin PWM
Thoughts and opinions?
Like many people in this subforum, i'm designing my own SFF case. It will be for personal use and i'm not looking to make it public or gain feedback at this stage.
I'm looking at thin fans because reasons. Should be obvious - tradeoff performance to noise ratio with smaller size. Standard fans at 25mm thick and most thin fans are 15mm thick and go as low s 12mm from scythe.
From my research, the best appear to be prolimatech ultra sleek vortex. I don't believe their spec sheet CFM of 98 on the 140mm version but I can't find solid info on the fan at all. I've ordered a few 140mm and a single 120mm to test.
So taking the ultra sleek vortex 14 (140mm), the specs are 9-18dB and 300-1000rpm and a max CFM of 98. You may notice this as being much higher than regular case fans.
The other thin fans i've identified are:
- Prolimatech Ultra Sleek Vortex 12 & 14
- Scythe Slip Stream 1200/1600/2000RPM 120mm Slim Case Fan
- Scythe Kaze Jyu SLIM 100mm 2000RPM
- Gelid Slim 12 UV Blue 3pin
- Gelid Slim 12 PL Blue PWM
- CoolerMaster XtraFlo 120 Slim
- Akasa AK-FN078 120mm slim PWM
- Titan 120mm x 15 mm Extreme Super Thin PWM
Thoughts and opinions?