Aleski: Are you sure the last fan looks the same as yours? The fan blade design between my Nexus D12SL-12, Yate Loon D12SL-12, and Yate Loon D12SM-12 are identical. The unidentified fan's blades have are more curved. I find it hard to believe it's a Yate Loon since it's noise characteristics and des...

Fans Reviewed * Orange Yate Loon, model D12SL-12 * Clear blue LED, Yate Loon model D12SM-12 * Clear blue LED, unknown brand/model Testing Equipment * CEM model DT-805 sound level meter (SLM) . Measuring range: 30dB to 130dB @ 31.5Hz – 8KHz. Resolution: 0.1dB. Accuracy: +- 1.5dB under reference cond...

Ralf, Actually, I've searched all the forum posts regarding this. They weren't all too clear, but I still think that a meter that can pick up 35db should be sufficient enough to compare fans if I place it close enough. I was hoping someone has experience with one of these meters so I can decide whic...

Hi folks, I've recently purchased a few fans from Tekgems which I would like to review. I know Radio Shack has cheap SPL meters, but they only measure above 50db. I don't want to spend too much money on this, but are either of these SPL meters worth buying? Links: Galaxy CM-140 (35-130db) $100 http:...

I got the SUF version (without LEDs) and it's nearly silent. I used it to replace a noisy PSU fan.

I've been through 2 Arctic Cooling NV5 Silencers. They both started out quiet, but within a few months developed a loud grinding noise. I fruitlessly tried to contact AC about it, but they can't be reached (so much for the warranty). I ended up replacing it with the VF700-CU, and I couldn't be happi...

I've been trying to optimize the power use of my PC via P-State transitions. I have C'n'Q set to AUTO in the BIOS, and ALWAYS ON set in power settings in Windows. Both Crystalcpuid and RMclock appear to change the FID properly (4.0x-9.0x multiplier) but the VID doesn't want to change. Crystal, RMClo...

I recently purchased my first A64 DTR chip from Newegg. I did a lot of research beforehand to figure out what I needed to cool it. Many suggested that only certain Alpha and Thermalright (SLK-948U) heatsinks would fit. I'm happy to report that my Zalman 7700-CU modded with a nexus works just fine ;)...