Are there any 120mm quiet fans w/ 3pin connector ONLY?

Hellspawn · Post by **Hellspawn** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 12:31 pm

Been looking around and can't find a single 120mm quiet fan (or any noise level) with only a 3pin (tach sensing) power source.

Is there such an animal?

shathal · Post by **shathal** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 1:56 pm

Sure is - all mine are.

I've got two Evercool Aluminium 120's (riding under the "TITAN" brand in Europe).

AccoustiFan 120's come in 2 and 3-pin configs. My XP-120 is cooled by a Tach-sensing 120 mm fan.

Easy peasy...

sorenbro · Post by **sorenbro** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 3:19 pm

Papst has a 120mm fan with a 3-pin connecter too. Although the fan is not quiet at 12V it sure is at 5V

Hellspawn · Post by **Hellspawn** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 9:21 pm

thank you very much! I'm sure I can at least find the acoustifan here in the USA, maybe even the Papst.

munichkid · Post by **munichkid** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 2:38 pm

Delta WFB1212M @ 7 volts
Evercool Aluminum # 7 volts

Tad G · Post by **Tad G** » Wed Aug 18, 2004 3:49 pm

Globe 120mm fans. A very interesting fan that I've recently begun to "play" with. Best when used with a Zalman fan mate #1.

Inexpensive and quiet, too. Much more information can be found in searching for a review on 120 mm fans done by Ed Ng.

Here's the link.

http://www.mnpctech.com/Globe.html

aaronspink · Post by **aaronspink** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 1:51 am

Hellspawn wrote:Been looking around and can't find a single 120mm quiet fan (or any noise level) with only a 3pin (tach sensing) power source.

Is there such an animal?

The 120mm Mechatronics fan at coolerguys is 3 pin and supposedly very very quiet.

Jan Kivar · Post by **Jan Kivar** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 7:53 am

The Enermax adjustable (UC-12FAB-B) has also a 3-pin connector. Though it needs 5V for quiet operation, at 12V it's LOUD. Even when the adjust is at min. Comes with 4-pin to 3-pin adapter, which is easily modded for 5V operation.

Cheers,

Jan

Post by **Ralf Hutter** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 11:27 am

Panaflo L1A's can use regular 3-pin Panaflo tails as well.

burcakb · Post by **burcakb** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 2:02 pm

Vantec Stealth (you did say any noise level

)

Noiseblocker SX2Pro Blacksilence (quietish with little bearing clicking that can be muffled with a good case)

Nexus is powered from a 4-pin but has a seperate tach-sensor 3-pin lead. You can't control the voltage through software though.

Tim_U · Post by **Tim_U** » Thu Aug 19, 2004 5:34 pm

Ralf Hutter wrote:Panaflo L1A's can use regular 3-pin Panaflo tails as well.

With RPM Montoring???

Post by **Ralf Hutter** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 5:24 am

Tim_U wrote:
Ralf Hutter wrote:Panaflo L1A's can use regular 3-pin Panaflo tails as well.
With RPM Montoring???

Only if they're "BX" versions of the fan.

Tim_U · Post by **Tim_U** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 3:42 pm

Ahh, yes. Wouldn't that make them L1BX's though?

Straker · Post by **Straker** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 5:44 pm

no, but it would make them L1As using three pin tails, with no RPM monitoring.

Tim_U · Post by **Tim_U** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 7:27 pm

And the point of the third wire would be....?

MonsterMac · Post by **MonsterMac** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 7:33 pm

i'd just like to put another vote towards the globe 120mm fan; i havent heard of anyone or experienced having any problems with them versus papst/panaflo/evercool/acoustifan where i've had all of htem and have gotten bad models (though good ones as well).

Straker · Post by **Straker** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 6:50 am

Tim_U wrote: And the point of the third wire would be....?

none, but it lets you use a motherboard header instead of a regular 4 pin molex - don't need rpm monitoring for speedfan to work.

Tim_U · Post by **Tim_U** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 5:56 pm

Why go to all that effort when there's no problem with attaching a 3pin female plug using only two wires.... I've done this with all my L1As, and attached them to the MoBo headers without a problem...

Bluefront · Post by **Bluefront** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 2:11 am

CompUSA is closing out their current house brand 120mm fan (3-pins) for $4.88. The brand is Power Logic.....fairly quiet at lowered voltages. Sometimes there's an Evercool plastic fan in the package. Never know....

Nik7304 · Post by **Nik7304** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 3:11 am

shathal wrote:
I've got two Evercool Aluminium 120's (riding under the "TITAN" brand in Europe).

Shatal, if you read this, or if anyone else knows, where could I find these 3-pin Evercools in the UK?

/Nik

Straker · Post by **Straker** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 7:23 pm

Tim_U wrote:Why go to all that effort when there's no problem with attaching a 3pin female plug using only two wires.... I've done this with all my L1As, and attached them to the MoBo headers without a problem...

how is using a "normal" 3 wire tail more effort than soldering/crimping/whatever the two bare wires onto a 3 pin female connector?

unless two wire tails with 3-pin connectors are common... i don't even know, but i only normally see a choice of 3-wire tails for mb/fanbus etc connectors, and 4-pin molex tails.

unless you took a 3 wire tail and just cut the third wire off!

Tim_U · Post by **Tim_U** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 7:58 pm

ahh, I see your point... I've only ever purchased fans that have had bare tails or 3pin headers...

thanks for the explainations

Are there any 120mm quiet fans w/ 3pin connector ONLY?

Are there any 120mm quiet fans w/ 3pin connector ONLY?

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