GlacialTech SilentBlade - new contender on 120 mm market?

jermaink · Post by **jermaink** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:03 pm

I got 5 of the cheaper black ones, and 2 of the slightly more expensive (but clear ones).

The clear ones had bad noise artifacts (but I had only 2) while 2-3 of the black ones had noise artifiacts.

Firetech · Post by **Firetech** » Sat Jan 07, 2006 7:46 pm

Thanks for the reply Jermaink.

Maybe I'll stick with the black BDL version for CPU cooling use and resort to the Nexus only if that doesn't work out.

PS where did you get them for $7.50?

argus · Post by **argus** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 12:47 pm

i've bought a black version for my PS and i can say i'm really satisfied with it... incredibly silent but still pushing a lot of air. undervolt friendly too. it had some notiecable high pitch whine when on 12v setting but a fanmate does wonders

a great fan for the 7$ pricetag it carries here

jermaink · Post by **jermaink** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:39 am

Firetech wrote:Thanks for the reply Jermaink.

Maybe I'll stick with the black BDL version for CPU cooling use and resort to the Nexus only if that doesn't work out.

PS where did you get them for $7.50?

HB Outlet.

Post by **NeilBlanchard** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:43 am

Hello,

The Silverstone FN121 is basically the same exact fan. And (when they are in stock) you can get them at NewEgg for $7.50 (plus shipping).

It is back in stock at NewEgg, and it costs $12.50 shipped.

Firetech · Post by **Firetech** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 10:34 pm

jermaink wrote:HB Outlet.

Cheers jermaink!

Thanks Neil but Newegg are too far away from me

nici · Post by **nici** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 7:02 am

Posted before but ill post again, not as good as the nexus but the nexus costs 20€ and this one you can find for like 5€, so for the price its an excellent fan. I have one clear blue and one black, they both sound the same. And both sound better than the Akasa amber, only got one of those though. So its still Nexus for me.. hate the damn orange though

jaganath · Post by **jaganath** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 7:28 am

So its still Nexus for me.. hate the damn orange though

So get the Yate Loon 120mm...they're exactly the same fan, just different top speeds:

D12SL-12 @ Silencio

dcor005 · Post by **dcor005** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:28 am

FYI - found a GlacialTech source in the US at http://www.microbarn.com

Direct link

high5 · Post by **high5** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 3:30 am

hi guys, my 1st post here... but i've been a regular SPCR reader for some time now.

anyway, i wanted to share my experiences with 120mm Glacialtech fans. in July i bought 2 'entering bearing' models (GT1225EBDL-1, official pdf).

right from the start, i could tell one fan was clearly better than the other (which had more noticable bearing noise, nothing unexpected given the price), so i used better one as an exhaust fan in my Centurion5 case at 750-800rpm. not-so-great one was used at 5 or 6V, and i didn't use it all the time. after a few months of usage, better fan's bearing started to make noticable 'shhh' noise. i tried lubricating the bearing w/ machine oil, using soft-mounting but nothing helped, fan was noticably degradating on monthly basis. noise was present even when i used my finger to spin up the fan. i got upto point where bearing noise became very annoying at anything over 400rpm over the past 2 months or so. 2nd fan is now the better one, but its also much worse than it was when i bought it.

anyway, when i bought these Glacialtech's i was like 'who needs Papst when you can have 3 of these for the same price'... well, i ended up buying 4412F/2GL last week.

Post by **NeilBlanchard** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 12:12 pm

Welcome to SPCR!!

high5 · Post by **high5** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 12:25 pm

thank you very much, Neil.

Firetech · Post by **Firetech** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 7:03 pm

Have just bought an EBD version for comparison so can't comment on it's longevity but my BDL is still going strong and quiet

Nat · Post by **Nat** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 3:38 pm

I've had a couple of the 120mm SilentBlades. Good for the price, but they do seem to suffer if not used with the best honey-combed fan outlets when compared to the Yate-Loon/Nexus. Maybe the 9 blade design results in higher impedance? Subjectively, they sound considerably louder when mounted in an Aopen case as opposed to an Antec etc.

They ain't much cop at 5v either, so if you're using automated fan control, it doesn't allow much scope for effective, scalable cooling. In this respect, I definately prefer the standard Yate-Loon D12SL.

jaganath · Post by **jaganath** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 12:18 am

So a summary of the Glacialtech 120mm....good at first, but deteriorate pretty quickly?

Nat · Post by **Nat** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 1:21 pm

Everflow fans are hit and miss in general. I've fitted quite a few budget systems with quiet Glacialtech heatsinks and maybe half have developed fan issues inside of 12 months, so I stopped buying 'em. Its a shame because the Glacialtech heatsinks themselves are cost effective and very well designed.

Firetech · Post by **Firetech** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 1:58 pm

Firetech wrote:Have just bought an EBD version for comparison so can't comment on it's longevity but my BDL is still going strong and quiet

Still the same here and happy with them for an AU$8 fan..

razza · Post by **razza** » Wed May 03, 2006 11:57 pm

jaganath wrote:So a summary of the Glacialtech 120mm....good at first, but deteriorate pretty quickly?

they are a hit and miss. If you happen to purchase good ones then you are laughing. Out of the 5 (BDL version) I bought 2 were clicking right out of the box. Spend the extra and get the quality

Thomas · Post by **Thomas** » Thu May 04, 2006 1:37 am

I've had a Glacialtech 70mm Silentblade as a CPU cooler, which most of the time runs at 6 volt. I'm using my Asus mobo QFan, thus during gaming, it speeds up to 12 volt. I believe my PC is turned on 1-3 hours pr. day, average. I've had it for a year.

At this point, the Glacialtech is more noisy than a Nexus 12 cm. It's probably unfair to compare a 7cm with a 12, but it's the only way, I can give you a kind of reference. I'll probably replace my Glacialtech 7 cm, with a Nexus 8 cm soon...

So, with my sample, I think it has a good value for money. Much better, than Arctic Cooling fans. But after I've becomed more interested in quiting my PC, I'll only buy safe choises like Nexus, in the future.

jaganath · Post by **jaganath** » Thu May 04, 2006 3:52 am

I'll only buy safe choises like Nexus, in the future.

Yate Loons are also good, available from silencio on Ebay:

silencio ebay shop

They are as good as Nexus, IMHO.

Howard · Post by **Howard** » Sat May 06, 2006 8:12 am

Tibors wrote:
eidolon wrote:Polycarbonate is not a brittle material.
So I highly doubt the material is polycarbonate.
NeilBlanchard wrote:Material: Impeller & Frame:
- Black: PLASTIC {UL 94V-0}
- Transparent Blue: PC BAYER 2805-SMALT PLASTIC {UL 94V-0}
For the people less chemically inclined: PC BAYER 2805 means it is made of MAKROLON 2805. That is the commercial name of a type of polycarbonate sold by Bayer.

Something else we all know and is made of polycarbonate are CDs. If you have ever tried to bend a CD, heard the resulting crack and seen the splinters of plastic, then you know how brittle polycarbonate is.

Regardless of the failure mode, polycarbonate isn't brittle. Brittle materials undergo very little plastic deformation before fracture... which polycarbonate doesn't exhibit.

roadie · Post by **roadie** » Thu May 18, 2006 12:39 am

http://www.microbarn.com/CaseFans_FAC-G ... 01507.html
This fan has very similar specs to the fans that are used in the Gigabyte Aurora chassis that I have. However, the Gigabyte branded fans are clear and have blue LED's. They too are made by Everflow and the model number is R121225SL. I have a few Globalwin NCB fans for comparison on the way.

GlacialTech SilentBlade - new contender on 120 mm market?

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