This fan looks like a NEXUS 120mm (FOR $8 + shipping)

Post by **NeilBlanchard** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 4:29 am

Hello:

Interitus wrote:gah you guys sold them out already

Did you check the other three links for places that also sell them -- in mk's post? It's about 5th or 6th down on the first page.

Tiamat · Post by **Tiamat** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 5:22 am

My brother bought the exact last one from computergeeks. I told him about it, and he got in. One good thing is they refresh their website instantly. I did the "punch f5 furiously" thing and lo and behond, 5 seconds after my brother said he submitted the order, they put up a sold out declaration.

Interitus · Post by **Interitus** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 5:36 am

NeilBlanchard wrote:Hello:

Interitus wrote:gah you guys sold them out already
Did you check the other three links for places that also sell them -- in mk's post? It's about 5th or 6th down on the first page.

Yeah I checked them Neil, however it will be over $10 more from the cheapest of those suppliers after shipping. I do have 2 Globe 120mm's ready for my new BQE whenever I get it all finished, so I'll just wait and see if they get more in stock. It was more of an impulse buy anyways

Thanks for the head's up though!

frostedflakes · Post by **frostedflakes** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 1:21 pm

Bummer.

Adam:

Thanks for your e-mail.

Unfortunately, there's no indication when/if we may get any shipments soon. If you haven't already, please enter your e-mail address at the following link to be notified when the item is restocked: http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=D12SL-12

If you have any questions, please contact us directly at 760.726.7700 and ask for sales.

Interitus · Post by **Interitus** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 5:52 pm

I went ahead and ordered 2 of the LED models. Looks like they'll be decent, at least i'm hoping it's better than the one in the OCZ Modstream

EvoFire · Post by **EvoFire** » Wed Jan 05, 2005 11:09 pm

I wanna know how the LED fans do too... Looking for LED fans, and that place ships anywhere, that is good news for me!!

Interitus · Post by **Interitus** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 12:22 am

I'll post my experience with them when I get them, still no shipping confirmation yet on my order.

-edit-

I just checked and it's already loaded onto the Fedex truck

So happy they use Fedex ground hehe. Should have em in 2-3 days.

Mr_Smartepants · Post by **Mr_Smartepants** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 12:31 am

I just checked. They shipped mine yesterday, the day after I ordered.

Fast service. Woohoo!

DrCR · Post by **DrCR** » Thu Jan 06, 2005 7:18 am

Awesome find! I haven't been here in a while. Glad I checked in! Just awaiting some feedback on the LEDs. I think I'll put in an order for the 80mms now!

DrCR

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Gxcad · Post by **Gxcad** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 5:28 pm

I received my orange yate loons yesterday, everything indicates these are EXACTLY identical to nexus 120mm from what I can tell (except the obvious...price and stickers). Compared to Panaflo 120mm (both the L1A and the OEM one with the unusual blade design they sometimes sell on ebay) these are FAR quieter and are the quietest 120mm fan I've heard at 12v. They will start up consistently at zalman fanmate 1's minimum setting (5v I think) and are very smooth sounding with very minimal bearing noise. Although the minimum startup voltage is nothing to brag about, it is important to note it is quieter at the minimum startup voltage and can undervolt like a champ. I use my sunbeam rheobus to go below 5v and I've never turned the dial so low and still have a 120mm fan continue to spin. I unfortunately can't tell you what the voltage is, but its about 12:30 on the sunbeam dial. At the 12:30 position (minimum spinning voltage) the vibration amounts are very low. Of course, at this low speed they don't push much air, but they do push some air and I suspect it would do well in ducted situations.

I have 3 samples and they all perform identically. Quiet consistent undervolting champs and also one of the cheaper 120mm fans on the market (thanks to this find!). Come with both 3 pin and 4 pin connectors with pass through, plastic fan frame, truly a reference 120mm fan! Great find! Only weaknesses are closed corners and orange color (IMHO). I think most SPCR users don't have a window on their case anyway! corners can be modded away to be used with EAR mounting grommets. I'm thinking of melting it away with a soldering iron

Compugeeks VERY fast with fedex ground to SF, CA. Order placed Jan 4th after hours Shipped Jan 5th received Jan 6th.

-Ken

P.S. Although it works, soldering iron/melting NOT recommended.

greeef · Post by **greeef** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 6:36 pm

phuzer wrote: Also i include 2 Hercules 3D Prophet III (geforce3 card) for $30 each.

just to say i used to run one of these - tough as anything, clock well and took a right battering while still running perfectly.

Nice colour too. Should be able to mount a vga silencer.

Post by **NeilBlanchard** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 7:33 pm

Hello:

I got my two Yate Loon 120mm fans today -- I ordered them Monday, and just got the Ground FedEx.

Ken has already summed them up -- I have not been able to undervolt them yet, They *do* run faster and blow more air than the Nexus version -- and they make a soft 'hmmm' at 12 volts (blade noise), and the air flow is audible, and there is just a touch of bearing noise (at least I think it's the bearings). One has ever so slightly more bearing noise than the other, but it seemed to fade slightly as it ran for a couple of minutes. I only ran them in free air.

The PS I used to run them is a Fortron Source, and I put it down on the floor to get it as far away as possible. These are certainly the best value going, by far, but the Nexus is quieter, but it also blows less air.

BlueCan · Post by **BlueCan** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 8:14 pm

Interitus wrote:
NeilBlanchard wrote:Hello:

Interitus wrote:gah you guys sold them out already
Did you check the other three links for places that also sell them -- in mk's post? It's about 5th or 6th down on the first page.
Yeah I checked them Neil, however it will be over $10 more from the cheapest of those suppliers after shipping.

Interesting! isellsurplus has them for $6.99 today, and their shipping seemed reasonable. $5 ground for me. Came to $9.48 each.

My wife's machine just keeps getting quieter...

smoothness · Post by **smoothness** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 8:55 pm

has anyone ever ordered from isellsurplus.com besides BlueCan?

frostedflakes · Post by **frostedflakes** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 11:25 pm

Very interesting. Last I checked they were almost twice that.

Their resellerratings seemed descent enough, so I went ahead and ordered two. Total was $18.97 after shipping.

york · Post by **york** » Sat Jan 08, 2005 1:58 am

smoothness wrote:has anyone ever ordered from isellsurplus.com besides BlueCan?

I bought 2 120mm, and 2 80mm from them today. I'll report back about them when I receive the order.

warlock110 · Post by **warlock110** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 8:01 am

i also bought 3 from them, it should be here quick, it USPS priority shipping, 3 days max. we'll see. this is actually a pretty good price

Interitus · Post by **Interitus** » Sun Jan 09, 2005 9:51 am

smoothness wrote:has anyone ever ordered from isellsurplus.com besides BlueCan?

I just ordered 2 from them as well.

gabeyd · Post by **gabeyd** » Mon Jan 10, 2005 9:16 pm

I already ordered from isellsurplus.com, but compgeeks has them back in stock if anyone is interested in ordering from there instead.

-Gabe

Gxcad · Post by **Gxcad** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 12:05 am

I forgot to mention but I ran mine at 12v for about 8 hours before trying the listening tests, just to warm them up and break in the bearings if that sort of thing exists for fans.

-Ken

Post by **NeilBlanchard** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 1:48 am

Hello Ken:

Gxcad wrote:I forgot to mention but I ran mine at 12v for about 8 hours before trying the listening tests, just to warm them up and break in the bearings if that sort of thing exists for fans.

Good point -- I'll bet they do change a bit in the first few hours. Sleeve (aka oilite?) bearings are going to smooth out their inner surface, and get into better alignment -- and probably get a little quieter. This kind of bearing is used in slot cars, and they do have a brief break in time.

Bluefront · Post by **Bluefront** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 3:09 am

FWIW...These fans are back in stock at Compgeeks again.

Edward Ng · Post by **Edward Ng** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 7:09 am

For two orange 120s, four blue LED translucent 120s, two aluminum 80s and four black plastic 80s in; there's something peculiar going on with the 80s and I haven't yet gotten around to testing them yet, but the orange 120s are identical to the Nexus 120s, and the blue translucent LED 120s are also very, very good, with the advantage of being able to spin at higher speed if necessary while still remaining relatively quiet and extremely smooth, not to mention being some of the nicest LED fans I've ever seen, by far, with a wonderful blue glow that permeates the translucent casing quite nicely and provides a soft blue glow to the area around it without being overwhelmingly bright at all.

I'll test the 80s later on, probably tonight, but for today I'm going to concentrate on getting the CES pics done up first.

-Ed

Tyrdium · Post by **Tyrdium** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:03 am

Ooo, CES pics! You get anything on Shuttle's new nForce 4 box?

Edward Ng · Post by **Edward Ng** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:19 am

Unfortunately, this photographer wasn't with Russ and Charlie when they visited Shuttle.

Tyrdium · Post by **Tyrdium** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:21 am

Bah... I assume they didn't have cameras?

Edward Ng · Post by **Edward Ng** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:42 am

Charlie didn't.

Tyrdium · Post by **Tyrdium** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 12:05 pm

*looks at Russ*

You have some pictures for me, right?

york · Post by **york** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 12:31 pm

aww its CES you could have used a wifi camera being showcased and emailed yourself the pics.

Twill · Post by **Twill** » Tue Jan 11, 2005 2:30 pm

Thanks so much,

Including shipping to canada, these are still cheaper than buying nexus fans...just got two for a dual 120 rad shuttle watercooling project

Now to scrounge up the other parts for cheap :-p

Thanks again

Twill

This fan looks like a NEXUS 120mm (FOR $8 + shipping)

Got mine today...