SilenX IXP-74-14B Blue LED Case Fan

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My 3 fans has been doing well, they spin perfectly since I had them. They push a good amount of air and they have been doing an excellent job as my GPU(1 fan) and CPU(2 fans) fans.Perhaps I have better luck then others, or perhaps other buyers has bad luck.

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I have no idea how long ago it failed because of how quiet it is. I mounted one in my 800D for the hard drives. Something is misaligned and the blades are stuck on the support piece. Motor was still trying to run so when I touched it felt like I was about to burn myself. I maybe got 4 months out of it. 1 Other person I talked to bought 10 of them and 3 failed in the same manner.

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Good quality fan Not as quiet as I wanted it to be. Hopes this helps.

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I bought these fans to replace my stock case fans in an attempt to build a silent-ish PC. I have an Utra EVO case, and I must say the original case fans are much quieter. I could tell as soon as I booted it up that my system is louder. Just to make sure, I made recordings with my Shure mic and M-Audio FW410 of noise levels before and after this fan was installed... Silenx fan (rated at 14dB) is about 12 dB louder than the Ultra fan (rated at 33 dB). It definitely moves a lot more air than the Ultra fan, which reportedly moves 5 CFM more. It was able to hold a piece of paper against the grill with the suction from this fan. My case felt nice and chilly inside after installing two of these. LED looks cool in front grill. It would be easier to install these in an empty case with the silicon mounting plugs - this proved to be quite difficult in a case full of components. In the end I feel these fans are quality, but do not deliver in the lack-of-noise department.