Silenx Fans???

[GamerTrem]

Building myself a new 3900X PC for gaming, streaming, and video production. I'm going with air cooled and looking through fans to try and maximize cooling. I came across a brand called Silenx. LTT did some videos on them... 8 years ago roughly. But can't find anything newer than that. Any posts I do see are essentially fan boys (yeah pun!) talking about them but with no actual information. Anyone use or test these recently and know how they stack up over time and compared to others or if their claims are actually accurate?
Link for Reference:
https://www.newegg.com/silenx-efx-12-15b-case-fan/p/N82E16835226043

[WoodenMarker]

From what I've read, they had some popular 38mm fans back in the day but their 25mm fans aren't nearly as good. Most info I find on them are forum posts regarding them as bad and far from quiet. Specific in-depth fan reviews are hard to find. 

Which posts are you referring to?

SilentX's reputation went pretty downhill after a rep was caught shilling on the SPCR forums. http://www.silentpcreview.com/article739-page3.html#silenx

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A SilenX spokesman was caught shilling his product by carrying on a conversation with himself on SPCR's forums, reregistering himself several times after his fraudulent activities were exposed by SPCR staff.

I think I've had some SilenX's in my collection at some point but not any more. If I'm remembering correctly, they weren't extremely quiet. 

[GamerTrem]

Thanks, it seems odd that a fan "this good" would never be mentioned in any videos or reviews newer than 8 years ago. That really  makes a lot more sense now

[Ev Dog]

When I build my pc about 6 years ago, since then I have upgraded with a new case, graphics card, and power supply but I never really paid attention to my air cooling and I actually have my self a 120mm fan from SilenX that I have bought as a fan to upgrade and I'm more than satisfied with this fan that I had gotten off of Newegg.

 

https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16835226045?item=9SIA85V36V6239

 

I am more than satisfied with this fan like I had said before, and it is pretty silent just like its supposed to be, and as a +1 it's pretty cheap too for a good fan.

Edited July 18, 2019 by colonel_mortis
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