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"Quiet" 80mm case fans? (Burnaby, BC)

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I'm trying to find something that I can pick up in Burnaby, but none of the offerings from NCIX that I looked at are currently available at that location.

 

Not really sure what to look for. The last 80mm fan I bought was 3 years ago, "Silenx Effizio 80MM LED Quiet Fan 1700RPM 32CFM 15DBA Fluid Dynamic Bearings 3/4PIN" for $5.19. I don't see anything with a CFM rating that high and DBA that low, at least not anywhere near the same price. Were those specs just lying?

 

I'd like to spend less than $15 per.

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I had one of those, and the specs seem like complete BS. The Arctic F8 PWM in my grandma's computer does far better, and its quieter.

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I'm trying to find something that I can pick up in Burnaby, but none of the offerings from NCIX that I looked at are currently available at that location.

 

Not really sure what to look for. The last 80mm fan I bought was 3 years ago, "Silenx Effizio 80MM LED Quiet Fan 1700RPM 32CFM 15DBA Fluid Dynamic Bearings 3/4PIN" for $5.19. I don't see anything with a CFM rating that high and DBA that low, at least not anywhere near the same price. Were those specs just lying?

 

I'd like to spend less than $15 per.

Agreed with above, the smaller the fan the louder  it is, since it has to spin faster to push the same amount of air compared to a larger fan. 

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Hit up some Noctua 80mm fans. Very quiet and very well made.

i5-4690k @ 4.5ghz ---- Dual Gigabyte Gtx 780 OC Rev2.0's SLI ---- Noctua NH-D14 ---- Triple 1080p Surround

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NF-R8: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/part/noctua-case-fan-nfr8redux1200

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