The Antec TrueQuiet™ are very lovely fans. Their anti-vibration corner buffers not only are pretty, but should keep whatever vibrations these fans make from reaching your case. They further this approach by supplying you with vibration-reducing connectors. Antec clearly wants you to have a quiet experience. But whether you look at their noise or their cooling performance, on High or Low settings, these are at best average fans. There are quieter fans that cool better and cool not as well. There are fans with comparable cooling that are quieter and noisier.



That said, these are quiet fans, especially the TrueQuiet 140: on the High switch setting it makes only 16.5 decibels of noise in free air. You will barely hear that. And with the Low switch settings both fans probably do make their specified 10 dB. You will not hear that outside your case.

Since these are sleeve bearing fans, before you put them in service you should lubricate their center wells with a light machine oil (do not use a penetrant like WD-40), and re-lubricate them every six months as you would your car.

Best used for case fans, especially in situations where you wish to show off your kit. These are, after all, beautiful creations.