Evercool Red Scorpion 14cm
The RSF-14 is a pretty red fan that comes with a reduction adapter to allow you to cram the output of a 140mm fan into a 120mm circle. It actually works.
Evercool has this to say about their fan:
Compatible for 12 cm fan pitch positions on every computer side panels and chassis.
• Also comes with a 12 cm to 14 cm fan adapter that easily upgrades your fan.
• Equipped with a silent, large air volume, and long life 14 cm fan that draws hot air out quickly to ensure the system cooling efficiency.
• Easy to install, and very practical to use.
• Also comes with a 12 cm to 14 cm fan adapter that easily upgrades your fan.
• Equipped with a silent, large air volume, and long life 14 cm fan that draws hot air out quickly to ensure the system cooling efficiency.
• Easy to install, and very practical to use.
Product Page: Here
This fan is a variation on model EC14025L12EA. The product page has a link at the bottom to show you a picture of the blister pack. The picture shows the smoky translucent caliber-reducer pretty well. Evercool appears to manufacture their own fans.
Gelid Solutions Silent 12
As with most fans, these have their ‘fans,’ people who liberally populate their cases with them. With their hydrodynamic bearings, the Silent 12’s are an inexpensive alternative to the ubiquitous sleeve bearing fan.
Gelid Solutions’s take on their fan:
Designed for Silent enthusiasts GELID Silent case fans provide additional airflow without increasing noise levels and at affordable prices. Precisely balanced fan blades and long life Hydro Dynamic bearing guarantee ultra low noise. To add to the silence fan mounts replace traditional screws and are made of high quality, temperature resistant, extra long lasting rubber and stop vibrations from the fan motor from traveling into your PC case.
Features:
• Silent Operation
• Optimized Fan Blades
• High Airflow &High Static Pressure
• Rubber Fan Mounts
• Silent Operation
• Optimized Fan Blades
• High Airflow &High Static Pressure
• Rubber Fan Mounts
Product Page: Here
The fan tested was model FN-SX12-10. It comes with four double-ended vibration isolators. A good picture of them is here with a guide to using them here (they did it right in the latter picture).
What Gelid doesn’t mention is that with HDB, their fan can be pointed in any direction without degradation of the bearing.
Masscool BLD-12025V1
Masscool sells a variety of inexpensive but solid fans. This is an example. On close inspection it looks very much like a Cooler Master Sickleflow, but with ball bearings.
Masscool’s description of this fan:
• 4 blue LEDs
• Ball bearing
• 50,000 long life hours
• Maximum RPM up to 60CFM
• RoHS compliance for protecting the environment
• 3 pins /4 pins connector
• Ball bearing
• 50,000 long life hours
• Maximum RPM up to 60CFM
• RoHS compliance for protecting the environment
• 3 pins /4 pins connector
Product Page: Here
With this test fan the specs were accurate for speed and SPL. A soft, pleasant sound.
