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We don't often analyse fans on Kitguru, mainly because it is such a dull prospect for everyone involved.
Until Aerocool took some time to explain the new Dead Silence design we were ready to politely refuse and move onto something ‘more interesting'. We are glad we decided to accept the samples for review, because the DS Dead Silence fans are something special.
There is no doubt in my mind that while Aerocool may still be earning their reputation in the enthusiast sector, that they are coming up with some great ideas. The Dead Silence Gaming Cube reviewed in October 2013 has proven to be a great sales success for the company, and rightly so – we loved it. The Dead Silence Gaming Cube not only looked fantastic, but I couldn't hear it when it was switched on, earning it bonus points.
Bequiet! have experienced great success over the last couple of years with their superb quality SilentWings range of fans, but I have to admit I wasn't expecting AeroCool to be batting at this high a level so quickly. The fact that Aerocool are selling 120mm and 140mm fans in 4 different colours is also sure to prove popular with the image conscious enthusiast system builder. Technically, they are high grade Fluid Dynamic Bearing fans built to last a very long time … in excess of 100,000 hours.
Both 120mm and 140mm fans should be rated with the quietest fans currently available and our testing has shown that by removing the default Corsair fans on the H60 and H90 all in one liquid coolers, you can reduce system noise emissions substantially. Taking it a stage further and replacing chassis fans as well would reap massive rewards. I for one thoroughly enjoy building a nice quiet system and always budget in extra money for quality fans. We all know that many case manufacturers will use the cheapest fans they can order, in bulk – to keep down their costs.
We have no hesitiation in giving these Aerocool DS Dead Silence fans our highest award. They are exceptionally well built, emit virtually no noise, but can compete with many performance fans currently shipping with leading ‘all in one' liquid coolers.
We don't yet have confirmed pricing or store links, but we have been told that prices will range between £9 and £13, per fan. Also, good news for those people who don't like LED lighting because Aerocool will be selling a plain black version.
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You can buy them over at CCL.
Pros:
- almost silent.
- both produce strong airflow.
- coloured, with matched LED lighting.
- various adapters included in box.
Cons:
- None
Kitguru says: These are easily some of the best fans that money can buy. They look great and Fluid Dynamic bearing fans are built to last a very long time.
Very pretty fans, I like them. I can’t find them anywhere to buy – like a lot of stuff you guys reviews 🙁
Try CCL, they have stock 🙂
Ordering 4 for my NZXT chassis. dont like the standard fans in it.
Going to order a bunch at the weekend – PAYDAY!!!! good looking fans too, look wicked. awesome.
We will have some stock available later today…
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Price is quite good at CCL, will be picking a few up for some ‘trials’ will share my findings over on the Kitguru Facebook page in a few weeks, all being well.
Shame I didnt get some good high res pics of the blue fans. im in the middle of a mod on my corsair case which I shared on Facebook , those blue and black fans would work a treat. Also, congrats to Aerocool on adopting FLUID DYNAMIC BEARINGS, I used to own some of these fans and they lasted for years and outlived my system. fantastic.
ordered a red and a white. will post my feedback later. seem high tech and I never rated aerocool that highly, although I like their dead silence case a lot.
Are they better than BeQuiet Silent Wings 2?
I’ve been interested in upgrading my 140mm fan, but have been divided between beQuiet and Noctua. However with the designs on these I would like to know how they all compare especially since I’ve been told Noctua is the top but have a horribly ugly colour scheme.
Hello. It is unfortunately difficult to compare fans such as Noctua v BeQuiet! v Aerocool. as the limit of our noise monitoring equipment is 28 dBa (which is basically ‘silent’ in the real world). Most of these fans are rated below 20dBa and we just can’t accurately produce noise graphs for these without highly specialised equipment. Rest assured, any of these leading fans will produce fantastic results in a variety of situations and a lot of the buying decision will probably be made on appearance. Noctua obviously have a massive following even though many people class them as ugly looking.
We could try and follow up with a cooling performance article comparing the leading fans, but time right now is very tight in regards to overall review demands.
Great looking fans! I am going to replace my noisy H60 with one of those. One question: My H60 fan is connected to the 4pin CPU fan socket. I understand the Aerocool DS fans only have a 3 pin, meaning there is no RPM control from the system. Does it matter? (As this is my only CPU fan)
Get a 4-pin Y splitter socket.
Thanks! I run it on full speed @1200 for now. It is much quieter than the H60 and gives me more flow, as the H60 was regulated to around 1100 by PWM.
Just installed 2 of these fans in my computer and amazing. My temperature has even dropped a little.
Mine did not last 6 months mounted horizontally, of the 6 purchased 4 rattle noisily at mid rpm, and one even developed a low frequency vibration that I could hear/feel throughout my entire house.
All reviewers mention that you should not use the horizontally. If you use them on an AIO radiator, set it up in front of your case as intake. Horizontal setup will destroy these fans. I guess all the noise reduction engineering has its flaws.
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