Good Fan Brands

[Scenic]

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any opinions on Akasa ?
got some of them with the NZXT Beta case i bought used.
not the quietest but ok..

[c_hegge]

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...Superred is hard to find, but pretty good... Jamicon are actually pretty decent too.

I have a few superred fans and a lot of jamicons in my collection, mostly removed from faulty PSUs. Good to know they are half-decent

[RJARRRPCGP]

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Good Brands:
- Minebea/NMB
- Delta

I like them, because they have powerful fans.

I have a screaming Delta on my Barton system now.

[c_hegge]

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Has anyone herad of Top motor fans? I used a couple on my modded CPU cooler (https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showthread.php?t=11562). Also, what about Protechnic? I've seen a few FSP PSUs with them.

[Behemot]

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There is so many brands making brushless motors and fans in China...

[shovenose]

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Tly i see fsp using adda fans. Lots of deltas are noisy imo. Antec top motor fans are nois but reliable. (afaik)

[370forlife]

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I see top motor a lot in cheaper power supplies like topower and the older antec CWT units. Makes me thing they might just be OK fans.

Protechnic are about the same IMO. Same with Power Logic. Also put Colorful Industrial in this category.

Globe Fan is a pretty good company.

Te Bao Metallic Plastic seem cheap, and they like to cease up. They can actually be quiet though and push decent air. You know how they are always found in sunpro power supplies? Thats because Te Bao is the name of the sunpro factory, Te Bao metallic plastic fans are made by sunpro.

Cherry brand fans are found in a lot of cheap yuelin made cases and power supplies, they are noisy and don't push much air. Superfan are found in some of the nicer sunpro made power supplies and cases, but they are questionable as I haven't seen too many of them around.

[Wizard]

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NMB
Nonoise (uses different makers but they tend to be much low current fan for quiietness).
Delta
Nidec
Sankyo

A decent ball bearing fans listed above lasts long time and quiet. Under-volt them enough. 5V-6V is plenty for 12V fans.

Cheers, Wizard

[momaka]

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I found a seized Superred fan in a Macron PSU once. My overall impressions of it were not so good. Instead of having a normal rubber plug like most other fans, it had a plastic insert/plug pressed into the casing. Had to resort to drilling and let's just say it didn't look all that pretty afterwards. It worked though! Fan is lubed and running all good now.

Protechnic are about the same IMO. Same with Power Logic. Also put Colorful Industrial in this category.

Power Logic is pretty decent. I've had one last 7 years @ pretty much full blast (10-11v) in a L&C PSU. Still works great. When I opened it, there was still plenty of oil in there and the sleeve had almost no play/wobble. Found another Power Logic in a Deer PSU too. Same decent quality.

You know how they are always found in sunpro power supplies? Thats because Te Bao is the name of the sunpro factory, Te Bao metallic plastic fans are made by sunpro.

Interesting. Where do you get this info anyways.
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On a related note, I wonder if all of these sleeve bearing fans seize up do to improper (or rather lack of) lubrication at the factory.

[kc8adu]

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the brand i consistantly see bad is xinrulian.
replaced a ton of them in early emachines and recently in vector/black&decker/power on board battery chargers.

[370forlife]

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Interesting. Where do you get this info anyways.
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On a related note, I wonder if all of these sleeve bearing fans seize up do to improper (or rather lack of) lubrication at the factory.

Travis at Jonnyguru lives in china and is very familiar with lots of power supply companies, big and small.

Another cheap fan brand, Rulian Science and Technology.

[c_hegge]

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I've seen tons Ruilian Science fans fail.

[kc8adu]

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I've seen tons Ruilian Science fans fail.

see xinrulian above.

[kc8adu]

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i relube any i have in use and they seem to go on forever.many are dry inside.

I found a seized Superred fan in a Macron PSU once. My overall impressions of it were not so good. Instead of having a normal rubber plug like most other fans, it had a plastic insert/plug pressed into the casing. Had to resort to drilling and let's just say it didn't look all that pretty afterwards. It worked though! Fan is lubed and running all good now.


Power Logic is pretty decent. I've had one last 7 years @ pretty much full blast (10-11v) in a L&C PSU. Still works great. When I opened it, there was still plenty of oil in there and the sleeve had almost no play/wobble. Found another Power Logic in a Deer PSU too. Same decent quality.


Interesting. Where do you get this info anyways.
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On a related note, I wonder if all of these sleeve bearing fans seize up do to improper (or rather lack of) lubrication at the factory.

[momaka]

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i relube any i have in use and they seem to go on forever.many are dry inside.

Yes, I've noticed the same thing. Most do very well once they get cleaned and relubed. I got two CBE branded fans, which are basically an exact copy of those Rulian Science fans (same crappy molding of the fan blades and casing), and after relubing them, they've been running good for a few years now.

On the topic of good fan brands, I think Sunon are also an excellent choice. Most of them seem very quiet for the amount of air they move. Delta are good too and very reliable, but they tend to be noisy.

[mockingbird]

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Nidec should be moved to OK list. They're not as good as they used to be.

[BigTroll]

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i don't know whats a good brand but i can tell you apevia sucks. oh and yes i like sunon, ive seen them in many laptops and they seem to last along time.

[yyonline]

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The Sunon maglev fans seem to last forever. Their other fans not so much, but they're hardly the worst out there. I see quite a few noisy Sunons in older Dell PSUs.

[370forlife]

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I believe JMC datech are just rebranded NMB.

[shovenose]

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I agree with 370 on that one