Gigabyte G-Power BL noise question

[Bokranator]

does any one know if..

a) this cpu fan is any good lol.

b) how loud does it get.

c) and if it glows with a blue led.

[gvblake22]

Looks like a decent heatsink...

Originally Posted by bit-tech

Final load temperatures are shown on the right hand side of the graph; surprisingly the lightest and quietest offering, Gigabyte's G-Power, performed significantly better than both of Cooler Master's heatsinks. The G-Power comes with an inline resistor to reduce its fan speed by 15%, it wasn't found to make much difference the final load temperature we measured or to the noise output of the fan - it was already one of the quietest components in our typical test system.

It also does appear to have blue LEDs on it as well, read this review...

There are probably better options though, why are you concerned with this specific model?

[Bokranator]

oh im trying to stay with gigabyte as they are known to be temperature concious and it looked good lol i was thinking of the zalman 8700 led?

[polobunny]

Ex-boss has/had one. I wasn't impressed by the temperatures at low fan speed. His computer was also in an Antec 900 just like mine. At high fan speeds the thing became somewhat noisy and didn't seem to offer extremely good performance either. It isn't exactly cheap either, I would skip and get a different cooler to be honest.

[Bokranator]

i need something silent-ish and good looking. any suggestions?

[gvblake22]

A Thermalright Ultra 120 can be paired with whatever 120mm fan you want and will provide some of the best air cooling around. If that's too expensive, you could drop down tho the Ultra 90 (92mm fan and four heatpipes) or Ultima 90 (92mm fan and six heatpipes). The ZeroTherm Nirvana also provides great performance and even comes with a blue LED fan.