Silverstone Fan Roundup Review
Review by: Steve
Edited by: Ji4m
Provided by: Silverstone
Price: From $6 to $10 Canadian

Introduction:
To continue on our review lineup or some of the Silverstone accessories, today we'll be looking at three of their fans. These fans come in a variety of sizes, promise quiet operation and have great price tags!

In The Box's:

    
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Specs:

Features:
One of the notable selling features of all three fans is definitely the low noise level. None of the three fans exceeds 26dBA in noise. That is very impressive, especially for the larger 120mm fan, as many fans that size can get extremely noisy.

  
(FN82, Click to enlarge)

I'll briefly touch on the FN82 for a moment. You may have noticed in the pictures that this looks different than many other 80mm fans. That is because only the mounting frame of the fan is 80mm, the fan blades are actually that of a 92mm fan! So if you compare the specs of the FN91 (an actual 92mm fan) and the FN82 you will notice that they are exactly same, as everything but the bracket size is the same between the two. Having the 92mm blades on an 80mm fan can come in extremely helpful, and one suggested use would be mounting it on a CPU heatsink for even better airflow.

(FN91, Click to enlarge)

The FN121 runs at 1200RPM which I noted to be quite lower than other 120mm fans I have looked at in the past. Yet, for having such a low RPM the airflow is still a fairly standard 53.24CFM which is right in the ballpark of other 120mm fans. The only disappointment on this fan is that it is sleeve bearing which is not as good lifewise as a ball bearing would be. I won't hold that against the fan in any way, but it's just a small feature some may take attention to.

(FN121, Click to enlarge)
    

Installation:
Installation of the fans was as easy as four screws and plugging them in. Both the FN82 and FN91 also have four little rubber silencers that can be put between the screw and mounting surface to eliminate noise caused by vibration. The FN121 did not have any vibration dampeners included with it. The FN121 gets it's power from a standard four pin molex plug, there is an additional 3 pin lead for RPM monitoring. The other two fans are both standard three pin leads with an included 3 pin to molex adapter if you wish to run them straight off your power supply.

Testing:
The testing I did to the fans was to plug them in and listen to the overall noise of them. All three fans were decently quiet and did not stand out over any other noise in my PC case when installed.

Conclusion:
Overall I was very happy with the three fans from Silverstone. All had very good airflow and paired up with their quiet operation and great prices they make a must have for anyone looking for added cooling.

Pros:
Great prices
All 3 had super performance
Very quiet
Decent length wires (not super short like some fans)
All 3 have RPM monitoring ability
Overall good build quality is evident, nothing is flimsy

Cons:
FN121 is sleeve bearing

Rating: 10/10 for all 3 fans

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