Clicking yate loons...

[aviduser]

Just bought a 5 pack of D-12-SL-12 fans. They were on sale at ncix, but all of them make a dull clicking noise. I can hear them from about 5 ft away.

I know not to expect the same sound levels as my noctua's, but hell my antec tri cools were way quieter...

I figure I'll have to pop these open and try greasing them, what would you guys suggest using?

Thanks

[steers]

What configuration are you running the fans in? Horizontal or vertical? I've heard bad things about running Yate Loons horizontally (like attached to a top-mounted radiator), but I'm afraid I can't be of much help on the subject, as I tend to be more of a Scythe man myself (no first-hand experience with Yate Loons).

[aviduser]

I have 2 horizontal on a rad and 2 vertical exhausting air from the case. They all sound identically annoying.

[crazyhorsejohnny]

Yeah I don't think they're a good choice to be put on rads. I bought some last year and I won't buy anymore. Scythe and Noctua for me now.

[Supergrover]

Originally Posted by crazyhorsejohnny

Yeah I don't think they're a good choice to be put on rads. I bought some last year and I won't buy anymore. Scythe and Noctua for me now.

They can be a excellent choice for a rad , depends on the setup.

Only time I have heard a clicking is when the bearings were going, from 5' away they should be dead silent.

[Eagle Eye]

Originally Posted by crazyhorsejohnny

Scythe and Noctua for me now.

Ha! I was just going to say "should've bought Noctua" can't speak for scythe never owned any of their products.

Any warranty with the yates?

EE

[SugarJ]

I've got 4 of them, they stopped ticking when I mounted them horizontally. (Like on my top mount rad).

[aviduser]

Weird, I mean I've run cheap evercools and crap and never had any noise besides airflow come from a fan. Like I say it seems to have nothing to do with orientation.

I guess at 5 bucks a pop I could afford to take the loss on these things (don't think its worth any sort of RMA)

...I've always heard yate loons were a good bang for buck fan. Oh well

[Dar_ell]

Originally Posted by Eagle Eye

Ha! I was just going to say "should've bought Noctua" can't speak for scythe never owned any of their products.

Any warranty with the yates?

EE

Scythes are alright, i would prefer owning more noctua but right now im saving up for other upgrades.

[Eagle Eye]

I was fortunate and got mine cheap, there was time back in the day a long long long long time ago once here at HWC we had something called SPONSORED DEALS - Hardware Canucks, but now they remain nothing more than a distant memory dearly missed by all.