SilenX Ixtrema 80 & 120 Quiet Fans
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Published: 28th May 2006 | Source: SilenX | Price: |
Painted in colour I can only describe as gun-metal, and with the looks of a Jet engine the Ixtrema fans look like they mean business.
Each fan comes with a 3-pin fan cable, which is capable of sending fan speed information to your motherboard. Also included in the pack is a 3pin to 4pin converter, 4 standard fan screws and 4 rubber fan plugs that can be used in place of the screws to dampen vibrations.
Unfortunately my Silverstone TJ05 didn't have any space for an 80mm fan, so I thought it might be a good idea to put the fan to use on my heavily overclocked G.Skill memory, which was hitting 44oc and giving me a few stability issues. After a bit of messing around, I found some screws long enough to bolt it on to the holes in my Swiftech waterblock. The Ixtrema made an amazing difference to the temperature, as you can see on the next page.
As you can see from the pictures above, the 120mm Ixtrema could easily be installed using the standard fan screws, however, in order to use the vibration dampening plugs I was required to remove the fan grill as the plugs were too short.
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nicely done man 
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~14dBA at full speed? That's quiet - My 99p 120mm ebuyer ones are in the low-mid 30s!
Good review
Good review
Its worth noting the the Xtreme Performance (38mm) ones that are not featured in the review are a fair bit louder
Dam they nice. Could do with one to replace the jet-engine/****cmf fans i have. But £16 for a fan is way out for me .
.Nice review man, I enjoyed it. Those are some nice lookin fans, too.
You should try and get some Yate Loon 120MM fan's, people love them!!
Nick
You should try and get some Yate Loon 120MM fan's, people love them!!
Nick
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you know if those Ixtrema's come in 92mm? I could really use one for my case...
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you know if those Ixtrema's come in 92mm? I could really use one for my case...
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Thanks for the review, I'll be sure to look into them when upgrading my cooling system
looks like good fans but no way they will come to my "backwater" country
SpecialTech would most likely send them mate
they would but the price is abit out of my range so will go with cheaper fans.
I know you dont like to bring back old threads but this is a good one. Especially now the fans are less $$
Excellent review XMS, probably one of the first that I have read that is accurate.
And they are not just quiet but very well made.
Excellent review XMS, probably one of the first that I have read that is accurate.
And they are not just quiet but very well made.
My silverstone fans move barely nothing and make nothing but noise lol.
Beware of the deeper fans tho. They shift air for sure, but they can be noisy at full
Think ill deffo replace in intake 120mm, does feck all
Thanks for the review mate.
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If you are looking to silence your machine, are the SilenX Ixtrema series of fans worth your money?
See the Review Here