Date: April 3rd, 2002
Article by: Nathan Glentworth
(Head Editor & Hardware Reviewer)
Product was donated by: VantecUSA
Applications
No temperature test will be under taken because these fans are not meant
for performance, but for quiet and simple ventilation.
These fans are meant for quiet, efficient, long life. They are not meant
for the case ventilation of a 500Mhz celeron over clocked to 10Ghz, they
are meant to be an addition to a unventilated case or as a quiet alternative.
With Vantec's introduction of the stealth line in this era of computing,
they are focusing, in my opinion, on the newer, cooler cases and systems
of the future which will not require a whole lot of airflow.
Conclusions and Afterthoughts:
In my mind, I think the boys/girls/things out there with the new Intel
P4 1.6A+ 478pin overclocked systems should give these fans a little bit
of consideration. The P4's of today are running so much cooler than there
older relative's and far cooler than the AMD series of CPU's today. They
need far less ventilation and could have Vantec Stealth Fans incorporated
into them to make one of the fastest and quietest systems in the genre
today.
Pro's:
-Extremely Quiet
-Value
-Durabilty and Lifetime Warrenty
Con's:
-Airflow is a little TOO low, could be increased a litle with very minor
noise increses.
OVERALL SCORE: 7.5/10 (TWEAKNEWS QUALITY
PRODUCT)
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