** Antec TrueQuiet fan quick look **

[stulid]

Today I have some new Antec fans to show you in a quick overview.


TrueQuiet 140

Antec homepage - http://www.antec.com/product.php?id=2687&pid=100
OcUK product page - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-021-AN&groupid=701&catid=2331&subcat=1816

Comes in a simple plastic blister pack.

Comes with some simple rubber mounts or more solid little plastic clips to attach the fan to a case and also a molex power plug with RPM take off so motherboards etc still report fan speeds.

A smoked plastic finish to the blades give this fan a nice look with rubber corners helping to reduce vibrations

Its a 3pin fan but has a High/Low speed controller.


TrueQuiet 120mm LED

Antec homepage - http://www.antec.com/product.php?id=706380&pid=100
OcUK product page - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-033-AN&groupid=701&catid=2331&subcat=4

Again it just comes in a simple plastic box with the same accessories but minus the little plastic clips.

A spitting image of its bigger brother with the same rubber corners and smoked plastic blades.

A white LED in each corner provides the illumination, other colours are available.

Nice and bright illumination which also doesn't dim when selecting the lower speed mode.


TrueQuiet Pro 120mm White

Antec homepage - http://www.antec.com/product.php?id=706344&pid=100
OcUK product page (black version) - http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-022-AN&groupid=701&catid=2331&subcat=4

The fan comes in the same plastic box and has the same four rubber anti vibration mounts and a molex adapter with RPM take off plug.

I've not seen a fan where the blades are formed as part of the frame before, this apparently helps move even more air and help with turbulence compared to a conventional design.

A nice bit of braiding and again this fan has a High/Low speed controller.

It also has rubber corners to reduce vibrations.



Noise test.

Below is a video I have made hopefully giving an impression of the fans noise characteristics, now this video is by no means scientific, but I have use the same camera and distance to camera that I used in my Corsair fan round-up.

The phone is showing the Android sound meter app again, but its not calibrated and is a different phone then I used previously so will vary.

Final words.


I have no performance data to show you but I have tried them out in a case just as they are intended to be used for and found them to be very quiet and with a decent amount of air being pushed out by them when using my hand to feel.

They are quick and easy to fit, sturdy in construction with the frames offering little "flex" and the speed controller is a nice touch on all three.

 

[d_brennen]

White one looks lovely, if nothing else Nicely done Stulid!

 

[Ace Modder]

great overview of our fans.

 

[Fire_fly]

Nice overview.

Is the little switch the only way to adjust the speed or can the be hooked up to a fan controller / fan control software?

 

[Randomface74]

yea I think you can, you put the switch on max then use fan controller. but... I think low is the minimum speed required to get the fan to spin anyway - so not worth it?

 

[Fire_fly]

It is if you want to quickly increase the fan speeds. It is much easier to load up a custom fan profile / turn some dials on the front of the case than rooting around for switches inside the case. (Yes you can have the switches on the outside but depending on the case they are difficult to root and don't look too good)

 

[stulid]

There is no reason why you cant leave the switch on High and use a separate fan controller that I can see.

 

[Dutchman]

There is no reason why you cant leave the switch on High and use a separate fan controller that I can see.

I've done that, I got one 120mm Antec truequiet to replace a slightly noisy case fan on my coolermaster silencio case I left it the switch on high and connected it to the case fan controller which controls all the case fans and it runs great.
In fact it runs so well that I ordered another 2 to replace the other case fans.

 

[Apem]

Makes a change always thought antec fans were god awfull