So it turns out I should've done a little more research before I bought the fans I bought... I bought a Scythe 120mm slipstream fan (110cfm, 37dba) and it was defective. It put out a burning electric smell that made the entire upper floor of my parent's house smell horrible and it had a whining/whirring noise to it. The fan cost me $13, newegg charged me $9 to ship it back. So I figured, "okay, I just got unlucky and got a bad one" and decided to order 3 lower cfm/dba 120mm fans and 1 80mm fan.
Now I'm reading reviews on random Scythe fans (3 eggs or less) and it seems like 99% of the people complaining about them say they: 1. make a lot of noise (regardless of the cfm/dba) 2. dont move as much air as its rated to move 3. go bad fairly quickly (couple months for some, less than a year for others). Even the people that gave 4 eggs or more have said they are noisy (regardless of cfm/dba) and if they aren't, start making noise not too long after buying them and constantly using them.
Does anyone have any experience with Scythe fans? Are they as bad as most people are making them out to be? Or do people just love to complain? Oh and I think it's worse mentioning that I e-mailed Scythe last Thursday/Friday and I still haven't heard from them. I e-mailed newegg on Friday and they e-mailed me back on Saturday, telling me they would gladly replace it. I just went for the refund after realizing 110cfm was insanely loud. I don't need top of the line cooling. It's just that the stock fans that came with my rosewill case don't really move a lot of air. But hey, they've been working over 2 years and I use my computer on a daily basis and it's on for an average 8-12 hours so I can't complain about their life span.
Now I'm reading reviews on random Scythe fans (3 eggs or less) and it seems like 99% of the people complaining about them say they: 1. make a lot of noise (regardless of the cfm/dba) 2. dont move as much air as its rated to move 3. go bad fairly quickly (couple months for some, less than a year for others). Even the people that gave 4 eggs or more have said they are noisy (regardless of cfm/dba) and if they aren't, start making noise not too long after buying them and constantly using them.
Does anyone have any experience with Scythe fans? Are they as bad as most people are making them out to be? Or do people just love to complain? Oh and I think it's worse mentioning that I e-mailed Scythe last Thursday/Friday and I still haven't heard from them. I e-mailed newegg on Friday and they e-mailed me back on Saturday, telling me they would gladly replace it. I just went for the refund after realizing 110cfm was insanely loud. I don't need top of the line cooling. It's just that the stock fans that came with my rosewill case don't really move a lot of air. But hey, they've been working over 2 years and I use my computer on a daily basis and it's on for an average 8-12 hours so I can't complain about their life span.