KitGuru staff always use the best quality fans we can find and this week we already reviewed the excellent Silverstone 18cm Penetrator.
Today we are going to look at several fans within new cooling ranges, from Enermax. The 120mm and 140mm TB Silence fans (UCTB12 and UCTB14) and a glitzy 140mm Apollish Vegas fan (UCAPV14A14-x).
Enermax T.B. Silence 14cm Fan
These are no ordinary fans, because they have a rated lifespan of 100,000 hours which is significantly more than the 30,000 to 50,000 hours quoted by many manufacturers.
All three fans we are looking at today focus on reducing noise and the UCTB12 and UCTB14 are quoted to produce only 11dBa and 15dBa respectively. The 140mm Apollish Vegas is said to emit around 15dBa. They all also incorporate Twister Bearing Technology which we will detail later in the review.
| Enermax Fan | UCTB12 (12cm) | USTB14 (14cm) | UCAPV14A14-X (14cm) |
| Dimensions (mm) | 120x120x25 | 139x139x25 | 139x139x25 |
| Bearing Type | twister bearing | twister bearing | twister bearing |
| LED Type | none | none | circular 18 LED light |
| LED Modes | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Speed (RPM) | 900 | 750 | 700 – 1500 |
| Air Flow | 71.54 | 77.13 | 71.99 – 154.27 |
| Rated Noise (dBa) | 11 | 15 | 15 |
| MTBF (hours) | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 |
| Input Power (W) | 1.8 | 1.8 | 4.8 |
| Rated Voltage | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Blades | (9) batwing | (7) turbine | (7) turbine |
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July 24, 2010
#1
Nice fans, I need a few. cant believe how expensive the Vegas fan is though, over 20 quid !
July 24, 2010
#2
The black ones are nice looking, great noise levels also. Good review, liked the unusual testing idea in this one, kept it interesting.
July 24, 2010
#3
Heh, the video is fun, I would hate that pulsing in my room however, would drive me batshit. pun intended.
July 24, 2010
#4
Decent pricing on the 120mm and 140mm silence fans, cost less than Noctua fans. but are they better than noctua, that is teh question. Certainly look better thats for certain.
July 24, 2010
#5
I think ill order a few of the 120mm fans for my case, the fans in there are crap.
July 24, 2010
#6
Enermax are a qualitry company always liked their PSU;s
July 24, 2010
#7
They seem like good fans, nice noise characteristics anyways. Good review, thanks you.
July 24, 2010
#8
These are excellent, the glowing lighting up mega fricken cool, but its a lot of money for a fan, aint it?
July 24, 2010
#9
Impressive fans from Enermax, didnt even know they made fans in the first place.
July 24, 2010
#10
I cant find these for sale in France? that sucks.
August 10, 2010
#11
I’m bit freak on silence, so those fans are looking promising – I guess it is time for yet, another upgrade…
I have so many fans that I might do some reviews
and if I sell them for just few euros I might even by my self new cooler or even case 