so today i'll be unboxing a silent x fan and the reason for this is mostly just
to demonstrate what comes with them what kind of packaging they come with this
particular one is a blue led fan that is rated at 14 decibels and 72 cfm which
they say is the world's best noise to airflow ratio i believe that the ixtreme
a pro series so 120 blah blah blah it's available without leds with red leds
green leds and blue leds so why don't we have a look at the back here
revolutionary fan design and the world's best noise to airflow ratio again okay
so one of the reasons they say this works so well is because the motor here
and you can see this on the fan itself compared to a normal 120 millimeter fan
actually takes up very little space inside this 120 millimeter frame so what
that means is more of this area is actually dedicated to pushing airflow
okay and it also includes silicone composite fan mounts that dampen the
vibration okay they say it's a silence exclusive but there are a lot of fans
that come with those silicone mounts i'm guessing this is fairly old packaging at
this point okay so inside we will find the little silicone fan mounts but
they've also included screws if you prefer to use those or if you're mounting it on a CPU heatsink or
whatever if there's a reason you need screws then it includes them you've also
got a molex to three pin fan power adapter okay it's a nice little clear
plastic wire one kind of like that for some reason then you've got a little
piece of paper which appears to be a quick installation guide so they show
you how to remove your existing fan place the silicone mounts in place the
fan on it and then plug the fan into the motherboard thank you for that
very few fans actually come with um with instruction manuals that's uh that's
pretty cool okay so then there is the silence fan itself so you can see like i
said this is a 120 millimeter fan it's got quite an aggressive shape to the
blade so you can see that it would be designed more for pressure than for pure
movement of air when you're not looking to move it through something like a heat
sink or whatever else actually that's something i should mention is cfm versus
static pressure so cfm is how many cubic feet of air per minute it will move if
it's just running like into uh into an empty room whereas if you
talk about static pressure if you're running it on a heatsink or a radiator
or something that is going to provide restriction so dust filters restrictive
fan grills things like that then that is going to be a far more care far more
important characteristic of the fan this is an open corner fan so that means that
anything that uses wire clips to mount to the fan you will be able to use some
fans actually have this space all filled in so some mounting systems won't
actually work with them you've got your oh i just hit myself in the face okay
then you've got your little shiny silence sticker on the back you've got a
reasonably long cord uh it's a three pin power connector thank you for checking
out my unboxing of the silent x i extreme
a pro fan