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SilverStone's New Fan Series' Offer High-End And Budget Options

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Silverstone's new fans are affordable and come with PWM support, although you might not like the color scheme all that much.

Today, Silverstone is not announcing a new fan, nor is it announcing a new series of fans; no, today the company announced two new series of fans – the FQ and the FW series. Of the two, one is aimed at providing high-quality fans, while the other is for a more budget-conscious audience.

The FQ series fans come with a white frame and light blue fan blades. Silverstone equipped them with its own P.C.F. bearings, which give the fans an MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) of 150,000 hours. They come with PWM support, carry rubber anti-vibration pads, and all ship with a speed-reducing adapter.


Size

RPM Range

Noise

Airflow

Price

FQ141

140 x 25 mm

500 – 1000

14.7 – 20.7 dBA

31.4 – 62.0 CFM

$14.60

FQ122

120 x 25 mm

800 – 1500

14.5 – 24.9 dBA

37.8 – 63.8 CFM

$12.57

FQ91

92 x 25 mm

1000 - 2500

14.7 – 24.8 dBA

19.8 – 44.2 CFM

$11.68

FQ81

80 x 25 mm

1200 - 2800

15 – 28.5 dBA

12.0 – 27.5 CFM

$10.79

The FW series have blue frames with white fan blades, and they also come with PWM support. The bearings are "Long Life Sleeve" bearings, which provide the fans an MTBF of 40,000 hours. Two of the four variants come with anti-vibration pads.


Size

RPM Range

Noise

Airflow

Price

FW121

120 x 15 mm

800 - 2000

14.7 – 24.6 dBA

13.1 – 32.6 CFM

$10.66

FW122

120 x 25 mm

1000 – 1800

18.4 – 28.1 dBA

42.6 – 76.5 CFM

$11.68

FW91

92 x 25 mm

1500 - 2800

14.1 – 27.7 dBA

26.8 – 49.5 CFM

$10.66

FW81

80 x 25 mm

1200 - 3000

15.3 – 30.0 dBA

12.0 – 29.5 CFM

$9.65

All of the fans are available immediately for the prices listed in the tables above.

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    tom10167 , October 14, 2014 12:07 PM
    lol the plural of series is not "series' "
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    hmp_goose , October 14, 2014 12:46 PM
    Are these stats right? FWs' have higher RPM, but lower CFM …
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    hmp_goose , October 14, 2014 12:48 PM
    Never-mind: I was comparing the 140 to the 120 x 15 …
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    Cons29 , October 14, 2014 6:33 PM
    they look like toys, no offense but it looks cheap
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    Amdlova , October 14, 2014 8:36 PM
    noctua still working on some 20cm fan model and new shine 14cm fans.. when i look at this color blue with white i feel so bad.
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    nukemaster , October 14, 2014 10:16 PM
    I do not care what it looks like as long as it performs.

    I actually had a normal sleeve fan from SilverStone(made by Globe in this case) horizontally for 2-3 years before it died. That is not bad for a sleeve. Killed off a Gelid in less than 5 months horizontally.
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    Shodoman , October 14, 2014 10:55 PM
    The FQ91 can reach 25.000 rpm, that's one zero too many.
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    Cons29 , October 15, 2014 2:26 AM
    yes, to each his own on looks and performance. i like noctua but most of their fans are ugly, nice perf though
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    Ninjawithagun , October 15, 2014 4:10 AM
    Wow - ugly colors. I sure hope Silverstone plans to make regular looking fans (i.e. black??).
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    soccerplayer88 , October 15, 2014 9:34 AM
    White and blue are an ugly color combination? Wait what?! They look pretty good, maybe use a darker shade of blue, but that's just my opinion.

    Try a Noctua fan. It's brown/beige won't match anything other then a military themed chassis.
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