Reddit mentions of ARCTIC F9 Silent - 92 mm Case Fan, Extra Quiet Motor, Computer, Almost inaudible, Push- or Pull Configuration, Fan Speed: 1000 RPM - Black/White
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- Air flow - 21.2 CFM. Noise level - 0.08 sone
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Specs:
| Color | Black, white |
| Height | 3.6220472404 Inches |
| Length | 3.6220472404 Inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Release date | September 2019 |
| Size | 92 mm |
| Weight | 0.1875 Pounds |
| Width | 0.9842519675 Inches |
I actually went with this Arctic F9 Silent:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0119SG8X4
It's a lot cheaper, it's reviewed well at Amazon and Newegg, and most importantly of all, I bought several 120mm Noctua fans for my Antec P182 cases years ago and ended up returning all of them. I thought they were highly overrated. I had much better luck with Nexus and Scythe Slipstream (their old sleeve bearing model) fans. Between case fans at 500 RPM and CPU fan at 200 RPM and several other noise-reducing measures, my main P182 is dead silent in a very quiet house. The Noctua fans I tried did not deliver these results. And I know everybody loved them even back then. That's why I ordered them! lol
To give people an idea of what I can hear in my house 50+ feet away and around a corner, I had to take measures against my WD80EAFX's PWL clunk (every 5 seconds), which is audible in the NAS (sitting on the floor, and despite various measures to compensate for the hard rubber feet) at that distance. Thankfully, the velcro trick deadened this sound and the seeks. This PWL noise which recently began was one of the reasons I got the NAS. It was audible in my secondary P182 machine by my desk. In contrast, I have a single WD40EZRX in my main P182, also by my desk, and it's inaudible. That machine has Acoustipack which I'm sure helps some, but that green drive is just quieter than the red. Speaking of the green, it has over 42,000 power-on hours and going strong. I hope it never dies. I'd be really hesitant to try another spinning drive for this machine 3 feet away from me, considering it can't improve on silent but could easily be worse.
Anyway, the goal here was 2-fold, to get an always-available file server that I can't hear in my quiet office, and I didn't have the option of moving my 2nd PC. The DS218+ is a lot louder than even my 2nd PC, but with it sleeping most of the time, or at least having a quiet fan with the HDs hibernated, I should be able to live with it.