{"id":277089,"date":"2026-04-24T23:59:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T21:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/?p=277089\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T09:28:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T07:28:22","slug":"analysis-which-pc-fans-vibrate-the-least","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hwcooling.net\/en\/analysis-which-pc-fans-vibrate-the-least\/","title":{"rendered":"Analysis: Which PC fans vibrate the least?"},"content":{"rendered":"

So which ones? Vibrations of more than a hundred PC fans collected in one place, in both 120 mm and 140 mm formats\u2014the ones most widely used among PC builders. Some models vibrate more, others less, or not at all. The scenarios vary, as is natural. The task is to make sense of it all based on exact measurements. These are compiled into clear graphs. Yes, you\u2019ve seen them before.<\/p>\n

There are multiple reasons why fans vibrate. They were described in this article<\/a>; now we focus on the results captured in the graphs. For maximum clarity, we selected only two operating modes in which vibrations are usually the highest. This doesn\u2019t always have to be the case, but the higher the speed, the higher the vibrations tend to be.<\/p>\n

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Delicate fan\u2011mounting mechanism. Profile detail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

For completeness, we naturally also have \u201cslower\u201d and quieter modes available, where fan vibrations tend to be lower (these are included in the 120 mm tests<\/a> as well as the 140 mm fan tests<\/a>). Besides the 3D vector, there are also vibrations measured along individual axes: here is the X\u2011axis<\/a>, and in the next two chapters the Y\u2011axis<\/a> and Z\u2011axis<\/a>. Some results are missing simply because our testing methodology could not detect anything. The method we use to measure vibrations is described on the standard fan\u2011testing page<\/a>.<\/p>\n