Alphacool Susurro Fan Review – 1700RPM Black/Blue
Today we’ll be taking a serious look at Alphacool’s new “Susurro” Fan. First off a big thanks to Aqua Tuning for sending the samples:
“Susurro” first off means “whisper” in Spanish, so our first impression is that these fans are designed to be quiet.
The fans come in a box with a cute window so that you can see what you’re buying. Alphacool’s familiar branding and package design is consistent as ever.
The back of the box has all the technical specs. Like most fans this is most likely measured under some irrelevant test condition:
All we really need to know here is that it’s a 120mm fan that is 25mm thick and that the current is somewhat high at 0.25A (compare to 0.08 for an 1850RPM Gentle Typhoon). It’s also a voltage controlled fan, i.e. there is no PWM speed control here.
Inside the box there are some quick instructions as well as two alternative mounting mechanisms – screws or anti-vibration silicon “bolts”.
The color coordination of the fan is nice, though the amount of branding is perhaps excessive. Both the sleeve and wires and fan header are all black which is excellent.
Upon closer inspection you may notice that the blue frame is actually covered by a removable black silicon sleeve:
Such a sleeve shouold help to damped any vibration from the fan being transmitted to the chassis. Chassis vibration is often louder than the component itself that is moving. The downside to the sleeve is that it makes the fan slightly too larger for some radiators. On our test radiator – the EK PE, we couldn’t mount two fans side by side with both their sleeves on.
The fan blades are a semi-translucent grey color and have quite and interesting and funky shape. We will see whether this helps when we get it on the bench.
So that’s what we get, but this is Extreme Rigs and we care about performance!
