thats weird i have freinds that have ten plus year old can fans that have never had a problem, i have had to replace or get warrantied a max fan and an cap fan, thats why i stick with vortex!
and you do realize max is made by can fan right? and shit come to think of it my buddies max 6 is way louder than my cheapo cap 6, but there could be something wrong with it cause it seems abnormally loud, and i never said anyone said they had more cfm he asked if he could use it instead of two sixes obviously not going to happen unless it was pulling an insane amount of cfm's