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Should I buy new fans for my Fractal Design Define R4?

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Hi guys

 

I'm trying to decide whether its worth it if i buy some new fans for my PC I was going to get 2 SP120's as intakes at the front and a single AF140 to exhaust out the back; I know that people are going to be saying to get the Noctua's or the Gentle Typhoons but they are alot more money in the UK, and Corsair ones seemed to fit pretty well. So would it be worth the swap out? I'm also a little confused on which ones are the quiet edition for the AF140's, are they these or these? This is the PCPartPicker link where im getting the links to the website from: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/parts/case-fan/

Thanks again guys!

 

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Neither, ones not Quiet Edition, ones LED Quiet Edition.

 

Those are fine i'll be doing the same thing :)

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maybe get one to fill the second slot in the front, other than that, the ones in that case are their good fans from what i remember, only if you get Noctua ;)

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Neither, ones not Quiet Edition, ones LED Quiet Edition.

 

Those are fine i'll be doing the same thing :)

So they're both quiet edition?

 

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Corsair AF fans are insane. They are loud as fuck. Yes also the quiet edition fans. 

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So they're both quiet edition?

 

No.

The first one is a regular Air Flow, the second one is a Air Flow Quiet Edition LED

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Corsair AF fans are insane. They are loud as fuck. Yes also the quiet edition fans. 

Mine isn't 

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Corsair AF fans are insane. They are loud as fuck. Yes also the quiet edition fans. 

 

Mine isn't 

Well......

 

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Get some silverstone ap 122 instead. OR gt 's. or noctuas

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Well......

Although it's only an exhaust, it's for my R4 btw

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Although it's only an exhaust, it's for my R4 btw

Same for me, thats what id use it for ahha

 

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Mine isn't 

Well i'm sensitive to noise and one single airflow fan is louder than i tolerate. 

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Well i'm sensitive to noise and one single airflow fan is louder than i tolerate. 

Louder than the normal R4 fans?

 

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Corsair AF fans are insane. They are loud as fuck. Yes also the quiet edition fans. 

Also what about the SP's?

 

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If you are happy with the fractal fans, you could buy some more of the quiet ones. They were on for pretty cheap recently and they would match the ones you already have.

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If you are happy with the fractal fans, you could buy some more of the quiet ones. They were on for pretty cheap recently and they would match the ones you already have.

I normally leave them at 7Volts and i can barely feel the air being pulled through the vents at the front :(

 

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Honestly I would ditch corsair fans and get Silverstone fans. They are cheaper than corsair and perform better and are quiter

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