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Best CPU Air Cooler + Case Fans (Black/White)

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So I'm looking to find a good CPU Cooler and 2 x 140mm fans for my NZXT S340 (White) that I will be doing my black and white build in soon.

 

What are your suggestions for black/white fans/coolers?

 

These are the ones I had in mind:

- CPU Cooler - Phanteks PH-TC12DX - http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/phanteks-cpu-cooler-phtc12dxbk

- Case Fans - Phanteks F140SP - http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/phanteks-case-fan-phf140spbk

- Case Fans (alternative) - Corsair Air AF140 - http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-case-fan-co9050009ww

 

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As for air cooler, the be quiet! Dark Rock 3 looks very good:

 

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I am running the Prolimatech Megahalems rev b (plain silver) and that keeps my 3770k cool @4.5 OC. Great cooler imho.

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As for air cooler, the be quiet! Dark Rock 3 looks very good:

 

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Looks very nice, thank you!

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Looks very nice, thank you!

It also performs VERY well.

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If these are the same as are included with the Phanteks Mini XL, eh. One of the fans that came with mine was rattling like no tomorrow on the lowest RPM, indicating poor QA. I don't know the rarity of my lemon, but it's the first defective fan I ever had from several dozen.

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If these are the same as are included with the Phanteks Mini XL, eh. One of the fans that came with mine was rattling like no tomorrow on the lowest RPM, indicating poor QA. I don't know the rarity of my lemon, but it's the first defective fan I ever had from several dozen.

 

I'm thinking about the Corsair ones instead, they seem to have better reviews.

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I'm thinking about the Corsair ones instead, they seem to have better reviews.

 

What about Aerocool DS fans?

 

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These are quieter than the Corsair fans, and the two monochrome ones are *drum roll* DS (dead sexy)

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What about Aerocool DS fans?

 

aercool-fans1.jpg

 

These are quieter than the Corsair fans, and the two monochrome ones are *drum roll* DS (dead sexy)

 

Holy sh*t! They're sexy as f**k!

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What are you cooling?

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What are you cooling?

 

CPU - i5 6600k

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CPU - i5 6600k

Sorry for the late reply--the thread was buried under some tabs. 

If you're willing to spend more for looks and don't need as much performance, the ETS-T40-BK with some Corsair AF120 QE's with rings look great. 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/enermax-cpu-cooler-etst40bk

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-case-fan-co9050001ww

Here it is in a friend's H440: https://instagram.com/p/4gjf4uOoiT/?taken-by=woodenmarker

 

The DR3 would perform better but not look as nice imo: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/be-quiet-cpu-cooler-bk018

 

As for case fans, 

AF140 QE's would match well: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-case-fan-co9050009ww

but PW2's or SW2's would be better if not just better for the money:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/be-quiet-case-fan-bl047

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/be-quiet-case-fan-bl063

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Sorry for the late reply--the thread was buried under some tabs. 

If you're willing to spend more for looks and don't need as much performance, the ETS-T40-BK with some Corsair AF120 QE's with rings look great. 

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/enermax-cpu-cooler-etst40bk

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-case-fan-co9050001ww

Here it is in a friend's H440: https://instagram.com/p/4gjf4uOoiT/?taken-by=woodenmarker

 

The DR3 would perform better but not look as nice imo: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/be-quiet-cpu-cooler-bk018

 

As for case fans, 

AF140 QE's would match well: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-case-fan-co9050009ww

but PW2's or SW2's would be better if not just better for the money:

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/be-quiet-case-fan-bl047

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/part/be-quiet-case-fan-bl063

 

I appreciate the reply, that's actually really good feedback! Definitely going to use some of those fans :)

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get a cryorig r1 ultimate, it's very easy to install and imho looks better.

Edit- it won't fit in that case, the dark rock 3 will just.

Gpu: MSI 4G GTX 970 | Cpu: i5 4690k @4.6Ghz 1.23v | Cpu Cooler: Cryorig r1 ultimate | Ram: 1600mhz 2x8Gb corsair vengeance | Storage: sandisk ultra ii 128gb (os) 1TB WD Green | Psu: evga supernova g1 650watt | Case: fractal define s windowed |

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