Be Quiet! Silent vs Pure Wing fans

[adgjk]

Hi,

I'm wanting to replace my fans on my 750D and H110i GT. The rad is mounted in the top and I have an additional 3x 140mm fans (2x front and 1x rear).

Everything is stock fans at the moment and it's pretty loud... I have my computer on my desk about 2ft away from me.

The problem is that good and quiet third party fans are expensive, at least for the budget I have for my computer. Obviously the Silent Wings 2 series would be ideal for all 5 spots, but it costs a lot... Should I replace each fan periodically, or would it be a good idea to get the Pure Wings series as case fans and the Silent Wings series as rad fans?

Also, does anyone know when the 3 series will be released? I think I saw October... Should I wait?

Thanks!

[Bl00dgod]

"IMO its Noctua or nothing, get some nice noctua 120mm fans (or 140mm whichever your case supports) Noctua are by far the best fans out there. and have a 6 year warranty. they are pricey, but they will last forever." just to quote nicodemus on ltt here

[Vivilacqua1]

Go for Noctua.

 

as for be quiet however,on my pure rock, it had a pure wings fan, wich is almost as quiet as my two 140mm Noctuas.

[adgjk]

"IMO its Noctua or nothing, get some nice noctua 120mm fans (or 140mm whichever your case supports) Noctua are by far the best fans out there. and have a 6 year warranty. they are pricey, but they will last forever." just to quote nicodemus on ltt here

 

Go for Noctua.

 

as for be quiet however,on my pure rock, it had a pure wings fan, wich is almost as quiet as my two 140mm Noctuas.

Hmm Ok... I'd looked into Noctua and was all ready to go and then someone told me to look into BeQuiet fans, I saw the version 3 was coming out in October so I waited... 

I wonder if anyone could help me. Let's say I buy 5x Noctua NF A14 PWM fans (2x rad, 2x front, 1x rear - replacing all current fans), could I successfully run them off of only the CPU header? Would this work considering I have the H110i GT pump plugged into that? I'm assuming the setup would be as follows:

 

- Pump into CPU header (pump has a Y cable to attach 2 fans to the rad)

- Attach Noctua Y cables to the Corsair splitter (3x Y cables will be needed, so one Y cable will have another Y cable attached to it)

- Plug in 5 fans to the end of the Y cables and attach in the case

 

I feel like that's an awful lot of power (considering I have the pump too) and I'm not sure if it would blow anything on the motherboard... It's only a fairly cheap motherboard too. I don't want an external fan controller. I feel as though they're unnecessary... 

 

Thanks for your help! 

[EmeraldFlame]

Let's say I buy 5x Noctua NF A14 PWM fans (2x rad, 2x front, 1x rear - replacing all current fans), could I successfully run them off of only the CPU header? Would this work considering I have the H110i GT pump plugged into that? I'm assuming the setup would be as follows:

 

- Pump into CPU header (pump has a Y cable to attach 2 fans to the rad)

- Attach Noctua Y cables to the Corsair splitter (3x Y cables will be needed, so one Y cable will have another Y cable attached to it)

- Plug in 5 fans to the end of the Y cables and attach in the case

Noctua's website say that the NF-A14's have a max current draw of 0.13A, I assume since they say max current draw that is their startup power and not their sustained power. With that you could run all 5 off of a single header normally. 0.13A x 5 = 0.65A. Most motherboard headers supply 1A (however some are different you should check with your manufacturer) so you should be good there. However, I would be willing to bet you would blow that header out if you put the pump on there too, pumps tend to pull quite a bit of power. Corsair doesn't list their power draw though from what I'm seeing. I definitely wouldn't risk that though. 

Do you have another header you could plug the fans into? Also instead of using a bunch of Y cables it is way cleaner to get a power distribution board like this: http://www.performance-pcs.com/modmytoys-4-pin-pwm-power-distribution-pcb-6-way-block.html

[adgjk]

I would be willing to bet you would blow that header out if you put the pump on there too, pumps tend to pull quite a bit of power. Corsair doesn't list their power draw though from what I'm seeing. I definitely wouldn't risk that though. 

Do you have another header you could plug the fans into? Also instead of using a bunch of Y cables it is way cleaner to get a power distribution board like this: http://www.performance-pcs.com/modmytoys-4-pin-pwm-power-distribution-pcb-6-way-block.html

Hmm, well the pump connector is only 3 pin... Does that mean I need to plug it into my CPU fan connector? Could I not plug it into Sys FAN 1 or 2? Then I could get the previously linked splitter and connect 5 new fans to the CPU header... Would that work? Would the system throw a fit if fans weren't connected to the Corsair unit itself? 

[EmeraldFlame]

Hmm, well the pump connector is only 3 pin... Does that mean I need to plug it into my CPU fan connector? Could I not plug it into Sys FAN 1 or 2? Then I could get the previously linked splitter and connect 5 new fans to the CPU header... Would that work? Would the system throw a fit if fans weren't connected to the Corsair unit itself? 

 

Depending on your motherboard you may lose speed control on the sysfan header, but nearly every motherboard I can think of has at least the 3-pin DC speed control, so I doubt you will. As far as not plugging fans into the h110i, I doubt it would matter but I don't have one to test it.

[adgjk]

According to the manual for my motherboard, pin 4 on CPU header is Speed Control, whereas pin 4 on Sys fan 1 and 2 is VCC (I'm assuming that's just voltage controlled?). There shouldn't be a problem plugging the H110i into this, right? 

 

Edit: Oh, actually pin 2 says "+12V/Speed Control"... What does this mean? The CPU header pin 2 only has +12V

 

Thanks! 

[adgjk]

Ok, I've caved and bought 5x Noctua PWMs and a PWM splitter. I bought the fans used though, so I was able to get a bit of a discount  

[adgjk]

For anyone interested, I've been delayed... 2 of my fans shipped from ebay, but the other seller forgot to tell me they were travelling for a week, so when I expected a delivery today (at the latest) and it didn't come I got a refund instead. I've re-ordered 3 fans from Amazon this time and they should be here next Friday. Hopefully I won't be too busy and can install them sometime next weekend

[adgjk]

Finally installed and the computer is FAR quieter. Now I just need to shut that GPU up... I guess I can't complain, it's only a 270. Time to upgrade?