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I've got a Zotac gtx 570 and it "died" twice already but always ended up working perfectly fine after I baked it. Last time I had to do it was like a year ago so it's kinda fine but my next card is going to be evga.

Okay thanks a lot for your help I'll see how noisy the stock fans are and get the Noctuas if needed.

Okay well then it's probably going to come down to either the noctuas or stock fans. I hope I'm not bothering you too much with this but you said you have Noctuas and you have built with Apaches, is the effect of the anti-vibration rubbers noticeable?

Those numbers look really compelling. Ok so now I've got to decide between the industrial Noctuas and the Apaches. Would the fans being smaller be an issue in terms of performance or is that more than compensated by the quality of the fans? I'm planning to do some heavy overclocking on a 5820k so I need good cooling performance. Thanks for your detailed replies WoodenMarker I haven't seen that 120mm fan roundup before.

Oh wow so many replies. Sovietonion yeah that's what I feared... @WoodenMarker I wasn't aware the cooler uses 120mm mounting holes, Phanteks has both normal 140mm fans and 140mm fans with 120mm mountings on their web site listed as compatible with the cpu cooler but I'm gonna trust you on that. Do you use the Akasa Apache or Rosewill Hyperboreas? How do they and the air penetrators compare noise-, performance-, noise/performance-wise? As for the industrial noctuas, I don't know it seems kinda silly to me to buy such an expensive fan only to remove part of its features.

So I'm getting the Phanteks PH-TC14PE and I want to replace the stock fans with more quiet and efficient ones. I can't go with noctua fans unfortunately since my case has a window , also the middle fan can only have 25mm in depth. In all seriousness though I'm all for performace>appearance but in my opinion they could at least look neutral especially considering their cost. Linus uses a combination of gelid wing 12s(not available in eu) and silverstone air penetrators (120mm) in his rig so considering how many fans he had his hands on that strongly speaks for them. Other than that I've heard so many good things about the noiseblocker eloops I'm considering one of them for the side of the heatsink though they are only available in 120mm versions at the moment(would I lose a lot of cooling performance?) and I'm not sure if it would fit, though the phanteks site says their 140mm fans with 120mm mounting holes are compatible with the ph-tc14pe. I guess if the noctuas really are the end all be all I might go for the industrial ones(the brown anti vibration pads would still piss me off). In an older review I've even seen the phanteks ph-f140 fans perform pretty well so maybe it's not even worth it to exchange them? I do value silence highly though. As you may have noticed I'm pretty lost on the subject so I'd really appreciate your input.

I actually found your youtube channel not too long ago and while I don't have the classic "I've been a supporter since your first day"-story, I subbed to you right after the first video. The genuine excitement you present hardware with is contagious and you still manage to be honest and concise in your reviews. Congratulations, you deserve it!