CoolerMaster NR600

[Nickolass]

Anybody know any good 120mm fans that are great at cooling,cheap, and silent that would work good with the CoolerMaster NR600?

[Jurrunio]

Cheap you say? Arctic F12 then

[Nickolass]

3 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Cheap you say? Arctic F12 then

Im mainly looking for good cooling, is that one good?

[merco]

I would say if a cooler can do 2 things, pump lots of air and have a low noise level, then it won't be cheap. So air flow - noise - cheap, pick 2 out of 3. Unless you think $14 is cheap, then go for the Noctua NF-P12 redux-1700 PWM

[Jurrunio]

31 minutes ago, Nickolass said:

Im mainly looking for good cooling, is that one good?

one of the best cheap fans below $10 each

 

22 minutes ago, merco said:

I would say if a cooler can do 2 things, pump lots of air and have a low noise level, then it won't be cheap. So air flow - noise - cheap, pick 2 out of 3. Unless you think $14 is cheap, then go for the Noctua NF-P12 redux-1700 PWM

Redux series are Noctua's previous gen fans, so imo they didn't do that well in airflow or noise for the price either

[merco]

8 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

Redux series are Noctua's previous gen fans, so imo they didn't do that well in airflow or noise for the price either

well noctua says they "streamlined" them which basically means trying to keep the design but making them cheaper.

if I compare the 2 fans I find this: 

 

Noctua: 25,1 dB(A) / 70.75 CFM (120.2 m³/h)

Arctic: 0.5 Sone (approx 25 dBA) / 57 CFM  (96.8 m3/h)

 

They seem to be at similar noise level, would you say the difference in airflow is insignificant?

 

[Jurrunio]

12 minutes ago, merco said:

They seem to be at similar noise level, would you say the difference in airflow is insignificant?

of course it's significant, so is the doubled price. I'm just saying that trying to tick all boxes goes nowhere.

[merco]

1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

trying to tick all boxes goes nowhere

well that's what I said too 

I basically called the "cheap" noctua fan too expensive in my answer, but from what I could tell it has a high airflow and decent noise level.

Considering the case has good airflow stock already, I would say the cheaper arctic cooler will be fine if you look at temps in the end. 

I guess I would look at it this way, do you want to save 6 bucks or do you want your cpu 2 degrees cooler?

I kinda feel like it doesn't matter either way at this point