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Mista G
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On 1/6/2019 at 11:23 AM, Mista G said:

Looking to replace the 3 standard fans that came preinstalled in my case, but what's the very best I can buy for high airflow?

Well. How much dBa do you have to spare? Because Industrial fans will sound like a hurricane, but they work wonders.

 

More seriously, the Noctua NF-A12x25 is the best fan on the market right now. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAADY76X3131&Description=noctua nf-a12x25&cm_re=noctua_nf-a12x25-_-1YF-000T-000K7-_-Product

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1 minute ago, Taf the Ghost said:

Well. How much dBa do you have to spare? Because Industrial fans will sound like a hurricane, but they work wonders.

Not too bothered about dBA in all honesty as I use a headset, although I suppose some silence is appreciated when without.

 

What would you suggest for excellent performance and some silence?

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1 minute ago, Mista G said:

Not too bothered about dBA in all honesty as I use a headset, although I suppose some silence is appreciated when without.

 

What would you suggest for excellent performance and some silence?

The A12x25. It's the best fan on the market for a PC Case, minus looks. Can add a PWM extra fan controller if you want really tight control (if your motherboard has limited PWM headers).

 

If you want something a little lower down the cost range, be quiet!'s Silent Wings 3 series is very good. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=9SIA68V46Y1207

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After scouring the web I have come up with 3 possible contenders...

 

1. Corsair ML140 PWM Magnetic Bearing Fan

2. Noctua NF-P14S Redux PWM 1500RPM Fan

3. Noctua NF-A14 PWM 1200/1500RPM Fan

 

I'm leaning towards the more pricey Noctua NF-A14 purely for performance?

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5 hours ago, Mista G said:

After scouring the web I have come up with 3 possible contenders...

 

1. Corsair ML140 PWM Magnetic Bearing Fan

2. Noctua NF-P14S Redux PWM 1500RPM Fan

3. Noctua NF-A14 PWM 1200/1500RPM Fan

 

I'm leaning towards the more pricey Noctua NF-A14 purely for performance?

You won’t go wrong with Noctua fan 

My PC:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Processor (4.4Ghz), MOBO: GIGABYTE X470 AORUS Gaming 7 WiFi (AMD Ryzen AM4/ X470/ Intel Wave 2 WiFi/M.2), RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 DRAM 3000MHz C15, GPU: Gigabyte nVidia GeForce GTX 1080 Windforce OC GV-N1080WF3OC-8GD Graphics Cards, STORAGE: 120GB CRUCIAL SSD, 1TB WD BLUE, COOLER: Cooler Master 212 EVO RGB Black Edition, FANS: 4 x MasterFan MF120R RGB (2 Front, 1 Back, 1 Top), 1 x Noctua NF-P12 Redux 1700 RPM(Back off Cooler), PC CASE: Cooler Master MB500 case, PSU: EVGA 750 BQ.

 

My Kids PC:

CPU: AMD Phenom II x4 955 (95watt @3.5Ghz @1.40V), MOBO: ASUS M2A-VM, RAM: Kingston 8GB (4x2GB) DDR2 800MHz, GPU: nVidia GT 710 2GB DDR3 (OC’ed Clock to 1300Mhz and Memory to 950Mhz), STORAGE: 250GB HDD, 500GB HDD, COOLER:  Cooler Master 212 EVO, PC CASE: Cooler Master Q300L , FANS: 3 x upHere RED LED Fans (2 Front, 1 Back), PSU: Generic 300 Watt PSU.

 

Console:  PS4 - vjizzle2384

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10 hours ago, Mista G said:

1. Corsair ML140 PWM Magnetic Bearing Fan

2. Noctua NF-P14S Redux PWM 1500RPM Fan

3. Noctua NF-A14 PWM 1200/1500RPM Fan

 

I'm leaning towards the more pricey Noctua NF-A14 purely for performance?

For performance alone, the ML140 is easily better due to being 2000rpm. 

What are your specs?

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5 hours ago, WoodenMarker said:

For performance alone, the ML140 is easily better due to being 2000rpm. 

What are your specs?

 

Phanteks Evolv Flow Edition Case + 3 140mm PH-F140SP 3-Pin Preinstalled

Corsair RM750x PSU

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X CPU

Noctua NH U12S SE-AM4 Cooler

Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 2x8GB Memory

Gigabyte AB350 Gaming 3 Motherboard

Powercolor Red Dragon Vega 56 8GB GPU

Samsung 970 NVMe 250GB SSD

Toshiba 1TB Performance HDD

 

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3 minutes ago, Mista G said:

Phanteks Evolv Flow Edition Case + 3 140mm PH-F140SP 3-Pin Preinstalled

The stock case fans should be pretty good already. Why replace them? Are your temps too high?

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32 minutes ago, WoodenMarker said:

The stock case fans should be pretty good already. Why replace them? Are your temps too high?

Recently built my daughter a new PC and noticed it's getting fairly toasty after long periods of gaming, so I said I would replace her fans with mine and I'd buy replacements.

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4 hours ago, Mista G said:

Recently built my daughter a new PC and noticed it's getting fairly toasty after long periods of gaming, so I said I would replace her fans with mine and I'd buy replacements.

How toasty? Temps?

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