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I would want to know what case fan is the best 120mm or 140mm

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1 minute ago, AlluT said:

I would want to know what case fan is the best 120mm or 140mm

The best case fans are the Corsiar ML PRO, the price is a bit spicy.

But absolutely worth!!

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25 minutes ago, Constantin said:

The best case fans are the Corsiar ML PRO, the price is a bit spicy.

But absolutely worth!!

I use the rgb version of them on my ek thick rad and I am impressed how much air they move through that 6cm thick fins at around 40 - 50% with my corsair pump being louder

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5 minutes ago, Mephi00 said:

I use the rgb version of them on my ek thick rad and I am impressed how much air they move through that 6cm thick fins at around 40 - 50% with my corsair pump being louder

The thing though is that they can be use in every situation, radiator, intake case, exhaust case.

I have 2 in a 30$ air cooler push/pull configuration and they behave like its the top end cooler.

I will change all my other case fans also!

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Noctua has a lot of very high performance fans, like double the static pressure of any competing fans by Corsair, Cooler Master, Phanteks etc, but they are also pricy AF, lack wide availability...and their colour scheme is....you know...

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Depends what you need. Do you want silence, air flow, air pressure, rgb, longevity.... 

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If you plan to buy stuff on a lower price, ID cooling fans are pretty ok. They can have as much as 3-4mmh20 pressure and 75 CFM for about $6-$8 though no rgb. Its to be expected at that price. Idk if it exists in your country though.

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12 hours ago, Constantin said:

The thing though is that they can be use in every situation, radiator, intake case, exhaust case.

I have 2 in a 30$ air cooler push/pull configuration and they behave like its the top end cooler.

I will change all my other case fans also!

Do you have any other high end fans?  While the ML pro are nice, I've used both he 120 and 140mm versions and been disappointed with both.  They're loud at mid-high rpms, have a low performance ceiling, cost too much compared to better products and are, at best, in the top 5th percentile when it comes to all around performance and high end fans.

 

(You can take my words with a grain of salt, but I own/have owned 45+ mid to high end fans.  The ML are nice, but in the end their only novel feature is the maglev hub)

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2 minutes ago, Damascus said:

but in the end their only novel feature is the maglev hub)

I'd assume that keeps them quieter at really low rpms vs a fan with a normal bearing hub, no? At higher RPMs I'd assume the fan blade/air moving noise just overtakes any advantages the maglev would have, making them best suited to really low rpm optimized rads or something. 

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1 minute ago, Zando Bob said:

I'd assume that keeps them quieter at really low rpms vs a fan with a normal bearing hub, no? At higher RPMs I'd assume the fan blade/air moving noise just overtakes any advantages the maglev would have, making them best suited to really low rpm optimized rads or something. 

Entirely correct, the ML has it's best showing at sub 800 rpm.  But then it gets stomped by silence optimized fans running faster, same db and way more volume moved 

 

 

Also, maglev is donkadonk cheap lol.  Sunon sells what is basically an all black and beefed up ML120 pro for $13 USD, and they're almost certainly the OEM for corsair 

 

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