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Hi, I'm currently using a hyper 212 evo and I'm thinking of swapping the stock fan for a better fan. Got eyes on corsair's sp120 and noctua's nf f12. Which one would be better and are there better options?

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Well Nff12s are better and quieter but don't look as good

SP120s are still good but are a bit louder but look better

Hope I could help!

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NF-F12

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Noctua's will be quieter and have better static pressure. Corsair fans just look nice. If I can make a suggestion though, I would go for Gentle Typhoons.

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I'd go for the sp120 because you can get the quiet edition ones which are quieter, cheaper and they are not much worse the the noctua fans

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Better as in what? Temps? Noise?

The NF-F12's will make it quieter but neither fans would help performance much. 

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Hi, I'm currently using a hyper 212 evo and I'm thinking of swapping the stock fan for a better fan. Got eyes on corsair's sp120 and noctua's nf f12. Which one would be better and are there better options?

 

as asked before in performance or noise or

 

 

both?

 

 

i believe this may solve a lot of public issues with both symtoms (noise and performance)

and in some cases the color of the fan.

 

49149031.jpg

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835200068

 

@12v 2.64mm/h2o @ 1300rpm - 57cfm - 16dBA for the rosewill/akasa PWM - $9.99USD

@12v 1.29mm/h2o @ 1450rpm - 38cfm - 23dBA for the corsair SP120QE PWM - $17.99USD

@12v 2.61mm/h2o @ 1500rpm - 55cfm - 22dBA for the Noctua NF-F12 PWM - $32.99USD

 

i got some of these last week and have been terrorizing the test case with them and

next the test bench. so far i am really impressed for the lack of noise and how well

the cooling aspect of these are and to boot, only $10. will know in a bit on thermal perf.

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as asked before in performance or noise or

 

 

both?

 

 

i believe this may solve a lot of public issues with both symtoms (noise and performance)

and in some cases the color of the fan.

 

49149031.jpg

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835200068

 

@12v 2.64mm/h2o @ 1300rpm - 57cfm - 16dBA for the rosewill/akasa PWM - $9.99USD

@12v 1.29mm/h2o @ 1450rpm - 38cfm - 23dBA for the corsair SP120QE PWM - $17.99USD

@12v 2.61mm/h2o @ 1500rpm - 55cfm - 22dBA for the Noctua NF-F12 PWM - $32.99USD

 

i got some of these last week and have been terrorizing the test case with them and

next the test bench. so far i am really impressed for the lack of noise and how well

the cooling aspect of these are and to boot, only $10. will know in a bit on thermal perf.

thanks! I'll take a look of these

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will know in a bit on thermal perf.

They should perform quite well. http://www.anandtech.com/show/6391/120mm-radiator-fan-roundup-part-2-fan-harder/7

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NF-F12. There's no disputing the matter.

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