Fan recommendation.

[small guy64]

I'm building a socket 478 system, top end parts lots of over clocking. Its retro gaming pc. I play a lot of old games that do not like modern PCS.

Anyway The only 120mm fans I have do not look the part. They are too modern looking.

Since the system will be water cooled and with far more rad space then needed I'll be able to use silent fans. 20dba or lower would be nice.

No RGB or other modern looking fans. Simple black, clear with LEDs or transparent UV colored with LEDs.

Is there even anything modern that would fit the build worth looking into ? Last i looked clear led fans were not a thing and the only new ones were cheap stuff imported from china.

 

Thanks for any advice.

[svmlegacy]

What do you mean by "modern" looking fan? Aside from the RGB's, fan design has been mostly stagnant. Something like noctua's redux series would be fine.

[RonanStuds]

If you want something no so "modern" have you considered Noctua fans? They come in now multiple different variants by community feedback. 

Their fans https://noctua.at/en/products/fan

 

Check those out. You're looking for something without RGB and these come with none. Additionally, are one of the best if not the best in the market for case fans. Certainly around give or take $20 USD per fan. But, you're getting what you paid for certainly.

[BiotechBen]

BeQuiet silent wings 92mm with the stickers pulled off look nearly identical to my pentium III stock fan when installed

[small guy64]

Noctua fans fars are way to modern looking. they would stick out like a sore thumb.

 

something more like this

or this

or this

[BiotechBen]

https://www.newegg.com/p/1YF-001D-00044?item=9SIA68V7CB9908&source=region&nm_mc=knc-googlemkp-pc&cm_mmc=knc-googlemkp-pc-_-pla-be+quiet!-_-case+fans-_-9SIA68V7CB9908&gclid=Cj0KCQjw3duCBhCAARIsAJeFyPU9i2i594XD-1R5SHiKX4BUzfKqdLCG8Lq-pVwbRrG-iV0fLi5h2agaAlCREALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds 

without the sticker on the hub, its about as generic as you can get, unless you want to sport a blowiematron

 

https://www.newegg.com/phanteks-ph-f120sp-bbk-case-fan/p/N82E16835709051?Item=N82E16835709051

this might be the winner

[small guy64]

9 minutes ago, BiotechBen said:

https://www.newegg.com/p/1YF-001D-00044?item=9SIA68V7CB9908&source=region&nm_mc=knc-googlemkp-pc&cm_mmc=knc-googlemkp-pc-_-pla-be+quiet!-_-case+fans-_-9SIA68V7CB9908&gclid=Cj0KCQjw3duCBhCAARIsAJeFyPU9i2i594XD-1R5SHiKX4BUzfKqdLCG8Lq-pVwbRrG-iV0fLi5h2agaAlCREALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds 

without the sticker on the hub, its about as generic as you can get, unless you want to sport a blowiematron

 

https://www.newegg.com/phanteks-ph-f120sp-bbk-case-fan/p/N82E16835709051?Item=N82E16835709051

this might be the winner

Thanks for the tips. But both those fans don't look right. 

Fans in 2004 didn't have groves, hallow parts or rubber pices on the edges. Out of the two the Phanteks looks more the part.

I may just get some NOS fans from the looks.

[BiotechBen]

2 hours ago, small guy64 said:

Thanks for the tips. But both those fans don't look right. 

Fans in 2004 didn't have groves, hallow parts or rubber pices on the edges. Out of the two the Phanteks looks more the part.

I may just get some NOS fans from the looks.

Delta has some pretty classic fans. They can be loud, but they are the exact asthetic.

Do you have a window in this, or are you putting solid side panels on it.

[small guy64]

It has a window. I did think about deltas, but I want to plug the fans into the motherboard and a delta would overload the fan header.

[Sarra]

Get Molex to fan adapters, throw deltas in it, and hope it doesn't melt down anyway.

 

Is it a Pentium D? I had one of those, it was awesome in the winter time, I used it to heat the house.