Best fans

[Unknown_origin]

Im a student about to move into student accom and i was wanting to get better fans as my current ones are very noisy when spun up and can still be noisy when running slower.

I am running a corsair 750D but might move to the smaller 5000X/D

Current fans

2 intake HD140

an exhaust fan standard corsair that came with the case

3 fans on the 360mm aio h150i pro - these arent as loud

[Darkwing Drex]

My recommendation would be Noctua's NF A14s or Thermaltake Toughfan 14s for intake and their 120mm variants for the rad. Unless you're including RGB. In that case, I'd just buy a couple rgb fan frames and call it a day.

[GuiltySpark_]

Noctua. If you don't care about RGB, Noctua is your one stop shop for silence.

 

You can save some money and just do Thermaltake ToughFans. On noise levels they are comparable but longevity hasn't been tested as they are too new.

[Daethz]

2 hours ago, Darkwing Drex said:

My recommendation would be Noctua's NF A14s or Thermaltake Toughfan 14s for intake and their 120mm variants for the rad. Unless you're including RGB. In that case, I'd just buy a couple rgb fan frames and call it a day.

Indeed, for 140mm's

Otherwise Noctua NF-A12x25's which are higher quality than thermaltakes toughfan, just they only come in 120mm and brown.

I don't think you can get better than these, they have both high airflow and high static pressure, most are one or the other.

[Unknown_origin]

On 7/5/2021 at 3:53 PM, rickeo said:

Noctua. If you don't care about RGB, Noctua is your one stop shop for silence.

what about with rgb

 

[thrasher_565]

1 hour ago, Unknown_origin said:

what about with rgb

 

hard to say what the best argb fan is but they get up words of $50-$75 a fan...

[NorKris]

2 hours ago, Unknown_origin said:

what about with rgb

 

 

40 minutes ago, thrasher_565 said:

hard to say what the best argb fan is but they get up words of $50-$75 a fan...

Arctic P12 ARGB is the best ARGB fan. its also better than many non ARGB/RGB fans

[thrasher_565]

1 minute ago, NorKris said:

 

Arctic P12 ARGB is the best ARGB fan. its also better than many non ARGB/RGB fans

best at what? rad fan case fan nose? you bought and tested other argb agents it?

[NorKris]

2 minutes ago, thrasher_565 said:

best at what? rad fan case fan nose? you bought and tested other argb agents it?

Rad-T to noise just like 25x12 and P12. 
Tested: QL, ML, HD, Phanteks SK ARGB, Vardar, CM120R, CMMirage, Arctic P12 ARG, P120 ARGB, Lian unifan

thats the RGB part of it

[thrasher_565]

2 minutes ago, NorKris said:

Rad-T to noise just like 25x12 and P12. 
Tested: QL, ML, HD, Phanteks SK ARGB, Vardar, CM120R, CMMirage, Arctic P12 ARG, P120 ARGB, Lian unifan

thats the RGB part of it

thats not all the argb fans...but w/e might be the best out of thows

[NorKris]

1 minute ago, thrasher_565 said:

thats not all the argb fans...but w/e might be the best out of thows

True, but you name another good one and i will prob test that too  .. i dont rly know any other good rgb fan

[thrasher_565]

9 minutes ago, NorKris said:

True, but you name another good one and i will prob test that too  .. i dont rly know any other good rgb fan

https://www.amazon.ca/Cooling-Install-2000RPM-Radiator-Desktop/dp/B08LQ113MB/ref=sr_1_52?dchild=1&keywords=14+cm&qid=1625593814&s=pc&sr=1-52

 

i found the 12cm version

 

https://www.amazon.ca/Silent-2400RPM-Computer-Cooling-Desktop/dp/B08QSFXQ5H/ref=sr_1_845?dchild=1&keywords=12+cm&qid=1625594244&s=pc&sr=1-845

Edited July 6, 2021 by thrasher_565

[NorKris]

18 minutes ago, thrasher_565 said:

https://www.amazon.ca/Cooling-Install-2000RPM-Radiator-Desktop/dp/B08LQ113MB/ref=sr_1_52?dchild=1&keywords=14+cm&qid=1625593814&s=pc&sr=1-52

 

i found the 12cm version

 

https://www.amazon.ca/Silent-2400RPM-Computer-Cooling-Desktop/dp/B08QSFXQ5H/ref=sr_1_845?dchild=1&keywords=12+cm&qid=1625594244&s=pc&sr=1-845

hmm fun. never seen / heard of..
kinda strange that they dont show the front 

[thrasher_565]

8 minutes ago, NorKris said:

hmm fun. never seen / heard of..
kinda strange that they dont show the front 

ya its like Facebook angles.... but i got the non rgb fan and man i was blown away thow i didn't pay$20 for em i payed $10.50. and $20 ied go with dark side Gentle Typhoon

 

i got the 14c argb one coming as well and only paid $9 each so... but that not the normal price.

 

looks like there a 3000 rpm would be nice to have and see thows...

[thrasher_565]

heres a pic of the argb dose not look grate...

https://www.gearbest.com/other-pc-parts/pp_009164637399.html?wid=1433363

[NorKris]

17 minutes ago, thrasher_565 said:

heres a pic of the argb dose not look grate...

https://www.gearbest.com/other-pc-parts/pp_009164637399.html?wid=1433363

Looks like a 4 or 6 LED fan. hmm
Btw i took a multimeter to a 8 LED fan:
105,6 mA for Red or blue or Green
206 mA for yellow

260 mA for white
Rated for 190-200mA from manufacturer 

[thrasher_565]

4 minutes ago, NorKris said:

Looks like a 4 or 6 LED fan. hmm
Btw i took a multimeter to a 8 LED fan:
105,6 mA for Red or blue or Green
206 mA for yellow

260 mA for white
Rated for 190-200mA from manufacturer 

ya white use all 3 colors so test should be with white on max brightness. but different chips will use different amount of power.

 

 

[TVwazhere]

2 hours ago, thrasher_565 said:

Honestly? If those stats are right, the fan at 600rpm producing 55cfm @ only 18dba is really awesome. It seems too slow to be moving that volume of air though; Note the NF-A12x25 only claims a max of 103 M3h (60CFM) at 2K RPM and 22dBA

[thrasher_565]

36 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

Honestly? If those stats are right, the fan at 600rpm producing 55cfm @ only 18dba is really awesome. It seems too slow to be moving that volume of air though; Note the NF-A12x25 only claims a max of 103 M3h (60CFM) at 2K RPM and 22dBA

manufacturers numbers have been proven to be flawed and any fan test we do is also faled. gn is working on a way to test fans but like a few years down the road with an $30.000usd

 

testing static pressure has also bee flawed.

 

so the stats mean nothing really in the end.

 

all i no is the fan i have is quiet and pushed a lot of air.

Edited July 6, 2021 by thrasher_565

[Orian Pax]

On 7/5/2021 at 8:10 PM, Unknown_origin said:

Im a student about to move into student accom and i was wanting to get better fans as my current ones are very noisy when spun up and can still be noisy when running slower.

I am running a corsair 750D but might move to the smaller 5000X/D

Current fans

2 intake HD140

an exhaust fan standard corsair that came with the case

3 fans on the 360mm aio h150i pro - these arent as loud

 

 

*i repeat dont forget to check the prices of FANS*

for longevity NOCTUA

for temporary Arctic's P14 considering you are going to change them when you have good budget

[rockyroller]

Noctua NF-S12B

got 3 on the front of the case set to use the motherboard fan profiles and just can't hear them