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I am planning to buy the Peerless Assassin 120:

https://www.amazon.com/Thermalright-Peerless-Assassin-Aluminium-Technology/dp/B08XM557HS/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=peerless%2Bassassin%2B120&qid=1632243554&s=specialty-aps&sr=1-1&th=1

 

And some say it's loud, and I have a few $$ to spend for free shipping (up to 75$ including the cooler itself)

 

So in the gap I have left I thought I'd buy some replacement PWM fans just in case the Peerless Assassin 120 is really as loud as they say.

these are the dimensions of the fans it comes with: http://www.thermalright.com/product/tl-c12/

 

Is it possible to install there a replacement and quieter PWM fans? If yes what is your recommendation?

 

Ty

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3 minutes ago, RONOTHAN## said:

You can replace the fans, they're standard 120mm fans. If you want quiet, anything from Noctua would be great. 

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Custom 157mm Height PWM fan for excellent cooling and low noise

Looks like they are a custom size, so maybe not.

 

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But it also says this:

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Fan size: L120mm*W120mm*H25mm

So  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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11 minutes ago, Filingo said:

I am planning to buy the Peerless Assassin 120:

https://www.amazon.com/Thermalright-Peerless-Assassin-Aluminium-Technology/dp/B08XM557HS/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=peerless%2Bassassin%2B120&qid=1632243554&s=specialty-aps&sr=1-1&th=1

 

And some say it's loud, and I have a few $$ to spend for free shipping (up to 75$ including the cooler itself)

 

So in the gap I have left I thought I'd buy some replacement PWM fans just in case the Peerless Assassin 120 is really as loud as they say.

these are the dimensions of the fans it comes with: http://www.thermalright.com/product/tl-c12/

 

Is it possible to install there a replacement and quieter PWM fans? If yes what is your recommendation?

 

Ty

They are standard 120mm fans so yes you can replace them but is it not better to get cooler with better fans instead of buying this cooler and fans separately? For that price you could get something really decent and no hassle with swapping fans

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5 minutes ago, RONOTHAN## said:

You can replace the fans, they're standard 120mm fans. If you want quiet, anything from Noctua would be great. 

ty!

3 minutes ago, HairlessMonkeyBoy said:

Looks like they are a custom size, so maybe not.

 

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But it also says this:

So  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Haha they're Chinese, they always have typos in these sort of things

In the fan's spec page it shows 120x120 so I believe the 157 refers to the radiator size and they mixed it

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4 minutes ago, Whiro said:

They are standard 120mm fans so yes you can replace them but is it not better to get cooler with better fans instead of buying this cooler and fans separately? For that price you could get something really decent and no hassle with swapping fans

well you're right I might just get the more expensive Noctua 😄

It's just that I have a black case with tempered glass and the components inside are black and white and it looks good with this white peerless assassin

 

Yes, it's one of the more stupid things I am thinking about

By the way: The reviews on Youtube shows this PA120 is better than 240mm AIO! So that's crazy for the price

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I have FC140 and am running a single NF-A14 iPPC 3K, I was running a big and little setup but bailed on that idea. The fans that came with my cooler are now case fans 🙂

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1 minute ago, Filingo said:

well you're right I might just get the more expensive Noctua 😄

It's just that I have a tempered glass case and the components are black and white and it looks good with this white peerless assassin

If you really wanted White, and didn't mind paying more, there are always quite a few white AIOs.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-H150i-Capellix-Liquid-Cooler/dp/B08Q86DSTX/ref=sr_1_2?crid=12GGBEWGQV7WL&dchild=1&keywords=white+corsair+aio&qid=1632245299&sprefix=white+corsair+%2Caps%2C250&sr=8-2

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2 minutes ago, freeagent said:

I have FC140 and am running a single NF-A14 iPPC 3K, I was running a big and little setup but bailed on that idea. The fans that came with my cooler are now case fans 🙂

This fan is crazy, didn't know they make industrial fans.. What? I saw it's 3000 rpm so it can also get very loud - buy I assume that it should never get close to it on normal use? And that's exactly what I was thinking about - converting the PA120 to case fans!

2 minutes ago, birdflyer said:

If you really wanted White, and didn't mind paying more, there are always quite a few white AIOs.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-H150i-Capellix-Liquid-Cooler/dp/B08Q86DSTX/ref=sr_1_2?crid=12GGBEWGQV7WL&dchild=1&keywords=white+corsair+aio&qid=1632245299&sprefix=white+corsair+%2Caps%2C250&sr=8-2

I just don't like the idea of liquids inside my computer, otherwise I'd go for it, and, check this review, it's in Chinese with English subtitles, it shows that the PA120 is slightly better than 240mm aio! That's actually a nice review: 

 

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6 minutes ago, Filingo said:

well you're right I might just get the more expensive Noctua 😄

It's just that I have a black case with tempered glass and the components inside are black and white and it looks good with this white peerless assassin

 

Yes, it's one of the more stupid things I am thinking about

Well you have other options as well

PHANTEKS PH-TC14PE WHITE

if I remember correctly this is quite decent cooler. Or just go AIO like @birdflyermentioned 

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Well you have other options as well

PHANTEKS PH-TC14PE WHITE

if I remember correctly this is quite decent cooler. Or just go AIO like @birdflyermentioned 

looks good, but right now it's over 75$, I can't get over 75$ not even by cent because of Import fee deposit which is a lot once it passes 75$

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1 minute ago, Filingo said:

I just don't like the idea of liquids inside my computer

Hey, I'm with you 100%, thus I rock a Noctua NH-D15

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1 minute ago, birdflyer said:

Hey, I'm with you 100%, thus I rock a Noctua NH-D15

Noctua should really make black or white components, that would be crazy. This Noctua is massive!

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This Noctua is massive!

Yeh, it makes premium products, not just in in quality, but also in price.

I edit my posts more often than not

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2 minutes ago, Filingo said:

Noctua should really make black or white components, that would be crazy. This Noctua is massive!

They are making black ones 

https://noctua.at/en/nh-d15-chromax-black

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3 minutes ago, Filingo said:

Noctua should really make black or white components

Black Noctua NHd15

: https://www.amazon.com/Noctua-NH-D15-chromax-Black-Dual-Tower-Cooler/dp/B07Y87YHRH/ref=sr_1_2_sspa?crid=3UBQ2EG4F56PH&dchild=1

 

3 minutes ago, Filingo said:

This Noctua is massive!

The Bigest one they make! Keeps a 2700x at 48c (Under Normal Load, it peeks at 68c)

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5 minutes ago, Filingo said:

Noctua should really make black

Cromax.Black U12s :https://www.amazon.com/Noctua-NH-U12S-chromax-Black-Single-Tower-Cooler/dp/B07Y88BNYZ/ref=sr_1_26?d

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3 minutes ago, Tan3l6 said:

At EUR 69.56 it's almost considered very resonable!

 

6 minutes ago, birdflyer said:

Cromax.Black U12s :https://www.amazon.com/Noctua-NH-U12S-chromax-Black-Single-Tower-Cooler/dp/B07Y88BNYZ/ref=sr_1_26?d

The thing is it's not becuase my budget is 75$ so I can play around this place, it's the fact that above 75$ I get VAT + import fees which are more than 20%

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The thing is it's not becuase my budget is 75$ so I can play around this place, it's the fact that above 75$ I get VAT + import fees which are more than 20%

You may have to go without the color my friend.

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1 minute ago, Filingo said:

 

The thing is it's not becuase my budget is 75$ so I can play around this place, it's the fact that above 75$ I get VAT + import fees which are more than 20%

Unless you go on eBay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/255145114506?epid=6035125842&hash=item3b67d57b8a:g:434AAOSw6nxhShV4

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