Noctua VS Be Quiet!

[JoshuaTjandra]

Has anyone ever used both? I am deciding whether to get the BeQuiet! silent wings 2 or Noctua NF-F12 for my H100i. Spec wise it seems that the BeQuiet fans have higher CFM and Lower Noise, but a lot of people here seem to be recommending noctuas.

[Izaya Orihara]

Be quiet! Silent Wings 2 are airflow fans not static pressure fans. For a radiator apllication the NF-F12 will kill the be quiet! Silent Wings 2. But seriously get a highend aircooler over a H100i. (Dark Rock 3 Pro) (Unless you already got the H100i then i said nothing) 

[coen113]

i would get the BQ fans over the noctua ones

[brownninja97]

be quiet for appearance, noctua for marginly better performance and ugliness.

[DamDirtyApe]

I hear a lot of good things about BeQuiet!

 

But for a radiator fan, you want to read up on static pressure, not CFM. CFM is the speed in which the air is moving, static pressure is the volume it is moving. With a radiator speed doesn't really do a lot. You could have a fan which kicks up 70 CFM but only 1mm H2O of static pressure and it would get totally dominated by a fan which produces 40 CFM and 2.5mm H2O.

 

Volume helps because of the dense design of a radiator. Speed won't be able to penetrate the fins easily, while static pressure is actually pushed, or forced, through it.

[Rorgash]

Noctua simply has better airflow and air pressure than other brands at a MUCH lower RPM, when i was looking at fans i was wondering why noctua was supposed to be better, it had about the same air flow and air pressure as the other fans, but then i noticed that the RPM was often HALF of the other fans, you can run 120mm noctua fans on a cpu AIO 120mm rad at below 500rpm and it will keep the temps under 60C (i7 960, no OC)

[Heisenbleurgh]

For a radiator, if you're going with Be Quiet what you want is Shadow Wings, not Silent Wings. The pressure at which the air is pushed is more important than the amount of air pushed for a radiator.

Note: Shadow Wings are not as quiet.

[dragosudeki]

I would recommend some Cougar fans. They seem to go unnoticed, but they work well and are silent.

EDIT: Didn't realize this was for a rad. Not too sure if these will perform well in that scenario.

[nsyedhasan]

Why not go for NoiseBlockers or Gentle Typhoons?

[Dubesta11]

Be quiet is a joke in the US, with limited support and very few retailers. I would go with a noctua with better looking fans, or wait for their black model to come out.

[loccilucas]

Go for the noctua fans, and a high end air cooler if possible.

[minicale]

I think noctuas are overated my friend has some and they push little air and are still audible I'd go with bequiet or corsair.

[Thorium19]

Noctuas, they're being used on a radiator so it makes more sense due to higher static pressure, even if they look worse

[KrasussDB]

ill just leave this here http://martinsliquidlab.org/2013/05/07/fan-testing-round-12/

 

Noctuas are fugly and bad, the only way for them to be silent is on super low RPM when they barely push any air...oh yea and they are freaking expensive too. Noiseblockers are pretty good, but even more expensive then Noctua iirc.

 

 

[The_Strict_Nein]

*psst* Gentle Typhoons

[4960X]

Noctua gets my vote.

[Faa]

For a 4770k you don't need static pressure fans, like it's going to make the difference here. That cpu dumps a minor amount of heat into the liquid

[loccilucas]

noctua every time.

[loccilucas]

ill just leave this here http://martinsliquidlab.org/2013/05/07/fan-testing-round-12/

 

Noctuas are fugly and bad, the only way for them to be silent is on super low RPM when they barely push any air...oh yea and they are freaking expensive too. Noiseblockers are pretty good, but even more expensive then Noctua iirc.

Please explain how noctuas are bad?

[Sewerk]

I think noctuas are overated my friend has some and they push little air and are still audible I'd go with bequiet or corsair.

Im currently running 4x 120mm PWN noctua's in my rig and they are basically inaudible. Granted if i pump them up to 1500rpm i can hear them, but not nearly as much as my old fans. Granted i have never tested them against any other fans so my opinion is probably invalid. But from my experience i can say i cant hear them from where i sit (my pc is about a meter and a bit away from me on the ground) i can hear the fridge that is 5 meter's away over my pc. 

[That Norwegian Guy]

Be Quiet:

 

-Wins noticeably in silence

-Wins overwhelmingly in appearance

-Wins somewhat in price

 

Noctua:

 

-Wins marginally in performance.

 

 

 

Be Quiet! wins on a devastating knockout.

[Faa]

Be Quiet! wins on a devastating knockout.

Thats not hard, theyre not even pushing restricted airflow. Their power zone psu's arent really quiet as a supernova 1000 P2.

[Prokart2000]

y u no phanteks?

[loccilucas]

I think noctuas are overated my friend has some and they push little air and are still audible I'd go with bequiet or corsair.

You were probably expecting them to blow like mad, and be absolutely silent? Sorry if i'm wrong but I don't think you have much experience with high end fans if you are recommending corsair fans above noctuas and on the same level as be Quiet.

[Tomiking]

I put Noctua NF-F12s on my H100 and they are amazing (they also come with a lot of useful accessories), I actually like how they look (maybe that's just because I associate that look with quality) but even if you really don't like their look, you can put them between the top panel of your case and your radiator so you wont even see them.

Oh and if you do that try to have the fans pulling air through the radiator (watch LinusTechTips video on Push vs Pull Vs Push/Pull)