Solid fans for my first build

[LegendarySkip]

I’m planning out my first PC build in the Fractal Meshify C case and need some solid budget fans. Don’t have a lot of Budget left over (maybe 50€, could stretch it a bit if absolutely necessary). Any recommendations? 

[Ralfi]

16 minutes ago, LegendarySkip said:

solid budget fans

You say solid budget fans.

 

I say Arctic P12.

[RONOTHAN##]

The Arctic P12s are usually some of the best value fans, they perform pretty well, they're pretty quiet, and they're dirt cheap. In the US at least you can get a 5 pack for $30, the pricing should be pretty similar in Europe (quick google search showed 25 Euros, but double check in your particular area). If you don't need RGB these are really hard to beat. 

 

If your budget is tight enough though, depending on the parts you've got going into the case (if you're running a 300-400W GPU I wouldn't consider this an option), you can always just see what the performance is like stock, then add in the fans later on down the road if temps are a little higher than you'd like. 

[thrasher_565]

i disagree about the aertic p12 fans i already have 2 fans out of the box both bran new and the corner just fell off... never had that happen on any other fan even $2 ones. it might preform good, be some what quiet, cheap, but the frame i dont no... i be-leave i have like 20 of them now and now i might regret it...

[Ralfi]

1 hour ago, thrasher_565 said:

i disagree about the aertic p12 fans i already have 2 fans out of the box both bran new and the corner just fell off... never had that happen on any other fan even $2 ones. it might preform good, be some what quiet, cheap, but the frame i dont no... i be-leave i have like 20 of them now and now i might regret it...

Sounds like at best, it’s a rarity, & at worst, a bad batch? 
 

Never heard of that issue with those fans, but with Arctic, their after sales service is also good, so you should contact them. I’d be surprised if they didn’t help you out.

 

What do you mean by “the corner just fell off”? The plastic snapped off? Is there evidence of shipping damage on the box?? 

[thrasher_565]

1 minute ago, Ralfi said:

Sounds like at best, it’s a rarity, & at worst, a bad batch? 
 

Never heard of that issue with those fans, but with Arctic, their after sales service is also good, so you should contact them. I’d be surprised if they didn’t help you out.

ya could be i dont no if more happens then it cant be just my luck right? but now i have a fan that can only be mounted one way or other with 3 screws not that i use 4 screws to begin with... true builder right here

not the only pc thing that let me down past few moths ive been having alot of bad luck and problems... makes you not want to build pcs anymore...

[Ralfi]

4 minutes ago, thrasher_565 said:

not that i use 4 screws to begin with... true builder right here

 

4 minutes ago, thrasher_565 said:

not the only pc thing that let me down past few moths ive been having alot of bad luck and problems... makes you not want to build pcs anymore...

Sometimes it’s good to step back & take a break from it eh.

[thrasher_565]

6 minutes ago, Ralfi said:

 

Sometimes it’s good to step back & take a break from it eh.

ya might be trying too hard maybe or should make do with what i got first.

 

got an x79 mb for xp build witch i got the artic fans and 2x 420mm mounted in the tower 900 but... i put the cpu in backwords and well wont post now...

 

then i got an x299 mb not because i need an upgrade but i like water cooling and thought it be cool to have blocks and tubes everywhere and that i can work on it well still having my 6600k up and running (just an excuse...) anyway like $550 later for this mb and it wont post witch c1 error... i asked about it on here and thinks its do to ram but i tried other ram and still same thing... got my money back witch was nice but i got a ai for it and mono block too... then i got sic and off work for like a week and did watch my spending so now close to the red i need to watch what i buy for a moth or so. have enough for nexed rent so ok there. so dont have moeny to by say another cpu or a verified set of ram to test... but my pc been in my living room for like 5 years now...

 

another problem is this site seem to lag and fails to load some time like today i keep getting an error seems to only be this site... only thing i did change was from a 4 port switch to a 24port maybe ill try the 4port again.