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Best 120mm fans $25 max (preferably less) per fan? Sound is (almost) not an issue.

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  • Case: 5000D Airflow
  • CPU: i5-13600KF
  • GPU: 3080 (vertical mounted w/ CoolerMaster vertical mount)
  • Cooler: Arctic Liquid Freezer II 360mm

I'm planning to populate all of my fan slots but am having a hard time deciding on which fans to use. Originally I was going with the T30 but my bank account wouldn't be very happy. Currently considering Arctic P12s or Noctua NF-P12s but leaning towards the P12s because apparently the Noctuas are quite loud for their performance. As I've stated, noise doesn't matter to me, I could care less if my PC sounded like a jet hitting lightspeed but the fans should at least have matching performance for the noise they're outputting. Any suggestions?

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Get arctic P12, can't go wrong😉

You can even get the RGB or Bionix versions

System : AMD R9 5900X / Gigabyte X570 AORUS PRO/ 2x16GB Corsair Vengeance 3600CL18 / ASUS TUF Gaming AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX OC Edition GPU/ Phanteks P600S case /  Eisbaer 280mm AIO (with 2xArctic P14 fans) / 2TB Crucial T500  NVme + 2TB WD SN850 NVme + 4TB Toshiba X300 HDD drives/ Corsair RM850x PSU/  Alienware AW3420DW 34" 120Hz 3440x1440p monitor / Logitech G915TKL keyboard (wireless) / Logitech G PRO X Superlight mouse / Audeze Maxwell headphones

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P12 PWM PST, P14 PWM PST, P12/P14 Slim.

M.S.C.E. (M.Sc. Computer Engineering), IT specialist in a hospital, 30+ years of gaming, 20+ years of computer enthusiasm, Geek, Trekkie, anime fan

  • Main PC: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D - EK AIO 360 D-RGB - Arctic Cooling MX-4 - Asus Prime X570-P - 4x8GB DDR4 3200 HyperX Fury CL16 - Sapphire AMD Radeon 6950XT Nitro+ - 1TB Kingston Fury Renegade - 2TB Kingston Fury Renegade - 512GB ADATA SU800 - 960GB Kingston A400 - Seasonic PX-850 850W  - custom black ATX and EPS cables - Fractal Design Define R5 Blackout - Windows 11 x64 23H2 - 3 Arctic Cooling P14 PWM PST - 5 Arctic Cooling P12 PWM PST
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9 minutes ago, 191x7 said:

P12 PWM PST, P14 PWM PST, P12/P14 Slim.

Slim are rather bad, only to use if you really need the slimness 🙂

 

System : AMD R9 5900X / Gigabyte X570 AORUS PRO/ 2x16GB Corsair Vengeance 3600CL18 / ASUS TUF Gaming AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX OC Edition GPU/ Phanteks P600S case /  Eisbaer 280mm AIO (with 2xArctic P14 fans) / 2TB Crucial T500  NVme + 2TB WD SN850 NVme + 4TB Toshiba X300 HDD drives/ Corsair RM850x PSU/  Alienware AW3420DW 34" 120Hz 3440x1440p monitor / Logitech G915TKL keyboard (wireless) / Logitech G PRO X Superlight mouse / Audeze Maxwell headphones

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Maybe you can fit one of these:

https://www.delta-fan.com/technology/three-phase-fan/pfm1412deb7v.html

There's something to be said for 480qm^3 per hour.  Just don't stick your fingers into it while it's running.

 

Or pick one: https://www.delta-fan.com/products/dc-axial-fans.html

 

This would fit: https://noctua.at/en/nf-f12-industrialppc-3000-pwm

Noctua sacrifices airflow for noise.

 

I don't know your prices.  If you can, go with Noctua or Delta: Besides airflow, there is also something to be said for quality.  I have some Noctuas running in my server because I need quiet and reliable, and they've been running for a couple years (5?) 24/7 without issues now.  Not every fan does that.  Noctua gives you a very good value for your money, especially when you want quiet.

 

I got a bunch of Delta fans for free and put them into my other server because it needs airflow and the Sunon fans it came with sucked.  They're from an old IBM server and also work great.  It's not running a lot, but the other IBM server has been running for 10 years or more now and has no issues either.

 

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