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I am looking for rgb ( but open to no rgb ) fans that are budget friendly and that are not too loud. Also a budget fan controller that would help me set them up would be great.

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ARCTIC P12 PST A-RGB, Thermalright TL-C12B-S V3, Phanteks PH-F120SK are some of the great value 3-pack RGB fans

Try to find in 3-pack or 5-pack for the best value instead of purchasing individual fan

 

22 minutes ago, Vellexar said:

a budget fan controller

Depending on your space, you can either go to Thermaltake Commander, NZXT Sentry or even some unknown brand of cheap fan controller

Usually the downside of unknown brand is they are not powerful for high power fans

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13 minutes ago, Vellexar said:

I am looking for rgb ( but open to no rgb ) fans that are budget friendly and that are not too loud. Also a budget fan controller that would help me set them up would be great.

arctic P12

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41 minutes ago, Vellexar said:

I am looking for rgb ( but open to no rgb ) fans that are budget friendly and that are not too loud. Also a budget fan controller that would help me set them up would be great.

like WIlly said, the Thermalright TLC-12 are quality fans, they are not PWM but they have great RGB and I heard that they are not too loud. They are a really good buy for the cheap price they are.

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There are lots of cheap non-led options out there, like Antec and Arctic, among a good of others. Even several that have some sort of lighting. 

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2 hours ago, RevGAM said:

There are lots of cheap non-led options out there, like Antec and Arctic, among a good of others. Even several that have some sort of lighting. 

If i was going to go without rgb and i need 6 fans total... what would you go with ?

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11 minutes ago, Vellexar said:

If i was going to go without rgb and i need 6 fans total... what would you go with ?

Well, you'd need to get 3-packs, which will probably cost a bit more, but not significantly more. 

 

What's your budget? I've seen fans going for as little as $5 each, although those are usually not the best quality, even if they're from famous brands. For example, if you look at be quiet!'s fans, you'll see that the Silent Wings line use fluid dynamic bearings, but the other 3 lines (Shadow, Light & Pure) only use rifle bearings. That's 300k hours vs 60-80k MTTF.

 

So the cheap ones mostly use sleeve and rifle bearings, or maybe another variant of sleeve/ rifle, like single ball bearing and sleeve. Some are better than others but if you stick with companies that offer a warranty, that is better. 

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9 minutes ago, RevGAM said:

Well, you'd need to get 3-packs, which will probably cost a bit more, but not significantly more. 

 

What's your budget? I've seen fans going for as little as $5 each, although those are usually not the best quality, even if they're from famous brands. For example, if you look at be quiet!'s fans, you'll see that the Silent Wings line use fluid dynamic bearings, but the other 3 lines (Shadow, Light & Pure) only use rifle bearings. That's 300k hours vs 60-80k MTTF.

 

So the cheap ones mostly use sleeve and rifle bearings, or maybe another variant of sleeve/ rifle, like single ball bearing and sleeve. Some are better than others but if you stick with companies that offer a warranty, that is better. 

around 100-130 cad for the 6 fans, i already have two old silent wing 3 fans i recycled so far.

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3 minutes ago, Vellexar said:

around 100-130 cad for the 6 fans, i already have two old silent wing 3 fans i recycled so far.

Recycle or reuse? 😉

 

Then you won't have to look at the cheapest fans of you don't want to. What websites are you using there?

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15 minutes ago, RevGAM said:

Recycle or reuse? 😉

 

Then you won't have to look at the cheapest fans of you don't want to. What websites are you using there?

Reuse but they are almost 6 year's old ....

 

I was looking on pcpartpicker so far for deals and amazon.

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