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Are corsair fans any good ?

I have been looking at case fans for the last week and I noticed the corsair fans are nothing compared to other fans.
For example the bitfenix spectre PWM LED 140mm fans, are quieter and at the same time have more cfm and static pressure than the corsair sp140/af140 (quiet edition) fans... what gives? It seems like that every fan manufacturer states their noise ratings so vaguely... most of them say their fans run at 20-30 db but when the fans run at 12V they come close to 40 or even more during reviews.. again what gives, I don't understand. 

So far I've settled for the Bitfenix spectre PWM LED 140mm intakes because they have high cfm and static pressure ratings and run at 24 db.. they look so basic but I cant say no to 56.1 cfm and 2.14mm/H20 (high pressure because of fine dust filter and hdd bays)
and alpenfoehn wing boost 2 plus pwm 120mm as rear and top exhaust fan because they pull a shitload of air... and are rated at 20db

are there any better fans out there? apart from noctuas (fans have to be black or blue)

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Are corsair fans any good ?

I have been looking at case fans for the last week and I noticed the corsair fans are nothing compared to other fans.

For example the bitfenix spectre PWM LED 140mm fans, are quieter and at the same time have more cfm and static pressure than the corsair sp140/af140 (quiet edition) fans... what gives? It seems like that every fan manufacturer states their noise ratings so vaguely... most of them say their fans run at 20-30 db but when the fans run at 12V they come close to 40 or even more during reviews.. again what gives, I don't understand. 

So far I've settled for the Bitfenix spectre PWM LED 140mm intakes because they have high cfm and static pressure ratings and run at 24 db.. they look so basic but I cant say no to 56.1 cfm and 2.14mm/H20 (high pressure because of fine dust filter and hdd bays)

and alpenfoehn wing boost 2 plus pwm 120mm as rear and top exhaust fan because they pull a shitload of air... and are rated at 20db

are there any better fans out there? apart from noctuas (fans have to be black or blue)

Don't look at fan specs, they are always wrong and unreliable, get some noiseblocker blacksilent pros if you want good quiet fans. To answer your question, no corsair fans arn't very good, medium range at best imo.

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noctua industrial fans, Black and removable rubber noise isolating pads. might not be a good value for the money though. I heard they are expensive. 

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Not the best, not the worse

 

I use some SP120 Quiet editions and they are perfectly good for the price 

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I really think corsair fans are overrated... 

Noiseblocker and bequiet are looking so damn good 

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Ignore decibel ratings. Not everyone measures from the same distance, and usually they measure decibels above the background noise, which because decibel is a logarithmic scale is inherently wrong. A fan producing 10 dB more actually outputs 10 times as much sound energy. That's also why producing a really quiet one is so difficult. Your best bet is to see how they stack up when measured by the same person in the same way. Even then, it's not that accurate.

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the corsair fans are fine and a good deal if you buy them in a two pack, are you talking about the low noise edition or high performance.

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I have 140mm and 120mm Corsair AF fans and they are really heavy and well built. Have good airflow unless they are restricted, then they start to suffer. The only problem with them is on the 120mm the rubber screw holes can get ripped apart when you try to unscrew the fans, making that screw hole useless

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Look. It doesn't matter what fan you get. performance you're going to get from them is going to marginally different from the stock fans that come with your case. The only difference would be the noise, and the looks. Most stock fans run at 40-60db at 12V which is not bad for something you got for free with a case. They also look shitty. That's the only reason people change them. If you are running radiators, you need fans that are pushing/pulling air pretty well. That's the only reason you might want a fan for it's performance capabilities. Unless you are a professional overclocker, you are not going to see the difference between a good stock fan and a cheap performance one like the Corsair AF/SP series.

 

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I was drawn towards the corsair quiet edition fans.. the high performance one got slaughtered in reviews lol 

I just cant get forget the alpenfoehn wing boost 2 design once they start spinning! 

anyone got experience with those? 

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Look. It doesn't matter what fan you get. performance you're going to get from them is going to marginally different from the stock fans that come with your case. The only difference would be the noise, and the looks. Most stock fans run at 40-60db at 12V which is not bad for something you got for free with a case. They also look shitty. That's the only reason people change them. If you are running radiators, you need fans that are pushing/pulling air pretty well. That's the only reason you might want a fan for it's performance capabilities. Unless you are a professional overclocker, you are not going to see the difference between a good stock fan and a cheap performance one like the Corsair AF/SP series.

 

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