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Both QE and PE are better performing than the Spectre pros... I swear they were really good fans. Maybe it was the non-pro?

 

I agree with you on the Sickleflow. Worst. Fans. Ever. The specs are grossly over-exaggerated. 

Spectre Pros do push quite a bit of air and have decent SP, but they're just way too loud, and also they're just sleeve bearing, not the fluid-dynamic bearing that they're advertised to be. Take a look at some pics of the Spectre Pro, see all those spokes on the back of the fan? They look nice, but cause nothing but noise and turbulence.

 

I had bought Sickleflows, three of them rattled, one of them had a crack on one of the blades, and no two had the same shade of blue on the LEDs. Not to mention they were just as hideously loud as the Spectre Pro.

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No, just no.

 

Spectre Pro is one fan I'd actually take Corsair AF/SP over.

 

 

SP120 QE's aren't actually bad, I have 6 in my rig that run 5 volts 24/7, can't hear them unless I actually try to listen to them, the fans on my Cryorig r1 ultimate are a tad bit louder, and even those are almost dead silent.

 

I will say at 7-12 volts they are a bit of an annoyance in volume though, but I never have to run them above 5v anyways so its w/e.

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SP120 QE's aren't actually bad, I have 6 in my rig that run 5 volts 24/7, can't hear them unless I actually try to listen to them, the fans on my Cryorig r1 ultimate are a tad bit louder, and even those are almost dead silent.

 

I will say at 7-12 volts they are a bit of an annoyance in volume though, but I never have to run them above 5v anyways so its w/e.

The QEs aren't bad but if you're looking into PEs might as well get Deltas

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The QEs aren't bad but if you're looking into PEs might as well get Deltas

 

 

Yeah the PE's are stupid.

 

The QE sp's are about the same volume as my previous NF-F12's at 5 volts, although the tone they make is MUCH more tolerable than the NF-F12's I had.  The NF-F12's I had at 5 volts made an annoying hum noise, drove me insane.

 

In terms of volume they're about halfway inbetween gentle typhoons and NF-F12, (had both in the past)  got rid of the GT's even though they were the most amazing fan I've ever used, because I got a killer deal on the Sp's and they matched my rig better.

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Spectre Pros do push quite a bit of air and have decent SP, but they're just way too loud, and also they're just sleeve bearing, not the fluid-dynamic bearing that they're advertised to be. Take a look at some pics of the Spectre Pro, see all those spokes on the back of the fan? They look nice, but cause nothing but noise and turbulence.

I had bought Sickleflows, three of them rattled, one of them had a crack on one of the blades, and no two had the same shade of blue on the LEDs. Not to mention they were just as hideously loud as the Spectre Pro.

Nothing wrong with sleeve bearing if properly lubed.

But yeah, spectre pro is terrible.

My favorite fan:

Ap123

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Noise also isn't a problem. I was thinking 5he Corsair SP and AF fans