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Best noise VS performance radiator fans for H100i?

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I installed my H100i yesterday and at stock speeds I'm getting CPU temps of ~ 25C which I'm very happy with, but the fans it comes with are fairly loud, even at 800 RPM I can hear them with my headset on but every other fan my build has (5 other fans) are basically silent, so I'd love to make an EXTREMELY quiet PC, that I can't here with my headset on at all, unless I'm doing some big perforamnce programs. I was wondering if there was a good pair of fans I can use to reduce noise without sacrificing too much performance, as I'm gonna OC my chip soon (4670k) looks don't really matter, but if I can get a blue or blue LED fan that would be amazing to go with my build. I hear NF-F12's are really good for silence VS performance ratio, I tried looking into the mmH20 of the OEM h100i fans and their dBa, but I couldn't find either. Thanks for the help :)

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We all know one name my friend Noctua

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noctua nf-f12's, silverstone ap121's or corsair sp120's. all very good, silent fans.

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Noctua fans for low RPMs.

 

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So what I'm reading is the NF-F12's are nearly 10dBa's quieter then AP123s, but nearly the same as SP120 Quiet editions, just gonna look into mmh20 looks like NF-F12's or SP120 Quiet's for me. Gentle Typhoons are hard to come by around here.

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Well NF-F12's have 2.61 mmH20 were SP120 QE have 1.29 mmH20, guess I'm saving up for a pair of NF-F12's

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So what I'm reading is the NF-F12's are nearly 10dBa's quieter then AP123s, but nearly the same as SP120 Quiet editions, just gonna look into mmh20 looks like NF-F12's or SP120 Quiet's for me. Gentle Typhoons are hard to come by around here.

Interesting, i wonder if they are really 10dBa's quieter or their measuring technique is different because my AP121's at 900-1000RPM are pretty quiet!

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noctua nf-f12 for sure. hands down the best noise to performance IMO

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Interesting, i wonder if they are really 10dBa's quieter or their measuring technique is different because my AP121's at 900-1000RPM are pretty quiet!

I assume the dBa rating is at max RPM they may scale down very well

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I assume the dBa rating is at max RPM they may scale down very well

I dont know, but i will defo be picking up the black noctua fans! ( well if they are less than 50 euros lol )

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Interesting, i wonder if they are really 10dBa's quieter or their measuring technique is different because my AP121's at 900-1000RPM are pretty quiet!

 

martinlabs has gone to the trouble for you:

 

 

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