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Redux worth it?

Speakerator
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Hey,

 

I am currently searching for a case fan which will be used as a rear exhaust. I will probably do not have it temperature controlled but run it of one of those unregulated 'Power Fan' headers since I want it to especially push the heat generated by the GPU out of the case. My main concern is that I want it to be siltent, which is why I'd like a sub 800rpm fan and might pair it with a low-noise adapter. When one asks for silent fans in this forum, everybody goes 'Noctua, Noctua!' like the gulls in Finding Nemo... Yet, I'd like to not spent a fortune on this^^ The Noctua NF-S12B redux-700 however is only 14 bucks on amazon, which sounds reasonable for a reasonable quiet fan. Anybody got any experience with these or can recommendate any other quiet, cheap, suitable fans? (in that order^^) Or tell me that the whole idea is utter nonsense  :D

 

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"We cannot change the cards we're dealt - just how we play the hand" - R. Pausch

 

CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X , Cooler: BeQuiet Dark Rock 3 Motherboard: MSI B450 Mortar Titanium RAM: 16 GB Corsair LPX 3200 GPU: EVGA RTX2070 XC Storage: Adata 120GB SSD, SanDisk 1TB SDD, 2TB WD GreenHDD Case: Fractal Design Define Mini C PSU: EVGA Supernova 650GS Peripherals: Master Keys Pro S, Logitech G402 Audio: Schiit Fulla 2 + Sennheiser HD 650. Laptop: Asus Zenbook UX 302

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Rear exhaust is not something to sweat about, im sure that fan will be quiet and move a reasonable amount of air. In general i rather get more pressure optimized fans since you can resuse them for almost anything, but, that fan will do the job quietly and it's a noctua and that's a feature on it's own when it comes to reliability and overall quality.

System

  • CPU
    I7-4790K @ 4,7GHz
  • Motherboard
    Asus MAXIMUS Formula VI
  • RAM
    Kingston HyperX FURY 16GB Kit (2x8GB) 1866MHz
  • GPU
    MSI GTX 1070 Gaming X
  • Case
    Cooler Master Cosmos SE
  • Storage
    Samsung 840 EVO 500GB+WD Green 3TB
  • PSU
    EVGA SuperNOVA 850G2 80PLUS Gold Certified
  • Display(s)
    ASUS PB277Q 27" WQHD 2560x1440 75Hz 1ms
  • Cooling
    Corsair H105 with AP121s and Phanteks fans
  • Keyboard
    Logitech G610 Orion
  • Mouse
    E-3lue E-Blue Mazer II 2500 DPI Blue LED 2.4GHz Wireless Optical Gaming Mouse
  • Sound
    Audio-Technica ATH-M20x
  • Operating System
    Windows 10
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I just realized this:

 

the NF-S12B is ~14 € on Amazon, + ~ 5 for the LNA

the Noctua NF-S12A ULN is 20€ on Amazon, is non redux and includes a ULN

the Noctua NF-S12A FLX is 20€ on Amazon, is non redux and includes both a LNA & ULN

 

This...does make sense

"We cannot change the cards we're dealt - just how we play the hand" - R. Pausch

 

CPU: Ryzen 7 3700X , Cooler: BeQuiet Dark Rock 3 Motherboard: MSI B450 Mortar Titanium RAM: 16 GB Corsair LPX 3200 GPU: EVGA RTX2070 XC Storage: Adata 120GB SSD, SanDisk 1TB SDD, 2TB WD GreenHDD Case: Fractal Design Define Mini C PSU: EVGA Supernova 650GS Peripherals: Master Keys Pro S, Logitech G402 Audio: Schiit Fulla 2 + Sennheiser HD 650. Laptop: Asus Zenbook UX 302

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