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I'm not comfortable calling any fan silent. For me silent means passive cooling with no moving parts. They are pretty quiet, the blades are joined together as a ring which reduces turnbulence and focuses the airflow. I would advice that instead of looking for silence look for fans with a good noise profile, basically that the noise they make is barely noticeble. Decibels are not a fair measure of the sound profile of a fan. Take coil whine for example, it may be barely audible but still extremely annoying. If as quiet as possible operation is very important, i would go with either silverstone AP123s, Noctua NF-P12s or NB-eloops, this fans are designed to have a more pleasent noise profile by producing sound waves that cancel each other.

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So im on hunt for new fans for my system as its getting a little bit to hot in the case. The case is a Corsair Carbide Air 540 and my cpu cooler is a Corsair H55 liquid cooler, cooling my 4690k. The plan was accually to get some fans which would look good in my case with a orange/black motherboard and a pure black gtx 780ti from msi, but i will still need some god damn completely silent fans which will always be able to move some air (at least more than the stock case fans from Corsair)

 

I have no certain budget (keep in mind that my motherboard is orange/black) 

Im looking for 3x 120mm fans optimized for airflow and 1x 120mm optimized for static pressure, while being silent NOT QUIET but silent.

 

The companies i want fans chosen from is EK-WB, BeQuiet!, Noctua and Corsair, but im open for options :)

 

Thanks :)

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Well for the 3x 120mm case fans for air flow I'd get 3, 120mm PMW BeQuite Silent Wing 2's, they will work great, they are silent, and they are black and orange :)

 

For the 120mm Static pressure optimized fan, I'm not sure of a really good quite one that will fit your build perfectly, but you could wait for the LTT Edition NF-F12's lol (Although no clue when they are actually coming..)

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Well for the 3x 120mm case fans for air flow I'd get 3, 120mm PMW BeQuite Silent Wing 2's, they will work great, they are silent, and they are black and orange :)

 

For the 120mm Static pressure optimized fan, I'm not sure of a really good quite one that will fit your build perfectly, but you could wait for the LTT Edition NF-F12's lol (Although no clue when they are actually coming..)

Ive been looking at the silent wings too, but dang, they cost the same as noctua's! 

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So im on hunt for new fans for my system as its getting a little bit to hot in the case. The case is a Corsair Carbide Air 540 and my cpu cooler is a Corsair H55 liquid cooler, cooling my 4690k. The plan was accually to get some fans which would look good in my case with a orange/black motherboard and a pure black gtx 780ti from msi, but i will still need some god damn completely silent fans which will always be able to move some air (at least more than the stock case fans from Corsair)

 

I have no certain budget (keep in mind that my motherboard is orange/black) 

Im looking for 3x 120mm fans optimized for airflow and 1x 120mm optimized for static pressure, while being silent NOT QUIET but silent.

 

The companies i want fans chosen from is EK-WB, BeQuiet!, Noctua and Corsair, but im open for options :)

 

Thanks :)

For the airflow fans, i would go with NF-P12s from noctua, they are older but they are still regarded as one of the best fans for quiet computing. For the other fan you can use a NF-F12, a vardar doesn't seem apropiate, it's a rad fan. Corsair is out if you seek silence. You may also consider AP123 from silverstone as the high sp fan, since they are VERY quiet and have focused airflow

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For the airflow fans, i would go with NF-P12s from noctua, they are older but they are still regarded as one of the best fans for quiet computing. For the other fan you can use a NF-F12, a vardar doesn't seem apropiate, it's a rad fan. Corsair is out if you seek silence. You may also consider AP123 from silverstone as the high sp fan, since they are VERY quiet and have focused airflow

Im not into mixing 2 brands for fans, either i choose noctua or silverstone for that matter, not both :)

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You really can't beat Noctua.  yes, ugly as shit. But holy shit they are awesome!

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You really can't beat Noctua.  yes, ugly as shit. But holy shit they are awesome!

TBH i love the poop brown color os the noctua's, my only concerning is, will they look bad with my orange/black mobo?

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Ive been looking at the silent wings too, but dang, they cost the same as noctua's! 

 

Yeah they are certainly pricey lool, but they also perform as well as the noctua's

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Yeah they are certainly pricey lool, but they also perform as well as the noctua's

Yes. and as said before, i wont mix brands ;) 

 

But if you have a good rad-fan from bequiet, share with me, please do!

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TBH i love the poop brown color os the noctua's, my only concerning is, will they look bad with my orange/black mobo?

Yes, they will look bad.  They match nothing.  But a clean build with great cable management can still look nice, even with Noctuas.  Check out my personal build log, I used a total of 7 Noctua fans in a white case:

 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/417008-white-define-r5-build/

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Yes, they will look bad.  They match nothing.  But a clean build with great cable management can still look nice, even with Noctuas.  Check out my personal build log, I used a total of 7 Noctua fans in a white case:

 

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/417008-white-define-r5-build/

But the difference is, they match, sadly, they wont for me?

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Yes. and as said before, i wont mix brands ;)

 

But if you have a good rad-fan from bequiet, share with me, please do!

 

Oh, well if you really don't want to mix brands then I'd have to advise noctua, just because you can get different types of fans for different needs, and they will all be the same brand with the same look, although it wont really look nice in your build. 

 

I'd get NF-S12's for the airflow x3 if you want it to be absolutely silent, then for the rad fan I'd get a NF-F12 

 

The NF-P12s are great too for the case fans, although I'd use them only if your case fans are restricted at all, because they are like the inbetween for airflow and static pressure.

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But the difference is, they match, sadly, they wont for me?

Does your case have a side window?

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Oh, well if you really don't want to mix brands then I'd have to advise noctua, just because you can get different types of fans for different needs, and they will all be the same brand with the same look, although it wont really look nice in your build. 

 

I'd get NF-S12's for the airflow x3 if you want it to be absolutely silent, then for the rad fan I'd get a NF-F12 

you got no suggestion for a rad fan from bequiet?

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Does your case have a side window?

My case does have a side window yes, its an air 540

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you got no suggestion for a rad fan from bequiet?

 

Not that I know of, sorry :c

 

They seem to be more air flow optimized

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Not that I know of, sorry :c

 

They seem to be more air flow optimized

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My case does have a side window yes, its an air 540

Well, if you want it to match all you can do is wait for the LTT Noctua fans that will be orange and black.

 

Or chose another brand.

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Well, if you want it to match all you can do is wait for the LTT Noctua fans that will be orange and black.

 

Or chose another brand.

Will the LTT be priced the same as the standart noctuas?

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Will the LTT be priced the same as the standart noctuas?

I think it will be very similar yes.  No idea when they will do it though.  Could be a few months possibly...

 

I got tired of waiting and just bought the ugly ones for my white build.

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I think it will be very similar yes.  No idea when they will do it though.  Could be a few months possibly...

 

I got tired of waiting and just bought the ugly ones for my white build.

TBH, it looks awesome (y)

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Will the LTT be priced the same as the standart noctuas?

Also, shipping might be a problem.  They are based in Canada, but said they might ship from the US.  If so, shipping to Canada will cost a fortune.  If they ship from their new office, shipping to US will cost a fortune.  Shipping oversees will cost you a kidney.

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TBH, it looks awesome (y)

Thanks!  =)  I am happy with how it looks.

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For the airflow fans, i would go with NF-P12s from noctua, they are older but they are still regarded as one of the best fans for quiet computing. For the other fan you can use a NF-F12, a vardar doesn't seem apropiate, it's a rad fan. Corsair is out if you seek silence. You may also consider AP123 from silverstone as the high sp fan, since they are VERY quiet and have focused airflow

 

Not that I know of, sorry :c

 

They seem to be more air flow optimized

 

I think it will be very similar yes.  No idea when they will do it though.  Could be a few months possibly...

 

I got tired of waiting and just bought the ugly ones for my white build.

Now that i think, noiseblocker is also a great fan manufacturer? how do they perform and are their fans something i should consider? :)

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Now that i think, noiseblocker is also a great fan manufacturer? how do they perform and are their fans something i should consider? :)

I have not heard of them.

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