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About to order 4 sp120 quiet edition fans. Are these good fans for exhaust and intake? And how are these in comparison to the performance edition?

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They're okay

 

They look good and perform alright.

 

May wanna look at ek valdar fans for more static pressure/noise levels

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I would opt for AF120QE

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They're okay

 

They look good and perform alright.

 

May wanna look at ek valdar fans for more static pressure/noise levels

  

But the valdars are $20 each right?

I would opt for AF120QE

Yeah ok that's what I was thinking
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But the valdars are $20 each right?

Yeah ok that's what I was thinking

They are yes

 

If you want aesthetics then the corsairs all day.

 

Quieter and more static pressure the EKs

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They are yes

 

If you want aesthetics then the corsairs all day.

 

Quieter and more static pressure the EKs

I'm not sure if I want to spend $80 on fans. Not just looking for aesthetics but looking for a fan that's going to keep my rig cool.
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I'm not sure if I want to spend $80 on fans. Not just looking for aesthetics but looking for a fan that's going to keep my rig cool.

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About to order 4 sp120 quiet edition fans. Are these good fans for exhaust and intake? And how are these in comparison to the performance edition?

 

I have the performance edition fans and given the horrid noise they make, they've well and truly put me off the QE versions.

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I use the SP120s and they work great for me, granted I'm not generating that much heat, but my system stays relatively cool, peaking at about 60C. Not to mention they look very nice, especially if your case has a window.

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I use the SP120s and they work great for me, granted I'm not generating that much heat, but my system stays relatively cool, peaking at about 60C. Not too mention they look very nice, especially if your case has a window.

Yeah I have an s340 and 60c is really good for temps. Do you play intensive games?

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Yeah I have an s340 and 60c is really good for temps. Do you play intensive games?

60c isn't that low for a 8320.

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Yeah I have an s340 and 60c is really good for temps. Do you play intensive games?

All the time. Can run most tripleA titles at max settings with no thermal issues whatsoever

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60c isn't that low for a 8320

It is considering I have my 8320 clocked@4.4GHz. The stock clock is 3.5GHz

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It is considering I have my 8320 clocked@4.4GHz. The stock clock is 3.5GHz

4.4ghz isn't that much and that still doesn't make 60c that low when considering the advertised safe core temp from AMD is 62c. That's like saying 75c is low for a 4690k. 

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4.4ghz isn't that much and that still doesn't make 60c that low when considering the advertised safe core temp from AMD is 62c. That's like saying 75c is low for a 4690k.

Wow did not know the AMD reccomneded was 62c. Wow never mind on the temps then haha.
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Wow did not know the AMD reccomneded was 62c. Wow never mind on the temps then haha.

 

 

4.4ghz isn't that much and that still doesn't make 60c that low when considering the advertised safe core temp from AMD is 62c. That's like saying 75c is low for a 4690k. 

Well its my first build and it only peaked there briefly over my 6 months of logs. when I game it never goes over 45C

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4.4ghz isn't that much and that still doesn't make 60c that low when considering the advertised safe core temp from AMD is 62c. That's like saying 75c is low for a 4690k. 

 

Wow did not know the AMD reccomneded was 62c. Wow never mind on the temps then haha.

 

Its 72c now not 62.

 

60c while gaming is a bit high, my 5ghz overclock sits at a touch under 60c so I'm not sure why yours is so high at only 4.4ghz unless you're reading the wrong sensor.

 

 

Well its my first build and it only peaked there briefly over my 6 months of logs. when I game it never goes over 45C

 

Thats more like it. I do hope you're stress testing your overclock.

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Well its my first build and it only peaked there briefly over my 6 months of logs. when I game it never goes over 45C

Oh ok. I see. What software do you use to monitor temps?

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Its 72c now not 62.

It didn't change. It's 62c for FX cpus. 

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I own 4 sp120 quiet editions. Tbh my Geild wings 12 UV blue performs better and more quiet..

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Oh ok. I see. What software do you use to monitor temps?

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About to order 4 sp120 quiet edition fans. Are these good fans for exhaust and intake? And how are these in comparison to the performance edition?

 

They're fine, I suppose, if you're deaf. Obviously there are lots of fans out there that are unbearably loud, and Corsair's fans (so-called "Quiet Edition" fans included) are just some of them, but the problem is that they cost the same as some much better competition. Noctua fans aren't much more than Corsairs, but now that the LTT fans are sold out you can only get the ugly brown ones or the much more expensive PPCs. BeQuiet! however has fans that are nearly equal to Noctuas and much better than Corsairs in every regard, particularly noise, and they actually cost less.

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They're fine, I suppose, if you're deaf. Obviously there are lots of fans out there that are unbearably loud, and Corsair's fans (so-called "Quiet Edition" fans included) are just some of them, but the problem is that they cost the same as some much better competition. Noctua fans aren't much more than Corsairs, but now that the LTT fans are sold out you can only get the ugly brown ones or the much more expensive PPCs. BeQuiet! however has fans that are nearly equal to Noctuas and much better than Corsairs in every regard, particularly noise, and they actually cost less.

It looks like you've never used Corsair QE's. They're not the best but they're good enough to be quiet tier fans. http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1342-page9.html

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It looks like you've never used Corsair QE's. They're not the best but they're good enough to be quiet tier fans. http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1342-page9.html

 

Not only have I used them, I actually run one of the things in my gaming rig as the bottom intake... It's not literally like a jet fighter, but compared to the BeQuiet!, Noctua, Cooler Master and Phanteks fans that I also have in the same rig, it makes an absolute racket.

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Not only have I used them, I actually run one of the things in my gaming rig as the bottom intake... It's not literally like a jet fighter, but compared to the BeQuiet!, Noctua, Cooler Master and Phanteks fans that I also have in the same rig, it makes an absolute racket.

Which model are you using? It doesn't look like the ringed QE.

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