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Hello.

I am thinking of ordering a noctua nh-d15 but I noticed the fans, although good, look awful. I was wondering if I would be able to spray paint them black to fit in with my system or would there be an issue?

 

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Get noctua industrial fans, they have a nice color scheme.

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Get noctua industrial fans, they have a nice color scheme.

But are louder due to their hight min and max fan speeds.

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Buy a Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 3.

The performance gap between the dark power pro and the NH-D15 is considerable.

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But are louder due to their hight min and max fan speeds.

Higher fan speeds =/= more noise exacly. A good fan at higher rpm could make less noise than a cheaper fan at lower rpm.

And still they are really quiet if you keep their rpm down. They are still noctua's and perform really well.

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The performance gap between the dark power pro and the NH-D15 is considerable.

It sounds like OP would sacrifice 2-3C for aesthetics.  There are other options like Cryorig R1 ultimate and Phanteks TC-14PE though.

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To actually answer your question(yes im looking at you, half the people responding to this thread) You should be able to spray paint them easily if you dont like the color scheme. Linus even put glitter on his.

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But are louder due to their hight min and max fan speeds.

they are not that much louder i tested it and its only noticeable at higher speeds

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You could replace them with the noctua LTT edition ones. 

 

Don't spray paint fans, just dont. 

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To actually answer your question(yes im looking at you, half the people responding to this thread) You should be able to spray paint them easily if you dont like the color scheme. Linus even put glitter on his.

That is to say you should never do such stupid S*** if you wan to really use that PC.

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That is to say you should never do such stupid S*** if you wan to really use that PC.

Well I'd agree with you on the point of glitter. But I don't really see spray painting as "stupid S***" that will in any way prevent you from using the PC. I mean yea if you just left the fan installed within the case, stuck a can of spray paint inside and let it go wild, then yes you might damage the nearby components, but I've never actually seen someone do that. Usually when you spraypaint your fans your take the fan out of the case, and remove the blades to spray paint them separately from the rest of the fan, or at the very least just cover the parts of the fan you don't want to paint with masking tape. Using this method the worst case scenerio is that the fan in question dies(unlikely), but in no way is a single fan dying going to stop the op if he "wants to really use that PC."

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