Upgrading Case Fans

[DukeChocula]

I'll try to keep this as simple as I can.

 

I have a H110i GT and an Antec Kuhler 920 in my case. The 110 for my 3570k, the 920 for my 970.

I have the S340 case, but I'm not at home for pictures. So here's an MS paint drawing  

 

 

Anyways, I'm looking to make this computer fairly quiet. I want to have 140mm up top, dual 140mm up front, and a single 120mm in back.

 

As much as I'd like Noctua they'd really mess up my color scheme. I want to stay minimalistic with pretty much black/green being the only colors.

 

If I need to clarify more, please ask. Otherwise give me some suggestions. Once I get my case completely satisfied to my liking I'll be posting pictures of it 

 

 

[Kobathor]

Either Noctua Industrial PPC or Corsair SP-120 Quiet/Performance. There's lots of great options I didn't mention, but I can't remember them off the top of my head. There's also options from Be Quiet! that are good.

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, DukeChocula said:

I'll try to keep this as simple as I can.

 

I have a H110i GT and an Antec Kuhler 920 in my case. The 110 for my 3570k, the 920 for my 970.

I have the S340 case, but I'm not at home for pictures. So here's an MS paint drawing  

 

 

Anyways, I'm looking to make this computer fairly quiet. I want to have 140mm up top, dual 140mm up front, and a single 120mm in back.

 

As much as I'd like Noctua they'd really mess up my color scheme. I want to stay minimalistic with pretty much black being the only color.

 

If I need to clarify more, please ask. Otherwise give me some suggestions. Once I get my case completely satisfied to my liking I'll be posting pictures of it 

 

 

I use corsair SP fans which are nice and quiet and come with detachable rings. I like the rings because you can take some spray paint and make them any color you want without painting the actual fan (which is a nice a black and dark grey).

Another good black fan that I've used are the BeQuiet ones, I have one of those in my top vent.

[Dzzope]

Gentle typhoons... basically there are as many fans as you could think of... see whats available and suits your colour scheme then look for reviews to find the best compromise of air-flow to noise.

[DukeChocula]

Is there a real difference in the SP140L that comes with the H110i GT and the SP140s you can buy with LEDs? I can't imagine there is too much difference so upgrading those would be a waste.

 

For the Antec Kuhler 920, would you guys recommend just pull, or push pull? A single pack of the SP120 quiet edition PWM is like 19 dollars, the dual pack is like 30 dollars.

 

So i guess i'm looking at about 50 dollars?

 

These and This?

[Guest]

You generally get what you pay for with fans. You can tell the difference between a $5 fan and a $20 fan. You can always look for sales though, I think I picked up my Be Quiet from NCIX for $10 CAD.

 

Also, I don't know anything about the fans that came with the H110i GT, maybe someone else can answer that. I bought SP140's without the LED's though. I have a couple AF140's with LED's and I don't like the LED's at all. They are visible from the side of the fan and cause glare in the S340 even if they're hidden. I ended up cutting a couple of wires on the LED's. If you want to light up your case, you're better to go with LED strips or something like that.