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roctrebira
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I recently moved around my set up with a new desk and my pc now sits about 1 foot from my right ear and I can't stand the sound of it anymore now I should say ive always been able to hear my pc just it was very faint because it was a good few feet farther from my head and my headset would block the sound out. The fans I need to replace will be linked below I would prefer the fans to be black or black frame with white fan blades and I would consider led fans if the led is red or white. Budget is $100 or less.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181028

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181028

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Well I have 3 noctua NF P12s that I'm looking to sell if your interested. They don't necessarily match your color scheme, but they are the Ferrari of case fans, and if your looking for a quieter fan, your not gonna get anything better.

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Just now, Tmt97 said:

Well I have 3 noctua NF P12s that I'm looking to sell if your interested. They don't necessarily match your color scheme, but they are the Ferrari of case fans, and if your looking for a quieter fan, your not gonna get anything better.

Oh trust me if I could of stuck NF P12s in my pc for the windowed part of i would of bought 6 of them I have 3 in the front foor intake and they are whisper quiet just doesn't go with my pc theme at all.

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Just now, roctrebira said:

Oh trust me if I could of stuck NF P12s in my pc for the windowed part of i would of bought 6 of them I have 3 in the front foor intake and they are whisper quiet just doesn't go with my pc theme at all.

paint em? Its not that hard lol.

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IIRC NZXT had some AF fans that were 21 dBa, but anything will be quiet if you run it slow enough. I like SP/AF 120's because they're pretty and I put way too many fans then run them way too slow.

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AF140 QE's are pretty quiet already. How fast are you running them?

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3 minutes ago, WoodenMarker said:

AF140 QE's are pretty quiet already. How fast are you running them?

It's at full speed.

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1 minute ago, roctrebira said:

It's at full speed.

Just .. lower the speed?

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Yea definitively invest in a fan controller or leverage your motherboard's fan controlling. Even a fan header cable limiting it to 7V would work. Keep the AF140 QEs at about 900RPM or so for best cooling/noise ratio. Not the greatest for idle but decent for load.

If you still want to change the fans, I like the PH-F140SP, Black frame white blades, comes in no LED, white LED and red LED flavors. These do very well at 700RPM or less for idle, and around 900RPM on load. For simplicity's sake, you can say 5V idle and 7V load.

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