Noctua nigthmare

[silvermert]

I want to buy 3 120mm Noctua redux fans on amazon. but I'm EXTREMELY confused because there are 4 types of the 120 Redux line. what changes between them is a number at the end of the name, as one is 700, another one is 1200, there's another 1200 but PWM and a rounded 1500PWM. what confuses me more is that the 1200pwm is $24! for that price I could just get normal poop Noctua, I'm getting redux cause they should be cheap!

I obviously don't know what the numbers mean nor do I know what PWM means, I try lurking more but I didn't find any clear answers so, which one do I need? I just want one fan for the front, another for the back and another one for the top. in case necessary my case is a corsair 780t

sorry if the question is too stupid or the text too long and thanks in advance

[Hunched]

This should help if you're looking for specifications: http://noctua.at/en/products/fan

[SpaceGhostC2C]

1 minute ago, silvermert said:

I want to buy 3 120mm Noctua redux fans on amazon. but I'm EXTREMELY confused because there are 4 types of the 120 Redux line. what changes between them is a number at the end of the name, as one is 700, another one is 1200, there's another 1200 but PWM and a rounded 1500PWM. what confuses me more is that the 1200pwm is $24! for that price I could just get normal poop Noctua, I'm getting redux cause they should be cheap!

I obviously don't know what the numbers mean nor do I know what PWM means, I try lurking more but I didn't find any clear answers so, which one do I need? I just want one fan for the front, another for the back and another one for the top. in case necessary my case is a corsair 780t

sorry if the question is too stupid or the text too long and thanks in advance

 

700rpm, 1200rpm, 1500rpm is the speed at which they spin. Faster is noisier but moves more air, slower is quieter but doesn't blow as much.

 

PWM is Pulse Width Modulation, a fan control interface. Basically, it's the 4-pin fan connector that plugs into your motherboard (as opposed to 3-pin motherboard connectors)

[W-L]

1 minute ago, silvermert said:

I want to buy 3 120mm Noctua redux fans on amazon. but I'm EXTREMELY confused because there are 4 types of the 120 Redux line. what changes between them is a number at the end of the name, as one is 700, another one is 1200, there's another 1200 but PWM and a rounded 1500PWM. what confuses me more is that the 1200pwm is $24! for that price I could just get normal poop Noctua, I'm getting redux cause they should be cheap!

I obviously don't know what the numbers mean nor do I know what PWM means, I try lurking more but I didn't find any clear answers so, which one do I need? I just want one fan for the front, another for the back and another one for the top. in case necessary my case is a corsair 780t

sorry if the question is too stupid or the text too long and thanks in advance

PWM is pulse width modulation it's a different method of controlling the speed of the fans and gives a larger controllable range, in the low RPM end. If your looking for a pressure fan in 120mm sizes they one they have for the Redux isn't that good, you would be better off with something like the NF-F12's. 

 

 

[silvermert]

1 minute ago, SpaceGhostC2C said:

 

700rpm, 1200rpm, 1500rpm is the speed at which they spin. Faster is noisier but moves more air, slower is quieter but doesn't blow as much.

 

PWM is Pulse Width Modulation, a fan control interface. Basically, it's the 4-pin fan connector that plugs into your motherboard (as opposed to 3-pin motherboard connectors)

 

aaaaah.. ha! that was simple!!  I kid you not I saw a 4 mins YT vid explaining PWM in an extremely convoluted way, thanks man! you educate me gud tonight

I imagine most motherboards support 3-pin fans and some newer motherboards support 4-pin fans...

[SpaceGhostC2C]

5 minutes ago, silvermert said:

aaaaah.. ha! that was simple!!  I kid you not I saw a 4 mins YT vid explaining PWM in an extremely convoluted way, thanks man! you educate me gud tonight

I imagine most motherboards support 3-pin fans and some newer motherboards support 4-pin fans...

Your welcome!

 

PWM isn't really new, you'll find at least some PWM in most boards (CPU fan connectors are typically 4-pin, and the rest ranges from all 3-pin to all 4-pin depending on the board, with increasing popularity for PWM). My older 990 Sabertooth  has all 4-pin, my newer 970 Performance has 2 4-pin and the rest just 3  You can plug 3-pin fans in 4-pin connectors, though (I haven't tried the opposite), they just won't get controlled by PWM but usual voltage regulation.