Does replacing fans on Noctua coolers make sense?

[Special Agent 星雨]

Specs in the signature below.

 

Due to my poor R7 1700 chip only capable of 3750 at 1.28v, I'm looking to invest in a mid to high end air cooler in order to lower the temperatures, because they are around 70 degrees celsius under gaming load (50-60% of threads being utilized). I understand that the temperatures are within spec, however, I'd like my CPU to be running cooler in order to improve my overall case thermals.

 

I'm sure most people would agree that Noctua's coolers are great, but their fans look absolutely disgusting.

 

The Noctua NH-D15-SE cooler looks enticing, however, I am unsure whether replacing the stock fans with RGB ones will affect performance.

 

Do Noctua fans play a big role in cooling their respective heatsinks? Or will replacing the stock fans with weaker but better looking ones affect little to no performance.

 

Thanks!

 

 

[Oshino Shinobu]

If you don't like the look of the fans on the NH-D15, you could always go for a bequiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 which has less polarising looks and performs pretty much the same. 

[mebaby2]

I always used the 140mm industrial ppc fans at a low rpm just required bending the thingys that held the fans in place allittle seeing the fans it comes with have holes at 120mm.

 

Tadaa black noctua fans with if need be massive cooling capabilities. 

[doits]

Go with dark rock pro 3 if you care about looks. What do you mean you want your cpu cooler to improve case thermals? No matter what you do your cpu will output the same amount of heat, a better cooler just moves the heat from cpu away better.  If you change fans on noctua cooler it may go up a degree or two, nothing crazy as long as it is not some 2$ airflow fan. IMO go with dark rock pro 3 so you don't waste money replacing stock noctua fans. 

[LogicalDrm]

Noctua coolers are best as whole. If you plan to change fans and not to go with Noctua, it just isn't worth it. Competition has almost same level coolers, Phanteks, be Quiet!, Cryorig and Scythe all have dual tower coolers.

[Special Agent 星雨]

Thanks everyone, just ordered a Dark Rock Pro 3!

 

[TacoSenpai]

Are you telling me you don't like poop colored beige fans?  What has this world come to?

[Jonathan Lemmens]

3 hours ago, LordTaco42 said:

Are you telling me you don't like poop colored beige fans?  What has this world come to?

Tbh, I quite like the look of a Noctua cooler. To me, the beige is just the colour of performance parts.

[TacoSenpai]

11 minutes ago, Jonathan Lemmens said:

Tbh, I quite like the look of a Noctua cooler. To me, the beige is just the colour of performance parts.

Yeah It kinda grew on me the more I looked at it in my side panel.  Gives off an industrial feel like a car engine part especially with that massive heatsink.