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WhyAlwaysMe
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I am having trouble finding 120mm and 140mm case fans with the best performance to noise ratio. Any suggestions would be highly appreciated

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how many fans do you need and what is your budget

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Noctua fans are generally considered to be really good. not thati would know i havent tried them but they are supposed to be good. As long as you dont mind the colour of performanse

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Just now, Skiiwee29 said:

how many fans do you need and what is your budget

2 of each and I don't really have a budget.

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What are your specs and where are you planning to use the fans?

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If you don't need the bling, Noctua, Phanteks, and Corsair have great fans.  If you want RGB stuff Corsair probably.

 

Noise-to-performance is really relative considering configurable fan curves.  If you're talking decibels at full speed though, you probably want like maglev or magnetic bearing type fans. Ex. the ML series from Corsair.

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Just now, WoodenMarker said:

What are your specs and where are you planning to use the fans?

My specs are on my profile but I was planning on upgrading to the Define C TG. I would have the two 140mm in the front as intake and the 120's on the back and top as exhaust.

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1 minute ago, WhyAlwaysMe said:

My specs are on my profile but I was planning on upgrading to the Define C TG. I would have the two 140mm in the front as intake and the 120's on the back and top as exhaust.

The Define C TG comes with 2x preinstalled GP-12 X2's. They're pretty good already and should be plenty of cooling for the specs listed. I'd suggest seeing how the stock fans perform before deciding on whether or not to replace them.

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I agree with @WoodenMarker on trying out the included fans first.

 

Just a side thought: if you decided to use like a 240mm AIO for some reason and you mounted it up top, you would have two fans up top anyway with that.

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