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WYP said:

Would you pay $29.99 for a fan?

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No.

I did. For Noctua quality though. NFA12x25. Best fans I ever and that's coming from someone who used GT's before. These Noctua fans are so silent and create a wind tunnel

Not paying that sorta money for a ball bearing fan. They are out of their mind.

At least with Noctua, Nidec or Corsair ML fans for that matter the motors on them are a little bit special so they'll run more quieter.

They should of at least made them a hydro or FDB bearings.

NeverBackDown said:

I did. For Noctua quality though. NFA12x25. Best fans I ever and that's coming from someone who used GT's before. These Noctua fans are so silent and create a wind tunnel

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Scythe has been good for me, for much less money. Though I do have some prestigious baby poop in my machine in the form of NH-D15!

Love the design aesthetic, but every coolermaster fan i've had the displeasure of owning of late - have the most Hideous bearing drone that is TOTALLY intolerable.

So now, I won't spend $30 a fan on fans made by coolermaster.

Lol.... have not seen CM fan that has been good so far, comparing to BeQuiet and Noctua. For 30€ then I would rather pay for Noctua.

One can be a competitor and still lose. Badly. For that same money, it's two Noctua consumer fans or one and some change left over for a Noctua Industrial.

dwatterworth said:

One can be a competitor and still lose. Badly. For that same money, it's two Noctua consumer fans or one and some change left over for a Noctua Industrial.

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Or three - Be an absolute cheapskate and can only afford the redux line of Noctua fans.

Which arent exactly terrible IMO. They perform extremely well.

Or you could buy Gentle Typhoons for half the money or less and have twice as many awesome fans that sound great, but just don't look as nice.

Bartacus said:

Or you could buy Gentle Typhoons for half the money or less and have twice as many awesome fans that sound great, but just don't look as nice.

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Those havent really been in production for a loooong time now and new ones tend to cost a lot.

Original ones youre looking at at least £19-20 for one where found.

'Darkside' GT versions are also really hard to find now and im not sure if they are in production anymore. The only place you might be able to get them is from the US - which is where i originally got mine from. One of them started to rattle so i binned both of them and went with ML120 Pro's. So either way youre looking at increased postage fees and possible import duties.

OMG.PLS.NO said:

Those havent really been in production for a loooong time now and new ones tend to cost a lot.

Original ones youre looking at at least £19-20 for one where found.

'Darkside' GT versions are also really hard to find now and im not sure if they are in production anymore. The only place you might be able to get them is from the US - which is where i originally got mine from. One of them started to rattle so i binned both of them and went with ML120 Pro's. So either way youre looking at increased postage fees and possible import duties.

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Darkside is Canadian dude, and the fans are very available here and still being produced AFAIK. I can see that being a problem for you blokes in the UK though. Pity, as those fans have the best noise profile I've ever heard in a fan. So easy on the ears at low RPMs, no funny whining noises, vibrations, etc.

Bartacus said:

Darkside is Canadian dude, and the fans are very available here and still being produced AFAIK. I can see that being a problem for you blokes in the UK though. Pity, as those fans have the best noise profile I've ever heard in a fan. So easy on the ears at low RPMs, no funny whining noises, vibrations, etc.

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I think my original purchase came from dazmode so apologies - my order was not from the US like i had original thought (its been at least 5 or 6 years since my purchase from them)

But yeah like i said - you cant get darkside or Nidec fans here. Occasionally a random retailer like Scan or OverclockersUK will randomly get a shipment in but once theyre gone they are gone and there is no ETA on new stock.

Scan and OCuK still have the Nidec's listed on their website but have them tagged as EoL or Discontinued so its safe to assume they are never coming back into stock.

Looking for new ones on ebay only really brings in hits from the USA and the odd one somewhere in europe.

There are a fair few on the pre-owned market though. but the problem with that is you dont know if the fan has been run ragged.

as mentioned previously. AmazonUK still has them but for £19-20 each which puts it in Corsair ML territory and corsair MLs are damn good.

So your suggestion is a good one. but sadly its based on availability. 100% rep for GT fans - I still have some AP-15's in a box somewhere but since i dont run an AIO anymore and prefer having pwm control. In the box they will stay.

Bartacus said:

Darkside is Canadian dude, and the fans are very available here and still being produced AFAIK. I can see that being a problem for you blokes in the UK though. Pity, as those fans have the best noise profile I've ever heard in a fan. So easy on the ears at low RPMs, no funny whining noises, vibrations, etc.

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GT's are still almost as expensive as new Noctua fans at $23. You mine as well spend a few more to get the better Noctua stuff that is objectively better in every area, outside color choice.

NeverBackDown said:

GT's are still almost as expensive as new Noctua fans at $23. You mine as well spend a few more to get the better Noctua stuff that is objectively better in every area, outside color choice.

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Umm, nope, they are much cheaper. At least for me. Maybe the shipping costs are killer, but those things are very cheap here. Currently on sale for $20CDN (1850RPM PWM version too), 419 of them in stock. Noctua's are FAR more expensive here.

https://www.dazmode.com/shop/comput...ator-fan-550-1850rpm-58cfm-black-edition-pwm/