120mm Fan recommendations?

[jamesriley94]

Hi,

i've gone through loads of different fans over the last few years, binned half of them as they were slightly too loud, or seemed to whine at me - ie - all coolermaster ones i've ever had went straight in the bin, thats how fussy i am

At the end of this month im upgrading from AMD to Ivybridge 3770k, with probably a 6970/7870 all watercooled. I've decided to go with the RASA 750kit, then add the extra GPU block, with an extra thicker rad in the bottom of my CM 690...so my questions:

Silence is everything to me, and I understand noctua fans are renowned for being the best, so I was going to kit out with 4 NF-F12s...but, with dual rads, I would definitely prefer LED fans, such as the Enermax Everests - although no idea how good they are - but, can they compete with the noctuas for silence?

Or, can anyone recommend to me any other SILENT LED fans, maxed out airflow is not a massive concern for me as I'm more interested in sacrificing a few degrees for silence, but, I currently have 4 antec tru-quiet fans which i have been very happy with, but I dont think they will be strong enough for rads.

Any help will be much appreciated.

I have looked into Phobya's LED fans, and Enermax's offerings, if ayone has any ideas on these?

Thank you

 

[PetrolHead247]

Phobya 2G's are a great choice, Enermax's offerings are good, so too are the Bitfenix Spectre Pro's and some of Xigmatek's fans. Just make sure the noise levels are around 20dBA or under (that's the region i look in) and have a high static pressure and CFM and you should be good to go. Oh, and make sure it has a quality bearing type too.

 

[Pr3d4t0r]

Specters and Noctuas are my choice, but something cheaper like cm sickle should suffice

 

[FTR.4500MHz]

Akasa Apache , but no leds !

 

[garih]

specter fans are silent even on full, but crap airflow

 

[SieB]

Not many good LED fans to be honest all the best ones are non LED. The ones I like the most though are these

http://www.fruugo.co.uk/gelid-wing-12-plblue-pwm-pc-fan/p-1682661?utm_source=google&utm_medium=product%2Bsearch

Specs

http://www.gelidsolu...d=2&id=57&tab=2

 

[dukeReinhardt]

air penetrators are supposed to be good

 

[BKCXb]

Not many good LED fans to be honest all the best ones are non LED. The ones I like the most though are these

http://www.fruugo.co...roduct%2Bsearch

Specs

http://www.gelidsolu...d=2&id=57&tab=2

I have the Gelid Fans! I got the PWM ones with LEDs and run them on a 3 pin fan controller, they undervolt the best out of all the fans I have, at 4.5 volts they will start and stay running at 450 RPMs, but I would stay clear of the cheaper Silent series, I got a few because they are white, but they are not silent, anything above 7 volts and they are screaming, which is kinda funny the loudest and most quiet fans in my case are both Gelid's.