Yea got one canceling my order,
may have to get some of those phobia ones even though id like all my rads to match.
480mm Radiator Shortage?
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Yea got one canceling my order,
may have to get some of those phobia ones even though id like all my rads to match.
GoogalyMoogaly
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Pretty sure Sickleflows have next to no static pressure. If you're running them at 2200rpm they might work I guess, although I'm sure I've seen tests done that don't rate them particularly well as rad fans.
Of course 2 480 is a lot of radiator space so you may well get by with them, even if they're not the best.
Dead wrong sir:
Air Flow (CFM) 69.69 CFM
Air pressure (mmH2O) 2.94 mmH2O
Those specs smoke most any Corsair fan, and they flat out EMBARRASS the Corsair "quiet editions". They do make some noise though. Plus they make a really annoying "arrrrrrrr" noise at certain RPMs. But with a decent fan controller, those fans are awesome for the price / stats, and are great rad fans if you can handle the noise or if you throttle them down.
Remmy
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What?! The logos are awesome! They're one of the main reasons I chose Phobya radiators. Now the Alphacool logo, that you do not want visible xD
I wanted the embossed logos, but when I got them they'd changed to stickers
Anyway, they're just stickers, so as long as you can peel them off okay without scratching the paint, you'll be able to clean the old adhesive off easily enough, and you can get sticky stuff remover to help you.
GoogalyMoogaly
New member
That does of course rely on you taking CoolerMaster's word on those numbers.
Akasa Vipers produce much better CFM ratings and slightly better Static Pressure at 1900rpm according to Akasa's stats. I've used both and for radiators I'd pick the Akasa fans over the Sickleflows despite the similar stated numbers. I'd prefer the Gentle Typhoons AP-15s over either of them, but we are gradually talking more and more expensive.
On a side note I've seen it advised that with Sickleflows you're best of mounting them horizontally due to the bearing type used.
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
Oh how this made me laugh! Another noob believing numbers that a company posts... You only need simple fans for a monsta size rad anyway, static pressure is not as important(still is no doubt) due to having only 8fpi. Quietness is the main factor for those rads.
No point in trying to shove information down someones else's throat because they think different.
I wasn't "shoving" anything. My point was those cheap CM fans perform better than Corsair quiet editions, that's it. I've used both, and the CM fans DO push good air. I don't claim they back up their stats, because we all know most every company at least exaggerates, if not outright lies about their numbers. But I had (and still have) 3 of those CM fans on an EX360. With just that rad cooling 1 CPU and 1 GPU, the Corsair quiets performed badly, I'm talking 5-10 degrees C worse than the CM fans. Even at full blast, they were awful at dissipating heat compared to the CMs.
Glad I made you laugh though. Thanks for taking a 2 fan comparison so seriously.
GoogalyMoogaly: never said they were the best fans. Just decent pressure fans for cheap. Agreed on the Typhoons, as I have 6 FP-45s in my cube. Love em, even though they're ugly as sin.
alpenwasser
New member
While I don't have any experience with the CM fans, I feel compelled to admit that I am not
very impressed by the Corsair quiet editions either, specifically their performance/noise ratio.
They are not at all what I'd call quiet, especially on anything higher than 7 V. I'm very finicky
when it comes to PC noise though, so that might just be me.
NeverBackDown
AMD Enthusiast
I agree. Overrated in the end.
