Advice needed on best PWM fans for

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piotrekhc

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Hi
So I've just installed Antec Kuhler 620 onto my i7 3770k @ 4.4GHz v1.275, and I am looking for fans upgrade, at the moment I have noctua fan pushing and standard antec fan pulling both on 12V. I do find that solution to loud so ill need some help to pick best pwm fans for push pull. Let me know what you got
temps after 30 min of prime below, and what would you describe as safe 24/7 temps
Thanks
Pete
 
I have a custom loop for my CPU and I use the EK Vardar F3 on my 240mm radiator and I can't hear them I would suspect you need some SP = Static pressure fans on your air cooler rather than AF = Air Flow as TTL has said you cannot go wrong with the vardar but i'll leave this for the other forumites to comment :)they will correct me if i'm wrong or just troll me :o. So long story short do some research into Air flow fans and Static pressure fans just so you have knowledge of how they work and what's best for your requirements to what you want from your rig. If you click on my build log you will see the Vardar F3's and I can hear my D5 Vario over my fans and that's only set to 2. I hope this post helps you fella :)
 
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Tolemac said:
I have a custom loop for my CPU and I use the EK Vardar F3 on my 240mm radiator and I can't hear them I would suspect you need some SP = Static pressure fans on your air cooler rather than AF = Air Flow as TTL has said you cannot go wrong with the vardar but i'll leave this for the other forumites to comment :)they will correct me if i'm wrong or just troll me :o. So long story short do some research into Air flow fans and Static pressure fans just so you have knowledge of how they work and what's best for your requirements to what you want from your rig. If you click on my build log you will see the Vardar F3's and I can hear my D5 Vario over my fans and that's only set to 2. I hope this post helps you fella :)
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tinytomlogan said:
Probably at the limits of the cooler, the EK Vardars are very good though
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Thanks I will get them then. Which version should i go for ?F3 f4 or F5? Liike I mentioned in other post on this forum I got this 620 for free, and only reason I have decided to switch, is because my Silverarrow was covering top slot of pcie and with my 980`s in sli I was unable to get my xonar d2x working. Now everything works great with decent temps on top GPU(max 78) with fan on side panel. Just looking to get the best out of that small Antec 620. Thanks once again.

Temps of cpu after 3h+ of division(top gpu actually hit 79 ^.^)
 
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F4-ER are the Vardar's to go for in basically any scenario but especially on an AIO.

Like all fans they are nothing special in terms of performance, getting the right speed, controlability and blade optimization for your intended purpose is what's important.

JR
 
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I should stop looking up Items for people it makes me want to spend more money :eek: now I have my eyes on the white raystorm waterblock and the white EK Vardars :p
 
Tolemac said:
I should stop looking up Items for people it makes me want to spend more money :eek: now I have my eyes on the white raystorm waterblock and the white EK Vardars :p
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hahahaha

I use the EK Vardar F4 fans in white but there 2200rpm and there quiet the only reason i'm going to stop using them is there not going to match with my new colour theme.
 
Just ordered two EK Vardar F4 white ones. Must say some retailers charge arm and leg for delivery(like ocuk)..., but white one on amazon are 24 quid o_O!
 
King of Old School said:
Well if you want the best fan you have to pay the price lol
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Yai got no problem paying for fans, just cant understand price difference between ocuk and amazon thats it :)
Got them today look good work good just a shame they don't supply rad screws with rad fans.. which i thought is obvious.. but hey ^.^
 
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BTW i think I've lost silicon lottery, been playing around trying to reduce voltage and 4.4GHz at 1.265v been running stable for past 1h. I think that for 4.4 voltage is a bit high.
 
The voltage sounds about on par with my 4820k which is essentially a 3770k about average, not a good one and not the worst one. Mine takes an insane amount of volts to get past 4.5 but with the right cooling and I mean a huge amount of radiator area it will just do 4.7 with about 1.38v for a little graphics benching.

Rad screws come with rads, that's generally the way it goes.

As mentioned I doubt Amazon deal with EK directly so there is probably some big weird margin or distribution cost attached just because it's not a popular product. OCUK stock and consume a lot of EK kit so i'm sure they are competitive, if you spend a little time on their forums you can get free shipping too.

JR
 
piotrekhc said:
Yai got no problem paying for fans, just cant understand price difference between ocuk and amazon thats it :)
Got them today look good work good just a shame they don't supply rad screws with rad fans.. which i thought is obvious.. but hey ^.^
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Radiators dont all have the same threads etc. Less cost and risk for them to just not include them. Either it comes with the rad or you go buy it seperately pretty much

Congrats on the great fans
 
Been thinking, to buy something bigger like Antec 920 seeing how good AIO are.
Not sure if h100i will work in my system as I am running two 980 and i'll be cooling my cpu with 75C air, unless I set the fans to pull air from outside the case(like i got them now), but rad being on top of the case not sure if it is a good idea.
Any suggestions ?
 
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