Fans, fans, fans!

[iiBetrayforAR]

In a few months I will buy a H100i for my 3770K, and I am trying to decide what fans to use for a pull configuration... I have narrowed it down to Corsair SP120s, Cooler Master Excaliburs, and the monstrous Delta AFB1212HHE-F00s. As far a performance I know the Deltas crush anything I have seen in the 120mm format, but noise is somewhat of a concern to me. If I run all three of the fans at 1000RPM-1500RPM will the Deltas still outperform the others? And will the noise be acceptable, as long as it doesn't sound like an old Xbox 360 I'm fine with it.

Plus will the Deltas fry my Maximus V Formula fan headers lolol?

 

[airdeano]

In a few months I will buy a H100i for my 3770K, and I am trying to decide what fans to use for a pull configuration... I have narrowed it down to Corsair SP120s, Cooler Master Excaliburs, and the monstrous Delta AFB1212HHE-F00s. As far a performance I know the Deltas crush anything I have seen in the 120mm format, but noise is somewhat of a concern to me.

do you know why you need new fans? seeing as you hadn't got the unit yet.
why not just try the OE fans and then make a determination of if a new fan
is needed in your rig.

 

[USAdystopia]

Get the Cougar 12 PWMs...move a HUGE amount of air and are very quiet!

Compare specs.

I use 4 of them on my H100 and replaced the exhaust fan on a Corsair 600T with a Panaflo to experiment but had used a Cougar as an exhaust fan also with great results!

 

[iiBetrayforAR]

do you know why you need new fans? seeing as you hadn't got the unit yet.
why not just try the OE fans and then make a determination of if a new fan
is needed in your rig.

Because I know the listed fans perform better. And I could use the stock fans for other things. Probably won't get Deltas because I want control of the fans RPM, can't plug them into MOBO it will fry it, 50w perchannel fan controllers are impossible to find and expensive, Deltas are expensive. I will stick with the Excaliburs for now.