Low noise PWM 120mm case fan suggestions please

[evilcorp]

Hi

I need some Low noise PWM 120mm case fan suggestions please.

I need to buy 4 and im not looking for rgb or light up fans. Im doing a new stealth build with high airflow that needs to be quiet and i havent got a clue on 120mm fans.

 

[AlienALX]

Eloops.

 

[Eddie long]

i have a couple of ek vardar fans on my ek predator they are good and quiet

 

[evilcorp]

Eloops.

Thanks for that. I forgot about the eloops. I will take a look and see how much they are going for now.

i have a couple of ek vardar fans on my ek predator they are good and quiet

I have a few of the larger vadar fans i will take a look cheers.

 

[AlienALX]

They're about £15 each and you can now get them all black.

http://www.aquatuning.co.uk/air-coo...A1heUJYJRPrQvrIETWPdYDegM-_O15I4LkaAhdi8P8HAQ

Red

http://www.aquatuning.co.uk/air-coo...fgUu1-oVlqJ8dJ3hdyCHY69kb7zt6GCkDsaAqca8P8HAQ

Blue

http://www.aquatuning.co.uk/air-coo...ReVkr7N8IgSZbywnzNwFXgFAr5TITb5SfMaAnlo8P8HAQ

Classic white/black

http://www.aquatuning.co.uk/air-coo...In0_iqWu3ije7-OJCQ0GajmyI079txnZS4aAgE08P8HAQ

Note : that was a very quick look. DO NOT get the 2400 RPM ones if you do not have a fan controller or can slow it down. They're friggin dangerous at that speed !

I have some 600 RPM on my 8 core Xeon rig and they are completely inaudible. However, you need a low wattage CPU to run a fan that slow.

I've been through every decent rad fan apart from the Vardar. So Noctua, Cougar etc. The NBs are the best looking I have had, and when tamed down a bit very very quiet. I would limit it to 1200 RPM if you value your sanity though

 

[evilcorp]

They're about £15 each and you can now get them all black.

http://www.aquatuning.co.uk/air-coo...A1heUJYJRPrQvrIETWPdYDegM-_O15I4LkaAhdi8P8HAQ

Red

http://www.aquatuning.co.uk/air-coo...fgUu1-oVlqJ8dJ3hdyCHY69kb7zt6GCkDsaAqca8P8HAQ

Blue

http://www.aquatuning.co.uk/air-coo...ReVkr7N8IgSZbywnzNwFXgFAr5TITb5SfMaAnlo8P8HAQ

Classic white/black

http://www.aquatuning.co.uk/air-coo...In0_iqWu3ije7-OJCQ0GajmyI079txnZS4aAgE08P8HAQ

Note : that was a very quick look. DO NOT get the 2400 RPM ones if you do not have a fan controller or can slow it down. They're friggin dangerous at that speed !

I have some 600 RPM on my 8 core Xeon rig and they are completely inaudible. However, you need a low wattage CPU to run a fan that slow.

I've been through every decent rad fan apart from the Vardar. So Noctua, Cougar etc. The NBs are the best looking I have had, and when tamed down a bit very very quiet. I would limit it to 1200 RPM if you value your sanity though

Awesome. Thanks alot for your work! I will order some. They look great and have a great reputation. I am jumping up in core in my main rig and just picked up a temporary new case that will be air cooled for a few weeks

 

[AlienALX]

Awesome. Thanks alot for your work! I will order some. They look great and have a great reputation. I am jumping up in core in my main rig and just picked up a temporary new case that will be air cooled for a few weeks

Yeah for noise and pressure they are great. They don't have the motor noise the Vardars are supposed to have either.

As I said, just try and limit them to 1200 RPM maybe 1600 RPM maximum. At 2400 they make a noise that's intolerable.

Love those new black ones. Not seen them until today.

 

[evilcorp]

Yeah for noise and pressure they are great. They don't have the motor noise the Vardars are supposed to have either.

As I said, just try and limit them to 1200 RPM maybe 1600 RPM maximum. At 2400 they make a noise that's intolerable.

Love those new black ones. Not seen them until today.

I got my eloops yesterday and installed them. They are perfect. Quiet and shift a lot of air and they look great in black in my stealth build. Thansk for the suggestion they were exactly what i was looking for

AlienALX would you recommend them for radiator use as well? In my back system i have a single rad with 2 x 140mm Vardars that are noisy. what do you use on rads?

 

[AlienALX]

I use Eloops on everything. Both of the AIOs that were in one rig (in blue) and in white on the other rig (my daily).

The 140s are on sale on OCUK.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/noiseblocker-nb-eloop-fan-b14-1-140mm-fg-059-nb.html

I think once you use them on rads you'd never change them unless you wanted LEDs tbh. I've been using them for about two years now, I previously used Cougars but they are orange. Both are fantastic for SP though and the motor noise is pretty much zero.

Vardars are really expensive and I've heard they have motor noise.

 

[evilcorp]

I use Eloops on everything. Both of the AIOs that were in one rig (in blue) and in white on the other rig (my daily).

The 140s are on sale on OCUK.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/noiseblocker-nb-eloop-fan-b14-1-140mm-fg-059-nb.html

I think once you use them on rads you'd never change them unless you wanted LEDs tbh. I've been using them for about two years now, I previously used Cougars but they are orange. Both are fantastic for SP though and the motor noise is pretty much zero.

Vardars are really expensive and I've heard they have motor noise.

Vardars are noisey. I have just tried some Noctua NF-P14s over the past few days that start whirring like crazy over 1000rpm.

Do you think the B14-1 600rpm will be enough for a rad?

 

[AlienALX]

Vardars are noisey. I have just tried some Noctua NF-P14s over the past few days that start whirring like crazy over 1000rpm.

Do you think the B14-1 600rpm will be enough for a rad?

It depends what you are doing mate. I use 600 RPM on my 240 rad (so 120s). They are inaudible. However, I am cooling a 8 core Xeon with a max TDP of 140w that can not be overclocked. Temps are good though, idle is usually around 30c but has jumped up 10c since the summer.

If you are running a CPU stock or a mild overclock then yeah, I would say they would be OK.

I know that the jump between running a fan on low and all out is only about 7c. So you trade off noise for temps.