Replacing my Case Fans

[Icekube]

I've preorder my Corsair 650D case and I'm going to take out the 2 x 200mm fans (front & top) and replace them with 4 x 120mm silent fans, and the rear 120mm.

I know I should buy Noctua, but there is a cracking deal on Coolink SwiF2-1201 fans on Specialtech at £6 each, and I'm just wondering if anyone knows if they are much use as case fans? as the stats suggest they are pretty darn good especially for that price: 1200rpm @ 18.2dBa and shifting 55.4cfm

 

[ciksas]

Going to run them on 12V?

 

[yuri04]

Well Tom used them on the 3rd prize build for the Snow White compo (although with speed adapters).

and Coolink are the budget branch of Noctua, so I guess they are pretty good.

The Noctua NF-P12's are 1300 RPM/54.32CFM/19.8dBA, so in terms of specs not a big difference.

I haven't used em myself though.

 

[kilobravo]

Just remember the 200mm shifts 100> cfm.

Maybe 140mm fans are a better choise.

 

[Deathtrip2k]

If you decide to go for 140mm fans, be quiet! SilentWings USC is good fan for the price.. 102,7 m³/h (60,4 cfm) 1000rpm at just 16.5 dB(A). Or you could add around 6 gbp and get the Noctua NF-P14 FLX wich is 71.2m³/h, 750rpm, 10.1 dB(A) / 83.72 m³/h, 900rpm 13.2 dB(A) / 110.32 m³/h, 1200rpm, 19.6 dB(A) depending on what adaptor youre using. Imo, its not worth it.

 

[Icekube]

Thanks for the replies, you can always rely on this forum for friendly, honest advice

I'm not 100% if I'll run them at 12v or use the lna's, I was thinking I'd see what the noise and temps were like on 12v, but from what I can gather from around the net the Coolink fans aren't bad and aren't much louder than the virtually silent Noctua's. As for the 140mm suggestions, I'd definately go with the Noctua's, but I'll need to see the vid's of the case and see how things would fit I guess.

 

[ciksas]

If you aint gonna run them on full speed there is no worry

 

[dugdiamond]

akasa apache super-silent 120mm' s are great, but if 140's will fit then Noctua NF-P14's are the way to go