I'm thinking of swapping out the Corsair fans that came with my case for something quieter. They don't have to be the quietest fans in the world, and I'd rather they shifted a half-decent amount of air. What are the ones to go for these days? Thanks folks.
What Corsair fans are you using? I have a combo of SP and AF and wouldn't count either of them as particularly intrusive (not compared to the 1080 stock cooler, anyways...). Been reading a lot of CPU cooler reviews lately, Scythe tends to top the sound/performance charts with their 1200RPM Slipstream fans being practically inaudible.
What Vault-Tec said, the NB-eLoop Fan B12-PS would be my choice if you don't mind spending £16 on a fan. In a £10 price range there's also the BlackSilent Pro Fan PL2.
The Stock fans corsair use on their cases tend to be pretty rubbish, however the AF [140mm in my case] SP [120mm] aftermarket ones I replaced them with didn't seem to be too bad... The Silverstone [120mm] fan that came with my AR01, is loud when at full pelt, but at lower speed is fairly quiet. Keeps my CPU under control at least. Had a few Noctuas [120mm] and whilst they were quiet, they had about all the air-moving grunt of a midge with breathing problems. They were the low-rpm models though.
I bought 12 Corsair AF LED fans for my big purple monster (fnarr) and they were cack. Within two months three of them (that had been running sideways) started farting like the bearings were going. They were also light, thin and very brittle. I know that with fans you are not supposed to sit around fondling them but when it comes to quality Eloops and Noctuas are just cut from a completely different cloth tbh. That said they are over twice the price I paid for my AFs, but I should not have skimped on fans in the first place because I ended up replacing them all with Cougar Vortex which were £20 each. Penny wise pound foolish tbh.
There isn't much choice for purple LED fans sadly. That was why I bought them. Ended up changing the theme to orange.
