I'm looking to replace the fans in my case with some higher rpm fans. The fans came with my cooler master case. What brand should I be looking at? And should I also look at a fan controller for one of my 5.25 bays? If this topic has been done, which it probably has, you are welcome to point me to it. I'm on my phone at work and the search function through tapatalk doesn't always work very well. Any help is appreciated
Another note, I'm not worried one bit about noise. It doesn't bother me at all. And my current setup contains one 120mm intake fan at the front, an h100 for the CPU with the fans set as exhaust on the top, a smaller (80mm?) exhaust fan on the back at the top, and what i assume is a 200mm intake fan on the side panel.
Something like PFC1212DE Deltas are among the best ultra high CFM fans around. You may end up redefining your definition of " not bothered by noise" after hearing one. Undervolted deltas/nidecs are probably your best realistic bet. I'll wait for Lennyrhys to see this thread I think. High power and high airflow server fans are his forte.
Haha. Just looked at that delta. The amazon description said 68db. Wow. Lol. I guess I do care a little about noise. I just want something higher than the 700-800 rpm I get with the cooler master fans.
I have some Deltas installed in my system right now. been running a week today. And whilst the noise and low fan speed whine did annoy me. I don't notice it now. They shift loads of air and are great case fans. It's just getting the correct speed to shift the right amount of air through the system. I have one intake front, one outake back and two outakes on the top. It's all down to how you will control them and the noise to higher airflow you are willing to put up with. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-CASE-FAN-348627-001-PROLIANT-G1-ML110-120mm-J1-/160513653242?pt=UK_Computing_Networking_SM&hash=item255f5bf9fa These are the fans I bought.
My arctic F12 PWM fans are they best I have owned. 74cfm, big airflow even at 30% speed, ability to chain 5 of them to one fan header because they plug one to the next. 5 year warranty. Small motor hub, optimal fan blade design. http://www.kikatek.com/product_info.php?products_id=167301&source=froogle
I just put two 140mm Akasa Vypers in my case and they shift a fair amount of air. at full speed they do make a bit of noise but I wouldn't say I'm massively conerned by it, When I'm gaming I can't really hear them as I'm concentrating on shooting folks, and wehn I'm working they don't need to be on full tilt so they're much quieter.
Forgot to add I think the airflow is about 110CFM on the Vypers Feathers The link you posted states 57CFM?
What kind of money are you looking to spend? I'd got with Silverstone air penetrators as intake and a sythe gentle typhoon or sharkoon silent eagles for exhaust.
How very strange. The boxes they came in show 74cfm... http://www.arctic.ac/en/p/cooling/case-fans/73/arctic-f-pwm.html Website also shows 74cfm for the F12 so it must be incorrect on the kika site. What I got was 8 x 74cfm fans from Kikatek. They pushed the price up a little since I purchased a few weeks ago. Anyway... just to confirm... they are 74CFM.
I think somewhere between 30 and 40 per fan would be my limit. I should specify that is in dollars. I am in the US.
I guess this is a fairly decent round up of 120mm fans available in the US. 1350RPM and below Above 1350RPM
