best fanspeed for the noise im watercooling my cmoputer now, and im looking for the fan that pushes the most CFM with the lowest noise rating. i want silent, but i also need a lot of cfm as its cooling a radiator what would you guys recommend?
if its 120 mm, i'd reccomend silenx fans... 40 ish cfm at 11 dbA. they also make a 60 ish cfm at 14 dbA. there expensive, though. the LED models cost us$30 ish each. without LEDs cost us$29 (edit: sorry, typo. $25 ish.)
If you can fit it (internally even if you're using it as an exhaust) a 120mm with adaptor is best. Look for 'globalwin', 'nexus' or 'papst' for really good fans. Nexus fans tend to be very quiet but with low CFM. I've got a papst 4412 on my shuttle at 2% with speedfan and it gives amazing flow and zero noise over GFX fan. Globe fans are probably the most regarded at http://www.silentpcreview.com/ which are a really good place to look for info on, guess what? silent PCs Again, good flow and silent and don't suffer from problematic clicking of silentX fans, but they're again v expensive.
