Hi, I'm looking to add some new fans to my Antec 900, 2 120mm fans to be exact. I'm not worried about the noise of the fans, but Ideally I'd like some with high airflow, oh and the price has to be reasonable for them. Ideally both for under £15-18 Thanks in advance, as I'm lost when it comes to fans.
Humm, the Sharkoons seem to have greater CFM. But the gental typhoons are much quieter - not sure this matters in the 900 much. Thanks for the replies.
Where are you getting these specs? As if its anything but the CPC group test, the results will be very wrong.
I was looking on etaillers websites with the technical specs - although I think I still have the fan review of CPC. Thanks for reminding me about it.
BT did a round up of 120mm fans last year, reviews can be found here Got some Scythe Gentle Typhoons myself, cost around £11 each, pretty quiet and even quieter when I've set the fan controllers to low speed on the MB.
Yeh, basically ignore the manufacturers spacs, as they're border line lies... Edit: The BT one is the same as the CPC one, only the CPC one goes onto more depth and includes 140mm fans too (which are rubbish)
Yeah, I was supprised to see the 140mm fans doing so badly would of thought they'd at least be as good as the 120mm fans.
Less R&D done with them, they just applied 120mm designs to a 140mm fan, leaves too many open spaces between the blades which reduces air flow and air pressure (at a guess)
It's that the 120mm fans are the standard, so manufacturers invest in them. You invest in products that have high sales, and 120mm fans have been the standard size since 2006. You'd expect larger fans to move more air, but things don't always turn out that way, since scaling up isn't always a certain way to do it due to the aerodynamics of the whole thing (for example, the vortex control notches on the noctua fans might control vortexes at 120mm, but they might be in the wrong place or might be the wrong size when scaled up to 140mm - a very small number of choices also hurts the performance since most of the big names don't produce big fans in their popular lineups.
That'll change, as just look at how many cases are out with 140+ fans as standard. 120 is now being phased out ot would seem.
Depends on the manufacturer. It's mainly just Coolermaster on their HAF cases that are using 140mm fans in particular - Antec still use mostly 120mms and Silverstone are using 180mms on their FT series.
Enermax make some fantastic 120mm fans. I use the Cluster and Twister series all the time. I've installed more of those fans than I could possibly count and people love them. They moce a lot of air, they're quiet, they're not outrageously expensive and the build quality is second to none. They have a great lifetime as well, as they use an advanced bearing system that far outlives traditional fan bearing techniques. Stay away from SilentX if they're still around, as they have a lifetime that's about half that of good case fans. They use a fluid bearing that is held by orings which wear with time, causing the bearing fluid to leak and the fan to fail. That happens after about a year of daily use in my experience.
Thanks for the input Unicorn. I'll take a look at them and the other options, the plus side is that they are cheaper than the other alternatives.
Depending of what you need 1# Ebm Papst 4412 F/2GLL 1600RPM 26DBA 55CFM with Ceramic Sleeve bearing. 2# Nexus (Yate Loon) D12SL-12 PWM 500-2000RPM 27DBA 76CFM with Sleeve Bearing. 3# Xilence COOXPF120RPW 1500RPM 21 DBA 58CFM with fluid dynamic bearing. 4# Scythe 4710KL-04W-B29-V52 1900RPM 31DBA 76CFM with Dual Ball Bearing. 5# Noiseblucker MF12P 2000RPM 28DBA 78CFM with Nb-nanosli Bearing. And finally if you don't need a big CFM and want ultra quiet fan, go for Noctua. (Subjective DBA)
Coolermaster even have 200mm and a 140mm on their Storm Scout mid case and probably on the Storm Sniper as well i would guess. The Scout is quite a small case as well really
If you are after high air flow 120mm fan and don't mind the extra noise then I would suggest the following fan: http://www.quietpc.com/gb-en-gbp/products/120mmfans/sy-kazejyuni-1900 Link at scan: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/120mm-Scythe-Kaze-Jyuni-1900RPM-Slip-Stream-Fan-SY1225SL12SH This fan will be louder than the sharkoon Eagle and Scythe Gentle Typhoon, but the air flow will be a lot more.
