I've just ordered a couple of these fans. I like these Xigmatek fans a lot too, but they're twice the price they were when I bought them. Noctua are well thought of also. On the cheaper end... Akasa are usually fairly decent. They're a bit louder than they say, though... I don't know what these Arctic Cooling fans are like as I've never used them. Only thing I would say is avoid the Zalman ZM-F3 fans at all costs; they're loud. Honestly, I think Zalman were in cloud cookoo land when they came up with those specs.
Noctuas and Scythe S-Flexes are the best in my opinion. Try and get ones with a good balance between CFM and dB - I try and look for ones with a CFM rating close to or above 50, and a dB rating of around 20 or lower (Noctuas are great for this).
On a similar note (small hijack here) Any good Red LED fans? 120mm Quiet, going in an Antec 300 so airflow isn't a required high, just got to be good. Need to be cheapish too as I need 4.
I'd be quite happy with the price of Noctua fans if I only needed one or two... but £15-17 a fan when I need six of 'em gets pricey right sharpish.
i use these fans nice and quiet and give good air flow and not bad price either http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/AKASA-AK-274CR-4RDS-120cm-Crystal-RED-4-LED-fan-sleeve-bearing
wll this fan moves 190cfm http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/120m...Focussed-Flow-FFB1212EHE-4000rpm-Ball-Bearing
Nice, a little expensive at £17. Looking for £10 or less per fan. Something like this? http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-022-SY&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=4
Yeah, but it's 60dB. You might as well get a jet engine EDIT: Ninja'd - that was aimed at the Delta fan.
for a cheapish fan you're not going to get much better than a yate-loon or an s-flex. the noctuas are excellent, but at 6x the price not really worth it. that kaze you posted looks pretty good too.
Haha! I was going to post that in my first post, but for some reason the page wouldn't load on Scan. I will buy one of those Delta fans eventually. ...when I have a system I need cool, that is in a room I never go in.
I saw a silverstone on Scan but at 107CFM-42.2db it doesn't live up to the kaze, 110-37 and it's cheaper. I'm looking around 100CFM for under £10
Anyone used these? Seems like a pretty good Db rating, but the CFM seems a little low too, but there will be 2 pulling air in, and 1 out. http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-046-AK&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=4
First, unless you've got independent results with respect to the CFM/dB of a fan, I'd take the manufacturers values as a round estimate. 3CFM is really margin of error difference at that sort of number (it's certainly not statistically significant). Unfortunately, I don't think I've ever seen a 100CFM fan for less than a tenner...
