Quietest 120mm LED Fan?

dubcat · 28 Sep 2009 at 19:56

Hi - I am looking for fans to put on either side of a Megahalem CPU cooler. I know the Noctua's are supposed to be really good but i would like to use fans with LEDs in them.

Can you suggest some quiet yet effective 120mm fans with LED's in them please? Preferably the fans needs to be clear rather than black.

Thanks,
Dub

***EDIT I'm looking for 3 pin fans as well as PWM fans with 4 pins so that I can connect them to a splitter and connect the splitter in to the CPU fan header on my motherboard, using the motherboard to control fan speed

DavyBoy · 28 Sep 2009 at 20:20

I'm using some Xigmatek XLF-F1253, they have a transparent black shroud with transparent orange fins, and white LED's they look really nice IMO, and they do a brilliant job cooling my 920 down..

I have 2 fitted to my TRUE..

dubcat · 28 Sep 2009 at 20:25

Very nice - thanks for that. Do you know if they are available in blue? I really want to keep all my leds blue.

I saw these:

Scythe Kama PWM LED
Scythe Blue LED 120mm Case Fan

Anyone tried these?

setter · 28 Sep 2009 at 20:35

If you do decide to go for the scythe blue led pwm fans, may i suggest one of theese.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CB-031-AK&groupid=701&catid=48&subcat=

This will allow you to control both cooler fans via the 4 pin pwm cpu header on your motherboard, its always better to have push/pull fans running at the same speed.

dubcat · 28 Sep 2009 at 20:42

yup - ive got one of those in my kit list already

great minds think alike!

Big.Wayne · 28 Sep 2009 at 23:40

DavyBoy said:
I'm using some Xigmatek XLF-F1253

What's the noise like?

DavyBoy · 28 Sep 2009 at 23:44

That isn't my pic of the 3 fans on the rad mate, I have only got 2 of these strapped to my TRUE atm, I will be using 3 of them on my 120.3 rad though when I start building my loop this weekend,.

They spin at 1500rpm, and I would say they are reasonably quiet.

TAC4U · 29 Sep 2009 at 04:35

They're really attractive fans, though I'm always too impatient when building my system to make it tidy enough to justify fancy lighting. In fact the amount of light my computer puts out at the moment is probably a bit much.

Merlin5 · 29 Sep 2009 at 06:44

I'm probably going to buy that xigmatek. Was looking for a red fan, but I dunno, that orange might work.

I just bought these two AC ryan Blackfire 4's.
Both are 120mm, 77.70CFM, 28.9DB, (yes that's right 28.9 db), 2500RPM.
Fans and frame are clear/transparent. They are both LED and have UV gunk in them.