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Due to the slightly unexpected arrival of an impulse 800d I've suddenly got to get some fans for a rad. The primary aim for the build is silence as my haf-x/h70 is really loud.

I know the scythe GT are pretty much the best fans for rads, however I don't really want to paint them and the tart in me want's red/red led fans. Are there any fans (3 pin only) that perform similarly at 1000rpm but are red/black and or have leds?

Also how many fans can you put on a 6 watt channel?
 
lrlcr said:
Due to the slightly unexpected arrival of an impulse 800d I've suddenly got to get some fans for a rad. The primary aim for the build is silence as my haf-x/h70 is really loud.

I know the scythe GT are pretty much the best fans for rads, however I don't really want to paint them and the tart in me want's red/red led fans. Are there any fans (3 pin only) that perform similarly at 1000rpm but are red/black and or have leds?
apaches are black, bitfenix makes red LED ones which are kinda mediocre?

Also how many fans can you put on a 6 watt channel?
depends on how many watts the fan uses :)
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I think you need to decide if you want quiet or bling. i've yet to see a bling bling fan that's actually quiet and pushes decent air.

also - why 3-pin fans? PWM fans daisy-chained off the CPU fan header will actually stop with your GD65 motherboard if the CPU is very lightly loaded, which is exactly when you notice the racket. When you're playing games you don't hear all the fans working away 100%.
 
WJA96 said:
I think you need to decide if you want quiet or bling. i've yet to see a bling bling fan that's actually quiet and pushes decent air.

also - why 3-pin fans? PWM fans daisy-chained off the CPU fan header will actually stop with your GD65 motherboard if the CPU is very lightly loaded, which is exactly when you notice the racket. When you're playing games you don't hear all the fans working away 100%.
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Apollishes are silent and look amazing!!
 
WJA96 said:
I think you need to decide if you want quiet or bling. i've yet to see a bling bling fan that's actually quiet and pushes decent air.

also - why 3-pin fans? PWM fans daisy-chained off the CPU fan header will actually stop with your GD65 motherboard if the CPU is very lightly loaded, which is exactly when you notice the racket. When you're playing games you don't hear all the fans working away 100%.
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That's interesting, but I've got a 3pin fan controller. That's very interesting to know though.
 
Gentle Typhoons are usually regarded as the best fans out there for radiators due to their high cfm/noise ratio and they have a very impressive static pressure rating. There is more to fans that just CFM ratings when radiators are concerned, the fans actually have to be able to push the air through the rad fins, the higher the pressure rating, the less a drop off when FPI increases (fins per inch).
 
if you've got the 5400 gentle typhoons (because they're black) can you throttle them right back down like the lower speed ones or do they have a higher cutoff rpm?
 
lrlcr said:
if you've got the 5400 gentle typhoons (because they're black) can you throttle them right back down like the lower speed ones or do they have a higher cutoff rpm?
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I think they have a higher cutoff but you may still be able to.

Why not get one to try it out and if it doesn't work return it under DSR?
 
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