best 120mm case fans

wyrd · 14 Feb 2012 at 17:18

I have 2 of the 1200RPM Kaze Jyuni's and, whilst they're not silent, aren't overly intrusive and still shift a good amount of air.

Spenty · 14 Feb 2012 at 17:32

wyrd said:
I have 2 of the 1200RPM Kaze Jyuni's and, whilst they're not silent, aren't overly intrusive and still shift a good amount of air.

Lol these 1900rpm ones are trying to fly back to the factory by the sounds of it.

wyrd · 14 Feb 2012 at 17:34

Ha, I was worried about that. I had my eye on them whilst looking for a couple of decent intakes but decided that despite the obscene amount of air they shift, the potential noise wasn't worth it. Glad I went for the slower ones now :]

Spenty · 14 Feb 2012 at 17:37

Hopefully I can find a fan controller soon.

Wazz-1 · 14 Feb 2012 at 22:39

Spenty said:
Hopefully I can find a fan controller soon.

this http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...=57&subcat=189 Lamptron Touch its 6 channel, 30W per channel, PMW controlled, nice touch interface and easy to setup and use, each channel can be set manualy or set your own auto profile runs smooth no probs,i run 2x 120mm, 2x 140mm vipers and a 200mm corsair on mine, all is good, considered one of the best fan controllers out there.

Krony · 14 Feb 2012 at 22:44

With a fan controller the Scythe GT's 1850rpm, without go with the 1450rpm ones, bit more expensive but the best 120mm fans imo.

abbotsmike · 16 Feb 2012 at 16:28

Can the vipers be voltage controlled?
Tempted to get a pair. Got a fan controller, but might just stick them on the numerous PWM headers on the mobo and control them that way.

craarc · 16 Feb 2012 at 16:43

here be carefull if u go for the 7v option tho

try allpinouts.com i think it is

Spenty · 16 Feb 2012 at 16:46

craarc said:
here be carefull if u go for the 7v option tho

Can you just cut the wires you dont need?

craarc · 16 Feb 2012 at 16:51

i have done on my stuff and no problems with it i would leave long ends incase you want to add it at a later date if you read up on ot theres a problem with 7v sometimes. ive had this problem recently wiring in my set up but all seems fine right now

can i link this ok? if not some one feel free to remove

http://www.allpinouts.org/index.php/Motherboard_(CPU)_4_Pin_Fan

darrenbe · 17 Feb 2012 at 12:40

Wazz-1 said:
This is true, I have 6 vipers. The 'Hoover' I was referring to was the Scythe Kaze Jyuni 1900RPM Slip Stream in the 2nd post.

I have two of these Jyuni's and they are bl00dy noisy...but on air the temps are very good.

Spenty · 17 Feb 2012 at 13:22

Yeah temps are excellent with jyuni's. I only have a cheap coolermaster hyper tx-3 cooler on my phenom 2 955, bearing in minds it's got 1.5v going through it and running 4.1ghz. Since putting the jyuni's in it hits 50c max on prime95. Was like 62c using stock coolermaster case fans.

kilohawk · 17 Feb 2012 at 14:01

Wazz-1 said:
This is true, I have 6 vipers. The 'Hoover' I was referring to was the Scythe Kaze Jyuni 1900RPM Slip Stream in the 2nd post.

I have one of these, i think the reason it is so loud is because it moves a lot more air than most at the same speed. so the reason you perceive it to be loud at a low rpm is because its moving more air than a 'quiet' fan would be at the same speed?

Spenty · 17 Feb 2012 at 14:18

kilohawk said:
I have one of these, i think the reason it is so loud is because it moves a lot more air than most at the same speed. so the reason you perceive it to be loud at a low rpm is because its moving more air than a 'quiet' fan would be at the same speed?

Yeah exactly, you'd be very hard pushed to find another 120mm fan that can move 110CFM at under 2000rpm.

Wazz-1 · 17 Feb 2012 at 14:39

kilohawk said:
I have one of these, i think the reason it is so loud is because it moves a lot more air than most at the same speed. so the reason you perceive it to be loud at a low rpm is because its moving more air than a 'quiet' fan would be at the same speed?

i have no problem with the sound of fans moving air, what i have a problem with is the pitch of the noise, i.e. a high pitch whine is annoying but a low pitch sound i.e. a fan just pushing air quite loud i can handle

Spenty · 17 Feb 2012 at 14:46

The Scythe Kaze Jyuni don't have a whine at all, all you can hear is a lot of air being moved

wooooooosssshhhhhhh

Semple · 17 Feb 2012 at 15:08

Think i'll go for the 140mm versions of the Akasa Vipers. I won't need them pushing 110 CFM so they'll be relativley quiet.

Spenty · 17 Feb 2012 at 15:10

Semple said:
Think i'll go for the 140mm versions of the Akasa Vipers. I won't need them pushing 110 CFM so they'll be relativley quiet.

I just gave away 140mm viper. Made about as much noise as the Jyuni's.

kilohawk · 17 Feb 2012 at 15:24

Wazz-1 said:
i have no problem with the sound of fans moving air, what i have a problem with is the pitch of the noise, i.e. a high pitch whine is annoying but a low pitch sound i.e. a fan just pushing air quite loud i can handle

your scythe must be faulty then

Wazz-1 · 17 Feb 2012 at 15:34

If you read the full thread, in my previous post I said

I see your point i haven't used them personally was just going by the specs. My original antec fans on my 920 could suck in a small dog from 10 ft away but they had a very high pitch whine, really annoying so went for the vipers.

I have 2 x 140mm vipers (also 4 x 120mm vipers)running between 700 - 900 RPM they are very quiet.
IMO get a good quality high cfm fan and control it with a good quality fan controller at the rpm you really need for the best results, noise Vs cfm. Then all is good