Thermalright TY-150 or Corsair AF140 or Akasa Apache?

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The case I have at the moment is a Fractal Design R4.

When running the stock fans at 12V, the fans are too loud for my liking.

I would like to replace the two stock fans with four fans in total.

2 x for intake
1 x at the bottom of the case used as intake to blow air into the gpu
1 x exhaust

Which fans out of the ones I have listed would you recommend? Preferably all from the same brand :D

Please let me know your thoughts :)
 
Should I be going for 3 pin fans or 4 pin fans?

I like running my fans at 7V as they create less noise, 12V is too loud for me unless, I can find fans that are much more silent than the standard Fractal ones when running at 12V.
 
Helios1234 said:
Thermalright fans are better but you would have to check the dimensions of the fans to see if they fit as they are oddly shaped.
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Maybe to be safe I should go with the Corsair/Apache instead because of the fact that the Thermalright fans have odd dimensions...
 
Corsair might be the better option out of those as the others are PWM fans and they don't always respond well to DC lower than 12v. Plus the Corsair do look nice with their coloured ring.

Why not go for PWM control of your case fans so they ramp speed in relation to the temperatures?
 
Tealc said:
Corsair might be the better option out of those as the others are PWM fans and they don't always respond well to DC lower than 12v. Plus the Corsair do look nice with their coloured ring.

Why not go for PWM control of your case fans so they ramp speed in relation to the temperatures?
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I like the Corsair's very much :D

How would I setup a PWM Control for my case fans?

EDIT: Buy 4 pin fans instead?
 
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With one of these

It takes the PWM signal and spits out a varying 3-12DC voltage at the other side.

It's just a way to get the best of both worlds. The best fans and the best control method.

Automatic fan control based on a real temperature (ie CPU) and still be able to use some of the best fans out there.

PWM fans are great but there are only a limited selection available and the highest recommended fans eg Corsair, Scythe GTs are 3 pins only.

I don't think there are many, if any, commercially available solutions to do this.
 
Tealc said:
With one of these

It takes the PWM signal and spits out a varying 3-12DC voltage at the other side.

It's just a way to get the best of both worlds. The best fans and the best control method.

Automatic fan control based on a real temperature (ie CPU) and still be able to use some of the best fans out there.

PWM fans are great but there are only a limited selection available and the highest recommended fans eg Corsair, Scythe GTs are 3 pins only.

I don't think there are many, if any, commercially available solutions to do this.
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The thermaltake/akasa are highly recommended and are both 4 pin. I like the idea that you have suggested although, it does seem like a lot of time and effort, I was hoping to plug and play lol :p
 
If all fans are the same PWM fans a Gelid PWM splitter does the job. Akasa PWM splitters work, just aren't as nicely built.

My system has 3x TY-140 intake, 1x TY-140 exhaust and 2x TY-143 on 14PE cooler... all controlled using PWM splitters with mobo CPU PWM control. Reason for TY-143 on cooler and TY-140 case is rpm @ PWM signal balances nicely below 800-900rpm and cooler fans ramp up above that.... although the fastest I run is 1050rpm ;)
TY-140. TY-143
. 601rpm 709rpm
. 692. . . 711
. 806. . . 792
. 900. . . 990
. 998 . . 1269
1100 . . 1650
1203 . . 2000
1300 . . 2491

The beauty of Teals' boards is you can adjust fans to what you want.
 
Dodger said:
The thermaltake/akasa are highly recommended and are both 4 pin. I like the idea that you have suggested although, it does seem like a lot of time and effort, I was hoping to plug and play lol :p
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I got taken in by the Akasa Apache hype too and found the actual fan dissapointingly noisy even at low speed, the only saving grace was its PWM function, which I've no longer a need for. I haven't got any experience with Thermaltake since buying some supposedly quiet fans and coolers several years ago, needless to say they were some of the most noisiest fans I've ever heard. Makes me think that perhaps my idea of quiet is very different to others.

As for plug and play, well I understand what you mean but after setting my converter up on my Noctua heatsink a couple of months ago I've not needed to make any adjustments since then. It just works, just like a real PWM fan would.
 
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Tealc said:
I got taken in by the Akasa Apache hype too and found the actual fan dissapointingly noisy even at low speed, the only saving grace was its PWM function, which I've no longer a need for. I haven't got any experience with Thermaltake since buying some supposedly quiet fans and coolers several years ago, needless to say they were some of the most noisiest fans I've ever heard. Makes me think that perhaps my idea of quiet is very different to others.

As for plug and play, well I understand what you mean but after setting my converter up on my Noctua heatsink a couple of months ago I've not needed to make any adjustments since then. It just works, just like a real PWM fan would.
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That is a good feature to have...I am also contemplating getting a Fan Controller which would be another solution to keeping the noise down with 3 pin fans for example :)
 
Found out the Thermalright will not fit into case without modding or certain mounting brackets.

The Corsair AF140 will fit but I will only be able to use 2 screws for each fan rather than 4.

So I think i will go for the Corsair AF140 x 2 at the front of a Design R4 case as intake :)

Could I not connect all of the fans using the following cable and control the fans using speedfan?:

FLEXA FP5 Supports 5 PWM 4pin or 3 pin fans from a single motherboard Fan header powered Molex

The fans are likely to be 3 pin :confused:?
 
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Yes it will work.

Just be careful of the wiring... especially if you get the braided version as the easiest place for wires to flex is at connectors.. and the PWM lead has 5 wires all connected to one litty bitty pin. Same with 5 wires from molex. The Gelid version runs single pairs from molex and mobo connectors and splits them 50mm or so away.
Akasa
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Akasa has individual wires running from connector pins

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Gelid has pairs of wires running from pairs of connector pins. Much better flex/stress control.
 
Yeah I like the Gelid! :D

I am thinking of doing the following now:

CPU Cooler (Noctua NH-D14) to the CPU Fan Header on the Motherboard.

Gelid Fan Splitter connected using the following configuration (Case = Fractal Design R4) to the SYS_FAN1 (So I can control speeds etc on a Gigabyte X77-UD3H Motherboard):

2 x Corsair AF140 (3 PIN) as Intake
1 x Fractal Design (3 PIN) as Intake at the bottom of the case next to the PSU

1 x Corsair AF140 (3 PIN) as Back Exhaust
1 x Fractal Design (3 PIN) as Rear Exhaust

I am guessing that if I use the Gelid, I would be able to control any fans connected to the Gelid via SpeedFan and thus, would be able to slow down or speed up the fan to my own liking?

What does everyone think about this setup? :)
 
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