What is the definitive air cooler to get at the moment?

FutureSuture

FutureSuture

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I have been doing research upon research but I am starting to feel overwhelmed. I intend to get the Nanoxia Deep Silence 6 Window soon and want to buy approximately 8 fans for it, preferably with blue LEDs to light up the inside of the case. What I am looking out for is airflow and noise although longer warranties and such are always nice. I am currently considering the following fans:

Aerocool Shark 14cm Quad LED 15 Blade Fluid Dynamic Bearing Fan - Blue

Phanteks PH-F140SP 140mm Black Frame White Blade Blue LED Fan

NZXT FZ-140mm LED Airflow Fan Blue Quiet

Enermax Apolish Vegas UCAPV14A-BL 140mm Fan

Am I missing a fan that trumps all of the above? Is there some crucial detail I should pay more attention to?
 
FutureSuture said:
I have been doing research upon research but I am starting to feel overwhelmed. I intend to get the Nanoxia Deep Silence 6 Window soon and want to buy approximately 8 fans for it, preferably with blue LEDs to light up the inside of the case. What I am looking out for is airflow and noise although longer warranties and such are always nice. I am currently considering the following fans:

Aerocool Shark 14cm Quad LED 15 Blade Fluid Dynamic Bearing Fan - Blue

Phanteks PH-F140SP 140mm Black Frame White Blade Blue LED Fan

NZXT FZ-140mm LED Airflow Fan Blue Quiet

Enermax Apolish Vegas UCAPV14A-BL 140mm Fan

Am I missing a fan that trumps all of the above? Is there some crucial detail I should pay more attention to?
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a fans are not going to be quiet. if you need lots of airflow you should have just got a more open case. 4 or 5 fans will be plenty
 
Never used Nanoxia but have done a number of Fractal Design R2, R3, & R4 my self and helped others build them. We found using automatic fan control on case fans works very well. To date this means using all PWM fans and PWM splitter/s with molex/sata power using CPU fan header PWM signal and sometimes GPU fan header PWM signal to control PWM fan speed. This means fans slow down when system is not working and speed up as heat/load increase. The end result is virtually silent at idle and light load but not even real loud at full load. My sig rig idles CPU 24-29c@650-750rpm and full load 43-49c@950-1050rpm cooler and case fans. Obviously the GPU fans run faster; idle is 0-38c@900-1000rpm with case fans700-800rpm and load 40-50c@1500-1800rpm with case fans 950-1100rpm. My fan of choice because of cost is TY-147 but would need modified to fit in Nanoxia front would need to be cut square and not sure if front mount will accept 120mm fan mount spacing.

If you need that big a case I would consider Fractal Design Define XL R2 or Phanteks Enthoo Primo.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-000-PT&groupid=2362&catid=2674

Phanteks is coming out with two more cases in March. The Enthoo Luxe is a smaller version with many of the same features as Enthoo Primo.
 
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