Noctua or Corsair?

ICEx21

ICEx21

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Evening folks,

Asking for a bit if advice now as I seem to have got myself confused.
I have a Corsair 540 case which will be hosting a new X99 mono and devils canyon CPU. My query is which of the 2 fans should I mount in my case and how many will I need to buy?
Also I'll be using a corsair h100 or h100i aio cooler so I'll require fans for that as well.

As always any help is much appreciated!
 
Hard to say as you haven't mentioned which 2 fans you are trying to decide between. Noctua and Corsair both offer a varied selection of fans.
 
Apologies, it's the Corsair sp120 or the new Noctua industrial or the redux grey version. I'm not sure which would be best for the up cooler.
For the case fans I'd like advice on which fans from the 2 brands would be best I was looking at the Noctua industrial fans as my case fans or the Corsair AF version.
 
Why would you put high speed fans on your case? On the cooler, the Industrial ones would be good but they are the same as the beige ones and more expensive due to the higher RPM. If you need the RPM for benching, go for it, otherwise stick with the beige ones.
 
ICEx21 said:
Evening folks,

Asking for a bit if advice now as I seem to have got myself confused.
I have a Corsair 540 case which will be hosting a new X99 mono and devils canyon CPU. My query is which of the 2 fans should I mount in my case and how many will I need to buy?
Also I'll be using a corsair h100 or h100i aio cooler so I'll require fans for that as well.

As always any help is much appreciated!
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BTW its X99 is for Haswell-e and Z97 which is for devils canyon ;)
 
snips86x said:
There is also quite a difference between the Noctua and Corsiar fans. The 120mm 3000RPM Noctuas' have a max static pressure of 7.6mmH20 while the Corsair is 3.1mmH20.
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7.6mm at what noise levels? Obviously a fan on higher RPM will make more pressure and airflow. The problem is with the balance and to find a fan that eventually has high RPM so you can turn it on when you are doing benchmark screenshots and keeping it whisper quiet at all the other time. As I said, I would buy the Redux fans for the case, they are cheap enough and with 6 years warranty, it's quite hard to find something with greater quality for that type of money.
 
mysticsniper said:
BTW its X99 is for Haswell-e and Z97 which is for devils canyon ;)
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Yup realised I had it wrong as soon as I posted but was too lazy to correct it!

Hey Stue, the reason I was looking for high speed fans was because the rooms, the computer will be in can get very hot and I'd also like to do a bit of over locking as well.

If I did go for the industrial fans on the CPU cooler what would be the best way to power these as it's been recommended not to plug these into a motherboard header?

Also is there any reason you would choose the 120mm over the 140mm fans for the case?
 
If you can fit 140mm, go for 140mm, it is probably the best size of fans, overall (with the small availability of 180mm fans), both for case and cooler/radiator use. The problem with high speed fans and cases is that usually the hex honeycomb intake/exhaust holes are very sharp and create a lot of turbulence, therefore noise. I personally keep my 140mm fans <900RPM, and can only say that if you need cooling capabilities => airflow and static pressure, go for more fans than few high speed ones.
 
Guys thank you for all the help it's much appreciated.
I'm now about to hit the order button so a final couple of questions.

I'm about to order this 2 of thesehttp://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-024-NC&groupid=701&catid=2331&subcat=4 for the Corsair H100i cooler so how would I connect this to the motherboard? Do they go straight onto the motherboard headers or are they connected to the cpu cooler?
I know some people have warned against plugging them into the motherboard headers which is why I ask and the fact I've never had an AIO cooler before.

The case fans I'm going for are either http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-006-CS&groupid=701&catid=2331&subcat=1816 or http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-048-NC&groupid=701&catid=2331&subcat=1816
 
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ICEx21 said:
Guys thank you for all the help it's much appreciated.
I'm now about to hit the order button so a final couple of questions.

I'm about to order this 2 of thesehttp://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-024-NC&groupid=701&catid=2331&subcat=4 for the Corsair H100i cooler so how would I connect this to the motherboard? Do they go straight onto the motherboard headers or are they connected to the cpu cooler?
I know some people have warned against plugging them into the motherboard headers which is why I ask and the fact I've never had an AIO cooler before.
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The H100i should come with a 2 to 1 PWM Y splitter so you just plug both fans into it and plug the splitter into the slot on the pump/base. Then just follow the H100i manual as you would with the stock fans.
The Noctua IndustrialPPC fans, interestingly are only 0.1A despite the quite high RMP, so you will be able to plug even 4 on a normal fan header without any external(molex/sata) supply.
ICEx21 said:
Last of all would I need a fan controller?
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What is your motherboard? Generally no for PWM fans but it really depends on the manufacturer and the specific model for fan control options. If it's an Asus the answer usually is no. For the rest, it depends.
 
The motherboard will be an Asus x99 rampage or rampage black when they decide to come out.
Think I have all the info I need now to make my decision so thank you very much Stue and everyone else that responded it's very much appreciated :)
 
For such a high end motherboard, you will definitely not need a fan controller. You may need to buy some PWM splitters but nothing more than that.
 
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