120MM Silent Fans (Suggestions)

zack1667 · 24 Feb 2015 at 13:47

Hi All,

I've had my eye on some of the Be-Quiet Silent Wings 2 fans for a while, however they are relatively expensive so I was wandering if anyone has any suggestions on what is equally as good (Quiet,Reliable & Great airflow) unfortunately as I have a R9 290X Reference edition I have to keep my PC quite cool. I was thinking about the Corsair SP120's I currently have the AF120's and they are far too noisy, any suggestions would be great.

AtticusFinch · 24 Feb 2015 at 13:48

I really love my Nanoxia fans - silent and move lots of air (and I really like the green and black thing going on too). Cannot get them at OCUK though will have to look elsewhere for those.

Danny75 · 24 Feb 2015 at 13:55

The Aerocool DS Edition fans have amazing CFM-to-noise ratio. Be warned that all have LEDs except the Black/grey version.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Aerocool DS Edition Fan - Black - 120mm £12.49
1 x Aerocool DS Edition Fan - Red - 120mm £12.49
1 x Aerocool DS Edition Fan - Blue - 120mm £12.49
1 x Aerocool DS Edition Fan - White - 120mm £12.49
Total : £59.57 (includes shipping : £8.00).

pryere · 24 Feb 2015 at 14:07

Great specs on those Aerocool fans. Just bought one!

zack1667 · 24 Feb 2015 at 14:07

Thanks guys,

Though I forgot to mention I have 4 fans to replace and they are LED it doesn't matter though as I can always buy a red LED light strip to replace if needed.

My theme is black and red.

snips86x · 24 Feb 2015 at 14:08

Alpenfohn Wingboost 2 PWM! I've got 6 in my Parvum S2 and they're mint!

zack1667 · 24 Feb 2015 at 14:09

Danny75 said:
The Aerocool DS Edition fans have amazing CFM-to-noise ratio. Be warned that all have LEDs except the Black/grey version.

YOUR BASKET
1 x Aerocool DS Edition Fan - Black - 120mm £12.49
1 x Aerocool DS Edition Fan - Red - 120mm £12.49
1 x Aerocool DS Edition Fan - Blue - 120mm £12.49
1 x Aerocool DS Edition Fan - White - 120mm £12.49
Total : £59.57 (includes shipping : £8.00).

Thanks for this, they don't look too bad actually.

zack1667 · 24 Feb 2015 at 14:10

snips86x said:
Alpenfohn Wingboost 2 PWM! I've got 6 in my Parvum S2 and they're mint!

Hi,

Can you link me some? do they sell them at OCUK?

Thanks

Divine Pain · 24 Feb 2015 at 14:53

snips86x said:
Alpenfohn Wingboost 2 PWM! I've got 6 in my Parvum S2 and they're mint!

Quietest fans I've ever owned so far!

snips86x · 24 Feb 2015 at 14:55

Got them on my H100i too, couldn't be happier

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/produ...&catid=2331&sortby=priceAsc&subid=4&mfrid=518

misteranonimous · 24 Feb 2015 at 22:44

I've got 8 of these http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-026-AR&groupid=701&catid=2331&subcat=4 running in my case. Very quiet and cheap.

OverFienD24 · 24 Feb 2015 at 23:02

Bitfenix spectre pro led. Quiet,good air flow,and nice led colouring. £11.99 on overclockers. I reckon if you shop around you could get them cheaper.

Dog · 25 Feb 2015 at 00:09

snips86x said:
Alpenfohn Wingboost 2 PWM! I've got 6 in my Parvum S2 and they're mint!

This ^ !!!

I'm using the 140's and they are superb!

Rich

zack1667 · 26 Feb 2015 at 09:05

Hmm,

looks like the alpenfohn's are the winners here, I'll look into these they also are the second quietest I've seen out there other than the Be-Quiet Silent Wings 2 at 15.2 dB (A) these are currently at 18.2 dB (A) so they are super quiet and obviously very popular and good value for money.

Thanks again guys.

vsg28 · 26 Feb 2015 at 09:29

Aerocool fans are definitely not dead silent sadly. I tested out a blue variant against several others. Be quiet silent wings 2 PWM was the quietest fan in the same rpm range.

Danny75 · 26 Feb 2015 at 11:53

vsg28 said:
Aerocool fans are definitely not dead silent sadly. I tested out a blue variant against several others.

Which model?

pastymuncher · 26 Feb 2015 at 13:21

misteranonimous said:
I've got 8 of these http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-026-AR&groupid=701&catid=2331&subcat=4 running in my case. Very quiet and cheap.

I have just had one of those go pop and the fan detatched itself. Luckily it's in my rad box so had nowhere to go but if that was in my case it could have easily damaged something.

vsg28 · 26 Feb 2015 at 16:04

Danny75 said:
Which model?

Dead Silence 2

Danny75 · 26 Feb 2015 at 16:44

vsg28 said:
Dead Silence 2

Never heard of Dead Silence 2.

I did test some 120mm and 140mm red Dead Silence Editions, and they are indeed superbly quiet. If you look at the buyer feedback and reviews on those fans, you will find it's not just my opinion. So if you got completely different results must have been a bad unit or something.

vsg28 · 26 Feb 2015 at 17:40

Oops that's a typo

As far as user feedback and reviews go, here's mine: http://thermalbench.com/2015/02/18/aerocool-ds-120mm-blue/

I have access to a very nice sound lab, so I am pretty confident about those dbA numbers. Having said that, I do say this is one sample only but a lot of people on OCN shared similar experiences as mine.