120/140mm fan

Scotteh · 20 Sep 2011 at 18:06

Can anyone suggest 120/140mm fans

It's for top of my case, need 2 and want very quiet ones

Everytime i've bought a fan listed as very quiet turns out loud as hell, hence the asking so you can give fans with personal experience of noise

Would prefer blue led aswell

wyrd · 20 Sep 2011 at 18:09

The Fractal Design 140mm are worth a look

White is nicer than blue bling :]

PapaLazaru · 20 Sep 2011 at 18:13

Pity they are out of stock. Had one on order for 2 weeks now.

I already have another one, very good indeed it is.

wyrd · 20 Sep 2011 at 18:16

Yeh, I have two in the roof of my case and have been very pleased with them.

If you really need one, Papa, make me an offer

saitrix · 20 Sep 2011 at 18:31

Nexus Real Silent 120mm fan. They are also recommended. Past that I'd look at Scythe's and Noctua.

Helios1234 · 20 Sep 2011 at 18:35

Prolimatech Vortex Blue or Thermalright X-Silent 140. Both are very quiet.

JeffyB · 20 Sep 2011 at 18:57

How much are you looking to spend? If your on a budget yate loon d12 or d14 can be had with led's for about £4.75 a fan ( i have 3xd14sl uv blue on my rad they are near silent), if you want to spend a bit more then you have prolimatech vortex (no led's) or gelid wing 12 / 14 blue (again no led's).

BarKeep · 20 Sep 2011 at 19:14

I've just replaced a BitFenic 140 with a BeQuiet SilentWing USC 140 as a top fan and was pleasantly surprised, very quiet but reduced case & CPU temps by 2-3 degrees. I have used the Fractal's which are virtually silent but they are in the cats ***t range as far as serious cooling goes.

setter · 20 Sep 2011 at 19:15

Ive used bitfenix spectre 140's before, incredibly quiet fans. Available with blue led's as well.

PapaLazaru · 20 Sep 2011 at 19:21

BarKeep said:
I have used the Fractal's which are virtually silent but they are in the cats ***t range as far as serious cooling goes.

They are pretty decent according to numerous reviews -

Admittedly it is not a full list but they are well up there.

wyrd · 20 Sep 2011 at 19:47

Yeh, the Fractal's don't have the highest CFM, far from it. But, they are silent.

Infact, one of the reasons I bought them was because they don't push a colossal amount of air... I wanted to go for positive pressure so there was little point going for ludicrously high CFM exhaust fans when I only have 2 120mm intakes.

Also, they're silent.

Scotteh · 20 Sep 2011 at 20:01

If i were to put two 140mm Fractal's on the top of case think there'd be a change in temps? or nothing noticable?

Helios1234 · 20 Sep 2011 at 21:00

The Prolimatech and Thermalright ones I suggested are 1000 and 900RPM respectively. Perfect balance of performance and quietness.

Scotteh · 20 Sep 2011 at 21:29

Only Prolimatech cooling equipment on OcUK I can see are heatsinks, same goes with Thermalright.

saitrix · 20 Sep 2011 at 22:30

I'd also love to know who measured those noise levels on that table, I'd love to see anyone get a reading of 6.8dBA.

logi-cat · 20 Sep 2011 at 22:54

The Akasa Ultra Quiet Viper fan is greater, theres a 120 & 140mm versiom, they shift a lot of air.

Helios1234 · 21 Sep 2011 at 00:09

saitrix said:
I'd also love to know who measured those noise levels on that table, I'd love to see anyone get a reading of 6.8dBA.

That table just lists the specs I think, not real world performance and we all know what manufacturers' specs are like.

Azarathal · 21 Sep 2011 at 10:28

I've got some TY-140's and they're nice and quiet using the 4pin connection.

Got one as intake for my cpu cooler and the other as a top exhause, both blowing through the top of the case.