140mm case fans?

[arknor]

What are the best 140mm case fans in peoples experiences? which hum? which don't? and what have people returned because they were just too loud?

I was looking at Noctua AF14 but then see people on reddit etc saying they have annoying humming sounds, seems artic p14 are supposed to be good?

Rather stay away from Corsair seems they are more bothered about bling than actual performance, lianli l140 are tempting though but seems they have not so great quality control and some come with bad bearings.

so whats peoples real world experience and go to fans? seems I can't just look at the decibels when the resonance hum makes all the difference

 

[arknor]

bleh no one uses 140mm case fans? I ordered some Noctua NF-A14 and will just prey they don't get bad resonance/hum from being intake fans behind a filter

 

[arknor]

Noctua AF14 came yesterday and really happy with them
Can't believe the boxes they come in lol... probably cost a few quid each alone

 

[arknor]

I'm in the market for some new 140mm fans (new case = new fans) and have been looking at the A14's think I will avoid and look at the P14 Arctics....

I went with A14 and they do hum a bit when they get near like 60%+ but honestly there's no reason to really have them going that high.
you could limit to 50% and still have enough airflow. I just set mine up to be a 1%:1c ratio though so when my cpu its 60c my fans are 60%

Gaming I;m usually only 40-45c with the odd 50c spike anyway