140mm fans

marco.da.man · 29 Mar 2018 at 14:51

hi all

whats the best 140mm fans to buy on market at minute ?

Grandmaster Fap! · 29 Mar 2018 at 15:14

Depends what you want, performance or silence, or both?

marco.da.man · 29 Mar 2018 at 15:34

Grandmaster Fap! said:
Depends what you want, performance or silence, or both?

both

orbitalwalsh · 29 Mar 2018 at 15:44

silent wing 3, eloop, noctua - gets my vote

ToTheMax · 30 Mar 2018 at 10:46

Corsair ML140 Pro's, those magnetic levitation bearings really are the bees knees. Running 7 in a 780T case and it's so quiet but make sure you run them through a proper PWM circuit.

doyll · 30 Mar 2018 at 14:20

marco.da.man said:
hi all

whats the best 140mm fans to buy on market at minute ?

Hi back.
What are the best tires to buy on the market at the minute?

Depends where / what you plan to do with them.

james_2k · 30 Mar 2018 at 14:23

ToTheMax said:
Corsair ML140 Pro's, those magnetic levitation bearings really are the bees knees. Running 7 in a 780T case and it's so quiet but make sure you run them through a proper PWM circuit.

+1

Habakkuk · 8 Apr 2018 at 04:22

Noctua 140's here - would recommend strongly (colour aside)

fowler002 · 8 Apr 2018 at 18:02

Grandmaster Fap! said:
Depends what you want, performance or silence, or both?

Any chance I can be cheeky and ask for the best one/s in each category?

I’m looking at the non-pro Corsair ml140 dual pack.

doyll · 8 Apr 2018 at 18:51

MLs are a very expensive way to go. There are many fans that perform as well or better for less money .. but as I said before, "Depends where / what you plan to do with them."

Begbie · 8 Apr 2018 at 19:08

ToTheMax said:
Corsair ML140 Pro's, those magnetic levitation bearings really are the bees knees. Running 7 in a 780T case and it's so quiet but make sure you run them through a proper PWM circuit.

I just got the cheaper version the non Pros ( I think), two for £23 and they are great.

Grandmaster Fap! · 8 Apr 2018 at 19:13

fowler002 said:
Any chance I can be cheeky and ask for the best one/s in each category?

I’m looking at the non-pro Corsair ml140 dual pack.

Listen to this guy, he knows his fans.

doyll said:
MLs are a very expensive way to go. There are many fans that perform as well or better for less money .. but as I said before, "Depends where / what you plan to do with them."

From a personal point i searched for silence with half decent airflow and can vouch for the Arctic Cooling Silent series.

fowler002 · 8 Apr 2018 at 20:14

doyll said:
MLs are a very expensive way to go. There are many fans that perform as well or better for less money .. but as I said before, "Depends where / what you plan to do with them."

Front intake for the case meshify c, the two pack of the non-pro ml40 is £23.49(£11.75 per fan) at a competitor.

doyll · 8 Apr 2018 at 21:24

fowler002 said:
Front intake for the case meshify c, the two pack of the non-pro ml40 is £23.49(£11.75 per fan) at a competitor.

That is reasonable enough price. I don't know i there are any harmonic vibration issue when mounted in Meshify. Not home atm so can't do much.

Pocah · 10 Apr 2018 at 10:23

My favourite used to be the ML PRO but I have to say that I am slightly less convinced because the prices seems to have risen sharply compared to other fans. The advantages of the PRO are that they are pretty quiet, good pressure, huge RPM range and they used to be mid price. But now they have lost their "mid price" appeal so honestly I would be tempted to go for Noctua instead. Noiseblockers are very good as well, although I haven't had any experience with their 140mm range. Noctua and Noiseblocker are on a different level when it comes to noise.

Pocah · 10 Apr 2018 at 10:24

Habakkuk said:
Noctua 140's here - would recommend strongly (colour aside)

It's tragic. It's the one thing that stops me buying them all the time - the horrible colours.

fowler002 · 10 Apr 2018 at 17:02

I ended up going for 2x of the non-pro ml120, so 3x front intake and 1 for rear exhaust.
Will test them on the aio(fractal design s24) to see what the difference is between the stock fans and the ml120, if it’s a good difference might order another pack of the dual pack.

Did consider the bequite silent wing 3 as they give similar performance but are quieter, but they’re £20 per fan

Sosuke. · 10 Apr 2018 at 18:12

Silent wing 3 are superb. This coming from a long time noctua fan (pun)

fowler002 · 10 Apr 2018 at 19:20

Sosuke. said:
Silent wing 3 are superb. This coming from a long time noctua fan (pun)

I would have gone for them but it would have been £60 for 3 silent wing 3 vs £44 for 4 ml120 non-pro

Habakkuk · 12 Apr 2018 at 04:51

Noctua do some black/gray and black/colour fans too though!