best 140mm PWM fan for front of case

arnie2013 · 4 Aug 2015 at 18:09

Hi all

I currently have a 120mm corsair SP120 PWM performance edition fan at the front of my case.

Now behind that are my 3 hard drives which on idle run at about 30c each.

am I right in saying as their is less room I would see a difference at all if I purchased a 140mm fan instead of the sp120 or owuldnt I see much difference.

Only I love the corsair fans but it seems corsair do not make a 140mm with PWM ( I need PWM as I control all my fans using xpert fan 2, although not to everybody choice its an easy to use software for me

or could anybody recommend a top of the range 140mm PWM fan I could buy for the front

ttaskmaster · 4 Aug 2015 at 18:23

Noctua or Blacknoise - See your other thread.

Radox-0 · 5 Aug 2015 at 17:28

Gotta throw in the Bequiet 140mm Silent wings 2. Incredibly quiet. More so then some of my Noctua's which in themselves are amazingly quiet.

dacads · 5 Aug 2015 at 17:37

One of these

YOUR BASKET
1 x Phanteks PH-F140XP PWM 140mm Fan - Black / White £15.95
1 x Noctua NF-P14s REDUX PWM 1500RPM 140mm Quiet Case Fan £13.49
1 x Cougar LED-Fan D14HB-G, White - 140mm £9.95
Total : £43.30 (includes shipping : £3.26 Ex.VAT).

C64 · 5 Aug 2015 at 18:43

30c is a great temp for hard drives I've ran my for years at 40c + and they're fine.
At best you might see a 1c drop in hdd temps no matter what you stick in there.
Just use the voltage controls in the motherboard to set the fan to 7v and be done.

Scougar · 5 Aug 2015 at 20:02

I really wouldn't be worried about idle temps, it's only really the operating/load temps you need to worry about. A single 120mm fan over 3 HDD's is more than adequate.