best cheap ish fan for wattercooling

[Josh_4000]

Hello

this is will be first ever time wattercooling so sorry for noob questions
i was wondering what would be a good fan to go with, i am currently looking at Aerocool Ds 140 would these be able to push enough air through a 280 rad (radiator)

thanks for taking time to help

 

[Glanza]

My recommendation would be get a good fan now as you can reuse them if you upgrade or change your loop later.

EK varder for example are highly regarded for radiator fans.

 

[Josh_4000]

EK varder for example are highly regarded for radiator fans.

Ok i'll save a bit longer to get ek Vardar evo 140er
thanks for help

 

[haszek]

Or you can get Corsair ML for £12.50 each which is cheaper and good quality for WC
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cors...netic-levitation-fan-dual-pack-fg-056-cs.html

 

[Josh_4000]

after comparing the corsair ml to the ek stats eg air flow, static pressure and noise, i'm edging more towards the corsair ml as lower price tag, lower noise and 5 years warranty. the 5 years warranty will be the hard to beat factor

 

[P4Clock]

If you have lots of rads I like to use this ran. I have 6 in my system running at 75% and I can't tell there on.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/bitfenix-spectre-120mm-fan-plain-black-fg-012-bx.html

 

[Josh_4000]

If you have lots of rads I like to use this ran. I have 6 in my system running at 75% and I can't tell there on.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/bitfenix-spectre-120mm-fan-plain-black-fg-012-bx.html

. My case only allows for 2x280 mm rads in top and front, in the future I'll add a gpu and another rad, but the one 280 with ml fans should be fine (I hope )

 

[P4Clock]

The fan is the same in 140mm. Nice is quiet, you can run the fans all the time as there so quiet so you don't get noise from fans ramping up and down

 

[RSR]

EK Vardars would get my vote followed by Corsair MLs but the ML's are not cheap.

 

[Pocah]

My first choice for low cost would be the Corsair ML140's. They are a good fan, that do well in radiator cooling applications and they have a wider range of RPM than most other fans. For a better quality fan, then choose a Noiseblocker. Expensive but all you can hear is the woooosh of air they produce.

 

[darket]

My vote would be either on the ML's or the Vardars , i recently swapped out my vardars for all ML's, much quieter at low rpms, Vardars tend to hum at low speeds which irritated the hell out of me, dont get me wrong the vardars did a great job but the ML's do it just that little bit better and worth the extra.

 

[VKleita]

My first choice for low cost would be the Corsair ML140's. They are a good fan, that do well in radiator cooling applications and they have a wider range of RPM than most other fans. For a better quality fan, then choose a Noiseblocker. Expensive but all you can hear is the woooosh of air they produce.

This + 1

Noiseblocker stuff is amazing build quality

 

[Josh_4000]

I plan on going with the Ml Fans as they come with a 5 year warranty this is my selling point and low noise

 

[danny77]

I picked a couple of the ml fans up at weekend and impressed with them so far. For the price they perform great and with low noise

 

[VKleita]

I plan on going with the Ml Fans as they come with a 5 year warranty this is my selling point and low noise

Pretty sure Noiseblockers are 6 year warranty but not 100% certain.

 

[Josh_4000]

Pretty sure Noiseblockers are 6 year warranty but not 100% certain.

They have a 6 year warranty and 3 fans for 30£ and the 20db, this is a better deal then the ml fans. I'll just need to keep my ear to the ground to deside before pay day. But the noise blockers have my vote now (noise lockers).. just realized these are 120fans not 140

 

[Josh_4000]

The 140 fans from noise blockers is 19 I'll just wait a bit longer to get these fans as I now have my heart set on them noiseblockers