Recently built my a new rig and the final thing to do is put some case fans in. Ideally would like it to be as quiet as possible.
My rig
5600x, rtx 3080, MSI B550 Mortar Corsair 400D airflow.
I did get two 140mm fans at the weekend but these are loud compared to the 120mm fan that came with the case which was near silent.
Would I be better with 2 140mm or 3 120mm fans in the front?[QUOTE}
I recently changed my case fans and spent hours comparing specifications to try and get fans that were quieter and performed better for my needs and it`s a minefield and you have to look at the different rates of airflow Vs static pressure (m3h or CFM Vs mmH2O) and noise (db/A)
As Armageus has said the Artic Cooling P series fans are good and quiet but more suited to high static pressure for putting behind radiators, they`re quiet and cheap. Noctua are also good fans and generally are quiet and have fans for airflow or high static pressure but don`t have any RGB fans if that is important to you.
The fans in your case are the Corsair Air series and are rated at 63.47 CFM (107.8 m3/h) but also 30db/A which is quite noisy and that will be at the max RPM of 1650rpm, compare that with the Noctua NF-S12A PWM chromax.black.swap which has a similar 107.5 m3h but has a db rating of 17.8 db/A so for identical performance these are a air bit quieter.
Once you have the fans that give you the best performance to noise ratio then you can then set a fan curve in your bios using your motherboard headers so as the temps rise the fan will increase in speed.
One advantage of the Artic Cooling fans is you can daisy chain them together so you only need to use one fan header to control your fans.
Another good performing quiet fan is the Akasa Apache Black fans.
Hope this helps
