Fan for radiators

Orcvader · 21 Feb 2016 at 12:58

So I'm currently using a couple of Asaka Apache Black to cool my radiators, but I was wondering if there was anything better? I've had them for over 5 years and no idea if I should replace them. Noise is not really that much of an issue.

deFiniLoGy · 21 Feb 2016 at 13:34

EK-Vardars

P4Clock · 21 Feb 2016 at 14:15

If it's not broken don't fix it. Your happy with noise and cooling?

Orcvader · 21 Feb 2016 at 14:19

Cheers I'll have a look, although there seems to be different ones? Any specific model I should be looking at? OcUK's 3 fan bundles looks quite tempting

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P4Clock said:
If it's not broken don't fix it. Your happy with noise and cooling?

I just felt like I need a change

. Noise is fine and so is cooling but I feel cooling could be a tad better.

deFiniLoGy · 21 Feb 2016 at 14:23

Orcvader said:
Cheers I'll have a look, although there seems to be different ones? Any specific model I should be looking at? OcUK's 3 fan bundles looks quite tempting .

I just felt like I need a change . Noise is fine and so is cooling but I feel cooling could be a tad better.

Personally I like the fans to be on the quiet side, so I opted for F2-120

Orcvader · 21 Feb 2016 at 14:33

Thanks, received your trust message as well.

Although I just had a recheck on the static pressure/air flow on my Apaches vs the EK-Vardars, I didn't realise my Apaches were actually very good. Now that just puts me off from changing them.

deFiniLoGy · 21 Feb 2016 at 15:08

Orcvader said:
Thanks, received your trust message as well.

Although I just had a recheck on the static pressure/air flow on my Apaches vs the EK-Vardars, I didn't realise my Apaches were actually very good. Now that just puts me off from changing them.

No worries

But I wouldn't trust the listed specs as those tend to be inaccurate.

That said, I couldn't find any independent reviews for the Apaches either

P4Clock · 21 Feb 2016 at 15:38

what radiators do you have?

Orcvader · 21 Feb 2016 at 16:48

Nothing fancy, just a Corsair H40 on the CPU and a H75 on the GPU. I plan to change the CPU cooler to something more beefy when I upgrade the CPU later on however.

P4Clock · 22 Feb 2016 at 12:49

yes the Vardars are very good for that type of rad, but temp drop will be minimum to none, push pull would be a better way to help cool the rads

if your looking at spending £15 per fan on an upgrade, i would look into a better cooler.
a 240mm rad would be better

deFiniLoGy · 22 Feb 2016 at 13:43

Orcvader said:
Nothing fancy, just a Corsair H40 on the CPU and a H75 on the GPU. I plan to change the CPU cooler to something more beefy when I upgrade the CPU later on however.

Agree with P4Clock here, not really worth upgrading the fans on H40, you should probably look at the H105 then upgrade the fans.

However I would not neccessarily recommend on doing push/pull as IMO the extra cooling does not justify the additional fan noise.

Orcvader · 22 Feb 2016 at 14:07

Yeah once I upgrade to Zen/Kabylake I do plan to jump to a 240mm one. The fans were sort of "future proofing" for that. Is a custom water cooling set up significantly more worth it over AIO?

P4Clock · 22 Feb 2016 at 14:14

tbf a good air cooler to the same cost of an AIO is a lot better. and custom water is the top dog.
in my view AIO is a bit of a gimmick, there good for small cases but a good air cooler is a hell of a lot better than AIO

Orcvader · 22 Feb 2016 at 15:01

Well my Lian Li V354B is quite small which made me change the coolers to AIO in the first place

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But thanks anyway, think I'll go the custom route, poking around seems it's very possible to have all the parts in a compact space. Haven't had a proper look at water cooling for years.

chroniclard · 22 Feb 2016 at 15:06

P4Clock said:
in my view AIO is a bit of a gimmick, there good for small cases but a good air cooler is a hell of a lot better than AIO

Better at what?

P4Clock · 22 Feb 2016 at 15:24

chroniclard said:
Better at what?

quieter, better cooling.

take a £60/£70 120mm AIO and put it up against a £60/£70 air cooler.

deFiniLoGy · 22 Feb 2016 at 16:31

P4Clock said:
quieter, better cooling.

take a £60/£70 120mm AIO and put it up against a £60/£70 air cooler.

Quieter during idle maybe, not necessarily under load though.

Air cooler also has RAM clearance issue, tower height clearance issue, PCI-e slot clearance issue for SFF...

ttaskmaster · 22 Feb 2016 at 16:39

Might the Noctua Industrials be worth a look?

P4Clock · 23 Feb 2016 at 02:19

deFiniLoGy said:
Quieter during idle maybe, not necessarily under load though.

Air cooler also has RAM clearance issue, tower height clearance issue, PCI-e slot clearance issue for SFF...

if you see my post i did say in anything other than small system so SFF....
and yes also better under load. feel free to google it here or open a thread up asking the question yourself.