Fans for water cooling radiator

[engstrom0304]

What are the best fans for my swifteck dual radiator.
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-009-SW

 

[goujon945]

Well the higher the cfm the better tbh. But for sound/price/cfm ratio id probs say a couple of Yate Loons

 

[weescott]

IIRC the Panaflo M1's were best for that rad.

 

[engstrom0304]

Which Yate Loons, give me an overclockers link

 

[goujon945]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-001-YL

Forgot bout the Panaflo's but the Loons are cheaper

 

[engstrom0304]

This one runs at 2000rpm is cheaper quieter and shifts more air????

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...lackfire4 UVLED Fan - 120mm / UVGreen (BF8959)

 

[goujon945]

No personal experience with them but i know that a lot of the time the manufactures stated air flow is basically a lie! Xilence Redwings for example, very quiet but don't move much air. The Loons though seem to have a lot of fans (no pun intended) round here

 

[Monkey Puzzle]

IIRC the Panaflo M1's were best for that rad.

I have a couple of them and they're too loud for my liking - just about bearable/quiet at less than 7V (probably about 5v - resistor cable plus fan controller that goes down to 7v).

 

[mrthingyx]

You can spend huge amounts on fans to get the best silence/cfm rating, but at the end of the day if you want silent, you're going to have to make to with rubbish performance, cfm-wise.

Amusingly, I've found the quietest fans to be one of the cheapest: the 120mm Akasa AK-174BK-S is dirt cheap and I thought they were broken when I turned them on attached to my 120.3 Swiftech radiator. Very quiet and they don't push much air, but then if I wanted them to, I'd have bought the FF Delta and a set of ear plugs.

 

[Monkeynut]

After messing with ONE 120mm Delta I can assure you 3 would deafen you WITH earplugs!
Oh yeah, and your rad will take off.