Need some 80mm PWM fans

snips86x · 1 Feb 2014 at 16:43

Can anyone recommend some 80mm PWM fans which are quiet and have red blades and/or LEDs?

setter · 1 Feb 2014 at 17:13

How about theese, ive used the 120mm versions and found them to be pretty decent.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-013-XI&groupid=701&catid=2331&subcat=819

snips86x · 1 Feb 2014 at 17:41

setter said:
How about theese, ive used the 120mm versions and found them to be pretty decent.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-013-XI&groupid=701&catid=2331&subcat=819

They look a little noisy!

How are they for you?

setter · 1 Feb 2014 at 17:50

The 120's werent too bad tbh, though i had them on a fan controller where they were only turned up for gaming. I wish i could source a few of them again as im not that impressed with the cooling ability of the alpenfohn red clovers i have now. I run all my case and cooler fans via PWM splitters from the cpu fan headers, keeps noise down at idle.

Like yourself, i have a red/black theme in my case, but it's hard to find good PWM fans in theese colours. System below.

Fulax · 1 Feb 2014 at 18:16

Most 80mm fans are noisy, unfortunately. Your best bet is probably to get some quietish ones and mod them in some tasteful way.

I'm using these Noiseblockers - they're doing a great job: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-037-NB&groupid=701&catid=2331&subcat=819

I'm not sure the material would really lend itself to a paint job, though. It's a bit smooth. You could try it with BeQuiet's Silent Wings 2 or Noctua's NF-R8 (which is sort of red, actually).

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-028-BQ&groupid=701&catid=2331&subcat=819

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-010-NC&groupid=701&catid=2331&subcat=819

snips86x · 2 Feb 2014 at 19:13

Does anyone own these exact fans and can comment on their performance & noise level on a fan controller?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-013-XI&groupid=701&catid=2331&subcat=819

Admetos · 2 Feb 2014 at 19:27

Arctic Cooling F8 pro, used these and are very quite.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-019-AR&groupid=701&catid=2331

For some reason Arctic Cooling never get mentioned, but I use Arctic Cooling for all my fans, always quite and perform well.

snips86x · 2 Feb 2014 at 20:16

JasonM said:
Arctic Cooling F8 pro, used these and are very quite.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-019-AR&groupid=701&catid=2331

For some reason Arctic Cooling never get mentioned, but I use Arctic Cooling for all my fans, always quite and perform well.

Thanks for the recommendation!

Ideally I'm looking for red fans to go with my new build.

paulstung · 2 Feb 2014 at 22:19

Just to chime in about 80mm fans being load. I have got 2 of the Coolink SWiF2-80P running at 12v ( ran out of reducers ), and they are quiet, all my other fans are at 7v ( 120/ 140 ) Akasa vipers and I can't hear them at all. I had a 12 to 7 v reducer on order but I've cancelled it now as it is not needed.

snips86x · 3 Feb 2014 at 16:53

paulstung said:
Just to chime in about 80mm fans being load. I have got 2 of the Coolink SWiF2-80P running at 12v ( ran out of reducers ), and they are quiet, all my other fans are at 7v ( 120/ 140 ) Akasa vipers and I can't hear them at all. I had a 12 to 7 v reducer on order but I've cancelled it now as it is not needed.

They do look nice, but still need them in red and black.

On another note, while searching the website for other fans available, what do you think of these?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-059-ZW

Do you think they would suite a black & red themes Parvum build or should I stick with the Bitfenix Spectra pro's?