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Hi everyone.
Now that all of my most recent build is complete, it's time to dump some money into fans to replace Arctic P12s which have served me well over the past year but have a pretty iffy noise profile.
I'm looking at a total of 10 fans being replaced, but 3 will have to be Noctua due to clearance issues in the back chamber of a Lian Li O11 XL and 25mm being max I can go with. Top, bottom and rear rads I can work with 30mm.
So I'm wondering if I should just go all Noctua, or grab 7 Phanteks T30s along with 3 Noctua.
4 radiators being handled here, so it's really just down to noise profile. I do not need to brute force performance running fans super loud, but of course it's nice to drop another degree or two if even possible.
I know the T30s have some performance gain with their size, but I'm concerned about motor noise, hum or anything like that where the Noctua's just seem to be best in class. Quite a few reviews of the T30s talk great about noise, but many reviewers never cover things like motor noise, resonance, humming and the likes. Something that plagues P12s at certain RPMs.
Seeing a random comment online like that has me a bit concerned about T30 motor noise.
Cheers
Now that all of my most recent build is complete, it's time to dump some money into fans to replace Arctic P12s which have served me well over the past year but have a pretty iffy noise profile.
I'm looking at a total of 10 fans being replaced, but 3 will have to be Noctua due to clearance issues in the back chamber of a Lian Li O11 XL and 25mm being max I can go with. Top, bottom and rear rads I can work with 30mm.
So I'm wondering if I should just go all Noctua, or grab 7 Phanteks T30s along with 3 Noctua.
4 radiators being handled here, so it's really just down to noise profile. I do not need to brute force performance running fans super loud, but of course it's nice to drop another degree or two if even possible.
I know the T30s have some performance gain with their size, but I'm concerned about motor noise, hum or anything like that where the Noctua's just seem to be best in class. Quite a few reviews of the T30s talk great about noise, but many reviewers never cover things like motor noise, resonance, humming and the likes. Something that plagues P12s at certain RPMs.
everyone is calling this the noctua killer but from your tests i honestly can't agree. this fan has a loud drone kick in around 800-900RPM whilst the Noctua is pleasant until 1000-1100RPM it's a huge difference in tone too it ramps up much quicker with the phanteks
Seeing a random comment online like that has me a bit concerned about T30 motor noise.
Cheers
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