Quiet fans to replace Corsair Hydro Series iCUE H100i fans?

[ShellShock]

I have a Corsair Hydro Series iCUE H100i RGB ELITE Performance Liquid CPU Cooler 240mm, which came with 2 x 120 mm fans. Recently I have noticed that the fans start to get noisy above 1100 RPM. Can anyone recommend some replacement (non-RGB) fans that will be quieter (silentish) at this speed and above?

Many thanks

 

[random_matt]

Noctua (a12x25) or Arctic (P12). The latter actually has a more pleasant sound, you will like them.

 

[ShellShock]

Thanks. I see there is an Artic P12 PWM Max which goes up to 3300 at only 23.5 dBA, which seems like great performance.

 

[mickyflinn]

Thanks. I see there is an Artic P12 PWM Max which goes up to 3300 at only 23.5 dBA, which seems like great performance.

You need to read this.

Arctic Fan Test – P12 vs P12 Max - KitGuru

Arctic has been pretty quiet with new product launches this year, the company released some new cool

www.kitguru.net

 

[TheVoice]

The Corsair SP fans are decent too, designed for static pressure so they'll work well on a radiator, I have two of the 140mm SP RGB Elites on mine and a further three as case fans. I tried the AF fans but hated them, they were ridiculously noisy and caused loads of vibration. The airflow was at least decent but not worth the noise.

 

[ShellShock]

You need to read this.

Arctic Fan Test – P12 vs P12 Max - KitGuru

Arctic has been pretty quiet with new product launches this year, the company released some new cool

www.kitguru.net

Thanks for the link - a very interesting read, and bears out the good performance of Arctics, especially at the price.

 

[ShellShock]

The Corsair SP fans are decent too, designed for static pressure so they'll work well on a radiator, I have two of the 140mm SP RGB Elites on mine and a further three as case fans. I tried the AF fans but hated them, they were ridiculously noisy and caused loads of vibration. The airflow was at least decent but not worth the noise.

I should have mentioned, I don't want RGB, and all the Corsair fans sold by overclockers seem to be RGB. My Corsair cooler came with 2 Corsair AF Elites (no RGB), which, as you say, are noisy over about 1100 RPM.

 

[ShellShock]

Based on the great advice in this thread, I got a couple of Artic P12 PWM Max, and they are great - much quieter than the Corsair fans that came with the cooler.

 

[Wing-Man]

I got a couple of Artic P12 PWM Max

i used them on a 360 model of the same cooler. for the price i dont think you can beat them

 

[Rabtech]

Artic P12 PWM Max or Noctua NF-P12 Redux 1700rpm if you don't mind spending a little more. Artic in my experience are slightly noisier than Noctua, as mentioned above you can't really beat the price/performance of the Artic.