Quiet fans to replace Corsair Hydro Series iCUE H100i fans?

ShellShock · 10 Jan 2024 at 09:42

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

ShellShock · 10 Jan 2024 at 11:43

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.

ShellShock · 10 Jan 2024 at 13:07

mickyflinn said:
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 · 10 Jan 2024 at 13:12

TheVoice said:
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 · 14 Jan 2024 at 08:15

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.