Replace fans in my Antec P182? More airflow less noise?

Bobmunkhouse

Bobmunkhouse

Bobmunkhouse

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Hi all

I was looking at getting a new intake fan in my Antec P182 case but now I'm thinking maybe I should replace all my fans....

Below are the specs of my current airflow -

Intake (Front Middle) - Akasa AK-191-SM Smoke Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan
- Rated speed: 1200 RPM
- Sound: 18.0 dB(A)
- Air flow: 49.74 CFM

2 x Exhaust (Back and Top)- Antec 120mm Fans


Things to note -

- I have Antec fans at low at the moment which is 25dB and I already think this is too loud really

- The main reason for doing this is to cool my AMD Powercolor 390 more which sits directly in front of the middle intake fan.

-The intake fan needs to be able to pull though a dust filter and the case door air holes.

Any ideas would be great!

Thanks
 
I recently spent about £120 replacing my H440 fans, with Noctua fans, they are very very quiet, PWM, and have high static pressure.

I have 3 x 120mm fans down the front as seen here: (all panels off)

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These are the 120mm fans I got. They come with a Low-Noise Adaptor (L.N.A.) with the stats as follows:

Airflow - 54.9 CFM
Airflow with L.N.A - 43.7 CFM

Acoustical Noise 22.4 dB(A)
Acoustical Noise with L.N.A. - 18.6 dB(A)

Static Pressure - 2.61 mm H2O
Static Pressure with L.N.A - 1.83 mm H2O

The quality of build, IMO is 2nd to none with the Noctuas
 
Cool ok these look good so maybe I could just replace my Akasa intake first and see how I get on, would this make a good intake to pull though the dust filter and stuff?

I'm guessing I would just connect these to my 4 pin system fan connectors on motherboard?
 
Yeah these pull air through filters / tight gaps very well, which is why i bought them for my H440 case.

You can connect them to your 4pin motherboard connectors no problem, they will run at whatever speed your motherboard wants them too, which u can use the adapter to slow them down. im not great with that side of things, i use Asus Ai suite 3 software to control mine.
 
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