Spec me some quiet fans
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7 seems a lot and more than likely over kill
BeQuiet Silent Wings 3 are my choice of fans at the moment
There are 5 of them in my system of varying speeds but only 3 of them are case fans
BeQuiet Silent Wings 3 are my choice of fans at the moment
There are 5 of them in my system of varying speeds but only 3 of them are case fans
It's for the Antec P120 case, I'm looking for 120mm fans.. I think its best to have more in that case as the layout is different
I was thinking more as the case doesn't have the usual route of flow for air... How many would you recommend in the Antec P120
Not personally used it, but looking at the website and suggested airflow - probably 3 intake fans at the bottom, and just 1 exhaust fan at the rear
Ahh OK I was considering some at the front next to the motherboard but I'll leave that then until I get more watercooling bits... Do you have any recommendations of fans?
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I'm not familiar with that case but what armageus said sounds good
I've used these in 2 of my PC's now - cheap, fairly quiet, and seem to move a decent amount of air:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
- 1 x Arctic Cooling P12 PWM PST Black Fan - 120mm= £5.95
Total: £8.69 (includes shipping: £2.74)
I've used these in 2 of my PC's now - cheap, fairly quiet, and seem to move a decent amount of air:
My basket at Overclockers UK:
- 1 x Arctic Cooling P12 PWM PST Black Fan - 120mm= £5.95
Total: £8.69 (includes shipping: £2.74)
I was literally just looking at these, thank you I'll probably get 4 of them for now
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I've got a mix of Corsair LL120's and Deepcool RF120's in my machine and both are pretty much inaudible and push a decent amount of air.
Oh that's good to hear, are the LL fans RGB or am I thinking of something else? What case do you have?
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Sorry, correction, the Corsairs are ML120s, so are fixed red colour and don't need the whole propriety Corsair RGB system crap, they're on the radiator. The 3 deepcools are the main system fans.
I have a pretty aggressive fan profile, they all run on minimum duty cycle unless I'm gaming, then they'll all ramp up if need be. You'd hardly know the machine was on when browsing
Sorry, correction, the Corsairs are ML120s, so are fixed red colour and don't need the whole propriety Corsair RGB system crap, they're on the radiator. The 3 deepcools are the main system fans.
I have a pretty aggressive fan profile, they all run on minimum duty cycle unless I'm gaming, then they'll all ramp up if need be. You'd hardly know the machine was on when browsing
That looks really smart mate, I will take a look at the Deepcool fans you've mentioned.. What program do you use to adjust the fans speeds?
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I have a pretty aggressive fan profile, they all run on minimum duty cycle unless I'm gaming, then they'll all ramp up if need be. You'd hardly know the machine was on when browsing
Sorry to jump in, just noticed you have the same motherboard as me and curious as to what fan profiles you use? I've got mine setup but there is almost an infinite different ways of doing it.
My case fan profiles are completely flat at 20% for 10C, 20C and 30C and then the fourth marker is 100% at at 42C based on system temp for example.
Did you know you have to add 20C to the CPU temp in the BIOS?
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It's a separate control signal instead of voltage and it's newer than the old method so I would say yes
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I use the BIOS.
Images of my fan profiles.
Fan1 are the two ML120's on the rad going into a PWM splitter and the CPU port on the mobo
PUMP is obviously the pump for the watercooler, that supports variable speeds too which is great for noise levels.
Fan4 used on the 3 deepcool fans, they go into a 3 way PWM splitter cable.
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100% yes, you have complete control over the speed of the fans. None PWM are pretty much fixed voltage and run at 100% all the time. Most motherboards can drop the voltage a bit but you have nowhere near the same level of control as PWM.
Yes almost every motherboard these days supports it, and is a lot more flexible than none-pwm fan control.
The Arctic PWM fans above also have daisy chain PWM connectors on, so you control all fans from one PWM header (if your motherboard has a limited amount), or so you can control all intake fans from one header, and the exhaust separately from another header