What is the best case fans now?

Evian · 17 Feb 2017 at 20:57

Hi guys, I thought my GPU/PSU had coil whine, I've had this problem for over a year but I recently changed my GPU again and the noise was still there so I pulled out an old hose that I could hold to my ear and started investigating my PC to find out what the hell was causing it, It turns out my Corsair AF140 on intake on the top of my Corsair Air 540 case is buzzing or has coil whine, It was driving me insane so I will be replacing it/them.

What's the best fans to be looking at performance and quality wise? I have some Akasa fan controller.

Glanza · 17 Feb 2017 at 21:07

Before you replace are you undervolting the fans currently?

Evian · 17 Feb 2017 at 21:24

Glanza said:
Before you replace are you undervolting the fans currently?

I actually have no idea, How would I find out?

It's a Akasa FC Six Fan controller, It's just knobs so I can't see which voltage I have them at etc, I assume I am though.

spook2575 · 17 Feb 2017 at 22:05

I find the Noctua fans are worth it for the silence and decent performance though they are a bit pricey.

agw_01 · 17 Feb 2017 at 22:12

I like my BeQuiet Shadow Wings fans. I have 3 120mm fans at the front of my Corsair 540.

Do you have any pictures of your case? Are you watercooled? As heat rises, the top fans should really be exhaust fans. You may not even need them.

Aberfala · 17 Feb 2017 at 22:18

spook2575 said:
I find the Noctua fans are worth it for the silence and decent performance though they are a bit pricey.

I agree, they aren't cheap but are a quality product so decent value if you have the cash.

Evian · 17 Feb 2017 at 23:26

agw_01 said:
I like my BeQuiet Shadow Wings fans. I have 3 120mm fans at the front of my Corsair 540.

Do you have any pictures of your case? Are you watercooled? As heat rises, the top fans should really be exhaust fans. You may not even need them.

I do it's air though, http://imgur.com/a/Quya1 top one is making a buzzing noise

freddie64 · 18 Feb 2017 at 07:28

Evian said:
It turns out my Corsair AF140 on intake on the top of my Corsair Air 540 case is buzzing or has coil whine.

I would just remove the top fan and keep the 3 front intakes.

agw_01 · 18 Feb 2017 at 08:23

I'll echo Freddie. That top intake will be doing you no favours. Remove it

Is that rear fan 140mm?

Glanza · 18 Feb 2017 at 10:00

Evian said:
I actually have no idea, How would I find out?

It's a Akasa FC Six Fan controller, It's just knobs so I can't see which voltage I have them at etc, I assume I am though.

Plug it straight onto your board for testing and see if the noise goes.

Bone9 · 18 Feb 2017 at 10:05

Be quiet silent wings 3 are brilliant fans.

Psycho Sonny · 18 Feb 2017 at 11:21

I have all my fans hooked up to the motherbaord then have them running in smart mode and set the volts and temps myself.

system runs very cool and quiet but it does have around 7 fans and no GPU

Razor Time · 18 Feb 2017 at 13:00

Bone9 said:
Be quiet silent wings 3 are brilliant fans.

^^^ This

Evian · 18 Feb 2017 at 19:30

agw_01 said:
I'll echo Freddie. That top intake will be doing you no favours. Remove it

Is that rear fan 140mm?

I have removed it, Can't stand listening to the buzzing, Yes that is a rear 140mm AF140.

Glanza said:
Plug it straight onto your board for testing and see if the noise goes.

I tried and it's even worse because I can't slow down the fan with my motherboard, MSI Z77A G45, It can't put fans below 50% speed in the Bios.

Habakkuk · 22 Feb 2017 at 14:10

Another call for Noctua here, though I want to play with EK's Vardar to compare.

ttaskmaster · 22 Feb 2017 at 14:37

Noctua or Vardar, personally. Noiseblockers can be pretty good too. Some like the Corsair MLs, but I wasn't overly impressed.