Which fan & best way to connect?

Bryan Kortez

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I am changing my case to the following..

YOUR BASKET
1 x Corsair Carbide 540 High Airflow ATX Cube Case - Black (CC-9011030-WW) £129.95
1 x Corsair RM Series RM 550 '80+ Gold' 550W Power Supply (CP-9020053-UK) £79.99
4 x Enermax Cluster UCCL12 120mm Fan £9.98 (£39.92)
1 x BitFenix Alchemy 24pin ATX extension 30cm - White £8.99
2 x BitFenix Alchemy 6pin PCI-E extension 45cm - White £6.49 (£12.98)
Total : £285.35 (includes shipping : £11.25).



My current CPU cooler is the following..

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What silent high pressure 120mm PWM fans do you guys recommend that I could use? I need to try and keep it in the white and black colour scheme. Also, is the a better way to attached the fans to this heat sink to reduce vibration?
 
I am not sure about pressure as its not stated in decription, but do check Alpenfohm Wing Boost PWMs. Aerocool Shark seems decent, but not really quiet at full speed and thats when it has good airfliw/pressure. Bitfenix Spectre Pro PWM - all white edition is also very nice. Enermax Cluster, if you like the led but be carefull, it will turn light blue in uv.
If you are bothered by vibrations, you can look for radiator accesories, I have seen rubber gaskets for fans, not sure if they were available at OCuk but I am sure I have senn'em somewhere.
 
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Bart_Hunt said:
I am not sure about pressure as its not stated in decription, but do check Alpenfohm Wing Boost PWMs. Aerocool Shark seems decent, but not really quiet at full speed and thats when it has good airfliw/pressure. Bitfenix Spectre Pro PWM - all white edition is also very nice. Enermax Cluster, if you like the led but be carefull, it will turn light blue in uv.
If you are bothered by vibrations, you can look for radiator accesories, I have seen rubber gaskets for fans, not sure if they were available at OCuk but I am sure I have senn'em somewhere.
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Thanks for the advise. Was actually looking at the Bitfenix and I think that should work ok. Just has a look at the radiator gaskets and came across a XSPC 120mm Radiator Gasket, that should eliminate any vibrations.

Cheers
 
I've used both of those fans on a K2 and wouldn't recommend the Spectre at all. It gets pretty loud and performance isn't anything to write home about.
The wingboost is good enough, but I'd probably go for an SP120 Quiet edition and use the white ring.
 
The wingboost fans dont work very well with the prolimatech fan clips either im afraid. Due to the inner frame being completely circular, one side of the clip cant get a decent hold on the fan. If you look at the fan in the pic above, note that the part where the clips latch on is entirely flat.
 
Anybody got any experience with this heatsink? Trying to figure if I can get some different clips to attach a better fan, or If I should just try ghetto mount it some how? Don't really want to have to spend money on a new heatsink if i can help it.
 
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