What is a really good fan for a custom water cooling loop?

QuestionableUsername · Nov 30, 2014

So I'm planning on putting a custom water cool loop on my computer but I don't know what I should do about the fans, should I get these Noctua fans or some Corsair fans (I don't know any models in specific, but you can suggest

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I'm using a 900D Corsair case so if the fans that come with the case are really good, what would be nice.
Looking for mainly efficiency, capability, and little noise.

i7Baby · Nov 30, 2014

Noctua are the best. Corsair are really good.

So the existing 900D fans should be good. Try them.

If you later don't like them, buy and install something else.

QuestionableUsername · Nov 30, 2014

i7Baby :

I'd like to know very soon because the Noctua fans are half off on Amazon!

Thanks, so Notcua is the way to go?

Dark Lord of Tech · Nov 30, 2014

The fans that come with the 900D are decent.

But at that price I would grab a couple of them.

i7Baby · Nov 30, 2014

If you're happy with the price.

Personally, I'm sure I'd be happy with the fans that the case comes with.

Goodeggray · Nov 30, 2014

Linus tech tips did a test about 2 months ago comparing cooling ability of cheap fans vs. expensive fans. They found very little performance differences.

i7Baby · Nov 30, 2014

There's also noise to consider. Noctua are really quiet

Amencerment · Nov 30, 2014

900D uses a Hong Chen fan that is close to the AF series of fans made by Corsair. They are good but do not have the airflow of the SP series and this is why many people switch them out.

And there is a difference with fans it all depends on the CFM at RMP being pushed. This is down to the fan blade angle. Any fan cheap or expensive will be good, but most of the time you will not find cheap fans pushing over 87CFM and that is a Rosewill RFX-120BL, but the average for a cheap fan is 62CFM. You can opt for a 107.5CFM Masscool, but it is not a variable fan and spins at 2700rpm. You can start to see decent viable cooling starting around the $13 range with the Aerocool DX 140 with a viable 71.2--93.4CFM.

Most of the time the higher priced fans are due to style, engineering and maker. This will deal with bearing setup, fan blade inclination, fan size and the RPM the fan can rotate at. So there area allot of factors that make a fan cost more, this includes the life of the fans. You can't just judge a fan is good because it is cheap or expensive. IN most bench tests for fans they are completed in short amount of time as fans are used for years, and many cheap fans do die a bit faster then the more pricey brethren.

Now for anyone that says cheap cools as good as expensive then I implore you to look at Delta and Lamptron as examples and tell me if anything sub $18.00 can beat them, because if they can I want to find out about it.

i7Baby · Nov 30, 2014

If Noctua is now half price, I'd say they give your fans a run for the money.

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