Cooler Master Jetflo 120 vs AF120 case fans

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Hi,
I am going to have a blue/white PC theme build and I want to add some airflow and blue LEDs with one of the fans that I have mentioned in the title. I am going to be mounting the fans on the white/blue Phantom 410 case and I will position 2 fans in the front, one in the rear and 2 on the top. So I am asking for your opinion of which of these 2 fans in the title would you recommend. I have heard that the Cooler Master Jetflo 120 can be loud though...

I am looking for the best blue LED colour for the fan I want to go with without being unbearably loud...

Thank you in advanced
 
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The Jetflos, in my opinion, are much better than the af 120. I mean, do people really think they are loud? They are loud, if running 2000 rpm. The 1200 rpm on the Jetflos are pretty quiet, and can still give more air than the af 120 can provide. In my case, I do not use the silent adapters, but on a PWM header. It runs 1000 rpm, really quiet, and 2000 rpm under load. To compare, it is quieter than the fans in the Hyper 212 evo I have, and if you hear some noise, that's not the fan, that's the air rushing in.

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The Jetflos, in my opinion, are much better than the af 120. I mean, do people really think they are loud? They are loud, if running 2000 rpm. The 1200 rpm on the Jetflos are pretty quiet, and can still give more air than the af 120 can provide. In my case, I do not use the silent adapters, but on a PWM header. It runs 1000 rpm, really quiet, and 2000 rpm under load. To compare, it is quieter than the fans in the Hyper 212 evo I have, and if you hear some noise, that's not the fan, that's the air rushing in.
 
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MARK_kakuzo

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when u play games it runs 2000 rpm?

 

krotos1970

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I agree on Jetflo's being higher quality then the Corsairs on most CM fan models I find them to be higher quality then the Corsairs and these Jetflo's their newest generation of fans unlike what they use to make their older water coolers with 140mm fans that had the same shape blades as jetflo's but they did not have the POM Bearing - CM 4th Gen. bearing (*POM: Polyoxymethelene) 160,000 hrs that can outlive a human but it doesn't stop there just compare the air flow and static pressure, not even the Corsairs High Performance SP's can touch the Jetflo's 95 CFM vs 57 CFM and static pressure only the non led corsair model beats the jetflo's 3.1 vs 2.7, but reason why they do have more pressure is because of the extra 350 rpm, jetflo's at max speed will not be as loud as that model of Corsair so yes if you plan on not running PWM then go ahead and buy the corsairs they will always run at lower speeds but those will never keep up with the High Performance PWM SP120s nor the CM Jetflo's, the only downside to the Jetflo's is that they don't make 140mm, so in this case I choose these http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835709029&ignorebbr=1, right now I'm using my jetflo on my rad because on idle it runs from 1200 - 1400 rpm, on load I haven't seen it go over 1650 rpm, granted I'm not using a Corsair Rad but I've seen a lot of reviews on them and they always stated that they run faster then that, I'm also going to get this fan http://www.coolermaster.com/cooling/case-fan/silencio-fp-120-pwm-performance-edition/ to replace my rad fan, this one will run even quieter because of the even higher static pressure 4.8 mm H20 and 76 CFM's with only 27 dbs on highest speed of 2400 RPM, yes Corsairs are more popular, but I did my research before I purchased them, I'm also running 2 more Jetflow's next to my Rad Pwm to 1200 RPM, I only hear them when I boot up going through post, but once I'm on my desktop they are always running around 1200 rpm's, the one that's running on the rad will go to about 26 dbs on load and around 22 on idle while the other 2 around 20 dbs, so I'm very happy with them and that is why I'm getting the Silencio 24pk to make it even quieter.