Best $20 or less 140mm Case fans?

davisjack

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I currently have been using 1 stock case fan i got in my corsair spec 01 case. I decided id make that 120mm fan my exhaust and bring in two 140mm as intake. With the witcher 3 coming out I know my parts are going to heat up so I need the best I can find without spending too much. I have a few fans i think are good but id love you guy's opinions.

1.) Corsair AF140 Quiet Edtions

2.) NZXT Air Flow Series

3.) COUGAR 14CM CFG Red LED Hydraulic (Liquid) Bearing Ultra Silent Fan

These are all $15-$20 bucks. With this 2 fans im trying to get my pc as cool as possible. Thanks for all answers!
 


Hi - All three of those you list are solid choices, you can't go wrong with either. The NZXT will move a
little more air. The cougar a little less, but quieter, which is the way I'd go.
 

MrLehi99

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I personally have two BitFenix Spectre Pro 500-1800 RPM 140MM PWM controlled fans as my front intake on my Obsidian 750D and I love the hell out of em. they have been $19 on Newegg for several months, so unless they go out of stock, I would expect them to stay at that price. The reason I have them instead of gladly using the stock fans that came with the case is because I wanted a bit more static pressure to not only suck air in through the slightly restrictive side style intake of the front of my case, but also because I wanted them to reliably push air through my drive cages. Your case does have good open front intake airflow and I think only the bottom front where the drive cage is would need a pressure optimized rather than air flow optimized fan.
 

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Yeah, I hear that the corsair fans are great but the cougar moves more than those and it still pretty quiet so Ill prob just go with those.
 

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COUGAR CF-V14H Vortex Hydro-Dynamic-Bearing (Fluid) 300,000 Hours 14CM Silent Cooling Fan

Sorry quick side note. This fan claims to move about 120cfm of air...am i reading this right? If so im getting this hands down.