140mm rad/case fans

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I have a Phantom 820 and 2xKraken X61and I was looking to replace every fan in the system (4 140mm rad fans, 2 140mm case fans, 4 200mm case fans) I was going to replace all 140mm with Noctua industrials and all 200mm with NZXT FN-200RB's loud, but effective. Plus I have a fan controller if I want less noise out of them. Any advice on different fans or if that fan setup would be just too unbearable even with headphones on?
 
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Admittedly, I'm known to have sensitive hearing, but I find the standard Noctua A14 FLX's* to be loud at 12V (19.2dB - can be heard whilst using closed-cup headphones), but quite quiet at 7V - the industrials will be louder at full RPM. To be honest, I have 3 140mm intakes, and 1 exhaust, set to 7V, and whilst I can hear it sat with it on the desk next to my head, it is quiet and completely unobjectionable. I have 2x SSD, 1x WD Black HDD, an i7-4790K and GTX 970, and these are all more than adequately cooled by the above ... dunno if that helps ...

* As these are used on some of the heatsinks Noctua make, I assume they're fine for use on radiators, as it's essentially the same thing
 
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