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You see my build in my sig.
Some important background info:
I have a Be-Quiet Silent Base 800 -case, that comes with 2x Be-Quiet Pure Wings 140mm in the front as intake (only one active though as the other one makes a ringing noise in the case), and 1x Be-Quiet Pure Wings 120mm in the rear as exhaust.
This PC is used in different tasks, but the major one being audio editing and such.
Because of this I need things nice and quiet, and previously that has not been an issue as I've adjusted fan curves so the PC only gives a slight background sound that I don't think about most of the times.
However, now I'd like to attempt overvolting my CPU, and by that I need to improve my cooling, including getting better PC case fans.
What I'm aiming for is to improve the airflow/airpressure as much as possible at the same noise level at low/medium work.
I'm not allowing my PC to get any noisier than already it is (except during really heavy usage where I've adjusted the fan curves).
Witch my current fans, roughly calculated, my current noise level that I'm happy with gives me around 0,30 - 0,35 static pressure on my intake fans in the front, and around 26 CFM on the exhaust fan in the rear.
With stock speeds or medium overclocking that's not a much of an issue, but once again I need to improve these figures if I want to overvolt.
The first fans I ordered were 2x Phanteks PH-F140XP for intake and 1x Phanteks PH-F120XP for exhaust - the Phanteks PH-F140XP's we're horrible for my case so I returned them, and the Phanteks PH-F120XP didn't work in the rear but actually does a good job in the front as intake.
So this is an improvement, and calculation wise it gives me around 0,76 - 0,80 static pressure at the same noise level as the stock intake fans.
However I still have no better exhaust fan than the stock one, and I'm still interested in improving the static pressure even more if possible, and that's why I've done some research and found a few fans.
To make things more simple, tell me which ones of these fans to avoid rather than only which one I should get - and please motivate.
The reason why is that I'll order the 3-4 remaining fans and compare which one I want (as I understand I don't know the performance to noise ratio until I've mounted them in my particular PC case), and then return the others and order a full set of the one I chose.
If you feel strongly positive for one fan though, feel free to share that thought!
NOTE: I can mount both 140mm and 120mm in the front, but only 120mm in the rear. My build can do both DC and PWM control.
So here are the contestants for intake:
- Be-Quiet Silent Wings 2 120mm
- Aerocool Dead Silence 120mm
- Aerocool Dead Silence 140mm
- Cooler Master Silencio FP 120mm
- Corsair SP120 High Performance 120mm (would have been run at lower speeds to match the current noise level)
- Noctua NF-P12 120mm
And for exhaust:
- Be-Quiet Silent Wings 2 120mm
- Aerocool Dead Silence 120mm
- Cooler Master Silencio FP
- Noctua NF-P12
What's important for me is not how well they perform at maximum speed, but once again how they perform at a given quiet noise level (I would guess around 900-1000 RPM / 0,8+ static pressure / 40-50 CFM - that's at least what my Phanteks gives me right now at that noise level). I don't know the current dB of my system though.
Some important background info:
I have a Be-Quiet Silent Base 800 -case, that comes with 2x Be-Quiet Pure Wings 140mm in the front as intake (only one active though as the other one makes a ringing noise in the case), and 1x Be-Quiet Pure Wings 120mm in the rear as exhaust.
This PC is used in different tasks, but the major one being audio editing and such.
Because of this I need things nice and quiet, and previously that has not been an issue as I've adjusted fan curves so the PC only gives a slight background sound that I don't think about most of the times.
However, now I'd like to attempt overvolting my CPU, and by that I need to improve my cooling, including getting better PC case fans.
What I'm aiming for is to improve the airflow/airpressure as much as possible at the same noise level at low/medium work.
I'm not allowing my PC to get any noisier than already it is (except during really heavy usage where I've adjusted the fan curves).
Witch my current fans, roughly calculated, my current noise level that I'm happy with gives me around 0,30 - 0,35 static pressure on my intake fans in the front, and around 26 CFM on the exhaust fan in the rear.
With stock speeds or medium overclocking that's not a much of an issue, but once again I need to improve these figures if I want to overvolt.
The first fans I ordered were 2x Phanteks PH-F140XP for intake and 1x Phanteks PH-F120XP for exhaust - the Phanteks PH-F140XP's we're horrible for my case so I returned them, and the Phanteks PH-F120XP didn't work in the rear but actually does a good job in the front as intake.
So this is an improvement, and calculation wise it gives me around 0,76 - 0,80 static pressure at the same noise level as the stock intake fans.
However I still have no better exhaust fan than the stock one, and I'm still interested in improving the static pressure even more if possible, and that's why I've done some research and found a few fans.
To make things more simple, tell me which ones of these fans to avoid rather than only which one I should get - and please motivate.
The reason why is that I'll order the 3-4 remaining fans and compare which one I want (as I understand I don't know the performance to noise ratio until I've mounted them in my particular PC case), and then return the others and order a full set of the one I chose.
If you feel strongly positive for one fan though, feel free to share that thought!
NOTE: I can mount both 140mm and 120mm in the front, but only 120mm in the rear. My build can do both DC and PWM control.
So here are the contestants for intake:
- Be-Quiet Silent Wings 2 120mm
- Aerocool Dead Silence 120mm
- Aerocool Dead Silence 140mm
- Cooler Master Silencio FP 120mm
- Corsair SP120 High Performance 120mm (would have been run at lower speeds to match the current noise level)
- Noctua NF-P12 120mm
And for exhaust:
- Be-Quiet Silent Wings 2 120mm
- Aerocool Dead Silence 120mm
- Cooler Master Silencio FP
- Noctua NF-P12
What's important for me is not how well they perform at maximum speed, but once again how they perform at a given quiet noise level (I would guess around 900-1000 RPM / 0,8+ static pressure / 40-50 CFM - that's at least what my Phanteks gives me right now at that noise level). I don't know the current dB of my system though.
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