good looking RGB fans with high airflow
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- Mar 21, 2015
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All RGB fans come with premium price. It's just the nature of RGB.
For proper RGB fan, look towards Corsair SP120 RGB, Corsair HD120 RGB, NZXT AER RGB120 or Thermaltake Riing RGB fans,
pcpp: http://pcpartpicker.com/products/compare/7JnG3C,GwCrxr,w7RFf7,69Gj4D/
Note: with those 4 fans above, you also need to buy LED controller specific to a fan so you can control the LEDs inside the fans.
Video reviews too;
Corsair RGB fans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-ayn9MIs4k
NZXT AER RGB fans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGtO2-V3VIU
Thermaltake Riing RGB fans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lv_qZOy2QA
(I got 2x AER RGB140 fans inside my Skylake build. Full specs in my sig. As far as airflow goes, my Corsair ML140 fans do a lot better job than my AER RGB140 fans.)
For proper RGB fan, look towards Corsair SP120 RGB, Corsair HD120 RGB, NZXT AER RGB120 or Thermaltake Riing RGB fans,
pcpp: http://pcpartpicker.com/products/compare/7JnG3C,GwCrxr,w7RFf7,69Gj4D/
Note: with those 4 fans above, you also need to buy LED controller specific to a fan so you can control the LEDs inside the fans.
Video reviews too;
Corsair RGB fans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-ayn9MIs4k
NZXT AER RGB fans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGtO2-V3VIU
Thermaltake Riing RGB fans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lv_qZOy2QA
(I got 2x AER RGB140 fans inside my Skylake build. Full specs in my sig. As far as airflow goes, my Corsair ML140 fans do a lot better job than my AER RGB140 fans.)
- Dec 26, 2012
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Depends on the case and setup. Smaller cases do very well with high static pressure fans, as well as cases that are packed with components or have component obstruction like hdd cages. Large area cases tend to do better with higher cfm fans, as do cases with next to nothing in them but space. Might be mitigating circumstances to fan choice..
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If you compare AER RGB120 with HD120 RGB then Corsair fan has better AF and SP than NZXT fan.
More in-depth comparison between both fans can be found in this topic,
link: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-3336487/nzxt-corsair-fans.html#19322518
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Also, high SP fan isn't exclusively for rads only. High SP fan is suited for all purposes where there are restrictions in air flow. Besides rads, that also includes filtered intakes, drive cages behind fans or even the mess of cables inside the PC.
I'll take my Skylake build as an example.
Under the spoiler is a combined pic of the front I/O of my Corsair 760T full-tower ATX case.
Leftmost image is my front intake with Corsair stock filter with Demciflex aftermarket filter to keep the dust out of my system.
Since i have high medical grade mesh filter in use, the regular AF fan with low SP value wouldn't have enough power to pull enough air through restrictions (filters). That's why i use Corsair ML140 fans there. Corsair ML140 fans have high SP value to pull enough air through filters while still having high AF value to move a lot of air.
Middle image is the case with stock Corsair grille and filter. My case arrived with it.
With stock filter (which isn't that good), the AF fan might do the job but since there are restrictions in air flow, the SP fan might be better to use.
Rightmost image is without stock grille and filter.
Without any restrictions to the air flow, the AF fan would be best to use. In this setup, there's no need to use SP fan.
Since i have high medical grade mesh filter in use, the regular AF fan with low SP value wouldn't have enough power to pull enough air through restrictions (filters). That's why i use Corsair ML140 fans there. Corsair ML140 fans have high SP value to pull enough air through filters while still having high AF value to move a lot of air.
Middle image is the case with stock Corsair grille and filter. My case arrived with it.
With stock filter (which isn't that good), the AF fan might do the job but since there are restrictions in air flow, the SP fan might be better to use.
Rightmost image is without stock grille and filter.
Without any restrictions to the air flow, the AF fan would be best to use. In this setup, there's no need to use SP fan.
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I have a small issue with some of those numbers. Cfm can be measured easily, but SP is up to interpretation. There is no standardized test for such. Some companies test with the fan 90° blowing tap water across glass. Some will have fans at 65° blowing diluted water across acrylic. Both in different size tubs with differing depths of water. Either way, results are squed in favor of the fan. Take the Scythe Gentle Typhoon, has worse cfm and worse SP than a Noctua NF-P12, yet will slightly out perform it on a radiator. So the exact numbers in cfm and sp don't really mean as much as actual in-case performance, most of which is equitable, basically boiling down to aesthetics, price, tone, volume and ability. A directed flow fan such as the nf-f12 blowing outside air directly at a gpu is much more effective than a corsair AF series with its higher cfm, simply due to the Corsair's high angle of broadcast. Sure the AF moves a ton of air, but not much goes where ya want it to.
Personally I'd pick the fans that you prefer the looks of, you'll not be happy with supposed better performance at the cost of being ugly. 1-2°C on an intel cpu that's temps are bouncing all over the place is relatively unimportant, but looking at ugly every day can get frustrating.
Personally I'd pick the fans that you prefer the looks of, you'll not be happy with supposed better performance at the cost of being ugly. 1-2°C on an intel cpu that's temps are bouncing all over the place is relatively unimportant, but looking at ugly every day can get frustrating.
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