Cooler Master Air Balance Vs. Air Pressure Fans

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I managed to purchase a Cooler Master Air Balance RGB kit from Amazon for about £46, the Air Pressure RGB kit from Cooler Master is available from CCLOnline for £55.

I read on Cooler Master's website that the Air Balance is recommended for CPU cooling and the Air Pressure is recommended for fan intake (front panel of pc case). Details here: http://www.coolermaster.com/cooling/case-fan/masterfan-pro-120-af/

I was wondering if it would be ok to install the Air Balance fans on my front panel of the PC case for air intake? Or is this highly not recommended
 
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For other RGB LED fans, look under the spoiler where i've composed the list of almost all RGB LED fans currently on the market, with specs comparison between the fans.
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Specs:
Akasa Vegas AR7: http://www.akasa.com.tw/update.php?tpl=product/product.detail.tpl&no=181&type=Gaming&type_sub=RGB%20LED%20Fan&model=AK-FN099
Akasa Vegas R7: http://www.akasa.com.tw/update.php?tpl=product/product.detail.tpl&no=181&type=Gaming&type_sub=RGB%20LED%20Fan&model=AK-FN098
Akasa Vegas X7: http://www.akasa.com.tw/update.php?tpl=product/product.detail.tpl&no=181&type=Fans&type_sub=LED&model=AK-FN093
Cooler Master MasterFan Pro RGB: http://www.coolermaster.com/product/Lines/case-fan/
Corsair SP120 RGB...
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Which case you have?

As far as CM fans go, they have poor performance compared to the other RGB fans.

But in general, if airflow is unrestricted (mesh panel, open grille) then high CFM fans are good to use. But if there are restrictions in the airflow (filter, rad, solid front panel), static pressure fan is best used.
 
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Fractal Design Meshify C, which fan would you recommend then?
I heard Corsair is good but a bit too much at about £70 for their RGB kit. While CM RGB kit is at £46
 
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For other RGB LED fans, look under the spoiler where i've composed the list of almost all RGB LED fans currently on the market, with specs comparison between the fans.
(click on spoiler to view)
Specs:
Akasa Vegas AR7: http://www.akasa.com.tw/update.php?tpl=product/product.detail.tpl&no=181&type=Gaming&type_sub=RGB%20LED%20Fan&model=AK-FN099
Akasa Vegas R7: http://www.akasa.com.tw/update.php?tpl=product/product.detail.tpl&no=181&type=Gaming&type_sub=RGB%20LED%20Fan&model=AK-FN098
Akasa Vegas X7: http://www.akasa.com.tw/update.php?tpl=product/product.detail.tpl&no=181&type=Fans&type_sub=LED&model=AK-FN093
Cooler Master MasterFan Pro RGB: http://www.coolermaster.com/product/Lines/case-fan/
Corsair SP120 RGB: http://www.corsair.com/en-us/cooling/sp-series-fans
Corsair HD RGB: http://www.corsair.com/en-us/cooling/hd-series-fans
Corsair LL-series RGB: http://www.corsair.com/en-eu/cooling/ll-series-fans
Corsair ML Pro RGB series: http://www.corsair.com/en-eu/cooling/ml-series-fans?ledcolor=RGB
Lian-Li Bora Lite 120: http://www.lian-li.com/bora-lite-120
NZXT AER RGB: https://www.nzxt.com/products/aer-rgb
Thermaltake Riing 12: http://www.thermaltake.com/microsite/Riing12RGB/index.html
Thermaltake Riing 14: http://www.thermaltake.com/microsite/Riing14RGB/index.html
Thermaltake Riing 12 TT Premium: http://www.thermaltake.com/MICROSITE/Riing12RGBRadiatorFanTTPremiumEdition/index.html
Thermaltake Riing 14 TT Premium: http://www.thermaltake.com/MICROSITE/Riing14RGBRadiatorFanTTPremiumEdition/index.html

120mm airflow:
54.4 CFM - Corsair HD120 RGB
52.44 CFM - NZXT AER120 RGB
52.0 CFM - Corsair SP120 RGB
48.8 CFM - Cooler Master MasterFan Pro 120 Air Flow RGB
48.79 CFM - Thermaltake Riing 12 TT Premium
48.31 CFM - Lian-Li Bora Lite 120
47.3 CFM - Corsair ML120 Pro RGB
43.75 CFM - Corsair LL120 RGB
42.7 CFM - Cooler Master MasterFan Pro 120 Air Balance RGB
41.9 CFM - Akasa Vegas X7
40.6 CFM - Thermaltake Riing 12
35.2 CFM - Akasa Vegas R7
35.2 CFM - Akasa Vegas AR7
35.0 CFM - Cooler Master MasterFan Pro 120 Air Pressure RGB

120mm static pressure:
2.25 mmH2O - Corsair HD120 RGB
2.01 mmH2O - Thermaltake Riing 12
1.78 mmH2O - Corsair ML120 Pro RGB
1.61 mmH2O - Corsair LL120 RGB
1.45 mmH2O - Corsair SP120 RGB
1.45 mmH2O - Cooler Master MasterFan Pro 120 Air Pressure RGB
1.35 mmH2O - NZXT AER120 RGB
1.23 mmH2O - Lian-Li Bora Lite 120
1.14 mmH2O - Akasa Vegas X7
1.11 mmH2O - Thermaltake Riing 12 TT Premium
1.04 mmH2O - Akasa Vegas R7
1.04 mmH2O - Akasa Vegas AR7
0.96 mmH2O - Cooler Master MasterFan Pro 120 Air Balance RGB
0.88 mmH2O - Cooler Master MasterFan Pro 120 Air Flow RGB

140mm airflow:
91.19 CFM - NZXT AER140 RGB
74.0 CFM - Corsair HD140 RGB
73.91 CFM - Thermaltake Riing 14 TT Premium
55.4 CFM - Corsair ML140 Pro RGB
53.0 CFM - Cooler Master MasterFan Pro 140 Air Flow RGB
51.5 CFM - Corsair LL140 RGB
51.15 CFM - Thermaltake Riing 14
46.2 CFM - Cooler Master MasterFan Pro 140 Air Pressure RGB

140mm static pressure:
1.85 mmH2O - Corsair HD140 RGB
1.78 mmH2O - Corsair ML140 Pro RGB
1.59 mmH2O - Cooler Master MasterFan Pro 140 Air Pressure RGB
1.58 mmH2O - Thermaltake Riing 14
1.52 mmH2O - NZXT AER140 RGB
1.52 mmH2O - Corsair LL140 RGB
1.38 mmH2O - Thermaltake Riing 14 TT Premium
0.54 mmH2O - Cooler Master MasterFan Pro 140 Air Flow RGB
Out of those fan above, i have NZXT AER140 RGB fans in use with my Skylake and Haswell builds (full specs with pics in my sig). My HUE+ channel layout in both PCs is as follows: channel #1: 3x NZXT AER140 RGB; channel #2: 2x NZXT LED strips.

Performance wise, i'd go with NZXT AER RGB series, both 120mm and 140mm. NZXT HUE+ has 2x channels and support for 5x fans per channel. And if you'd like to have LED strip on another channel then you can't go with more than 5x fans. In this case, i'd set the fans as follows:
front - 2x NZXT AER140 RGB 140mm intake
bottom - 1x stock fan 120mm intake
top - 2x NZXT AER140 RGB 140mm exhaust
rear - 1x NZXT AER120 RGB 120mm exhaust

pcpp: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/products/compare/w7RFf7,DJyxFT,CDZ2FT,c4M323/

While installing 6x fans in your PC may look like that you'd get extremely loud noise out of your PC, it's actually vice-versa. The trick is that the more fans you have inside the case, the less each fan has to work to maintain the airflow and the less noise fans produce. Also, 140mm fans move more air and do it more quietly than 120mm fans, hence why i'd go 2x 140mm in front and not 3x 120mm.

Above trick is also a main reason why i have 7x case fans in my Skylake and Haswell builds. Mostly 140mm but few 120mm as well. Since i have that many case fans, i can keep all of my case fans spinning between 800 - 1100 RPM and thanks to this, my PCs are very quiet while still having proper airflow inside my full-tower ATX cases.
 
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