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Hi
I would like to ask what FAN is the best to cool an intel Q9450?

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Noctua and Scythe make good fans but are kinda pricey, I find yate loon fans work great for 1/10 the price of a noctua or scythe. It really depends on what you want to spend and how tolerant you are of noise, some fans have great airflow but sound like a jet turbine.

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get a high CFM rating on the fan if you dont care about noise. but make sure that the output of the case fans can match close to that, or the fan will continue to blow hot air over something that's already hot.

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Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme
and Scythe S-Flex SFF21F


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check out this site for some info

http://www.frostytech.com/top5heatsinks.cfm

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best:- True

If your on a budget AC Freezer 7 pro

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XIGMATEK HDT-S1283 120mm Rifle CPU Cooler - Retail

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I like quiet, so I have a Noctua fan on my TRUE. The Scythe is also good, though it seemed a touch noisier. Could be just a different pitch that got my ears attention and not the decibels. Don't know.


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well the best fan, hands down would probably be the Delta GFB1212VHW 120x76mm Very High Speed on this page http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/120mmfans.html . ha keep in mind this fan is not quiet but you mentioned nothing on noise in your original post.

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This is the best fan:

http://www.businessfacilities.com/ [...] 763893.jpg

Assuming you have the space to fit it...

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:lol: omg that wouldnt cool my system it will destroy it haha

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haha i wonder what temps you would get if you funneled the output to a 120 mm fan size.

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lol when you funnel that air in, it will rip your motherboard apart :lol:

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lol i say you test it out and post back with results

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wow that 120x76 that jaibot posted is BEAST
and only 59dB?? you would think its over 100...
it has 2x as much airflow as my a2018's at only +10dB...

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