case fan reccomenations

[chooney]

i currently have a lian li case ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112100) with all stock fans and im looking at changing the the 2 120mm fans to these sycthe ones http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185006. however i have 2 80mm and they do not make versions in that size. my question is first is that a good fan to balance airflow and loudness and second what do u reccomend for 2 80mm fans. price is not an issue. thanks

 

[aevm]

Your Lian-Li link is pretty much useless. Which of those 62 cases is yours? Same for the Scythe link, which model are you looking at?

 

[iluvgillgill]

agree. dont have a clue which one is his.sigh.....

 

[ausch30]

Get these 120mm fans, great balance of airflow and silence.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185005

Get these for your 80mm, they are basically the little brother to the S-Flex
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/7082/fan-420/Scythe_KAMA-FLEX_80mm_x_25mm_Fan_-_2000_RPM_w_S-FDB_Bearing_SA0825FDB12L.html?tl=g36c15s58

 

[dagger]

Just get the highest airflow fan. Here, 133.6cfm, this'll ventilate your room.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185054

You can always attach a controller to it to slow it down for quietness. This seems counterproductive, but it's better than just using lesser fan, since you have quietness when you want, but power if you ever need it.

 

[aevm]

Get these 120mm fans, great balance of airflow and silence.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185005

Get these for your 80mm, they are basically the little brother to the S-Flex
http://www.frozencpu.com/products/7082/fan-420/Scythe_KAMA-FLEX_80mm_x_25mm_Fan_-_2000_RPM_w_S-FDB_Bearing_SA0825FDB12L.html?tl=g36c15s58

+1 for the Scythe S-Flex SFF21E. I got 3 of them myself and they're quiet indeed. Specs say 49 cfm/20.1 dBA - that's really good.

OK, if price is really not an issue, the best fan I know of is this:
http://www.ncixus.com/products/27129/NF-P12-1300/Noctua/

That is, it's a bit quieter than the SFF21E (19.8 dBA) and still pushes a little more air (92.3m3/h, that's 57 cfm if I got my math right). The price on the other hand is $33

 

[chooney]

sorry guys i linked them from the page i thought but here are the correct links http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112099
and the fans
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835185005

 

[aevm]

Nice, you found the SFF21E already

I've been reading some reviews for that case and it looks like lots of buyers are happy with the fans. What bothers you about them? Do you want something quieter, or something with more airflow?

 

[chooney]

i would like more airflow but not at a huge increase in loudness. they are decent fans but i have money to spare and feel like upgrading. and can never have a cool enough case. thanks to the person that linked me to the 80mm version of those. newegg doesnt carry those and i rarely look else where.

 

[halcyon]

The 120MM fans that came with my Lian-Li A-70 spin @ 1200RPM and are very quiet, surprisingly so for stock fans. I imagine the OP's came with the same type. Why are you trying to replace...need more CFM or just tinkering?

 

[chooney]

a little of both and ive heard really good things about these fans and wanna try them out for myself

 

[iluvgillgill]

i always pick the high performance fan over quiet ones since i can just hook them up to the fan controller and it will give me the flexibility of quietness or cooling power i wanted.

 

[alfrido]

What about them Yate's?

 

[iluvgillgill]

i would pick the S-Flex 3000rpm model. they are the best in terms of performance/quiteness(nothing quite at that speed)

 

[ausch30]

i always pick the high performance fan over quiet ones since i can just hook them up to the fan controller and it will give me the flexibility of quietness or cooling power i wanted.

What's you idea of high performance, Delta. I agree somewhat because when I bought my S-Flex fans I went with the 63.7CFM models. Most people suggested the slower ones but I thought that I can always slow them down but I can't speed them up. It's still a good idea to get a fan from a company that thinks about noise and tries to reduce it. Sleeve bearings over ball and FDB over sleeve will go a long way to making the fans quiet at any speed.

 

[iluvgillgill]

delta is abit too extreme for me!LOL

 

[ausch30]

http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/deaf12suhisp.html
151.85 CFM @ 3700 RPM, 53.0 dBA
These would be great as long as your computer was in the other room. With the door closed. and sound proofing on the walls.

 

[iluvgillgill]

i dont think many fan controller can handle that apart from the sunbeamtech one.

 

[halcyon]

http://www.silenx.com/ixtremaprofans.asp?sku=ixp-74-14

These are a good balance between airflow and noise, they're not silent put they do push some air.

http://www.scythe-usa.com/product/acc/002/sflex_detail.html

If you just want silence, go with the G model, but I'd say the E or F models are a nice balance. I have the D and F models, I'm using the F with my OCZ Vendetta2, nice airflow without much noise.

 

[aevm]

I'm starting to think that the money would be better employed elsewhere. Why not just leave the fans alone and buy a new hard disk or add RAM instead...

 

[chooney]

i have 4 gigs of dominator pc8500 and i have the new raptor drive. lol i dont know how much good it would do in that area

 

[aevm]

Well, you can always buy a game or something.

 

[chooney]

ya very true. i dont have the raptor yet im ordering it from newegg which is why i guess im looking at fans i usually just like to order things in one order then a bunch of seperate ones if i want something

 

[modtech]

Better yet you could order a ram cooler.

 

[pcgamer12]

Get a game.