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Hi there, at the moment I have a CoolerMaster Elite 430 Case and was looking for looking to change the Fans to make it both less noisey and to not have LEDs in.

My budget is around £12.50/$20 a fan or $40/$65 Total.

At the moment in the case I have the default fan which comes with the 430 Case, A Cooler Master 12cm SickleFlow System Fan and the H60 Fan.

Anyone got any suggestions? So I would need two fans (One to replace the exhaust at the top of the case, one to replace the intake at the front of the case (The default case fan) and maybe one to replace the H60 default Fan to make it a bit more quieter.

Cheers

Paul

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Noctuas may stretch his budget a bit.

If you have a fan controller/undervolter, I would recommend Slip Stream 1900RPM or Yate Loon High. They both show top notch(almost) performance at a very low price point.

If you don't have fan controllers, maybe a SS 1200RPM or Yate Loon Mid will work quite well.

Also you can take a look at Coolink Swif2, they perform surprisingly well at very low noise levels.

Here's an immensely helpful collage of benchmarks of 393 fans tested under the same equipment, with very detailed and simple searching.
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Thanks for the Guide. The one's you recommended were a bit Loud than I wanted, after discussing with a friend I narrowed it down to these.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Be-Quiet-SilentWings-Pure-120mm... - £9 each

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005OQN29Q/ref=asc_df_B005OQ... - At the edge of my budget per fan, is it worth choosing these instead of the £9 ones? And would these be usable in a h60?

Or http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Coolers+-+Air...
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Yes, Be Quiet's fans are good for low noise, but that's about it. Even at low noise levels, they aren't the top for airflow. Coolink's Swif2 series have 800rpm and 1200rpm, both offer incredible airflow at very low noise(800rpm completely inaudible from ~10cm), and a cheap price. They don't look as exotic as Be Quiet, though.
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I've got one of these fans in my case (as case fan not radiator) and they are pretty damn impressive:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

for your radiator....i've heard the Cooler Master Excalibur is a really good radiator fan and I seen in a review it whooped a heap load of fans in temperature testing...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Does exceed your budget for fans though but it's also easy to maintain (blades easily come off for cleaning).
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