120 mm intake fans

[koratsblue]

I need 4-120mm intake fans $25 each or less, wanting them to be quiet with good air intake, my new rig is: case corsair graphite 600t, mobo Asus crosshair v/Thunderbolt, cpu amd 980BE, heatsink is Thermalright silver eagle, ram g.skills ripaws, gpu radeon HD5570, western digital black caviar and I have one bitenix spectre pro 120mm fan for back of case, just need the 4 good quality fanss on the side for intake, any help please...so hard to find good reviews on fans, and thank you and I hope I posted this good..forgot my psu is seasonic 520W

[Mr.Scott]

Interesting that you spared no expense on a highend AMD rig yet you run a measly 5570 and a small 5 year old PSU. What will you be doing with this machine?

[koratsblue]

Well, I hope to upgrade the graphics card next year, will program writting on Linux and gaming. But my computer died suddenly on me as I'm also waiting on piledriver, hopefully it'll prove better than bulldozer. I want a system that'll take a few years before its out dated as well and I do have plans for a better graphics card. Any ideas for the side intake fans I can fit 4-120mm on the side mesh panel. Seems like my last build was so out dated the minute I had it running.

[PommieB]

Update and get a decent PSU as soon as you can, it's the biggest mistake people make when upgrading. You need slightly more exhaust than intake otherwise you need dust filters which are a pain, a single 140 in the area of the graphics cards would be better, but how you decide to do your cooling, that's up to you.

[koratsblue]

I will use the psu calculator on here, but the Seasonic psu I purchased earlier this year as that gave out on my older computer first, so it should be okay to check if everything works and to make sure what I have will work good before even try anything major.

[PommieB]

I see you changed the original thread, did you rma the Seasonic or was it out of rma, a 520w would be on the limit depending on your hardware, usually Seasonic and Corsair are reasonable PSU's, but I guess with the lack of quality control these days it's hard to say what's good quality, me I usually buy corsair,l haven't used Seasonic, so many re-branded products these you wouldn't know what your getting.

[koratsblue]

I' m so sory this got off topic I didn't mean for that to happen, I need some case fans the cas states the side mesh panel can have 4 - 120mm fans so do I go with 4 fans or 1 larger case fan? What brands should I look at? Thank you. I will post more late about psu in the proper form, I' m sorry this got of topic and I do apperciate all the help, but its also my work computer and for now just have to get it up and running...( for the record power supply went down in January, newegg got psu, then last week my computer died either was mobo or cpu, and didn't help my old case ran computer hot, new one is better vented its thecorsair graphite 600 t I chose) right now I using a nook tablet until I can get back up and running So I'm in a rush to get things for now and I wantd money in the mobo and cpu, psu will com and I do plan to look at corsair many many Thanks...I also had been planning some upgrades its just my systm died sooner than planned as I am watching for piledriver...but things broke own soone on me, I had looke at bulldozer but it did not work as was expected..So I do keep a ll watch out on things...

[Playap0wnr]

It depends what price you're looking for.... I bought the Rose will 4 pack from Newegg and they're nice, and only $10 so if some die theyre easy to replace.

[sjjohns23]

I have a couple of links to overclock.net where a guy did testing on just about every 120 mm fan you can think of for noise and a thermal comparison on a megahalem heat sink with an I7 860 at 4.0 GHz. Soon as somebody says it's okay to post those links I will do so.

[PommieB]

As far as I know, it's okay to post external links as long as your not trying to promote or sell something for your own gains. Unless it's in a part of the forum that deals with that sort of thing.

[sjjohns23]

That's good enough for me. You will hopefully find these two links as useful as I have.

http://www.overclock.net/t/724577/th...ps-56k-warning

http://www.overclock.net/t/859483/ro...working-thread

The 2nd link has tons of fans with actual youtube videos of the fans being ramped up from 0.0 volts to 12.0 volts so you can get an idea of the CFM and the noise pattern yourself. If you can't find the fan for you from these two links you aren't trying hard enough. I hope it provides as much fun to everybody else as it did for me.

[901-Memphis]

I like these silverstone fans. This model has been around awhile (Since 2005) and are very durable, with adjustable fan controllers, so you can run them bawls out or find your balance of flow/noise.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811999344

[Mr.Scott]

Originally Posted by 901-Memphis

I like these silverstone fans. This model has been around awhile (Since 2005) and are very durable, with adjustable fan controllers, so you can run them bawls out or find your balance of flow/noise.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811999344

I like them too.
I use these on everything.

[Witchdoctor]

I have had luck with these

5.1% Discount code = xtreme

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/11...tl=g36c365s936

I am going to try these fans soon though very intriguing product

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835226042

15 db at 74 cfm

[Mr.Scott]

Don't waste your time on the SilenX products Brian. They over rate their specs on everything.
Always good to see you poking around here BTW.

[Witchdoctor]

Thanks for the heads up Scott, I won't wate my money on them, As always, when it sounds to good to be true... it is 15db at 74 CFM would be cool

[strat1219]

Originally Posted by Mr.Scott

Don't waste your time on the SilenX products Brian. They over rate their specs on everything.
Always good to see you poking around here BTW.

While the airflow with them didnt seem quite as high as advertised, I have found my SilenX fans to do pretty well for how quiet they are. I am using them in a PC I use for audio recording, and they are silent.

Airflow did seem comparable to a typical coolermaster or rosewill case fan, just not quite as much as they had on the spec sheet.

Im not arguing, Im just saying that they serve their purpose depending on your goals!

[PommieB]

Your quite right it depends on what you want, I swapped all my Panaflos out for quieter fans and it didn't effect the temps at all, in fact I got a slight improvement, best thing I ever did, brute force cooling not always the answer, you can actually have too many fans.

[Witchdoctor]

Effective heat transfer is the game guys, I don't doubt that they are decent but putting products on the streets that do not preform as advertised is enough for them not to get my business, they should simply tell the truth about what they can and can't do

[PommieB]

Totally agree with that statement, I spent half my time looking for decent fans.