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LAN Party Forums => Hardware Discussion => Started by: vincegun on February 15, 2014, 03:00:24 PM

Title: I am looking for 3 or 4 super-quiet 120mm fans.
Post by: vincegun on February 15, 2014, 03:00:24 PM: Subject. Mid-range airflow, as quiet as can get. I have no way of testing/measuring airflow and noise on my current case fans, but since I got my ssd the noise from my case has definitely dropped and I want to see if I can make it even quieter.

Not that the noise is distracting or bad by any means. I just want to cuz I can. Lights are optional. Having a nice blue or red glow coming out of the small vents on the front of my case would be cool, but ultimately.... eh. Not a priority.

So please... give me names, opinions and links to where I can purchase said fans. For reference, so you know where the fans will be placed, my case is the Lian-Li PC-A05N Black with a replacement top which also has a fan in it.
Title: Re: I am looking for 3 or 4 super-quiet 120mm fans.
Post by: duder on February 15, 2014, 05:21:19 PM: The AF and SP fans from Corsair are awesome.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181021 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181021)

The SP120's have higher airflow but run louder. They're fully insulted from the case so there's no vibration.
Title: Re: I am looking for 3 or 4 super-quiet 120mm fans.
Post by: vincegun on February 15, 2014, 06:42:49 PM: Thanks, bookmarked.
Title: Re: I am looking for 3 or 4 super-quiet 120mm fans.
Post by: uluaz on February 16, 2014, 08:30:59 PM: came in here to recommend SP/AF series by corsair. someone beat me to it. woo hoo.
Title: Re: I am looking for 3 or 4 super-quiet 120mm fans.
Post by: vincegun on February 18, 2014, 02:19:48 PM: 2 for 2. Ordering now.
Title: Re: I am looking for 3 or 4 super-quiet 120mm fans.
Post by: zx2slow on February 19, 2014, 03:42:52 PM: I have 8 SP120's on my radiator, and 4 AF120's on the top panel, plus an additional AF140 (All quiet edition). My system is whisper quiet and they move quite a bit of air. There seems to be a difference between the ones with the grey center, they have a different bearing and sound chunky during use.
Title: Re: I am looking for 3 or 4 super-quiet 120mm fans.
Post by: vincegun on February 19, 2014, 05:38:10 PM: They're being shipped from NJ, so they should be here tomorrow.
Title: Re: I am looking for 3 or 4 super-quiet 120mm fans.
Post by: uluaz on February 20, 2014, 07:37:57 AM: gotta love that about newegg! pretty much EVERYTHING i order from there is basically free overnight shipping to here in NEPA.
Title: Re: I am looking for 3 or 4 super-quiet 120mm fans.
Post by: vincegun on February 20, 2014, 04:01:29 PM: I paid for 2-day as I already had $30 from a gift card, so cost to me was <$3.

But, holy bejeebus these things are quiet. I put one on the front of my case and I meant to put one on the top exhaust, but didn't realize the top fan is 140mm instead of 120 so I put the other one on the back of the case and day-yum. Noise level dropped again. Now I gotta get a 140mm to finish it all off.