best 120mm case fan ?

whats the best 120mm case fan nowdays ? , it need to have good air flow but not sound like an hairdryer . which brands are considered the best nowdays ?

 

I personally like the Antec TriCool 120mm case fan. It has a switch with 3 speed settings. Low, med and high. I keep mine on low and it works great with no noise...

 

you're gonna stir up a ****storm with that question lol. what kind of case are you using? how many fans in and out?

 

it is the coolermaster cm690 as it says in my system specs , 2 in (bottom front) 2 out ( top rear) . the fans spaces on the side panel are no longer used as i have modded the case to remove them , hence the good/high airflow fan needed

 

Noctuas all the way

 

I have no real answer. I find that the tricools that came in my antec 1200 are kind of noisey Imho. They may be different than the ones that were mentioned.

 

the antec tri cools are ok as longa s you have them on low, otherwise i find them a bit noisy.
coolermaster R4 fans are supposed to decent, but i havent tried them yet.
noctuas are good if you can stand the colour.
scythe and akasa also make good fans.

 

+1 for Scythes, Gentle Typhoon variety.

Noctua if you can afford it and don't mind the ugliness.

This also has pretty slick specs for a case fan

 

Scthye 1900rpm 110CFM fan

here is a link
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=FG-022-SY&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=4

Had them running on 4pin Molex and have seen this puppy reach as high as 2100rpm and the amount of air it pumps out is just awesome. Have it attached to my Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme and it dropped temps by around 10*C lower than when using the stock 1200rpm fan the cooler came with. If I had the choice I would replace ALL my case fans (8 120mm in total) with these fans they are that good.

 

I'm using Zalman ZM-F3's in my case and couldn't be happier, even got them push/pull on my H50.

High CFM at low speeds.

 

out of stock lol

 

Noctua, Scythe... If you need airflow, then Delta 120*120*35mm 4000rpm seems to be the king, but it's kinda noisy one.

 

I've said it before and i'll say it again, i love Yate Loons Cheap and good performers

 

Noctuas but they cost allot of cash.

 

i have 3 thermalrights in my case, one in the back spinning at 900RPM, two in the front spinning at 700. id have the front two spinning faster if the fan brackets on my case didnt make such a silly tonal vibration noise with RPMs over 750

 

anyone know where to get delta fans from in the uk?

 

have you checked Scan?

that seems to be the only one they do though :/

 

thanks

might get some 80mm ones too

best airflow i need

but they dont seem to sell them

 

Surely has airflow, but I hope that you noticed that "59db" in that 120mm fan ?

Cant find Vantec fans from UK either...

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=674635&CatId=494 80X80X38mm, 5700rpm, 84.1 CFM, 52.2 dB(A).

 

+1 Every fan in my case is a yate loon.