[SOLVED] best case black fans (non RGB) for a budget?

[Pythonbites]

Hi I'm building a pc for $510 and i'm new to pc building so it is hard for me to find good case fans for a low price (I need 5 case fans) that are 120mm and are from a known, trusted brand, offer reasonable airflow and wont die in like 6 months. Does anyone know any good models? Any help would be appreciated thanks.

 

[Karadjgne]

Case Fan: BitFenix - BFF-SCF-12025KK-RP 43.5 CFM 120mm Fan ($7.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case Fan: be quiet! - Pure Wings 2 120 51.4 CFM 120mm Fan ($10.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case Fan: Scythe - SY1225DB12H 88.11 CFM 120mm Fan ($9.89 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Cooler Master - MasterFan Pro 120 Air Balance 83.1 CFM 120mm Fan ($9.89 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Cooler Master - MasterFan Pro 120 Air Flow 84.5 CFM 120mm Fan ($13.89 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: ARCTIC - ACFAN00119A 56.3 CFM 120mm Fan ($7.99 @ Amazon)

 

[robert123456]

The ones above are perfectly good options.

I wondered though, if you are building a budget system why do you require 5-6 fans? I think it would be enough to have one exhaust and two front fans for positive coefficient.

But it is entirely your option.

 

[Pythonbites]

The ones above are perfectly good options.

I wondered though, if you are building a budget system why do you require 5-6 fans? I think it would be enough to have one exhaust and two front fans for positive coefficient.

But it is entirely your option.

My case has a spot at the top near the cpu for exhaust and because i want positive air pressure i have to have 3 intake.

 

[Gmoney06ss]

Just because space is available doesn't necessarily mean you need to use it. If 3 fans will do the job, 5 will just add noise. Did your case come with any fans? What's the current setup?

 

[Karadjgne]

Fallacy.
Every case I've ever seen comes with at least 1x fan, usually mounted at exhaust. Most cases come with 2x fans, 1x exhaust and 1 intake.

2x 120mm exhausts spinning at 600rpm and 2x 120mm intakes at 700rpm can give a balance or positive. 2x 120mm at 600rpm and 2x 140mm at 600rpm can give a negative. 2x exhausts at 1000rpm and 3x intakes at 700rpm can also give a negative.

Just adding a fan does not mean that you get positive or negative results. It depends on the fan curves and coefficient of cfm to rpm. Many high cfm fans even lack enough static pressure at lower rpm levels to change air volume one way or the other. With those fans, air really doesn't move unless moved by an exhaust fan.

It's entirely possible to have 2x exhaust and 3x intake and at idle have a negative system, at normal loads be balanced and at gaming loads be positive.

 

[Pythonbites]

Just because space is available doesn't necessarily mean you need to use it. If 3 fans will do the job, 5 will just add noise. Did your case come with any fans? What's the current setup?

Well, I'm going to be running an RX 580 and a Ryzen 5 2600x with Wraith Spire. My case is the Aerocool Cylon Tempered Glass White.

 

[Karadjgne]

That's the second time I've seen that case in the last week, although the other was a mini. And yes, 5 fans is warranted, it's not a good airflow case to start with and you are adding AMD.

 

[Gmoney06ss]

Yikes that thing looks like it blocks most of the front fans. Definitely go with 3 Good high flow fans in the front. Nice looking case but looks not so good for air.