Best PWM fans for NZXT Kraken X61

Jonzy96

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I will be using the Kraken X61 in my pc build, but would like to change fans.

I do not want to use Noctua fans, whilst good performers, I feel the colour would ruin my all black and red look in the case. All other case fans are corsair SP and AF fans, however Corsair do not offer a 140mm PWM fan.

What PWM fans, preferably Black/Red are there that would work well with this cooler.
 

Jonzy96

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Thanks about that on the Noctua fans, I will have a look. I would love to use the corsairs, but they don not offer PWM fans in the 140mm size, which the Kraken X61 uses.
 

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I was also looking at getting a Kraken x61, but I read the fans are weaker than the x60 and hurt its performance. I have those Noctua NF-A14 iPPC-3000 fans on my build list, but I'm wondering if 10.52 mm/H2O is just overkill? If so, at what point are the gains so marginal as to not worry about?
I should point out that I am going to get a i7-4790K and probably an ASRock Extreme6 mobo (debating the Hero VII), and I will be overclocking the CPU. I don't plan on doing anything extreme (I'm running an ALC cooler) but I want to get the most out of the chip while keeping it at a safe temperature.