Corsair SP120 Silent Or High preformance?

[Mirakledba]

I am going to get a corsair H100i and I want to get some SP fans....So...Im picking between the SP120 silent ones or the high performance ones. Note these will be on the radiator as a EXHAUST configuration. Maybe you might say silent but I have a fractal design DEFINE R4 with window so it will be silent, just not as silent cause it has a window. So...SP120 SILENT or HIGH PERFORMANCE?

 

[Nuclear101]

So what are you aiming for? Silence or performance? the High performance ones are about 35 decibels while the silent ones are 23 decibels. I would go for the performance ones.

 

[Calculatron]

Go for the performance ones.

Why?

If you want them quiet, turn down the speed. :|

 

[Mirakledba]

I mean i have silent case...fractal design define R4, WINDOW of course.

 

[hysteria357]

I have the SP120 Quiet edition which I use on my Cooler Master Seidon 120m. The SP120 replaced the stock CM fan which was too noisy after my fan controller program stopped working with my computer. The fan I had before worked at the same RPM range as the SP120 performance. After putting the Quiet edition in there wasnt that big of a difference. When idle, it runs maybe 3-5 degrees hotter, but under load there was virtually no difference between the higher RPM fan and the SP120 Quiet.

As far as I know, the only difference between the Performance and the Quiet is the max RPM. If you have a custom fan profile then you can use the Performance edition and keep a custom fan profile at the same speed that the quiet runs. I had to get the quiet because the Asus fan controller program stopped working on my computer and I cannot get it running again, so mine runs at high RPM all the time, so the Quiet was a must for me.