OMG So Many Fans

[childofthetao]

Hi, I'm trying to shop for fans but there are so many I don't want to make a bad buy.

I want to replace the fans in my 550D and when I buy a H100i I will probably want to replace those fans too.

The Noctua fans are too expensive but I don't want to buy cheap fans. Wit the case being a 550D and it has sound dampening maybe quietness isn't too important, just performance?

Thanks for the help.

I don't want molex fans, I want them to connect to my motherboard.

What would be good fans to buy to replace the stock H100i fans? Would SP120's do it?

Also I am looking for a 200mm fan to go on the side panel.

Update: I managed to get a cheap H100 so I'm gonna use that. What would be good 120 fans to replace the stock fans with? Noisy fans are fine as the 550D has sound reduction foam.

 

[todd1780]

That's one thing I love about the Obsidian 550D is that it has TONS of places to mount fans.
The top and the side allow for 2-120mm fans or 2-140mm fans, in the front you can mount 2-120mm fans, in the back you can mount 1-120mm fan or 1-140mm fan and on the bottom you can mount 1-120mm fan or 1-140mm fan. That's 8 fan mounting points. None of them allow for use of a 200mm fan.

 

[markwp]

The secret to quiet fans is to buy high volume, low rpm fans. Cooler Master sleeve bearing fans are very nice - 120mm, 1200rpm, ~45cfm and very quiet. The cougar vortex is similar and close to the same price.

Mark

 

[Calculatron]

Arctic F12 PWMs.

 

[childofthetao]

Also I have a problem determining the size of the side panel fan, almost every site I look at gives me a different number. Does anyone know for sure what the size is of the single side fan mount on the 550D?

 

[V15VA]

A great 200mm fan is the NZXT FN-200RB with its 166CFM. This means that you'll push a huge amount of air.

 

[Calculatron]

It looks like the side panel has room for two 120mm fans, or two 140mm fans, or a single 200mm fan.