Using Static Pressure fans as intake case fans?

[Michael Hagood]

Just got a Corsair Obsidian 450D case and well it's a great case the stock intake fans are extremely loud, I'd say at least 35 dB. I've been trying to find some high quality PWM fans to replace them. Turns out there aren't a lot of airflow PWM fans. One fan I have is a Fractal Design Venturi HP (high pressure)140 fan on my CPU heatsink. Now, I know the difference between and purpose between a static pressure fan and an airflow fan but would it really hurt my cases cooling capabilities by replacing the stock Corsair AF-140L fans with these Venturi HP fans? If so, what are some equally quiet (you literally can't here this fan, even with the case open and being right up next to it) PWM controllable 140mm airflow optimized fans I could throw in the front of my case? Preferably black/grey, or dark colored.

 

[Chayan4400]

How much are you willing to spend, and how many fans do you want?

 

[Michael Hagood]

How much are you willing to spend, and how many fans do you want?

Only two 140mm for intake to the case, and about 25$ per fan.

 

[Chayan4400]

Easy: Noctua NF-A15s. Quiet, very good perfromance and well worth the price.

https://pcpartpicker.com/part/noctua-case-fan-nfa15pwm

If the brown colour scheme doesn't appeal to you, get the gray / black NF-P14:

https://pcpartpicker.com/part/noctua-case-fan-nfp14rredux1500pwm

 

[Michael Hagood]

But I really like the Fractal Design Venturi HP 140. I already have one for my CPU cooler. But would using those static pressure fans hurt cooling performance over something like the Corsair AF140 Quiet Edition? Someone with a 900D went with the Corsair SP fans for intakes since the AF fans couldn't pull in as much air through the front grill and air filter, not to mention the drive cage behind it. Since the 450D is pretty similar would static pressure fans be viable?

 

[Chayan4400]

Behind drives cages, yes it helps to have static pressure fans. However your bottom drivebays can be removed anyway. Even a static fan in front of a drive cage is not as good performance-wise as a high flow fan without drive cages.

 

[MR B0CEPHUS]

I like the Venturi HP fans. I have 2 of them on the front of my case. I open up the front of the case and those two little beasts suck up air pretty darn good.