water cooler fan

[B3NNY BACON]

hi guys hope some one can give me some advice please i have a watercooler http://www.falconcomputers.co.uk/coolermaster/seidon-120v-liquid-cooling-kit.html it seems to work fine but the fan is a tad noisy, can anyone recommend a fan witch is quiet but dosent loose cooling or one that will increase it.

thanks in advance

B3NNY

 

[Dorosh]

How fast is the fan spinning? I recommend the Corsair SP120's as they're high static pressure meant for radiators. Get the high performance one in case you need the RPM speed for cooling.
Keep in mind that any fan, once turned up, will make noise against a radiator.
Those corsair fans move more air than most fans at lower rpm, so it should be a lot more efficient for you and quieter.

 

[Spectre694]

+1 to Dorosh. Since you can't hardly find the gentle typhoons any more those SP 120's take the cake.

 

[B3NNY BACON]

my rad fan at min spins 672 and is quiet dut at 100% its 2311 and quite noisy

i will look in to the sp120s as i have 2 af120s in my case one on top pushihing air in and one at the rear for exhaust

 

[Dorosh]

my rad fan at min spins 672 and is quiet dut at 100% its 2311 and quite noisy

i will look in to the sp120s as i have 2 af120s in my case one on top pushihing air in and one at the rear for exhaust

Yeah the AF's are made for open air like you're using (I use an SP at my bottom just so I can bring in a lot of air if needed and it works great as an intake as well).
Again, any fan will be noisy spinning at > 2000 RPM. The high performance SP's can go up to 2500 RPM and make noise at that speed. The goal here will be that you should be able to get the same performance as your current fan by spinning the SP120 a lot slower, so that will make up the noise.

 

[B3NNY BACON]

thanks for the input its really helping me :0)

i heard this is a good fan http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=productview&products_id=42&lng=en&set=1
whats your thoughts

 

[tiny voices]

http://www.anandtech.com/show/6391/120mm-radiator-fan-roundup-part-2-fan-harder/6

have a read here. NOTHING will cool as well as the stock fan without being louder. There are some options which are decent. The sp120 High performance will be only a small bit less noisy but still cool within 2 degrees of the stock fan.

 

[Dorosh]

thanks for the input its really helping me :0)

i heard this is a good fan http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=productview&products_id=42&lng=en&set=1
whats your thoughts

The noctua fans are good, but all they do is spin a lot faster to push more air. It will be noisier than what you have although capable of some serious cooling.

 

[B3NNY BACON]

im stuck between the noctua and the sp120s i can get a 2 pk of the sp120s for a couple of £ extra and could run them in a push pull

 

[Dorosh]

im stuck between the noctua and the sp120s i can get a 2 pk of the sp120s for a couple of £ extra and could run them in a push pull

If you have the room to do that, then go for it for sure. Those two fans will move a lot of air at low RPM, so they should stay quiet.

 

[B3NNY BACON]

thanks again for all your help going to ponder this a little more and see if i have space for the push/pull

 

[tiny voices]

im stuck between the noctua and the sp120s i can get a 2 pk of the sp120s for a couple of £ extra and could run them in a push pull

I have built a system with an h80i and Corsair SP 120 (performance editions). DO NOT EVEN CONSIDER THE QUIET EDITIONS, THEY MOVE ZERO AIR. At idle the performance editions are noticeably quieter than the stock fan, but at load, they are about the same to be honest.