What fans should I get?

[thereallink0121]

I just got the Corsair air 540 and I was looking at what fans to get, I want my case to run quiet and cool. As I don't want LEDs I was going to purchase the corsair sp120 quiets but I have seen some posts that are making me doubt myself, should I get these? I will be getting a all in one cooler so I will have a rad.

Thanks guys

 

[Lutfij]

The corsair fans are good at first sight but tend to rattle, creak and eventually crumble over time. If you're looking for case fans, you can try and snag Swiftech Helix fans that are great radiator fans and can also double up as good case airflow fans. If you've got a higher budget, you can look towards, Noctua Nf's, EK's vardar's, Bitfenix Spectre Pro's, Noiseblocker Multiframes or Fractal's Venturi.

 

[Paperdoc]

I'll remind you of an important consideration you did not mention. IF you plan to connect your case ventilation fans to your mobo's ports so they can be automatically controlled, you MUST choose your fan type to match the mobo port. These days it appears common that mobo SYS_FAN ports are all of the 4-pin design operating only in PWM Mode. This means they can control 4-pin PWM fans perfectly. BUT such a port CANNOT control any 3-pin fan. A 3-pin fan on that port type can only run at full speed all the time.