Question Which Exhaust Fan would be fine for my Case?

[bikemanI7]

Hello All

Purchased a Noctua Exhaust fan a while back, and then a replacement Thermaltake Stock case fan of the same model--currently using that one in my Thermaltake V200 TG RGB Case, but not sure if provides the best exhaust cooling or not, Noctua one i wasn't sure was in right for exhaust or not, Couldn't fan any arrows on the fan itself that showed fan direction, so i put in like i thought it went

Thermaltake 120mm Pure 12 Series Black Quiet High Airflow Case Fan CL-F011-PL12BL-A ((Currently Installed)) at the moment for rear exhaust))

Noctua NF-F12 PWM chromax.Black.swap, Premium Quiet Fan, 4-Pin (120mm, Black) ((Previously Installed for a few months))

And another Recent purchase
SCYTHE Kaze Flex 120mm Quiet Fan, PWM 300-1500RPM, Black ((Not yet Installed, but will be soon))

((Haven't installed the last one as yet, but might on Monday morning)) That one currently still in it's box in my storage area

Basically question for this topic is which fan would provide the best Exhaust Airflow--til i can afford to purchase upgraded CPU Cooler from Stock Intel CPU Cooler, leaning towards Mugen 5 Black Edition

 

[Lutfij]

When you say same model, that's not possible, considering that both brands are located in two different parts of the world, then is the fact that they don't make the same kind of fans, especially when you look into the material used for making said fans.

You're advised to have the same fans on all ends of your build, to make sure your airflow is optimal. When you work with mismatched fans you can and will end up with different noise levels and different airflow characteristics in your build.

In short, Thermaltake fans are just horrible all around. They are a waste of resources. To add more bad news, that case you have is also a waste of resources. If you have a case that will not allow air in but let's air out, then be prepared for either high temps, high noise levels or a bbq.

If possible look at changing your case and perhaps an all Noctua setup, paired with a Noctua cooler. Speaking of cooling, you will need to parse the specs to your build like so:
CPU:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:

 

[Lafong]

Basically question for this topic is which fan would provide the best Exhaust Airflow--til i can afford to purchase upgraded CPU Cooler from Stock Intel CPU Cooler, leaning towards Mugen 5 Black Edition

Experiment with them, while keeping records of observed temps with the various fans.

I'd assume they may spin at various rates, but the slower fans may in some cases cool better. Find out by trial and error.

I have never seen a Noctua fan that did NOT have an arrow around the outside of the frame indicating air flow direction. The arrow can be difficult to see due to the color scheme. Keep looking.

If nothing else, you should be able to detect air flow direction with your hand at close range. Fans on the back side should be extracting hot air from the interior rather than pushing cool air in.

 

[bikemanI7]

When you say same model, that's not possible, considering that both brands are located in two different parts of the world, then is the fact that they don't make the same kind of fans, especially when you look into the material used for making said fans.

You're advised to have the same fans on all ends of your build, to make sure your airflow is optimal. When you work with mismatched fans you can and will end up with different noise levels and different airflow characteristics in your build.

In short, Thermaltake fans are just horrible all around. They are a waste of resources. To add more bad news, that case you have is also a waste of resources. If you have a case that will not allow air in but let's air out, then be prepared for either high temps, high noise levels or a bbq.

If possible look at changing your case and perhaps an all Noctua setup, paired with a Noctua cooler. Speaking of cooling, you will need to parse the specs to your build like so:
CPU:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:

System has Inside Intel 10700
Motherboard: Micro ATX Gigabyte B460M_DS3H
Corasir Vengence 32GB DDR4 Ram 2666mhz
Boot Nvme M.2 SSD Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500GB, Game SSD: Samsung 860 Evo 1Tb, Storage Drive; 4TB WD Black
GPU: 1660 Super EVGA
PSU: Evga G3 650 Watt (Purchased sometime in 2018, transferred from older OEM PC Case to newer Case by local PC shop
Chassis: Thermaltake V200 TG RGB

As for affording a newer case yet, not in the budget at the moment, but might go for a Fractual Design Meshify 2 possibly, probably what i should've picked out at the shop in the first place, but me being overwhelmed with choices, i finally just picked the one with RGB Fans. Original plan was just to transfer all the older Asus G11CD OEM components to the newer case, but they notified me the I/O panel wouldn't transfer to new case, so then turned into motherboard, cpu upgrade, and transfer rest of components, except they didn't transfer the Arctic CPU Cooler that i had on other processor for some reason, maybe didn't fit in this newer case or didn't work with LGA 1200 processor, not really sure

Nowadays i don't give much care to the RGB, just want good cooling. i'd even pick a Corasir 4000D airflow or 5000D Airflow if and when i have the funds to