Quiet Fan, High CFM? Or Just get New Cooler?

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I’m still hunting for parts, but for the most part my PC build is done. However, I don’t know what cooler I want to get next, I have decided I wan to replace my current cooler because theres some weirdness with the pump, but in the mean time I want to get some new fans for on my cooler, I think.

I’m looking on PC Part Picker, and currently I’m not sure what fans I should really even be looking at. What I want is a relatively quiet fan, but enough airflow to keep my radiator nice and cold. I know noctua is supposed to be really good, but IDK what I’d get in difference of CFM. Currently I just have the fans that came with my H100i v2. If anyone has a suggestion of a like 50CFM ish quiet fan, I’m all ears.

Or, do I just yeet it and just replace the water cooler now? I think my friend who gave it to me would probably appreciate having it for his computer. I really want the Kraken X63, but theres nothing immediately available in my price range it seems. So instead I’m looking at the Corsair iCUE H115i, the H115i Pro, or the H115i Platinum. The RGB seems a bit much for me though, so of them all probably just the pro. Its right about perfect in my price range, though the iCUE version is much cheaper. IDK if theres a difference over all. I would think the corsair fans new are way way quieter than the ones I have currently.

I guess the Kraken X63 will be available in the next 2 weeks though…

Any suggestions are appreciated.

Actually looking at a Gamers Nexus video, I probably would go with the platinum. Its between an Asetek or a Cool It cooler… The Cool It cooler looks to do a lot better, but I haven’t gotten to the Kraken comparison yet either.

Seems like between the Kraken, H100i V2 and the H115i Platinum, the Platinum is head to head with the X63, trading volume for thermal recovery. The H100i V2 is actually only about 4-6 degrees behind, mine I think is about 8 just from the tiny bit of liquid loss its naturally had. It might have an air bubble in it causing my current issue. I didn’t think about that until just now but that makes perfect sense.

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I’m a fan of phanteks fans

They have this fan which has HUGE blades and has awesome static pressure and a decent amount of cfm too, since the blades are huge the tone is lowerid have to look if they made it in a standard 120 or 140

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https://www.newegg.com/metallicgear-mg-f120p-bbk-case-fan/p/N82E16835709133?Description=Phanteks Fan&cm_re=Phanteks_Fan--35-709-133--Product

This one? If I was gunna do a fan like that I’d do the noctua variant.

https://www.newegg.com/noctua-nf-a12x25-5v-pwm/p/1YF-000T-000M4?Description=noctua fan&cm_re=noctua_fan--1YF-000T-000M4--Product

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Big blades not many blades
Like this


Even mentions dripping temps in reviews
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Many blades make the fan sound like a circular saw
Big blades make it go whooooooosh

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Well I think I’ve come to a conclusion. Of all the current pumps I want the X63 the most. It won’t be available till the end of the month. VS the X62, with its AseTek Gen 5 pump, which is what I think the H100i v2 has, the H115i has the Gen 6 pump, which the X63 has as well, and can stay relatively quiet. With the fans it has stock its pretty quiet, with the pump only going to 2800RPM max and the fans doing 1200RPM max, the pump has a metal impeller so that things is damn quiet, which is what I’m after in the end over all, aside from being pretty sure theres a bubble causing trouble.

So of everything I’ve been looking at, while I want the X63, its just plain ass sold out and I probably can’t get one at the end of the month anyways, and of the other choices while I’m ok with the CLC280, I have one issue. The pump connections can’t tilt. I want no side pressure from the tubes at all, so if they can lean, even better. And, if I need more air from my fans I will absolutely pick up those phanteks’. You’re right, thats a steal.

Alright, get this and that RX480 sorted, sell some more stuff, I’m rollin man.

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It’s a bit of a pain in the ass comparing fans because as far as I know the numbers on the spec sheets the manufacturers just pull out of their asses.

That said, if you can find them, Nidec Gentle Typhoons are generally well regarded for noise and performance.

https://www.overclockers.com/pwm-fan-roundup-twenty-four-120-mm-case-fans-tested/

Scythe Kaze Flex line of fans are also quiet and perform very well.

https://nl.hardware.info/artikel/9874/11/geen-storm-zonder-bliksem-35-rgb-casefans-test-conclusie

I have a few Scythe products and they’ve always been good performers.

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Arctic F12… So cheap, so quiet, even at low speed they move air. On high speed they are crazy…

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Sorta kinda.
Measuring fan performance is a hugely expensive pain in the ass.

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I want to put in here that I plan to wait until Kraken X63 availability is much more stable than it is now. I fear I’ll put an order in and not get one and have to wait or cancel. No bueno.

I went out, got the last 16GB of ram from best buy, ordered last night, and picked up a sapphire RX480 Nitro+, which, fun fact, is the card I wanted when I got my RX 580 back in 2017. I could easily get another 580, and was thinking about it, then this card popped up on craigslist for 100 bucks. Uh, hell the fuck yeah I’m grabbing that are you kidding me.

Anyways point is I got home, put those parts in, and in my fan research from either earlieor today or last night I discovered that the generic fans that were shipped with my case are actually one of the fans I was looking really hard at.

It just doesn’t have the imprint on the one fan blade. Otherwise, same fan.

I don’t know what all miracles have happened in putting these parts in my case and swapping my fans out, but all I know is my H100i v2 is running at factory temperatures and now my CPU is speed stepping properly. I have to think that with the memory not in dual channel that ryzen goes full clock on chip and inf. fab. for best performance, but with dual channel it doesn’t need to do that? Or something? Honestly I’m just very confused all around right now but happy nonetheless to say everything is… exactly as it should be?

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I have a pair of Scythe Kaze Flex 800rpm that came with my Ninja 5 for the old computer. I have 3x NF-A12x25 on the workstation 360 radiator, and I have NF-S12A on the cases.

The a12x25 are similar to old Scythe gentle typhoon by design and specs and sound profile… some folks call them clones of Scythe gt; the kaze flex are simpler and cheaper to make - step sideways from scythe gt design and better multipurpose fans compared to scythe gt - not as good as Scythe GT/noctua NF-A12x25 for radiators, just as good at half/third the cost for heatsinks.

You generally get all that rubberized mounting hardware with all brown noctua fans.

What motherboard will you be using? (relevant for pwm)

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I am currently using a gigabyte x470 aorus ulhra gaming, but will upgrade to something in the near future.

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