140mm Fans suggestion!

[A Computer Guy]

Why play around. Get some Delta fans with a manual speed controller and enjoy the breeze.

 

[#22]

I got it down to silent wings 4 and the pure wings 2 high speed i mentioned before, people on reddit say go for static pressure if you have dust filter and obdstructing front panel. Which one do you think i should get!

SW4 are two times more expensive and are just better in every regard, but far from two times better. The lower the speed of the fan, the more it hurts static pressure, so the more performance (airflow) it looses with any obstructions like filters, grills or front panels. You put performance above noise, you don't mind running your fans high speeds, so don't worry about static pressure or airflow - higher speed will make up both, so both fans will do the job. If you just can afford, go with SW4, because they are just better and from the best 140mm fans on the market. There's also high-speed version.

Keep in mind that there're chances that you achieve nothing with these fans to lower your GPU temps. Your case has good airflow from factory, but your GPU temps are quite high. Case airflow is here less likely to be a problem than just high ambient temperature or GPU running it's fans slow/having bad cooler (like cheap models of given card tend to have). Did you experimented with GPU? Fast one-click ways of checking it are changing fan curve or lowering power target. And generally 76C is not temperature to even worry.

 

[Chomiq]

Pure Wings 2 are OK, I have one as rear exhaust. However when I was about to buy it I saw that people complained about noise on Pure Wings 2 High Speed, someone that actually owns one could report on its performance above 1000 RPM. I run mine on 90% and it's reporting 930 rpm or so, in a dead silent room you could probably hear the motor noise. At the front I got three F140MP's from Phanteks running at 40% when GPU is below 65C and 60% when GPU goes above 65C (simple trigger to avoid higher RPM's when not gaming). Anything above 60% is starting to get too loud and I didn't see much of a difference temperature wise. There are V2's of F140MP's but they're rated for 2000 RPM max.
Now that I checked it looks like F140MP's are discontinued.

You could always opt for 120's and get XPG Vento Pro, which are modern Gentle Typhoons or wait for this to drop:

 

[JustBenching]

My 140mm go-to has been the SilverStone FHP-141 V2 for years. Dual speed 171cfm max (they have a switch on them), double ball bearings and a great included accessories kit. They'll also mount to a 120mm opening. $26 each as of last night at Amazon. I've bought at least 100 of them and none has failed as far as I know.


I just bought two of those to try out. With Prime I'll have them tomorrow. Cheaper than the SilverStone FHP-141's but they don't have all the extras either. 169cfm vs 171cfm but less than half the price. Worth giving them a shot.

Yeap, I was going to suggest the same. If noise is no concern, the fhp are the ones to get. Everything else is just a child's toy

 

[Veseleil]

Arctic P14 series.

 

[Shrek]

I can't remember if anyone mentioned the Phanteks T30. 3 packs are where its at

Aren't they 120mm?

 

[#22]

Pure Wings 2 are OK, I have one as rear exhaust. However when I was about to buy it I saw that people complained about noise on Pure Wings 2 High Speed, someone that actually owns one could report on its performance above 1000 RPM. I run mine on 90% and it's reporting 930 rpm or so, in a dead silent room you could probably hear the motor noise. At the front I got three F140MP's from Phanteks running at 40% when GPU is below 65C and 60% when GPU goes above 65C (simple trigger to avoid higher RPM's when not gaming). Anything above 60% is starting to get too loud and I didn't see much of a difference temperature wise. There are V2's of F140MP's but they're rated for 2000 RPM max.
Now that I checked it looks like F140MP's are discontinued.

Pure Wings 2 have not the quietest internals indeed. Once I compared them to Shadow Wings 2 (just plugged both outside the case) and Shadows have them way quieter to the point of rather satisfying anybody. Silent Wings 3 seem to me being in the middle. Didn't compared them then, but had three 140mm ones for few years in my case and they have always slight growling audible from few dozen of cm in quiet environment. I replaced them with better in every regard Scythe Kaze Flex 140mm ( negligibly better performance, but just sound better and have way quieter internals - need to stick your ear to hear ). I have no experience with SW4 yet, but heard complains in this regard, so they are probably not better here.

 

[nomdeplume]

At 40C and higher ambient why is this person not looking only at radiator fans?

 

[eidairaman1]

My first choice is be quiet! They're expensive, but super quiet, while not compromising on performance. They're also... not brown!

Scythe and Thermalright, heck even Bitfenix work

 

[freeagent]

Thermalright makes decent fans.

 

[abdulhkeem]

i bought the arctic p14 way more air than the included fans!

 

[AusWolf]

i bought the arctic p14 way more air than the included fans!

Nice! Any time I get a new chassis, my first thing to do is swap the fans for something better. The factory included ones are usually bottom-of-the-barrel units just to say that they gave you some, even though they're largely ineffective.

 

[#22]

i bought the arctic p14 way more air than the included fans!

But how much they reduced temps?

 

[sector-z]

Rhe choice is easy in 140mm it NF-A14 IPPC 3000 or nothings. They are PWM so silent when your browsing and max speed if you OC and 3Dmark

 

[freeagent]

Those iPPC 3K fans are super annoying. They work great but get more than 2 or 3 together and they are just too much.. for me anyways

 

[maxfly]

Those iPPC 3K fans are super annoying. They work great but get more than 2 or 3 together and they are just too much.. for me anyways

Yeah man, they are loud af at full bore. I've got 7 of the 2ks (4x140 & 3x120)in my main rig and I can count on one hand the time's I've actually cranked em up. They will keep my coolant temps a couple degrees over ambient while gaming at 2000rpm but nope. That's too much to bear even for my old ears hahaha!

 

[abdulhkeem]

first day test good results, gpu cools down way more than before only light game today 58 degrees max goes down to 40's alot included fans not as much tomorrow i will try some heavy game!

 

[freeagent]

I am really liking the sound signature of T30s.. I am considering buying a couple more triple packs and lining my Torrent Compact with them.. front, bottom, and rear

I have a triple pack on my CPU cooler already

 

[Mister300]

Corsair LL RGB in my build.
Noctura is best performer but can be loud and color choice is limited consisting of brown/tan.

 

[claes]

I have a triple pack on my CPU cooler already

How’d you manage that? Sounds fun

 

[freeagent]

How’d you manage that? Sounds fun

I mean.. it works ok..

I was playing around with a higher curve, and didn't lower the max boost override..

 

[abdulhkeem]

second day heavy game, 74℃ but mostly upper 60's, the 70's are just for a few seconds not staying there much, one last question though is the fan controller good or should i connect all fans to motherboard headers? i have enough for them.

 

[AusWolf]

second day heavy game, 74℃ but mostly upper 60's, the 70's are just for a few seconds not staying there much, one last question though is the fan controller good or should i connect all fans to motherboard headers? i have enough for them.

That's up to you. I personally prefer using the motherboard headers and control everything through the BIOS. I'm not a fan of software control or proprietary plugs.

 

[eidairaman1]

That's up to you. I personally prefer using the motherboard headers and control everything through the BIOS. I'm not a fan of software control or proprietary plugs.

I still prefer Rheostats, or Potentiometers

 

[abdulhkeem]

That's up to you. I personally prefer using the motherboard headers and control everything through the BIOS. I'm not a fan of software control or proprietary plugs.

is there a difference? does the motherboard header control them better? is the controller worse? it does have a pwm i set it in the bios never touched that again.