140MM case fans

[vincedea]

hey guys what are some quiet, really good fans to use on my R4. right now im using the stock fans for my intake and using a 120mm as my back fan. would like to get or replace the stock fans with better and quieter 140mm fans.

thanks

 

[BonzaiDuck]

hey guys what are some quiet, really good fans to use on my R4. right now im using the stock fans for my intake and using a 120mm as my back fan. would like to get or replace the stock fans with better and quieter 140mm fans.

thanks

Hopefully, your rear exhaust vent is equipped with two sets of holes so that you don't need to mod the case for a 140mm fan to fit. [This is the only darn thing I regret about my HAF midtower cases. . . ]

There are a lot of different 140mm units to choose from. For case fans, I'd used Sharkoon and Aerocool, but in hindsight I thought they were a bit limp. The Sharkoons were better; I can't get very excited about the Aerocools. This month, I'm all goo-gah about Akasa fans. There are two varieties of the Akasa Viper 140x25mm: the "140R" or "round fan" which has 120mm mounting holes; and the standard square variety. The round one has rated output of 103 cfm, the latter about 110 cfm.

You also might shop around for some Gentle Typhoons (other than the AP-30, which I reviewed here in another thread).

Look at resellers like these:

www.sidewindercomputers.com
www.frozencpu.com
www.performance-pcs.com
www.crazypc.com
www.coolerguys.com

TigerDirect and Newegg also sell computer fans. Another place to look is "Silicon Valley Compu-cycle" at www.svc.com

 

[Hail The Brain Slug]

I recently added a crapload of fans to my case, and I ended up with two Akasa Viper fans on my H90 radiator, which rocks, and because I didn't feel like spending $20 each for 9 other fans, I bought Rosewill Hyperborea fans from new egg, which are rebranded Akasa Apache fans. I have zero complaints about them. They're quiet, no clicking notable from any distance past 1 foot, long cables with PWM, they're black (I'm not a big fan of orange, gray, yellow, etc, but I got the vipers because they appeared to be the best fan for radiators in 140mm).

I am disappointed that my case intakes with honeycomb mesh are pretty loud when there is a significant amount of airflow, but that's case design and definitely not the fans fault (unless you fault the fans for having too much airflow). I never realized how badly regular fans blow air every which way until I got these, they blow air in a linear fashion, straight at whatever they're pointed at.

I used to "splurge" and buy Yate Loons for every new build, but now that I see such a quality difference in construction and performance, I don't think I'll ever use a Yate Loon in my main performance PC again. I may use the few I have laying around in a computer I really don't care about, but my opinion of them has changed significantly.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

I recently added a crapload of fans to my case, and I ended up with two Akasa Viper fans on my H90 radiator, which rocks, and because I didn't feel like spending $20 each for 9 other fans, I bought Rosewill Hyperborea fans from new egg, which are rebranded Akasa Apache fans. I have zero complaints about them. They're quiet, no clicking notable from any distance past 1 foot, long cables with PWM, they're black (I'm not a big fan of orange, gray, yellow, etc, but I got the vipers because they appeared to be the best fan for radiators in 140mm).

I am disappointed that my case intakes with honeycomb mesh are pretty loud when there is a significant amount of airflow, but that's case design and definitely not the fans fault (unless you fault the fans for having too much airflow). I never realized how badly regular fans blow air every which way until I got these, they blow air in a linear fashion, straight at whatever they're pointed at.

I used to "splurge" and buy Yate Loons for every new build, but now that I see such a quality difference in construction and performance, I don't think I'll ever use a Yate Loon in my main performance PC again. I may use the few I have laying around in a computer I really don't care about, but my opinion of them has changed significantly.

So you like those bad-boy Akasa fans, eh? Person only has so much money and time to test firsthand so many fans. I bought Sharkoon for only reading some other's geek's take on them in his photo-documented project. The AeroCools, I'd probably used other models. Either I'm mistaken, or they made that "aluminum block" 120x25mm fan which you could mount outside the case. They seemed to have the right specs at the time.

So the Akasas seemed impressive to me. Depending on the model, do you even hear much of their 140s at either 1,300 or 1,600 RPM? Maybe I "heard" something. But I had to strain my earballs, and whatever it was, it didn't seem like much of anything.

 

[tracerit]

do not get the 140mm fractal design fans. i bought two more just to match the two already included and after silencing my parts, i noticed that these 140mm fans emit a slight click noise every few half second. all four of them do it. i never heard them before because my 7200rpm hdd covered it up but after switcing to the 5400rpm i narrowed it to the fans. can't hear it unless you're like 1-2 feet away and listening to it.

i have a noctua 140mm fan that's super silent on my CPU cooler and that thing is quiet. if i could go back i would invest the extra $5 on the noctuas.

 

[Tweakin]

I have 6 Thermalright Silent X's on my rad, best 140mm fan I've had to date.

 

[mv2devnull]

Websearch with "140mm fan roundup" turns up stuff.

I have only "old 140mm fans" in my Define R3: Thermalright X-Silent and TY-140 -- their first two 140mm fan models.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

do not get the 140mm fractal design fans. i bought two more just to match the two already included and after silencing my parts, i noticed that these 140mm fans emit a slight click noise every few half second. all four of them do it. i never heard them before because my 7200rpm hdd covered it up but after switcing to the 5400rpm i narrowed it to the fans. can't hear it unless you're like 1-2 feet away and listening to it.

i have a noctua 140mm fan that's super silent on my CPU cooler and that thing is quiet. if i could go back i would invest the extra $5 on the noctuas.

My server has a 200mm CM fan that made what seemed like a grinding noise. I think the unit was made with a rifle bearing, supposed to be self-lubricating. I took all this time to replace the fan with a similar Apevia, but before I removed the CM, I noticed there was a vibrating piece of metal in the drive bay above the fan! The sound went away. Went ahead and stuck the Apevia in there anyway. I can no long switch the LED on and off until I mod the fans cabling. Since it's my WHS server box, doesn't seem like worth the time.

I likely had the same 140mm Noctua on my cooler. You should try the Akasa Viper -- either the 140R or the one in the traditional square frame.

 

[tracerit]

i listened to that Fractal 140mm fan just by holding it to avoid the vibrations and i could still hear it. For some reason, it seems like using two 140mm fans as intake and one 140mm fan exhaust works just as good as three intakes (two 140mm, one 120mm) and two exhauts (two 140mm).

THese Akasa fans do sound enticing and will look into them should any of my fans fail.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

i listened to that Fractal 140mm fan just by holding it to avoid the vibrations and i could still hear it. For some reason, it seems like using two 140mm fans as intake and one 140mm fan exhaust works just as good as three intakes (two 140mm, one 120mm) and two exhauts (two 140mm).

THese Akasa fans do sound enticing and will look into them should any of my fans fail.

Well, I don't know anything about Fractal's fans, but any fans you test outside the case (in your hand) will be audible to their maximums. Inside the case, they will be muted until they're loud enough inside the case to generate echoes which propagate. And there are remedies for that, too, which you should find in a recent thread " . . . 117 CFM . . . "