Case Fan Assistance

cctaylor88

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Good morning everyone, looking for some suggestions on fans to move some air through my case that go along with a red theme. Current case is the NZXT H440 (Red/Black) as far as I'm aware I want to use high air flow fans as opposed to SP fans (I have SP fans on my Corsair H115i of course).

Anyways, looking for red "airflow" case fans, LED would be nice but I don't want to sacrifice a ton of performance for LED. I'm currently eyeballing Corsair Air Series LED Edition or the Corsair AF Edition (non LED)

Is there a noticeable difference b/t the Corsair LED and non-LED AF versions, considering both performance and noise volume?
Any suggestions/other brands are much appreciated. I just have a certain love of Corsair!

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lehtv

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High airflow fans might be good for exhausts, but for air intake through a restrictive dust filter, you'll probably be better off with balanced or high SP fans.

I've heard Aerocool DS140 have very good acoustics and the stripes on the blades look great when spinning. Bearing is advertised as FDB but true FDB is patented and fans using it are typically expensive (e.g. BeQuiet Silent Wings), so I'm not entirely sure if the bearing used by Aerocool is true FDB or some ripoff. In any case, it's better than sleeve bearing. Also, starting voltage is very low at 3V.
 
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cctaylor88

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High airflow fans might be good for exhausts, but for air intake through a restrictive dust filter, you'll probably be better off with balanced or high SP fans.

I've heard Aerocool DS140 have very good acoustics and the stripes on the blades look great when spinning.

SP fans in places other than on my radiator? I have my Corsair H115i mounted to the front of the case as an intake (with SP fans) I was planning on having the rest of my case set up as an exhaust, with a 140mm on the rear panel and three 120s or three 140s exhausting from the top. Case is NZXT H440