Looking For A Good 120/140mm Top Exhaust Fan

[feelingtheblank]

Hello everyone,

My case is Corsair Carbide 400R and I'm currenty using 2 x 120mm Xigmatek XLFs as top exhaust fans. But since these fans are sleeve bearing it's not suitable for horizontal using I guess and today one of them starts making a slight clicking noise. I had a plan of buying 2 more fans before the summer. But it looks like I need to do that a little bit earlier.

And now I'm looking for your suggestions for 120 or 140mm fans which are more suitable for horizontal using as top exhaust.

There aren't lots of brands here in Turkey though so I need to make up my mind between these brands: Aerocool, Thermalright, Akasa, Noctua (a bit expensive though) and Coolermaster.

Thanks

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Hello everyone,

My case is Corsair Carbide 400R and I'm currenty using 2 x 120mm Xigmatek XLFs as top exhaust fans. But since these fans are sleeve bearing it's not suitable for horizontal using I guess and today one of them starts making a slight clicking noise. I had a plan of buying 2 more fans before the summer. But it looks like I need to do that a little bit earlier.

And now I'm looking for your suggestions for 120 or 140mm fans which are more suitable for horizontal using as top exhaust.

There aren't lots of brands here in Turkey though so I need to make up my mind between these brands: Aerocool, Thermalright, Akasa, Noctua (a bit expensive though) and Coolermaster.

Thanks

Interesting. I had an Aerocool 140 which I decided I didn't really need, but it works fine. It was "horizontal," and didn't make a lot of noise. Maybe the throughput was weaker than I wanted it to be.

You may also want to check my thread here on the Akasa Viper 140 "R." Hold on a minute while I get the spare one I bought -- still in the box -- to see if it might fill your bill and float your boat . . . .

. . . . OK . . . the bearing is depicted on the box and resembles what you'd expect to be a "sleeve" bearing, but here's their sales pitch:

"Hydro Dynamic Bearing [HDB] structure advantage: HDB uses a dynamic pressure field and an anti-leak seal to maintain constant bearing lubrication, extends fan life up to 50,000 hours and lowers fan noise. . . . "

I'm using it as an upright CPU cooler fan to replace the Noctuas on my NH_D14. For that -- so far -- it's just great. Even so, if you want to use it as a case fan, you'll also want to make it thermally-controlled.

Someone else may have better suggestions . . .

 

[lehtv]

Out of those options, Thermalright is probably your best bet in terms of quality per cost.

Akasa isn't bad though. E.g. Akasa Viper fans are nice, they are HDB.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Out of those options, Thermalright is probably your best bet in terms of quality per cost.

Akasa isn't bad though. E.g. Akasa Viper fans are nice, they are HDB.

[Whatever that is . . . . heh-heh . . ] Lissen . . . I try to find good fans, and fans that aren't noisy. But those limp-with-quality Noctuas? I can appreciate that people want something "noiseless," but some of the options are limp! Limp, Limp -- Limp!!

I'm so far very pleased with the Viper 140R. When it spins up together with my Panaflo NMB-MAT exhaust fan . . . . it's "a rush of air." Works for me!

I'm sure ThermalRight is good. I was just saying in another post, I reviewed the Maximum PC 2013 "Dream Machine" while picking up magazines off the floor. They cite the number of fans overall in their build as 15. They used a lot of "Gentle Typhoon" 140's. I suppose those are good, too . . .