It seems that "be quiet!" is slightly ahead, any other players in the field that you would recommend?
>>102453964No lol they are just the most expensive
I don't get the point in pricey fans>they are quietso? the ambient noise in my room is loud enough anyway and sometimes a bit more white noise is a good thing>they keep your stuff coolerso? so long as I'm not thermal throttling, who gives a shit>they'll last a whileso? if my cheap fans break in 4 years, I buy new ones
>>102453964fan blades kinda look like the Black Sun
>>102454000ch..checked!
>>102453964No, it's the Phantom Spirit 120SE with 7 heatpipes at 37bux on amazon it can't be beat, the ARGB version is the same price.
>>102454040quiet?
>>102453964These things, Red Bull and Glock are probably the proudest achievements of my country.
>>102453964noctua is really great i rock the NH-D14 for 14years already.. BUT even if it lasts less the next cooler will be AIO because it gets slightly better temps
>>102454066my man, people love to hate on red bull but they're simply unmatched. almost all their flavors are incredibly crisp and well balanced. and of course, the cola is godlike
>>102454055https://www.techpowerup.com/review/noctua-nh-d15-g2-cpu-cooler/10.html
>>102453964I did peerless assassin and bought noctua fans. I didn't like the idle sound of the PA fans.
>>102453964still objectively the best 25mm thick fans even if it's not worth the premium.best bet is to go for the 30mm thick meme Phantek T30s
>>102453964They still have the quietest fans but still overpriced. They are like Apple where you're paying extra money just for the brand's prestige. Just get a Thermalright Peerless Assassin (what I have right now).
>>102453964Noctua is still the best fan maker, and is unlikely to be surpassed any time soon, their heatsinks aren't really better than those of their competitors though
>>102455081lol, no.
>>102453964Only poorfags complain about noctua
>>102455101Feel free to post any evidence to contradict my claims
>>102455132>120>140hmm
>>102455132>Airflow
>>102454705>$150what the fuck did i just witness?
>>102455237Yep, they're kidding, at this price the cooler should be copper.
>>102455228Sorry, which of the fans in that image are 120mm and which are 140mm? Could you take a closer look and then really spell that out for me?
>>102455235>Static pressure
>>102455384post the entire chart sir
>>102453964they're the best if you don't mind paying an arm and a leg. i don't think the cost is worth it in most cases, better to buy from cheaper brands.
>>102454651>>102454066Monster won
>>102455539lostthe original, ultra, khaotic, assault and pipeline punch are good. even so i still overall prefer original red bull to those
>>102454651they only come in these little 0.25l bitch cans.monster and everyone else win by default because they have twice the content at the same price
>>102455346i don't know... perhaps the ones with 120 in their names? but i don't want to appear as a conspiracy theorist here
>>102454066>>102454651>>102455640>>102455615>>102455539fucking ad bots everywhere
>>102455384why does no one compare this to the old PWM Nidec GT? the fans like 10+ years old now and still holds its own, yet everyone stopped caring about it and testing it.
>>102455676what ad. there is no link to anything.you seem like a 0.25l betabitch can enjoyer
>>102455384funny how you crop that, but nitpicking aside Noctua has horrible harmonic resonance in push/pull configs that make them unusable. for static pressure the Phanteks T30 absolutely obliterate them, and in terms of value for money a 5 pack of Arctic P12/P14 PWM PST get you within 5% of the best Noctuas for 1/4 the price. in the 140mm category they have not been competitive for at least 4 years now.
>autists benchmark racing heatsinks and sperging out over a 5 degree C difference under loadas long as it's not thermally throttling who gives a flying fuck.
>>102455676i can't imagine being so mentally stunted that you think big brands give a shit about this site. seriously get a fucking grip you profoundly retarded incestchild>>102455640the original has a big can variantfor the flavors in cuck cans i buy two different ones at a time. because i can. i don't buy out of necessity, it's luxury. you fucking lost poorfaggot
noise is a meme for retards without white noise filtering functionality in their pea brainsphantom spirit mogs d15 for less than half the price
>>102455737did you just flex "richness" on 4channel /g/? what level of autism are you currently on?
their warranty is good, and their products are tested for much longer than other brands, but that doesnt make any financial sense as you are paying over double the price for something that probably wont last over double the time. for enterprise, I kinda get it, but for the average use, it is just a brand thing.
>>102455719>Arctic P12/P14 PWM PST get you within 5% of the best NoctuasOnly if you get extremely lucky. Arctic QC is non-existent, so you'll probably get a fan that produces a lot of noise and vibrations at some RPMs.Arctic fans are cheap for a reason, but most people don't care, because they're coping poorfags.
>>102453964This is probably the first time in my life an advertisement has worked on me. I'm no longer going to buy Noctua products after using them in all my previous builds. I won't support this kind of cringe.
Actually they are quite cheap if you calculate in the lifetime.Which CPU cooler can you use for over 10 years and get free compatibly for new sockets?
>>102453964I really like my NH-U12A, it is perfectly adequate for anything not an intel housefire i9 and much easier to work with with a better sound profile
Deepcool is better and cheaper.
>>102455770the newer revisions fixed a lot of the bugs, besides... you get 5 fans for the price of 1.5 Noctuas so its 100% worth to take that gamble. I replaced 5 Noctuas with the Arctic Bionix P14's and they've been, whisper quiet and higher static pressure, plus no fucking awful humming that the Noctuas made.
>>102455797paying $5 for a new bracket 5-10 years down the line is really not a big deal when you're saving $50+
>>102455764you were the one who brought up money in the first place. i was purely talking about taste. why did you mention cost as the factor for the automatic win? are you a fat american drinking this shit every day?i prefer to have a more refined tasting experience for a bit more money on occasion than monster that generally tastes like indiscernible artificial flavor soup for children every day
>>102455812Yes, I actually don't want to shill Noctua because they're not perfect either and IMO they're overpriced.Arctics are very cheap indeed and if you don't mind the noise OR if you don't mind running them at a fixed speed that doesn't hum, they're honestly not bad. Just not quite the same quality overall.
go for bulk over quality, because price to quality has dimishing returns, but number of fans to noise reduction is roughly linearget a 5 pack of arctic fans for a fraction of the price of 1 noctua, and put them in every available slot on your case
>>102455845>automatic winbecause we live in a free market / capitalistic society. companies aren't the only ones that want to maximize profit. If I can buy more for cheaper I am winning. My costs sink, therfore I have more money left for other investments.Only retards buy expensive for the "experience"
>>102455876capitalism is as effective as democracy when society is comprised mostly of mindless NPC's and corrupt leaders willing to take advantage of them
>>102455902I take it you are the smaaahht one that isn't an NPC?
>>102455846yeah, I always have my fans at a static RPM. using 5x Bionix P140 currently and I like them very much. They are in fact quieter than NF-A14 at <1k rpm and don't have the weird humming sound, which is an issue for me because that shit drove me insane and it's dispapointing that to this day Noctua has not really released an updated 140mm fan yet they charge so much for what is essentially a 6+ year old design.
>>102455913im not smart, im just aware.
>>102455876i already told you i don't think of energy drink like a fucking commodity you dumb poor nigger. i can't help that you apparently need your daily dose of goyjuice to function and thus it doesn't matter to you how it tastesholy kek, actual poorfag cope. why obviously embarrass yourself like this?
cools my 7950x3d well
>>102453964No. Nidec/scythe, phanteks and thermalright mogged them.
>>102455977>meltdownunstable emotions online are a major sign of autism
>@noctua_parody
>>102456025Downdraft coolers will one day rise back up and take their rightful places.
Gotta spend extra cash to support aryans over chinks.
>>102456113pure projectioni'm perfectly calm and also correct. sorry you can't read between the lines and are hypersensitive to mean words on the internet because of your autism>>102456188but onion, i could "save" money to "invest" by buying chink shit that doesn't last outside warranty?!
>>102453964I doubt I'll have to look it up to confirm, but I also doubt that anything's changed in the past decade:>most AIOs aren't any better and you have to deal with the pump eventually failing. Heatpipes will never fail unless you physically damage them.>buy a Noctua if you don't mind spending a bit more and don't want to think at all>get Thermalright's top of the line if you're OK with 1kg+ dangling off your motherboard and want an extra degree or 2 over the Noctua>build your own loop for the absolute best performance at nearly five times the priceHow did I do?t. has a Silver Arrow, multiple Noctuas in servers that were "silenced", and an H60 I got on clearance in my HTPCNext desktop I build gets a Noctua. Because I don't want to think.
>>102453964Overpriced memeware that gets Sharted on by Arctic
>>102453996There are two other things that I like about Noctua. Their mounting hardware is among the nicest I've used. I've used Be Quiet! twice and I did not enjoy getting those coolers mounted properly, though they were excellent otherwise. The other thing I really like is how their support, especially the ability to get free mounting hardware when new sockets require it. I even got free mounting hardware once for an older socket that's just not included in the packaging.
>>102456333arctic fans don't last very long. at least i had terrible luck and had multiple die in few years. meanwhile the tiny noctua i got because i was tired of constantly replacing fans and wanted to see if theres anything better is still working nicely
>>102455693Because it's nearly impossible to get for most people. Not to mention it's an expensive fan. At this point the NF-A12 which is very obviously based on the Gentle Typhoon is a better choice for most people as it's way easier to get on top of being straight up better.
>>102456739XPG recently released a new and improved gentle typhoon. Noctua competitors like gentle typhoon and grand tornado, T30 etc are also like ten dollars cheaper.
>>102456739its 2/3 the price of an NFA12x25, available on a good number on etailers, while seeming to match the NFA12x25 in most areas, within a degree or so at the same noise levels.I personally find the noctua fan to have an annoying sound though ( all of them, Ive had just about every fan from the 60mm to the 140mm) and always end up ditching them to the point I either just give them away, or throw them away because I'm never going to use it even though I use their heatsinks.
>use vanilla intel fan since 2016>all goodFuck them. Especially after this ad. Don't fall for the breezy jew.
Noctua is odd. I bought the NH-U12S for my current build with a 13700k, which is labeled on their website as being not particularly ideal for the chipset. NH-D15 was too much more money, budget was running thin, but the big theme here was getting things that were RELIABLE and known to function just fine after a string of part failures. (My 13700k is one of the good ones, and this build was done well before the 13&14th gen issues were known by anyone)Should I even bother with upgrading to the DH15 G2 LGA 1700 version? Idle temps are usually in the 50s which is higher than it should be, but under heavy load it hardly breaches the 80s outside of what seem to be very short spikes. Leaving HWinfo running shows at least one core hitting TJMAXX, but nothing stays there. I'm not sure if it's misreading something, a paste issue, or if I should really just play it safer and get a stronger cooler.
>>102456984I am pretty sure that the 13700k will just always want to boost until TJ max and sit there especially with the way most motherboards apply their PL1 and PL2 limits + the LCC to fight off vdroop related crashes. Short of having a cooler that is just massive ( and liquid cooled) to where the wattage limits come into play, sitting in the 80's for the new intel chips seems pretty normal.
>>102456307>get Thermalright's top of the line if you're OK with 1kg+ dangling off your motherboard and want an extra degree or 2 over the Noctuathat's what mounting hardware is for nigga, and it's not about being extra degree or 2 over the Noctua, but about third of the price...
Arctic P12 is the king. Not cool enough? Slap more of them, nigga. /thread
>>102454968This. The ways fans work is that if you have a decent case and a decently sized cooler you don't have to worry about temps, ever, and you hit diminishing returns pretty fast. If you don't OC, that is (but only retards do that). Also people who can't stand the sound of their computer are severely mentally ill.
>>102456025>no rear fansWhy?
>>102457038The high idles, the spikes to 90+, and the lack of seeing it ever clock up to 5+ Ghz is what concerns me. Almost as much as how hot the computer room gets, but I'd need some complex, customer made system attaching to the back and top of the case and piping air to the outside with fans to really deal with that.
>>102453996i dont buy noctua case fans but their heatsinks are good because they will ship you mounting hardware for newer platforms if you ask so you dont need a new heatsink
>>102457445I'm not yo nigga, goythis Silver Arrow is 10 years old, it was within $10 of Noctua's top of the line when I bought it
>>102454085>BUT even if it lasts less the next cooler will be AIO because it gets slightly better tempsAbsolute faggot.
>>102458194Good luck getting a mounting kit for any new sockets. FAGGOT.t. D14 user for over 10 years on AM5
>>102453964>dual fandoes it actually help? I took the front fan off my NH-D14 and nothing really changed.
>>102455643kek it's stupid and not coping well
>>102456151based>>1024575683 big intake fans, do I really need a rear fan
>>102459665>furfag
>>102459665ok faggot
>>102459689there are a lot of us
>>102453964AFAIK this is the best air cooler you can buy right now but you're paying like $150 for it when you could just buy a phantom spirit EVO for like 35% of the price and get 95% of the performance.you're paying for Noctuas R&D, their QA, and their customer support. That's what I assume.
I usually buy noctua fans, but now I have a be quiet case so I'll be filling it with those.
>>102455643so you mean the three down the very bottom of the list? so you mean to say that the 140mm noctua fan stomps on all the other 140mm fans too? k good work you retard>>102455719>>102455514>post the whole chartok, pic related, notice how the noctua fan is the best tested? interesting isn't it
>>102457445the weight is only a issue because consumer hardware is retarded. if it was in the common 90s desktop form (literally the name the towers are not desktops) which also datacenter servers are there would be no issues like this or gpu sag
I bought a D15S a few years ago and it isn't really all that greatIt's also ugly as fuckMy CPU idles at 55C, that's not amazing
>>102459869Are you implying that makes your existence more acceptable?
>>102461117That seems pretty bad for any air cooler, even stock air coolers are better than that, did you not apply thermal paste or something?
>>102461276Yeah I didBut I guess my CPU is just bad at idling under fucking 50W for some reason
>>102461289Absolutely bizarre, that's such bad performance that I'd be taking it out and RMAing it
>>102453964>It seems that "be quiet!" is slightly aheadI'd bet be quiet fans are slightly worse for less than half the prices and the same sound performance.
What pisses me off is humming or whistling noise. It's how everyone recommends Arctic fans for instance, but I have multiple p12s and p14s that have this annoying humming at certain RPM. I have a Lian Li Lancool 216 and the case fans are nice to listen to, but the moment I add a fucking arctic fan there's the annoying hum again. And why do I do it? Because GPU temps are considerably more stable.
>>102461414The final redpill on fans that nobody is willing to take is that Noctua fans simply sound better as they age, every other fan I've ever owned started to whine and whir after a few years, but the Noctua ones all keep that same gentle whooshing type of noise even as they get old
>>102456307>deal with the pump eventually failingIt occurred to me recently that the AiO in my computer is nearly 10 years old and still works fine
>>102453964I just use the ones my case came with for output. If you are worried about cooling that much get an AIO. My 360mm arctic is just barely enough to keep my 7900x cool. Though I probably did a shit job with the thermal paste.
>>102455539I started with Red Bull but I think Monster puts more caffeine and other ingredients that I'm sure will require kidney stones to be surgically removed out of my body in a few years
>>102456879>>102455693Arctic P14s best cheap quiet fans, Noctuas are the best otherwise.
>>102459869And youre all little queers who hide from their own skin. Whats your point?
>>102461339durability is the issue of all other brands. the bearings fucking suck and get jammed sometimes in less than a year. massively annoying if the fans aren't easily hotswappable
>>102453964Don't go by brand like a retarded fanboy. Look up performance metrics for a variety of products in your price bracket. It expands your horizons besides "is (popular brand) good?" And usually shows you better products other than (popular brand).It's exactly the case with Samsung SSDs. Everyone is a fucking parrot with no skills to research.
>>102453964>>102455132>>102455384>>102455693>>102457509Doesnt matter, Embrace Chink
>>102462053It's about reliability. People are willing to invest more in a product they know is reliable and will never fail them.Insert <new brand> and things get risky.
>>102462053brand matters though, especially regarding things that won't be obvious upon initial review, like longevity/build qualityyou just have numberbrain so you think the spec sheet is enough to determine which product is a better purchase. you're a midwit who disregards conventional wisdom because you think you're smarter than you are. stop giving advice.
>>102462080Just stop living in a country with no consumer rights
>>102462068unironically the random chink fan that came with my case is the most durable one. all the brands in western stores lose balance or get jammed after a couple months of use. the only downside of that fan is that its much louder than the noctuas and vibrates more so you need those rubber screw replacements
>>102462164>just [do thing that allows me to feel right even though I just got BTFO]
>>102462146Yeah, I was definitely saying that you should buy chinkshit sam #999. Does the research only apply to numbers from a youtube video to you? Thanks for proving my point. Not like reputable brands have had massive issues before (see:intel)
>>102462255at first I was like>Don't go by brand>Look up performance metricsand then I was like>Yeah, I was definitely saying that you should buy chinkshit>you see, I'm right even though I was completely wrong
Noctua fans are brown just like their users
>>102462333For me it's Chromax Black
>>102462310>overpays for a Samsung ssd that performs worse and us just as reliable because muh wisdom (I don't know shit I'm just a parrot)
>>102462550idk it was just 100 something for a tb. about same as the other offerings around here
>>102453964Noc TUA!Spin at that Thang :D
>>102462581I didn't read the image until I posted sorry for being an assclown
>>102462550>-AAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
>>102453996>so? the ambient noise in my room is loud enough anyway and sometimes a bit more white noise is a good thingIm convinced people like you are legitimately sub 80 IQ and cannot comprehend people being in a different situation or having different needs from you
>>102462172>get jammed after a couple months of useJammed on what? Nasty ass
>>102463067the bearings break and either make the blades rattle of hitting the fan casing or get seized entirely so it wont spin at all
>>10245396416 years later and my nhd14 and original fans are still kicking. it just werks
>>102455132I can get an Artic14 in my country for half the prize of a Noctua. Would you see the difference in performance justifies the price difference? It doesn't seem to be twice as good.
>>102463469yespoors need not apply
>>102463297yeah they cost a lot but it pays off long term. most fans can't stand 24/7 use for long but some random consoomer gamer wont notice
>>102463469in the US, the 5-pack of P14 PWM PST are around 30-40$, a single NF-A12x25 costs about 35$. All for what, a few fucking fan connectors/extenders and some rubber grommets? Noctua is such a bad value these days its not even funny.
>>102453964>Are they still the best in the game?That assumes that they ever were.There has never been a time when you couldn't find better for less.
>>102456549>>102457752Fair point. Great support seems to be a lost art.
>>102453964You can get 3x120mm AIOs for 50 dollars less.
>>102463297Same here with my nhd15 not 16 years but maybe 10, i use it in my last 2 config and plan to put it in my next one
i think i finally understand why people seethe about noctuait's poorfags and newfags
>>102463846hmm why yes i would love liquid leaks on my hardware
>>102455693>gentle typhoonit's pretty much as good as an A12x25 with very similar sound profile. no reason to ever replace the former unless you like to run your fans at very low RPMs (like sub 700) in which scenario the ball bearing seems to consistently produce the same high pitched whine across multiple fans, which can be noticeable if your case is even slightly openGTs are the best bang for you buck... if you're in the market for buying 100 fans at once straight from nidec lol
>>102464624ADATA partnered with Nidec to sell GTs. The scythe grand tornado is also an option.
>>102464903interesting
>>102463974this is the same logic itoddlers use
>>102461975I dont use 140's. I have some f14 CO's though and they are all horribly made such that they cant really be used as a draw through fan for radiators or even in my case ( define R5) because the blades flex forward proud of the frame and scrape things.>>102462001I post full nudes on /b/ for weird little horn balls to fap over. I am pretty comfortable in my skin. am not a little queer, I am a colossal faggot.>>102464624I have 5 in my case right now all set to ~950 RPM solid and a few of them are getting close to 9 or 10 years old now of nearly daily use. Set to DC mode you can safely get them down to 200rpm though I am not sure why you would want that.
>>102453964Any brand that gets shilled hard, is trying to hide the fact that they offer inferior products
>>102462804your nervous system is supposed to come with a built in white noise filter from years of evolution such as hunter gathering among running water such as rivers and waterfalls as well as wind in the treesit is you who is defective
>>102459909>phantom spirit EVO for like 35% of the price and get 95% of the performanceit's not even that much of a differenceit's barely half a degree in the best case scenario, at worst the phantom spirit 120 se beats it by 1-2 degreeswhen you buy noctua you're paying for fan acoustics and endurance, neither of which are offset by the price differential
>>102464946
>>102456151downdraft will always be inferior to wind tunnel air flow.
>>102465456my ECC ram begs to differ, until AMD and intel move the ram sockets to be on top and bottom of the socket inline with case airflow... I will keep using big downdraft coolers. makes a nearly 10C difference on the ram stick closest to the socket in my case
>>102465456downdraft isnt bad if you have side intake(s)
>>102465456I like the peace of mind that blowing air on RAM/VRMs/my stupid X570 chipset bringseven a very small amount of active cooling can already make a massive difference compared to passive
>>102453964they suck, just buy Be Quiets! like a normal person who hates brown poop coloured fans with a viral marketing sloptuber markup
>>102464954iphones arent the most expensive phones tho, havent been for ages
>>102465456also, yes, I think it's less popular nowadays but some cases like my ncase M1 have side panel fan mounts that can work in tandem with a downdraft cooler. you don't get a "full tunnel" since you're missing an exhaust route but hot air will find its way out regardless if you maximize positive pressure. this replaces the need for a strategically placed exhaust fan
>>102465841didnt say anything about phones
>>102456025>>102459665What case is this
>>102466000Silverstone SST-RM42-502
>>102458194Thermalright's high end line (Frost Commander 140, Frost Spirit 140, Peerless Assassin 140, etc.) are all equal or better than Noctua's NH-D15. The Thermalright coolers cost $40-50, the Noctua costs $115-120. The "best" Noctua is the new NH-D15 G2, which costs $150, and is only 1-2°C better than their previous model.
>>102453964No
>>102466236DAMN. They were way closer in price when I built my Ivy Bridge system. Something like $60-70 for the Silver Arrow and $80 for Noctua's dual tower 140mm. Guess I'll be sticking with TR for my next build after all.
>>102465815You picking up their new AIO? Not sure why there isn't a 280/420 option.
>noctua>be quietwhy buy these if there are cheaper analogues that also don't look like poop
>>102465815the least overengineered german product
>>102466236>>102466276Thermalright's high end trades blows on performance with the D15 and D15S for much cheaper, but it's 3-5dB louder at a minimumI struggled to find direct comparisons between Thermalright and Noctua coolers, but apparently the new D15G2 is 4°C cooler at low noise levels than the old one, although that difference does shrink at higher noise levels
>>102464903scythe is a garbage brand. fuckers seized after just one months use
>>102455812p12 fans are loud.they make weird noises at certain RPMs.not even a DBA issue, but the noise is auditable above other noises..t has perfect tested yearly hearing
>>102453964>air coolingenjoy your noise and inferior cooling.
>>102467043water cooling is such a garbage meme
>>102467013on the older revisions, yes. on the newer ones they fixed that.
>>102466466>MA824 stealth works just as good with a single fanwhy tf do i use both?
>>102455781it's fake, retard
>>102455781>noctua_parodywe need a containment board for 70 IQ like you, even reddit is too intellectual for you
>>102455945>im not smart, im just aware.
>>102466439what am I looking at?
>>102467583looks like a fan controller
>>102457752>they will ship you mounting hardware for newer platforms if you askfor free?
>>102466410looks great but I've been air cooled for a year with no issues. 7950X3D/RX7800XT
>>102465815>viral marketing sloptuber markupbut it's the sloptubers that complain about MUH POOP COLOR WAAAAAAAAAAA NO RGByou have no taste, class, style or integrity. only real men of caliber appreciate the color scheme, you are a manchild
>>102453964horrible and you don't need it. Ever. Having to remount gave me aids. Fucking cheap faggots, fuck spacers. I'm paying 100 bucks for a fan give me a real bracket.
>>102455384>>102455132so you are telling me to spend 100+ dollars on a fan that moves 1 cubic meter of air extra than the fan that comes with my case? Are you on crack?
>>102454651i totally agree, all other enegery drinks taste like cheap immitations imo
>>102453964its just a cooler bro people get too obsessed with themi got a D15 and im satisfied, ive used it with 3 different CPUs already after upgrading PCs, they sent me a mounting bracket very quickly many years after my original purchase the service is incredible.
>>102453996Modern CPUs run faster when the cooling is better, so you’re losing on speed. And maintenance is annoying, it’s nice to have things that work as long as you want
>>102453996Noctua fans move more air and create a higher pressure than other fans and still manage to be quieter
>>102462804but he ate breakfast this morning...
>>102467837The question is "are they the best?" The answer is yes, objectively. Whether they are good value for money is a much more subjective question that I'll leave as an exercise for the reader.
>>102467641that's a nice looking GPU
>>102468003unintended pun
what case fan should I buy? I need one case fan to create positive air pressure
>>102469854I just use A12x25 for everything but the smarter move would probably be to pick a fan that specializes in airflow unless your case has very restrictive intake routes
>>102467530>>102467543The irony of these posts is actually funny
>>102459869Not as many as you think you deranged fuck
>>102453964I just buy Thermaright I like the leds
>>102454085I did that. After a few years got pump whine. It still works but that sound is so fucking annoying.
>>102458194only goy here are you, shilling overpriced shit
>>102453964God that's so fucking cringe. I hate Jews.
The problem with Noctua at this point is the price for some of this shit cannot be justified without being a fanboy or having an unlimited budget. You don't need to pay $50+ for a competent high end air cooler anymore. Thermalright has proven that point for years now. Sure, paying extra for better support and fancier fans is well and good, but at some point it becomes a waste of money. You can pay $40~ to get something competitive with $80+ coolers from other companies, and chances are the fans aren't so much better that it matters to 99% of consumers with normal noise floors in their room. The newest noctua might be the best air cooler (if you buy the right type for a particular CPU), sure, but it's competing on price with decent 360 AIOs and it will never win that fight. $45 for a single fan is actual lunacy, there's no way to justify that price without fanboying.>>102454055Mine is hardly audible at all when my case fans are spinning with it, and even when it ramps up on its own first, it's got a very slight inoffensive hum
I run a $14 AliExpress CPU fan and it's great (noisy af tho)
i dont even know what i runi just let it stockprob should look into deepcool or artic or that chinese one famous
>>102453964Thermalright just do the job, its cheap and silent
I don't care for heavy coolers, but their top line fans are an excellent purchase.
>>102453964bought one for my 7950x but regretted it. it's unnecessarily pricey and I barely use my computer. fuck chatgpt for recommending it.
>>102453964Ultra quiet fans that you cant even hear are bad for autism sensory issues, because you never learn how to mentally filter out the noise if it's just eliminated. I'm not talking about super loud stock PC fans that sound like a jet engine, but just about everything aftermarket is fine. In general I think you shouldnt obsess over getting very quiet fans. learning to cope is sometimes the most valuable thing you can get out of the experience
My rig is outfitted with Deep Cool air cooler and 3 Deep Cool fans
>>102455804>>102475421Kys Chang/Ivan.
If I put enough noctua fans, intel CPUs and Nvidia GPUs into a system can I turn it into an air fryer?
>>102454055I have a Peerless Assassin and at idle speeds, the coil whine of my PSU is louder, at higher loads my GPU gets louder, so I'd say they're pretty good.
>>102455693they were great back in the day but the ball bearing noise isn't pleasant and sleeve fans have improved significantly over the years
>>102475490No, I believe that combination makes you White.
>>102465104They want 25 bux a fan that's insane, you can get a P12 MAX PWM for less than half the price ($10) I can grab a Montech Metal 120 with a 6pole motor instead of the normal 4pole for $10
>>102479192>WHHHHIIIRRRR>HUMMMMMMM>BZZZZZZZZZZNo thanks
>>102453964Quieter than the P12s. If I had the cash I'd get a load of them
