Noctua's color does get some getting used to, but they are really silent and push a good amount of air. I have about seven 240mm ones in my case since the 800D has mediocre air cooling if you don't add extra fans and it's really silent. The video cards make a ton more noise than them. I don't regret buying them at all, but there are other great brands out there as well.
Scythe GentleTyphoon's are good, though some of the BitFenix fans have better airflow even if they are louder. Depends on which you want, great air flow or low noise. I don't mind the GentleTyphoon, I am using one along with a Fractal case fan in my H80 and it works fine. The Corsair fans suck, that much is for sure, they squeak and have horrid air flow.
Ended up using CM Sickleflows because I had enough goddamn fans lying around that I wasn't using :P no notable difference on temps.
Moar photos because I feel like..
WoW Character: Wintel - Frostmourne (OCE)
Gaming rig: i7 7700K, GTX 1080 Ti, 16GB DDR4, BenQ 144hz 1440p
Signature art courtesy of Blitzkatze
And turn the PSU so we can see the gold X
Don't know what Seasonic was thinking making a bottom-mounted PSU with the big gold X on the other side -_-
WoW Character: Wintel - Frostmourne (OCE)
Gaming rig: i7 7700K, GTX 1080 Ti, 16GB DDR4, BenQ 144hz 1440p
Signature art courtesy of Blitzkatze
got some new parts in:
EK XTX-240, and a Black Ice 360, along with Koolance black tubing, and a serial pump adapter for the RP-402X2
also, to show how thick these are, on the left is a standard 35mm 120 radiator, the EK in the middle, and the Black Ice on the right:
the planned loop is:
RES>PUMP>PUMP>CPU>360RAD>GPU=GPU>240RAD>RES
I own 4 of them and there's no way they were that loud at max RPM's (I run them at low/medium anyway). They don't exactly smash records in quietness or pushing air, but that's why they're dirt cheap. I've seen plenty of people with whole cases rigged with nothing but Sickleflows.
WoW Character: Wintel - Frostmourne (OCE)
Gaming rig: i7 7700K, GTX 1080 Ti, 16GB DDR4, BenQ 144hz 1440p
Signature art courtesy of Blitzkatze
60mm radiators best radiators... I almost got a 80mm 'monsta', but honestly the sweetspot for low RPM is 45-60mm thickness and 8-11 FPI.
Here are some relative figures for a case with 6 120mm Gentle Typhoon 1450RPM fans plus 1 Kama Flex 135mm 800 RPM fan with an iPhone app SPL at ~1M distance.
1450RPM = 33.5dBA
1200RPM = 30.0dBA
900RPM = 26.8dBA
550RPM = 26.0dBA
Those are fantastic numbers, though there is slight caveat. They have a very noticeable drone at certain RPM...You can massage the voltages to get rid of the drone, but that requires a stepped/square fan curve rather than a smooth one.
If you don't mind less static pressure, I heartily recommend Scythe Kama Flow 2s...as far as I can tell they are quieter than the venerable S-FLEX fans they replaced.
Guys, please. If you want to discuss fans or fan noise just create a new thread. Also please note the computer chat thread (check the stickies) where you can have all your "chatter".
Just to clarify: don't "chit-chat" in this thread; this thread is for posting computer builds. As mentioned earlier you are very much allowed to comment and discuss the builds posted, but it gets a bit too off-topic when you start to compare fans and fan noise. It just doesn't belong here.
Adding some newer pictures, figured I'd just quote my post from way back in early February.
"wtf?"
In regards to the other smaller computer, that is in the Cooler Master Storm Enforcer - that I built for a friend's younger sister, that includes:
Galaxy GTX 560
P8Z68 V-LX
i5-2400
Corsair Vengeance 1600MHz 8GB RAM
Corsair TX 650 watt PSU (my old PSU!)
7 Home Premium 64 bit
And since I often talk about my drumset but have hardly shown any pictures of it, here's a picture a friend took of me (with a Canon 6 something DSLR camera, no doubt, too) - in it I am analyzing the sound of a drum for tuning purposes. :P I hate untuned... I had also just gotten new resonant and batter side heads, $150~ in total. >_< Being a drummer enthusiast AND computer enthusiast is so bloody expensive, good thing I gave up on coin collecting. lol
MOBO - Gigabyte z68ap-d3
CPU - i5 2500k @ 4.4ghz / coolermaster vortex plus
GPU - 7970 @ 1125/1600
SSD - Kingston 64gb SSDNow
HDD - 1 TB Samsung Sata 3 (don't remember the rest)
HDD - 500 GB Samsung Sata 2
Sound Card - ASUS Xonar DX
8 GB Kingston 1600mhz
Case - Coolermaster USP 100
Edifier X100 2.1 speakers
Steelseries Siberia v2 Headset
Benq 24 inch, 1920x1080
LG 21 inch, 1600x900
Xbox 360 controller
http://imgur.com/kqe0C,vNWq1#0
Not even funny how easy the 7970 overclocks.
Last edited by Naididae; 2012-04-26 at 01:34 AM.
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Indeed fancy stuff Deltrus. Fun also getting to build systems for others, a lot cheaper then building another machine for oneself just to satisfy the need for building stuff ;O
I build for a friend but he can rarely pay for components, so he gets my old stuff. Hoping that I soon will be allowed to build a video encoding machine and a HTPC where I work, for the company's money, of course ;O.
Thanks much, Rennadrel and Wries! And I totally agree Wries! As much as I DESPISED working in the Storm Enforcer, it was still so great to have another rig to build!
And for those of you not paying attention to the keyboard thread I made (perhaps you just have no clue what to say), here's a treat from it.