what 120mm fan to recommend?

[asposium]

am after some 120mm fans for my server

what do people recommend

noise isn't too much of a concern, neither is LED lit

cheers

[pipTheGeek]

If you are truly not concerned by noise then just buy the cheapest one you can find.
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article63-page1.html has reviews on various fans, their prime concern is noise, but it might give you some suggestions.

[webman]

Heard good things about Noctua fans. supposed to be really quiet

[roorooroo]

I buy the cheapest 120mm fans available..i find they do as good a job as more expensive ones. (if noise doesn't bother you )
I have 3 99p 120mm fans in my case and it's very cool (the temps i mean).

[Will404]

@ webman, noctua are designed to be quiet, and at a premium price, not whats needed.

@pipTheGeek, agreed

If you want loads of cooling and dont care if it is REALLY noisy, then get something like this:http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/120mm...m-Ball-Bearing 190 CFM, but 59DB (for comparison the faster noctua is 48CFM @ 18DB)

[asposium]

holy cow
i might get one to give it a go

[Will404]

holy cow
i might get one to give it a go

You could get 3 or 4 and make a hovering PC

[asposium]

Hmmmm
three for the hdd 4into3 caddies
one rear
two blow holes
and
two side panel
i think then it might be a tad on the noisy side ... even for me

[Will404]

lol, I actually laughed quite loud when I read the ...even for me. You forgot the two or three which you could attach to a CPU cooler, then you will struggle to breathe as all the air in the room is being sucked into the computer. And at £18 each they are not cheep. I would get this then:

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/120mm...an-with-81cfm-!!!!

£6 each so saved about £60 already and they are still faster than most @2400RPM, with ~80CFM, but allot quieter - 39DB.

Remember your free scan shipping now you have over 20 posts (if you buy from scan over £20):
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[pipTheGeek]

59db has got to be too loud. That is almost loud enough that if it was a work PC you would have to wear ear defenders!
@will404 80CFM?!?! That is over 1CF per second! That means it could empty your average pc case of air in around 1 second!
Maybe something less extreme is called for. Unless you (okay, I admit I want to try it) fancy the hovering PC?

[Saracen]

...... 190 CFM, .....

As asposium so aptly said, Holy Cow.

But unless he's trying to build a wind tunnel rather than a server case, that might be overkill. Still, it'd be good for sucking out any PC components that aren't bolted down as well as the hot air.

The only thing I'd suggest is that instead of just buying the cheapest possible, to look for decent bearings. Cheap ones tend to have sleeve bearings that tend to dry out, gunge up and slow down or stop. I'd look for a decent brand (like Delta) and for ball bearings. They tend to last longer.

[Sam.Raptor]

I like Akasa Case fans, when I ordered my £10~£15 Zen case, I got like 3 fans with it, ventilation everywhere and a nice design for a good price.

[Gibbo]

Heard good things about Noctua fans. supposed to be really quiet

They're not as quiet as advertised.
I have a Noctua 12 on my Noctua CPU cooler - it is quite loud tbh - however my mobo does insist on spinning it @1358rpm all the time !!!


If noise is an issue do not bother with Antec tri-cool fans - I've tried 2 and both sounded like compressors on turbofan engines......whooooooooooosh

[Pob255]

lol, I actually laughed quite loud when I read the ...even for me. You forgot the two or three which you could attach to a CPU cooler, then you will struggle to breathe as all the air in the room is being sucked into the computer. And at £18 each they are not cheep. I would get this then:

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/120mm...an-with-81cfm-!!!!

£6 each so saved about £60 already and they are still faster than most @2400RPM, with ~80CFM, but allot quieter - 39DB.

Remember your free scan shipping now you have over 20 posts (if you buy from scan over £20):
http://forums.hexus.net/scan-care-he...tup-guide.html
http://forums.hexus.net/scan-care-he...0-07-08-a.html

If you want cheap high air volume air flow, I can fully recogmend these sharkoon fans, they move a heck of a lot of air However they are noisy but that's the trade off

Depending on what your server is and how vital air flow is, I'd sugest ball baring over a sleeve baring.
and you may want to consider LED fans
ok that might sound odd but I've got a reason, simply that if a fan fails then the lack of light should show you stirght off if/which has died.
I would also strongly sugest, dust filters and regular cleaning, haveing high air flow running 24/7 will collect a lot of dust.

[madmaca]

I recently bought a couple of Scythe Kaze Jyuni 1200rpm "slipstream" fans. Wanted something pretty silent and these fit the bill perfectly but still give good CFM performance. Were just £6 each too

- Air volume at full speed (12V), CFM ±10% 68.5
- Noise level at full speed (12V), dB(A) 24.0
- Fan speed at full speed (12V), RPM ±10% 1200
- MTBF 3.5 years

I use one on the intake and 1 on the CPU cooler in my Cosmos case and my CPU temp rarely goes above 42degrees even under load. The whole system is very very quiet - about as noisy as my Shuttle in fact

If you ain't so bothered about noise - they do a 1900rpm version too that pushes 110CFM with 34dba...

[asposium]

i have heard many good things about the Scythe fans.