need a 120mm fan recommendation

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Ok guys so I bought an aerocool coolview case and the fan in the back isn't powerful enough. I've got it set at 100% on the fanbus and it doesn't move the air that I need it to. It's dead silent at 100% so I know that it meant for silence. I'd rather have a higher volume fan that I can slow down instead. So here's the req's.

1. I'd like for the new fan to move at least 80ish cfm on its highest setting.
2. I'd like it to be blue LED's to provide some illumination for the case.
4. Decent brand.
3. I'd like it to be RPM monitoring capable if possible.

What do you guys think?
 
what do you guys think of the antec tricools or the aerocools turbine fans? Either of those might fit my criteria.
 
Be a bit careful about balancing intake-flow vs. exhaust-flow.

With fans in series-flow combination, total air flow will be restricted to the flow of the lower-flow fan.

I tried some combinations in my case (Single rear exhaust with single front intake for front-to-back air-flow). Panaflo 120mm M1A rear exhaust with Nexus 'silent' 120mm front intake produced the same case temps as a single Nexus silent fan. Panaflo M1A alone produced cooler case temps.

Hope this helps!
 
Neither of those fans are "The Quietest on the Market" but they are fairly nice, quite innovative, and look damn nice (when used correctly). The Tricool has an alright reputation as well.
 
gud4u said:
Be a bit careful about balancing intake-flow vs. exhaust-flow.

With fans in series-flow combination, total air flow will be restricted to the flow of the lower-flow fan.

I tried some combinations in my case (Single rear exhaust with single front intake for front-to-back air-flow). Panaflo 120mm M1A rear exhaust with Nexus 'silent' 120mm front intake produced the same case temps as a single Nexus silent fan. Panaflo M1A alone produced cooler case temps.

Hope this helps!
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Yeah I think that's my real problem. I've got the dual radiator with 2 120mm fans dumping heat into the case and one low speed fan in the back trying to exhaust it all.
 
Arcygenical said:
Neither of those fans are "The Quietest on the Market" but they are fairly nice, quite innovative, and look damn nice (when used correctly). The Tricool has an alright reputation as well.
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I'm not looking for the quietest really, I've got a fanbus that will allow me to slow them to a reasonable level. Either way they'll be able to pull the hot air out when I need to turn the rear up.
 
Nexfan has a nice looking fan that fits your specs, happens to be on sale for a great price:

http://www.nexfan.com/quad-led-blue120mm-fan.html

also has double ball bearing, unusual for led fan.

noise rating is a bit high for me, but I still ordered 4 of em for that price. should be here in a few days.

I've been using ThermalTake Thunderblade A1926's for some time with very good results:

http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/product/DCfan/LEDfan/thunderblade/thunderblade120/thunderblade120.asp

These don't have as high cfm rating as Nexfan's sale product, but don't make as much noise either. Great for a heat sink such as ThermalRight's SI-120 or the ThermalTake Big Typhoon.

Either fan should look very nice, been using the Tt ones on SI-120's in Tt Armor black case with window (Tyan S2895 mb & dual Opty's with a big 120 led on each). The A1926 comes with Tt's iCage, one of which comes in their Armor case. Added 2 more of them to the Armor for a very nice 3-fan look behind the black mesh filters. Keeps everything very cool too. Don't need any ccfl stuff with that many led fans.
 
I'm using four of the 120mm antec tricool's in my case. they are quiet on the low and medium settings, the high setting i can hear. no fanspeed control other than the switch on the fan, however you could just set the fan speed to high and then run the power connection through a rheostat switch to control the speed. That would also dim the leds if you turned it down.
 
Received the sale-price fans from that Nexfan place today. They push a lot of air, rated 85 cfm, and probably make the rated noise also, about 40dBA. Not a brand name, but says they are double ball bearing, which should last quite some time. For a case fan application, would be fine.

Been using ThermalTake A2018's on Opty cpu's for a while now:

http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/2005/dcfans/led/bluesmart.htm

These are rated at 93.7 cfm and 46.5 dBA at full voltage, and that rating seems correct compared to other fans. Lots of airflow, lots of noise. One feature of these particular fans is that when using the included fan speed controller, the led's don't go dim. A different controller would have to be connected to the fan like the one that comes with it, wouldn't be that difficult; need further wiring mods to report rpm though.
 
I just picked up a Thermatake Thunderblade at my local Radioshack today actually. Man these things really do push some air. Im really impressed with them. It did cost my 15 for one fan though, so it is pricey. I just really needed it as my other one that came with the case just stopped working today.
 
I just ordered some Yate-loons off of Jab-tech for real cheap and got a Sunbeam fan controller while I was at it. Then for lighting I just got a Sunbeam Chameleon. LED fans in general are not that great. They're either too loud or don't move enough air, sometimes both. Nexus Silent fans are Yate Loons undervolted to spin at 1000 rpm instead of 1350. That's why I got the controller so I could control the fan speed. For the price of one Nexus, I got 5 Yate-Loons. It's a bargain if you ask me. Leaves you money to get a cool looking fan controller and a lighting kit. :D
 
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