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My trusty Yate Loons (D12SM-12) have all started to make noise (clicking or buzzing) after 9 years in service. I've tried doing some searching and a lot of information is from 5+ years ago or contains contradictory results. I'm looking for some suggestions, and I have two products as starting points. I will need 8 fans to cover my bases - six on the main rad, one on the small rad, and one at the front of the case. I also have a Lamptron CM430 fan controller w/ 30 watts per channel I can use to manage their speed with 3/4 pin, or I could reuse my old 12/7v switch I made for molex fans which is currently being used.
1) Noctua NF-F12 iPPC-3000 fans, started because Newegg has them on sale right now and Noctua comes up a lot in my research. I can get them for $18.39 each right now. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608052 I would need some splitters to get all of them on the controller which only has 2 channels open (other two are controlling my pumps,) looks like three of these https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812423163 would cost me $11.90 including shipping, bringing my total to $159.04.
2) Gentle typhoons come up a lot, and it looks like a good option would be the darkside gentyle typhoons that there are several versions of on frozencpu (also sold through amazon.) On frozencpu the 68 cfm one is on sale for $19.95 each http://www.performance-pcs.com/dark...radiator-fan-2150rpm-68cfm-black-edition.html I could pick up an 8 way splitter http://www.performance-pcs.com/dark...x-fan-y-splitter-cable-jet-black-sleeved.html from frozencpu for $11.99, so this total with free shipping would be $171.59. Having the splitter be one piece is nice for cable management, but this would all be behind the mobo tray so not a big deal.
3) An alternate to the splitters, I could pick up a hub that would use the pwm to control the fans, which may be smarter in my case. Looks like something such as this Electop unit would be perfect - https://www.amazon.com/Electop-Chassis-Cooling-Molex-Controller/dp/B071KNT7FW/ It's also a whole dollar cheaper at $10.99, although then I have to wait for a second delivery through nice n slow prime. My only concern is my 8700k spikes up quite a lot under even a short load at full cpu speed, will drive me crazy if I'm constantly hearing whoosh, quiet, whoosh, quiet. I might be happier just running the fans constantly at a tolerable level?
So price-wise on the fans, we're only talking $12.55, so I'd much rather go with the superior fan for my situation. My radiators are a Thermochill PA120.3 and a Swiftech MCR120, but really the ability to keep them from making odd noise when horizontal with the controller is a top concern so that's why I didn't post in the watercooling sub specifically. I am open to other suggestions of course, but this is where I'm thinking right now. Not sure how long the sales will last, knowing newegg it probably expires tonight. Thank you!
My trusty Yate Loons (D12SM-12) have all started to make noise (clicking or buzzing) after 9 years in service. I've tried doing some searching and a lot of information is from 5+ years ago or contains contradictory results. I'm looking for some suggestions, and I have two products as starting points. I will need 8 fans to cover my bases - six on the main rad, one on the small rad, and one at the front of the case. I also have a Lamptron CM430 fan controller w/ 30 watts per channel I can use to manage their speed with 3/4 pin, or I could reuse my old 12/7v switch I made for molex fans which is currently being used.
1) Noctua NF-F12 iPPC-3000 fans, started because Newegg has them on sale right now and Noctua comes up a lot in my research. I can get them for $18.39 each right now. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608052 I would need some splitters to get all of them on the controller which only has 2 channels open (other two are controlling my pumps,) looks like three of these https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812423163 would cost me $11.90 including shipping, bringing my total to $159.04.
2) Gentle typhoons come up a lot, and it looks like a good option would be the darkside gentyle typhoons that there are several versions of on frozencpu (also sold through amazon.) On frozencpu the 68 cfm one is on sale for $19.95 each http://www.performance-pcs.com/dark...radiator-fan-2150rpm-68cfm-black-edition.html I could pick up an 8 way splitter http://www.performance-pcs.com/dark...x-fan-y-splitter-cable-jet-black-sleeved.html from frozencpu for $11.99, so this total with free shipping would be $171.59. Having the splitter be one piece is nice for cable management, but this would all be behind the mobo tray so not a big deal.
3) An alternate to the splitters, I could pick up a hub that would use the pwm to control the fans, which may be smarter in my case. Looks like something such as this Electop unit would be perfect - https://www.amazon.com/Electop-Chassis-Cooling-Molex-Controller/dp/B071KNT7FW/ It's also a whole dollar cheaper at $10.99, although then I have to wait for a second delivery through nice n slow prime. My only concern is my 8700k spikes up quite a lot under even a short load at full cpu speed, will drive me crazy if I'm constantly hearing whoosh, quiet, whoosh, quiet. I might be happier just running the fans constantly at a tolerable level?
So price-wise on the fans, we're only talking $12.55, so I'd much rather go with the superior fan for my situation. My radiators are a Thermochill PA120.3 and a Swiftech MCR120, but really the ability to keep them from making odd noise when horizontal with the controller is a top concern so that's why I didn't post in the watercooling sub specifically. I am open to other suggestions of course, but this is where I'm thinking right now. Not sure how long the sales will last, knowing newegg it probably expires tonight. Thank you!
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