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Noctua or Cooler Master ?

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Hello.
Can you tell me,please,which is better ?
Noctua or Cooler Master ? Case fan, 120 mm
I wanna have a better airflow,don't care about silence...
So many people said Noctua is very silence, but i heard, Cooler Master is better as Noctua,i'm talking about the airflow.
Thanks.
 
If you don't care about silence, a Sanyo Denki, Panaflo, or Delta is up your alley.

Personally, from those two choices you list, I would go with the Noctua. You also have the option of Yate Loon, which are damn good for the price.
 
The Scythe Slipstream do a great job in my case and theyre around $9 shipped.
 
I've heard that enermax blow their specs out of proportion (grossly, not subtly like most manufacturers). the scythe slipstreams are great for vertical mount esp. for the price, if you need any for horizontal mount the s-flex are pretty great. the noctua nf-s12b flx are pretty good for flow, but the nf-p12 aren't so great if you need static pressure (they've been tested to be pretty weak), if you need the static pressure the scythe gentletyphoon models would be the cheaper way to go for better performance (these types of fans with higher static pressure are better for heat sinks and low-fin density, for high-fin density rads you'll really want the more expensive fans like the sanyo denki, panaflow, delta mentioned earlier).

my advice would point to the slipstreams or s-flex for case fans, lol.
 
Go with the the Thermalright Cogage Arrow. At that price it also outperforms the Noctua. I read several reviews on it.
 
I haven't read a single bad thing about the Magma and I have one and it's been fine. It blows a pretty good amount of air.
 
He seems to be talking strictly about FANS and not heatsinks, correct?

Coolermaster makes at least 2 great 120mm fans:

- CM Blademaster: designed for high-pressure through a restriction (heatsink, radiator). It's probably more forceful than anything Noctua makes because Noctua fans don't seem to provide high pressure.
- CM R4 (9-blades): Also good through a heatsink/radiator, but quieter = can be used as a case fan.

Noctua makes some high quality bearings, so most people don't object to their sound signature. However in terms of absolute noise output for the same volume of airflow, they don't seem to be any better (and they are certain worse through any restriction).

http://hardforum.com/showpost.php?p=1036079863&postcount=15 - Here is a recent post of mine concerning fan options.

I've lost my folder with default links/information for given topics, so I guess I won't be so specific when helping people until I rebuild that resource. :(
 
Enermax fans are definitely silent, but yes they do grossly underestimate their flow capabilities. At least that is what it seems like.

Cooler Master and Noctua fans. Both quiet but the Noctua's produce better temperatures so I assume they have more airflow, and I do not really mind the noise that they do produce. I've got 5x 120mm and 2x 140mm Noctua's in my desktop now and loving it.
 
argh, yeah. I totally forgot about the yate loons, awesome prices for what they are, if you can get them cheaper than the slipstreams (which is definitely possible) they're well worth it. I wouldn't use the sleeve bearing for horizontal mount though, they just don't last w/o maintenance.
 
You seem to be pretty dead set on the Cooler Master fan. It is definitely going to be the cheaper of the two. But, it seems it'll also be a tad louder and push less air.

What are you using this for? Simple outtake or on a heatsink/radiator?
 
skizzled said:
You seem to be pretty dead set on the Cooler Master fan. It is definitely going to be the cheaper of the two. But, it seems it'll also be a tad louder and push less air.

What are you using this for? Simple outtake or on a heatsink/radiator?
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Actually i have the HAF 922 case.
In the front i have 1 x 200 mm, same one , on top.
In the rear i have 1 x 120 mm Noctua, and i wanna get 1 more,on the bottom of the case.
And some people said, Cooler Master are much better than Noctua.
Noctua is just silent, tha't it. I wish i could get another 1 x 200 mm to fix it on the bottom of the case, but i think it's not gonna fit.
 
Cooler Master's rile bearing fans are great for cases - very quiet and high airflow, good in any orientation, but low static pressure. However, the Cooler Master fan you linked appears to be a sleeve bearing fan.
 
for a simple case fan static pressure shouldn't matter too much, but both of those fans you have linked don't have very high static pressure any way. since it sounds like you need one for horizontal mount, the noctua will probably last longer, but if you're not against fan maintenance both should last 'till the motor goes. sleeve bearing tend to wear out more quickly than any other in a horizontal mount, but it can be countered by lubing the bearing when it starts to sound differently. fluid bearing eventually need to be refilled too, but should still last longer w/o. rifle bearings should also last longer than sleeve in a horizontal mount.
 
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