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post #1 of 11
3/17/13 at 4:34pm
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I'm upgrading all of my fans soon and I'd like to get some quality blue led fans. I love the way the Cougar ones look, but they're $20 per 1 fan!

Do any of you have any experience with them?
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post #2 of 11
3/17/13 at 4:38pm
I have a couple of the non-led 12cm 1200 rpm fans, they are pretty darn quiet and push a decent amount of air. For a comparison one of the cougar fans cools as well as the stock thermalright fan running @ 1500 rpm while being a tad quieter. Not many decent reviews on them but they're pretty nice fans. Good quality, semi-sleeved cable, quiet, decent air flow. Their pwm controlled brothers seem to have whining issues when you drop them from max rpm.
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post #3 of 11
3/17/13 at 4:40pm
Tator Tot gives them high marks in his fan thread, and that's all the review I need.
Edited by Laylow - 3/17/13 at 6:23pm
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post #4 of 11
3/17/13 at 4:51pm
It seems like COUGAR CF-V12HP is the one to go with. COUGAR Dual-X blades 12CM is a tad bit quieter but less air flow at higher RPM. I think the LED's is making the price that much higher.


$13.99 - 800RPM, 70.5 CFM = 17.9dB
v.s.
$19.99 - 1200 RPM, 64.37 CFM = 16.6 dBA
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post #5 of 11
3/17/13 at 4:57pm

I have them and they seem to do a very good job, and I can't hear them. I am unsure if there are better brands for the money, as I am no fan guru... all I know is I like the ones I have thumbsupsmiley.png

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post #6 of 11
3/17/13 at 4:58pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by six3onei View Post

It seems like COUGAR CF-V12HP is the one to go with. COUGAR Dual-X blades 12CM is a tad bit quieter but less air flow at higher RPM. I think the LED's is making the price that much higher.


$13.99 - 800RPM, 70.5 CFM = 17.9dB
v.s.
$19.99 - 1200 RPM, 64.37 CFM = 16.6 dBA

800-1500 rpm, thats the PWM version of their 12cm fan
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post #7 of 11
3/17/13 at 5:00pm
Whether they're worth $20 is debatable, but finding something that looks the way you want is priceless.
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3/17/13 at 5:16pm
I have (and am) using quite a few of the Cougar fans and like them very much. As far as them being worth the asking price. Fans are a great example of 'you get what you pay for'
The Vortex Hydro-Dynamic-Bearing (Fluid) are very good. quiet and smooth with a long bearing life. If you are planning to use them for liquid cooling they have a pretty good static pressure rating of 2.2 mm H²O. I used them for a while in my Cosmos 2 rads
and they look good I thought. I did replace them with CM Excalibur's for their static pressure of almost 4mm H²O


I think they look great smile.gif


I am currently using them as case fans and even at highest RPM they remain very quiet if that is a requisite for you.
In short, and in my opinion , they are well worth the $16-20 premium.

Here is some info on the Cougar line from Newegg/Cougar:






Edited by Red1776 - 3/17/13 at 5:22pm
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post #9 of 11
3/17/13 at 5:47pm
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Wow thanks for the info guys!

Yea with my build the LED's are a must
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6/12/13 at 10:04am
Just pulled the trigger on two COUGAR Dual-X blades 12CM Blue + a NZXT 2meter of blue leds biggrin.gif
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