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120mm fan advice plz!

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I just got a Raidmax Smilodon-EB case and needless to say the stock fans for intake and exhaust dont move any air at all. They would've done just as well to leave open vents actually.
Anyway, I'm looking for some recommendations on good 120mm fans for the bottom front intake and rear exhaust. I saw a couple coolermaster fans on Newegg that seemed ok but I don't wanna get burned. I'm looking to move a lot of air thru this case and in my opinion a little noise is ok as long as it doesn't sound like a jet plane.
Any help is greatly appreciated.


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Get some yate loons. The "lows" are great and move a nice amount of air.
http://www.jab-tech.com/YATE-LOON-12...2-pr-3009.html
Case fans I would go for Scythe Slipstreams. Of course, they're not good heatsink fans due to weak static pressure but great case fans (due to high CFM).
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Case fans I would go for Scythe Slipstreams. Of course, they're not good heatsink fans due to weak static pressure but great case fans (due to high CFM).

This, getting mine 5 december... can't wait!
I would recommend getting the 1900RPM's with a fan controller
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Personally, these are some fans that i have been using in my case for airflow and on my heatsink and believe it or not they do have good static preasure.
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Get some yate loons. The "lows" are great and move a nice amount of air.
http://www.jab-tech.com/YATE-LOON-12...2-pr-3009.html

Seconded. Slipstreams would only make more noise with only a marginal airflow improvement.
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Theres a reason most OEM's use yate loons. They're quiet as hell and push a ton of air.
Thanx for the suggestions.
I was also looking at these. Any thoughts?
Yeah, those are good for case fans.
CoolerMaster R4.
or you can use what i've just bought for my new casing - IF you can even find these fans around your area.

check out the AVC F1225B12V.
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Thanx for the suggestions.
I was also looking at these. Any thoughts?

those are great fans.
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I recently bough a few of those CM R4 fans, they're really quiet unless blowing directly onto something and they move a ton of air. Would recommend
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Noctua NF-P12

Pros
  • moves tons of air
  • quiet
  • 6 year warranty
Cons
  • fugly
  • pricey
I thought the noctua 120mm only moved ~50cfm... They are quiet though.
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moves tons of air

No it doesn't...
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No it doesn't...

You're right - not tons. After a little checking it looks like the SilenX IXP-76-18 moves ~70% more CFM @ close to the same RPM and noise.
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