So far ML Pro are giving me the best cooling & noise performance to date.ĮK Vardars do have an annoying whine coil in them once you hit around 1000 rpm. I have used fans from Noctua to EK Vardar's for my rads. I can tell you I'm very impressed with ML Pro fans. Even at low rpm you should get better CFM then whats reported. However 120 can hit the 95 range & 140 are way above the 100 range. I believe it's reported the fans do max of 75 CFM or something around their. I can tell you Corsair ML series does better then what Corsair reports, Specially with the CFM data. I believe Amazon & Newegg are selling them for around 22 to 24 dollars per fan right now.ĭon't use the company's data charts, usually they are off when comparing them to real world usage. As I say, my priority is silence, but obviously I want decent cooling, so a fair balance needs to be struck. I don't need PWM necessarily, either or really, so if a non-PWM variety is best, so be it. The NB Eloops did catch my eye as well, but I've seen mixed reviews. Interestingly the Phanteks 140MP fans seem to rate quite highly in that chart above, and they are quite cheap. I can't say they're overly loud, but they do have a bit of whine.
I'm currently using some Phanteks 140SP fans I had, but I don't like the noise. I only have a CPU in the loop currently with a single 280 rad, so I don't need crazy air performance, silence is my goal, but I will be OC'ing so I want to keep temps in check. Has me intrigued as to the ML140 and how that will fair on my rad, but they are very expensive fans, more than I was initially intending to spend. However, I have a Pro 120 as a case fan currently (it was given to me), and it's virtually silent. I'd actually written them off due to having the basic non-LED ML120's on a rad before and finding they had a sound I did not care for. I was not looking at the High Speed version though, so I don't know how that would compare. Looking at that link above, it seems at the speeds I'd be running at (below 1000), the SW3 is one of noisiest? Which seems odd in light of the overall positive conclusion the review comes to.
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