All black build. Need advice on fans!

jallenlabs · Jan 25, 2021

I am in the process of changing one of my pcs color schemes from black/white to all black. I need to replace 7 x 120mm Corsair sp120s. So far I am looking at Fractal, Phanteks and Be Quiet. Who makes the best all black fan (except Noctua, love em, but theyre out of my budget for this one.) My case in is INWIN 303. I have around $100 US budget and shop at newegg or amazon.

If anyone has used any of these fans, lemme know your experience. Thanks!

dirtyferret · Jan 25, 2021

Isn't be quiet almost as expensive as noctua? Phanteks fans are well built and perform great but are way too loud in my opinion. I would go with fractal or be quiet.

FreedomEclipse · Jan 25, 2021

Depends what youre looking for...

I have had good experiences with Fractal venturi fans but being radiator fans they do make a fair amount of noise at full tilt. Be Quiet is probably the best option if you value silence above performance though some people have used their fans on radiators before (even though they might not be the best for them)

Deleted member 193596 · Jan 25, 2021

in my opinion the only bequiet fans that you should buy are the silent wings 3 (all the other ones are mostly crap)

never had fractal case fans but i heard a lot of good stuff about them and phanteks... i don't know the only ones that i had were their RGB Fans and they had an awful whiney motor.

jallenlabs · Jan 25, 2021

Sorry, should have said this is an air cooled build, no water.

dirtyferret said:
Isn't be quiet almost as expensive as noctua? Phanteks fans are well built and perform great but are way too loud in my opinion. I would go with fractal or be quiet.

No, not for the all black fans, Phanteks start at 13.99 and the Noctuas start at 25.99. The Noctua are awesome, I have NF12s on my other rig, but I need 7 of them and thats too much $ for my taste. LOL.

Lots of different takes here. Not sure what to make of em. Thanks for all your advice so far! Starting to wish Noctua grey fans came in all black

Those I know work great and fit the budget and no I wouldn't paint fans in this case.

FreedomEclipse · Jan 25, 2021

Be Quiet fans all the way in that case.

On a side note, why not ARCTIC P12 or P14 fans?

They have had some pretty great reviews and are pretty cheap too

Toothless · Jan 25, 2021

FreedomEclipse said:
Be Quiet fans all the way in that case.

On a side note, why not ARCTIC P12 or P14 fans?

They have had some pretty great reviews and are pretty cheap too

Was just gonna say these. Fantastic for the price.

jallenlabs · Jan 25, 2021

FreedomEclipse said:
Be Quiet fans all the way in that case.

On a side note, why not ARCTIC P12 or P14 fans?

They have had some pretty great reviews and are pretty cheap too

YUP! 72$US for 7 of these. Im gonna go with them and see. If anyone has experience hands on with them, please let me know.
Thanks.

FreedomEclipse · Jan 25, 2021

If you dont like the Arctic logo and stuff on it. Just sharpie it out. Nobody gonna notice the difference

Toothless · Jan 25, 2021

jallenlabs said:
YUP! 72$US for 7 of these. Im gonna go with them and see. If anyone has experience hands on with them, please let me know.
Thanks.

I got mine at 10 for $50-60. Shop around and see about some deals. Have those in two builds and boy do they move air.

jallenlabs · Jan 26, 2021

Toothless said:
I got mine at 10 for $50-60. Shop around and see about some deals. Have those in two builds and boy do they move air.

Sweet! Scoping for the best deal now!

FreedomEclipse said:
If you dont like the Arctic logo and stuff on it. Just sharpie it out. Nobody gonna notice the difference

I can peel the decals off, no problem.

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