I’m really looking forward to see how the NB-eLoops behave in my build!ġ. I can fit 29-30mm fans no problem as the Corsais 400C is pretty spacious. Wow, thank you so much for the answer! ? Looking at your tests it seems that silent wings 3 seem to bit almost anything else in terms of noise vs airflow? Is that it? Any idea how do they compare with the NF-A14 in this aspect? But to get more fans to test for myself that would be quite an impossible endeavour ? When i get the 1080TI i would need to find the minimal rpm where airflow is sufficient to keep the card under 80degrees. What would you recommend now as 140mm front intake fans if best airflow at lowest noise level would be the priority? So… hoping you’ve sticked around to the end of the question ? Unfortunaly they are uncharacteristically noisy as i think they have some dust issues so i cant make a lot of noise judgements. I need to give those back as they are a friends. I’ve done some tests with two Noctua NF-Arpm as intakes running at fixed 600rpm and GPU temperatures improved quiet a bit (>4 degrees) with a lesser improvement on CPU temps (>2-3degrees).
#Silent wings 3 120mm pwm upgrade
I plan to upgrade the front fans from 120mm to 140mm quiet ones for increased airflow. Trouble is i’m upgrading to a Strix 1080TI in the next weeks and i know that will output a lot more heat. Under gaming load, the GPU running at the slowest fan speed overpowers everything else, so that is limit to how low i can go. The system is close to inaudible at idle while on my desk at 70cm from me. With this setup, both cpu and gpu are under 80 degrees under any gaming load. Front intake fans are pressed against the dust filter but nothing else behind to impeed airflow. – two Noctua NF-S12A 120mm 1200rpm PWM as front intakes (one feeding the CPU, one feeding the GPU), controlled by the GPU fan controller, they only turn on at fixed 600rpm when GPU is under heavy loadįront panel is off as that seems to provide >6degrees drop in temps with almost no noise increase. – a Noctua NF-S12A 120mm 1200rpm PWM as rear intake fixed at 600rpm – Asus Strix 1070OC with memory and core OC, fans fixed at minimal rpm (1400rpm), only turn on over 60 degrees – Intel at 1.368v, cooled by a Noctua NH-D15 running at fixed 300rpm I’m mostly there now with my current config, but i’m going to upgrade by GPU soon and that will generate a lot heat more in my case causing me to rethink things a bit. What i’m trying to achieve is a dead quiet system (idle and load) while keeping thermals in check. I am looking for answers myself after doing a lot of time thermal and noise tests and learning things the hard way. I’ve been devouring it bit by big these days ?
#Silent wings 3 120mm pwm Pc
Let’s now take a good look at the fans on the next page.Ĭan’t say how happy i was to found your website ! ? I’ve seen reference to thermalbench in a gamersnexus video about thermal testing and when they said “this guys knows about thermals”, i said i got to get there ?Īll the incredible reviews on cooling gear – wow, it’s just what a pc builder needs! And really unique objective tests that I’ve yet to see anywhere else. These are 140 x 140 x 25 mm square frame fans with a similar twist to the Silent Wings 2 fans in that the corners are removable and exchangeable. The warranty of 3 years comes as a let down then, as such confidence would be better accompanied with a 5 year warranty. Both have their new 6-pole motor which is fairly efficient as seen from the power ratings above, and both have their FDB bearing resulting in a promised lifetime of a whopping 300, 000 hours.
Both are rated at 1600 RPM which is relatively high-speed considering the non high-speed version tops off at 1000 RPM. That aside, they are identical in every other way sans the mode of fan control and fan cable connector of course. All of these are on a single adapter, in fact). Note that the PWM version is missing the 12 V to 7 V and 12 V to 5 V adapter (and also a 12 V from PSU adapter, as we will see. Let’s take a look at the specs of the non-PWM version courtesy the product page, noting that the PWM version has similar specs and is just short on some accessories:īe quiet! is so consistent in having a detailed, comprehensive set of product specifications that I can copy-paste this section and not bat an eye doing so. So let’s thank be quiet! again, and get on with it. This is a higher speed rated version of the “standard” 140 mm Silent Wings 3 fans and, as with the others, comes in both PWM and DC control flavors to choose from. This will be the fourth, and final, article covering the new be quiet! Silent Wings 3 fans with the 120 mm, 140 mm and 120 mm High-Speed fans previously covered.