What's a good, quiet rad fan in 2019?

[Celeron_Phreak]

I'm running a DeepCool Captain 240EX AIO on my 4770k at 4.5GHz right now. I finally did a delid and threw some conductonaut under the IHS, kryonaut under the cooler, and load temps under stress testing dropped to 80c. Previously it was hitting 100c and throttling.

I'm going to be comfortable with this build for awhile, and since I'm getting back into the swing of things, PC wise, I thought I would tuen in the cooling a bit more.

Currently I am running the 120mm BeQuiet! Silent Wings 3 1450 RPM, PWM fans on the rad, but wondering if there is something that would do better on the rad than these. PWM is a bit of a necessity. At idle, I need the low noise, but I don't mind having fans ramping up under load or while gaming. I have a headset on when gaming, so the noise won't bug me.

 

[ShrimpBrime]

If you add another rad, you could spin 6 fans at half the speed and cfm as the silent wings.
If you had enough surface area, you could almost passively cool, turning fans on only when really needed.
Just an idea, not sure what fans are quite, I like mine load and high cfm, like my 120 deltas that really can scream! lol.

 

[Zerileous]

So you're wanting something that can be quiet at lower RPM but hit high CFM/static pressure specs at 100%? Do you care about looks or RGB? If I'm understanding correctly, the Gentle Typhoon fans are well regarded for this. https://www.amazon.com/Nidec-Gentle-Typhoon-D1225C12B5AP-Silent/dp/B017UX9DRA?th=1 or the Noctua that looks just like a Gentle Typhoon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07C5VG64V/ref=psdc_11036291_t2_B017UX9DRA or the EK that looks just like a Gentle Typhoon and happens to be on sale for $8 a piece for display models: https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-vardar-f4-120er-type-p017-bulk#ow_alert_box

 

[yoadknux]

The new Noctua fan is pretty good. Has a funny name, a12x25 or something like that. But to be honest on CPU cooling you don't need the best fans in my opinion. It doesn't matter if your peak temps are 70c or 80c. That said, as an owner of the be quiet fans, they aren't great on radiators. Even SP120s outperform them on equal RPM, but they are quieter.
On GPU cooling its worth it to invest in good fans because the GPU down clocks and power limits as a function of the temperature so the difference between 50c and 60c could be noticed.

 

[Celeron_Phreak]

I ordered a few of those F4120ER displays to try them out.

I completely forgot, as well, that the AIO setup came with the DeepCool TF 120 fans. I never ran them myself, but thinking they might just outperform these Silent Wings.

 

[thecube]

I found this review helpful:
https://www.anandtech.com/show/6177...or-fan-testing-eight-fans-with-corsairs-h80/5
The corsair sp120 looked like the best choice to me.

 

[godevskii]

Corsair SP are NOT quiet at all, in fact they are very loud.