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r/watercooling • … • u/udenizc

Fan choice between EK Vardar F4-120ER and be Quiet! Silent Wings 3 High Speed PWM

Pretty much what it says in the title. I like the aesthetics of the EK fans better and they are just slightly cheaper, but significant difference in performance / dB has the priority over it. Will there be a noticeable difference in noise or performance between the two? I know that Thermalbench says the Silent Wings are pretty much the best performance / dB radiator fans, but it doesn't really specify how much more real world performance they offer. I'll be running 240+360mm of HWLabs Nemesis GTS in a single GPU loop. How much will I gain by going with the Silent Wings and will they be significantly quieter than the Vardars? Will the difference be worth the marginally higher price and going for the "worse looking" fans?

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