Prolimotech Armageddon fans

[Your_friendly_gamer]

Hey all, I have used a few cpu coolers, hyper 212, titan fenrir, fenrir xmas edition, prolimotech megha. And recently I just took advantage of the ncix sale for an Armageddon and was wondering whcih fans should I use. I am thinking of either getting Enermax T.B.Vegas Duo Blue&Red UCTVD14A 140x140x25mm (700-1500rpm) (15dBA) Twister Bearing Chassis Fan | Canada Computers or noctua 140 mm fans. If there is something else please let me know. I would like to get two fans for push and pull config.

Currently I am running megha with two cooler master blade master fans, which have been keeping my cpu's pretty damn cool.


Thank you!

[ilya]

The Noctua isn't compatible with the fan clips used on the Armageddon. (well they fit if you force them, but not very well)

I'd suggest something like the Thermalright X-Silent 140, fairly cheap after PM at NCIX and very good noise/performance. Only issue is the small voltage range.

My experience with the Enermax Twister bearings has been fairly poor, I find that the bearing noise often increases as you undervolt the fan. Making it pointless to run it at anything other than stock speeds. It's basically a hybrid ball/sleeve bearing design like the ones used on the Gelid Wing fans, except Gelid does a better job in terms of implementation.

Don't expect much of a performance increase over the Megahalems though, the Armageddon was not intended to be a high performance heatsink but a lower noise heatsink with fairly good performance.