26 120mm Fans Tested and Compared

[jukkis83]

Hi, Im a newbie to xtremesystems. I'd like first to thank Vapor and others in
this thread for awesome input.


Then to the issue at hand. I live in Finland and not all of these fans are available here. Im thinking of buying a new case and watercooling set. I need some fans that would be cheap and work on many applications as case fans, radiator fans etc. 120mm. Silence is criteria #1, after that comes airflow and then price but I rather not pay 20euros for a fan, not matter how good it is

Availability:

Adda: 120 x 120 x 25 AD1212DF-A73GLLF about 15e

Aerocool: Silver Lighting 120mm l
1000RPM/61.17CFM/19.5db about 12e

Antec: Tricool series about 20e !

Cooltek
120 x 120 x 25mm 1000rpm, 15db/A, 38.3 cfm less then 8e

Nanoxia: Series about 15e

Nexus: D12SL-12, 120x120x25, 1000 RPM, 23 dB about 20e

Noctua: NF-S12-800 and NF-S12-1200 about 18e

Noiseblocker: Series about 20e

Papst: Series over 20e

Scythe: Series S-FLEX about 18e

Sharkoon: Silent Eagle about 15e

Silverstone: All the ty models.

Zalman: ZM-F3 about 8e.

Now Im leaning towards Zalman ZM-F3 because of the price and Vapor's comment on that. Any new info about these and are they good for all applications? Any other suggestions? Cant find Yate Loons easily from anywhere. Info on Nanoxia series? http://www.nanoxia.com/?go=fx12&cat=products&lng=de

Thank you in advance.