120mm Fan Testing on an MCR120 Radiator Round 6

[Martinm210]

Regarding thermalright FDB fans i recall reading from Jordan's 120mm fan roundup, that yes, quality of these fans varies from fan to fan. Lotery/game of luck.

Good to know, I may order one of the lower speed models, seems like it would have been a good fan otherwise. By reading his review, he seemed to indicate the 2000 model was the worst and the 1300 was one of the better. I'll put the 1300 on my short list of possible fans I'll order later.

you read my mind! i was thinking a couple hours ago after looking at a sr1 560.. boy i want one of those.. too bad martin doesn't have one to test fans yet!!!!

now i can sit back for the next 6 months and let you do the work... prolly still have to send you a fan or so to figure out which to get 4 of lol.

I was on the fence on the 140 sized rad. Magicool makes a really low cost one that would probably be fine for testing, but they were OOS at the momemt where I was looking to place an order. I was looking really hard at the EK, but it's more narrow like the RS120 is which may obstruct the fan edges a little. Then I noticed the M3 screws which I've had nothing but trouble with in cross threading screws and that's just not something I want to fight when mounting many many fans. Sure I could drill it out and tap to M4, but I didn't want to bother. The SR1 is pretty expensive, but what the heck, it's really low density so that should be a good test case. I had some money in my fan fund thanks to some sponsors...so the SR it is.

But yeah, I am a bit short on 140mm fans, so I'll be looking to round up anything in a 140 pretty soon. I'll probably be ordering some as well, but I have a few in shipping right now highlighted in orange on the fan list.