Most of my problems stem from my case being bad such as airflow and installation.



I bought 2 Noctua fans, intending to use my first case fan plus one Noctua as intake and the other as exhaust to keep it positive but had to resort to one Noctua intake and Noctua exhaust. Without any blockage, these fans as intake pull a lot of air so they are great with an open front panel.



Even though I bought two more fans, the acoustics are virtually the same as before with just one case fan so noise levels shouldn't be a problem. Aesthetically, the fans are disgusting looking but other colours may be more expensive. The anti-vibration pads are easy to take off and put back on while the anti-vibration mounts are somewhat frustrating to deal with as you have to pull on them. They don't seem to really affect acoustics nor vibration despite their purpose. My intake don't seem to be vibrating that much but this is possibly not the case on 100% or just higher RPMs.



The fans come with a Y-splitter, extension, vibration compensators, and fan screws so you shouldn't have to worry about buying a fan hub or Y-splitter along with these unless you're dealing with >2 fans per header.