How good/bad are the stock fans?
181342
Fractal Design makes some pretty good stock fans. I'm using the ones included in my rig, if that helps. I also have a Fractal Design Arc XL that I use Fractal's fans with.
1229756
I don't know the max RPM for the stock fans (I didn't even use them; swapped them out with Excaliburs), but I know that they are 3pin (they do not come with a molex adaptor, so you'll need to buy those separately if you don't want to hook them up to your MB or fan controller).
185236
I think they do well enough, I have been using the same fans for over 6 months and my pc blows out cool air at the top.
1906991
The one I got booted up fine and was nice and quiet during idle on the desktop. But load up an intensive game, and the fan was very noticeable. I could hear it from outside the room, down the hall, and downstairs. I returned this M12II and got a Seasonic X-850 GOLD Seasonic X-850(SS-850KM3 Active PFC F3) 850W 80 Plus Gold ATX12V/EPS12V Power Supply instead, and have been happy with it for the last 2 years and counting.
1781679
i bought it and returned it. It pushes a good amt of air, but is way to loud for my liking. I would recommend noctua if you want quiet, high airflow fans.
474260
If your talking about the 4 pin molex connectors they attach to your power supply. A suggestion get rid of the stock fans they don't move very much air
2241951
Haven't tried, but fans are reliable. Have bought and used about 80 of them.
174624
so far very well. i actualy have them on my H100i and they are much quieter than the stock ones. they do not reach as high an rpm as the stock, but can reach higher rpm quieter. they also look so much better than stock. thats actualy the reason i bought these, i have a red theme going on in my case and the red ring for the fan is great. the rubber on the mounts is also very good at isolating vibration, my stock fans made my case rattle and these have compleatly gotten rid of that. i have my h100i set up to change the speed of the fans based on the liquid tempurature. is great for regular use and gaming. nice and quiet. i have gotten my i770k to 4.6 ghz at about 75c degrees uder 100% load. at idle it is 32c degrees. i find it totaly worth putting these on your H100i, hope this helped
145209
The fan it comes with is adequate. It depends on your case and airflow as well.
556778
Yes I believe they are. Best fans I have ever used, kidda ugly but highly recommend them.
535787
They're pretty quiet. If you connect them to the motherboard you can lower the fan speeds in the BIOS. Otherwise they include an adapter that connects thee fans to a molex connector which is quiet.
1231835
It does include a stock intel fan/heatsink. The stock cooling solution is not fancy, but particularly for the i7-4770S (65W SKU), it seems to be perfectly adequate. It's much better than Intel stock heatsinks were back in the P4 days, and is almost silent, even under load. That will obviously depend on ambient temperatures and what else is going on in your machine (and just how silent you consider "silent"), so I'm not saying that you will never want some upgraded cooling solution, but I'd say that the stock cooler is likely to be the right choice for the majority of people.
1581435
By default the front fan is intake like any other case. Always put intake in front, exhaust in back/on top. You could flip the fan around if you wanted to make it an exhaust but that would be crazy. The stock fan works fine, it's a Silverstone branded 120mm fan that spins around 1100-1200RPM, just enough to be nearly silent. If you want more intake from the front, buy an 80mm fan (1400-1700RPM would be good) and install it below the 120mm fan with the four mounting screws that come with any new fan -- there is a cut-out for one there.
45215
bro, it has to do with the fan. the fan is a standard 140mm fan. it is as loud as the 140mm fan installed. The stock fan is loud yes. But you can turn it down. The nzxt green led fan I have installed as well is not loud at all tho
1871133
Yes, great effort. That NZXT is a good provider of medium quality components. Their power supplies are middle of the road, but their cooling products are up there with all the top end contenders. Cooling fans over the 77 cubic feet per minute is the new normal, but anything above and beyond is superior.
656947
I would say they're comparable. I haven't detected a difference between the two fans.
1774889
Well, I have four fans cooling my system and when gaming I let them spin pretty fast. Don't really care about excessive sound because I'm wearing a headset most of the time. With stock fan/heat sink mine is very cool while idle, and have never seen it above 60C while playing some of the most demanding games. Yes the fan and heat sink could be better but for me it's fine.