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Cooler Master Fans
While I don't have a problem with the CM HAF 922 case that I bought ~ 1.5 years ago, I can't say the same for the fans that came with it. So far, the rear 120mm exhaust, and the 200mm top blow hole fans have failed, and also a 92mm fan that came with my CM Hyper TX 3 CPU cooler. I'll never buy a CM fan again.
I know that fans don't last forever, but I have fans far older that these that are still spinning. I'm replacing these with Noctua fans, in hopes that they live up to their reputation and last much, much longer. Unfortunately, that is somewhat expensive, so if they don't, I may consider water cooling, not that that is cheap either.
I just went through the product list at Noctua, and it appears that they don't make a 200mm fan, so I need a good one from some place else...is there any?
My only alternative is to replace the 200mm with dual 120mm fans, which Noctua does make. I imagine that these would be somewhat noisier than the single large fan, but how would the CFM compare?