COUGARCFD12HBG 120mm Fan Cooling (Green)

Ok So i just got 3 of these fan to put into my Phanteks Luxe case. Man They are really good i get blue LEDs which i love i get quietness and awesome performance. I had Corsair fans in my case i even had some Cooler master at some point. But now i found my fans Not only are these quieter and blow more air then the Corsair ones but helps to keep all my components a lot cooler. I completely bought 4 of these leds 120 fans but i bought 8 Cougar 120 Vortex PWM fans. I tried having all my fans at 80% and that about only time i really hear them but not like i bad thing i just hear the air being pushed not like any annoying sound from the fan just air being moved. So i either keep my fans at 50-60% and it quiet i don't hear my fans i have to put my ear by the case. What i like about these fan as well is how there not so much compared to like nocta there not cheap but still these fans give you a balance. One last thing so you know what your buying check out the Cougar website the and the Corsair one and you see Cougar fans flat out beats them. My main take away from the fan is how quiet they are at whatever speed you want them to perform compared to my old corsair fans i had. My Phanteks Luxe case alone with these fans and an hyper 212 evo and my cpu and every part is kept cool and not noisy which i love. I like having a performance machine but don't believe they need to sound like jet when blowing air. What awesome is at higher Speeds what you hear is the air being pushed not the fan, So i definitely recommend these fan there worth you money i bought 3 2 of which are on my hyper 212 evo and another one inside case on harddrive cage. Best thing you can do is look at the fan website so you can see how much air there rated at pushing and how quiet they are Cougar has everything you could want in a good fan.

I say the best of the best! Period!!!Quiet, powerful, and push a loooooooot of air! I have a full tower CM Stormtrooper case and bought 4 x 140mm and 2 x 120 mm. The 120 mm are to replace the case hard drives compartments fans.My fans are controlled by a Corsair Commander PRO. It works flawlessly. I have it set up with sensors and on auto.It rocks my case fans.The temps dropped by over 10 degrees.Now my desktop idles at:Motherboard 41°C from 50°CCPU 31°C from 45°CGPU 33 from 49°CMy case used to have the side of the case open, before the upgrade so the computer can keep cool. Now with the new fans the new temps (above) are with closed side case.All original case fans were thrown out in the garbage.I highly recommend those fans. They ARE QUIETER than Noctua. Yup! QuietER.I used to buy Noctua, but not anymore. Those are cheaper and quieter.I don't really care about all the lightning, but just so it happens almost all lights in my case are red. Those fans have beautiful red LED color.5 stars all over!

I was extremely apprehensive about paying literally double the price than most other LED fans, whether they claim to be silent or not or simply perform miraculous feats of cooling cases to -20 under room temp. but, I am building a small and clean Hackintosh for wife's upcoming b-day and felt it worth a few extra bucks to have a truly quiet machine. something about silent PC's just make them seem of higher quality, and of course, they don't become annoying to sit next to for hours on end. I didn't know much about Cougar as a brand, except my son got a gaming mouse of theirs over Christmas and it's of stellar quality, so that made me feel comfortable buying a pricey fan. anyway, glad I did, it moves a ton of air and it's stupid quiet. the LED's are of standard placement, on the inside of the corners like thermaltake or coolermaster, nice bright look without being obnoxious. I like the added shape to the frame, the white rubber feet that are pre-applied to both sides have a recision fit/finish(unlike a few other lesser companies that give you a set of sticker pads that are a PITA) and I've never seen or used the tool-less rubber pins, but I can only assume that this only helps to decrees noise by absorbing some shock between frame and CPU case. five-stars, I'll be keeping an eye out for some deals in the future, I am pretty much going to be forced to upgrade my other two builds with full sets of these now that I've experienced a quality case fan, it makes a difference. I am eager to try even more Cougar products, they've impressed me twice now and others seem to feel the same way.

Pros:Very quiet except....Moves a lot of airWhite LEDCons:Vibrating noise when mounted horizontally blowing up.PriceyI've used cougar fans before and found them to be extremely quiet while moving a lot of air. This fan was no different when I took it out of the box and tested it. I installed it at the top of my case blowing out and was surprised to find that it was vibrating so much that the case was vibrating against the desktop and making quite the racket. I uninstalled it and tested it again. Vertical or horizontal blowing down it was as smooth and quiet as can be but flip it over so it is blowing up and it vibrates badly. I have since read a few other reviewers stating the same thing. This makes me suspect a design issue rather that a faulty fan. I wanted this fan to work as really quiet white LED 140mm fans hard to find. I returned the fan and am not sure if I will try another. I have replaced all may 120 mm fans with cougars and am quite happy with them. They should specify that this fan doses not work well horizontal blowing up which is a common configuration for 140mm fans.

Very quiet operation. They don't move a lot of air, but it keeps my system cool. They only have a 3 pin plug, so for speed control you can't use PMW. Nice bright green LED's matches my GPU and AIO cooler green LED's. They come with both screws and rubber mounting and the fans have rubber on the mounting tabs too.

I have multiple of this fan in my main gaming rig and I am installing another in the front of my HTPC build. Moves a lot of air, very silent, nice subtle blue light that isn't overpowering. Due to this being a 3-pin fan if you downvolt the fan to make it run at a lower speed it will make the LED dimmer but that's true with any 3-pin LED fan. Having my fans downvolt to 7v it still keeps enough air going through my case and they are quiet enough that I can't hear if my PC is on when sitting next to it.I included a pic on how they look in the front of my Fractal Design Arc Mini R2 case

Awesome fans for the price, pretty silent til I am overclocking. Bought these for intake, picking up 2 more for exhaust because they perfectly complement my green/black build

works as stated

Bought it when it was on sale; however, it doesn't seem to move as much air (spec: 73.18 CFM) and/or has as much static pressure (spec: 1.40 mm/H2O) as it ought to be. I used it at the front in a Define R4 case with 8 drives and it didn't seem to move much air at all with all those drives in place.Wouldn't recommend it (all hte Cougar CFD14 has the same spec) if you are looking for a static pressure fan even though its spec for static pressure is rated higher than most others in the same category.