NZXT Technologies NZXT FZ-140mm Blue LED Cooling

I mean, how much can you really say about a fan right?These fans look very high quality once you see them in person. The LED's are bright. The fans don't wobble at all, they are very steady. The best part about these 140mm fans is that they make hardly any noise. I've had other fans that were a lot louder than these. But I guess NZXT has perfected this design. They also put out a HUGE amount of air. I had a 200mm fan, and these 2 140mm's on low, pump out more than the 200mm, on high, and they are more quiet.I bought these fans because they looked very high quality, and I own I high quality, sleek looking case, so I wanted everything to match. And these fit in perfectly. And having owned a couple different case fans before, I can tell you that these have the most air output and the lowest noise levels, and when you match that up with how they look, these fans are just awesome.

This fan easily got a 5 star. With just one of these fans my case went from hot to cold. as a top exhaustTEMPERATURES:Ambient temperature inside my case dropped 8 degrees celsius and my components temp. dropped easily 2-3 celsius.NOISE:After installing this fan in the top of my case to fill up the last of my vented areas not only did filling the last spot cut noise down quite a bit, i also couldn't even hear this extra fan. With it's size and CFM's there is no need to turn this fan past a medium/standard setting which cuts down on the noise it creates greatly.VISUAL:This fan not only good off with CLEAR blades, it actually single handedly lights up the top back quarter of my case. If i didnt have a HUGE 2gb video card in my case i wouldnt doubt that one of these fans could light up half of a case. The exterior light it emitts is pretty awesome as well.2 of my good friends have been convinced by me to buy this fan and they LOVE it. Red version of this fan looks great as well.

The upsides:-The clear fan blades and led look amazing together-The fan is pretty quiet-The airflow seems pretty goodThe downside: INSTALLATION-Do be careful of the screws because after you get them in about half way the head will be stripped. I ended up using needle-nose pliers like a socket wrench to have to get them all the way in (minus one star for the inconvenience).Overall:Good computer fan, but when installing i'd suggest if you have some pliers (needle-nose or otherwise) use those once you get the screws started so the heads don't get completely stripped.

Bought this fan to bottom mount in my case. My initial thoughts? The fan is bright, no complaints there for I had hoped it would light up my case internally, however it is quite loud, even running at less than 50% of its rated rpm's. I had to dampen it's tendency to rattle with rubber mounting grommets.Perhaps it would run quieter in the vertical position, I have not tested for this, so can only speculate with hope it would do so. It does push air quite exceptionally, so as far as that being the major attribute for any fan it fills that need quite admirably.Overall though I am not real excited about this purchase. It does contribute to cooling my case and it does glow green quite brightly, but the noise and it's tendency to rattle is a replacement waiting to happen.