The Most Quiet Case Fan

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I need 2 new 120mm case fans, must be some of the quietest and give great airflow, help me out, have no idea! :(

Got 2 acryans atm, their great but like an aircraft carrier, specs were full of it.

Oh and while I’m at it, I need a quiet good performance cpu heatsink(or pipe) and fan that will fit a PH X4 9650 AM2+ with no mobo backplate change.
 
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My machine is a Q6600/8gbRAMHD4850 and I have a pair of Noctua NF-S12s in it, slowed down to just above stalling - all I can hear is the GPU fan [an NF12 at full speed], and if I slow that down, the machine is almost entirely silent from anything more than a couple of feet away. All you can hear is the HDD.

I have heard good things about the Akasa quiet fans, but no experience of them I'm afraid.
 
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Depending on personal taste,
Noctua S or P
Scythe Flex
Akasa Aapche

The new thermalright ones look Ok too.
You have to remember that the higher the rpm, the higher the noise.
 
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OCZ ModXStream Pro 600w Silent SLI Ready Modular Power Supply
Arctic Cooler Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 939 / AM2 / AM2+ / 775 / 1156 / 1366)
Akasa AK-FN057 Apache Super Silent 120mm Fan - 4 Pin PWM
 
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i have the 64 pro on my phenom II full speed fan cant hear it all if you looking for ultimate cooling then the megahlams is your best friend!! with a couple of apache fans you will never look back
 
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I have a pair of Enermax Cluster 120mm fans and the original 2 that came with the Antec 300 (set to medium) aswell as an Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro and of the lot the original fans are the loudest and I can turn those down. If I jam the CPU fan on full it is the loudest of the lot but its not really needed to be at fell pelt.
 
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