Be Quiet! Silent Wings 2 (80mm/120mm/140mm) Review

1. Introduction2. Be Quiet! Silent Wings 23. Testing Methodology and Performance4. Closing Thoughts5. View All Pages

The Be Quiet! Silent Wings 2 fans' have been designed to deliver excellent performance while being almost silent. In this regard they dont't failed to deliver the goods.

If you have read the review and seen the acoustical performance of the Be Quiet! Silent Wings 2 then you will agree that they should be considered as class leading products. The 120mm and 140mm fans are useful in a variety of situations, and the 80mm fan will prove useful for specialist applications.

Comparing the 120mm fans, and looking at the thermal performance specifically, it is clear that the Xigmatek fan forced the most amount of air through the heatsink and as such lowered the thermal overhead. This is not surprising as this fan was designed as a processor cooling fan specifically, developed to spin faster.

The equivalent Be Quiet! 120mm fan only rotates up to 1,500 rpm and as such the airflow is much lower. That said, the difference in acoustical performance is incredible … in favour of BeQuiet!

Both 140mm units have been designed as case fans, and as such, they only rotate at 1,200 RPM (Phanteks) and 1,000 RPM (Be Quiet!). While the thermal performance of both is similar, the Be Quiet! 140mm fan is noticeably quieter. If noise emissions are your primary concern then the BeQuiet! fans are certainly the best option.

BeQuiet! don't cut corners in regards to packaging and presentation. They have also included two different mounting systems, which are a little more complicated than we would like, but they do work well.

ARIA stock these fans, around £13 for the 80mm, £14 for the 120mm and £15 for the 140mm. They are expensive, but very much worth the cost, especially if reducing system noise is a primary concern.

Pros

• Whisper quiet.
• Well built.
• Good airflow for the noise output.
• Very competitive prices.

Cons

• They are expensive.
• Designed for low noise emissions, not ultimate cooling performance.

Kitguru says: Silent and beautifully designed.

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