be quiet! Shadow Wings 2 120mm PWM Silent Low Noise Cooling Fan | Low Noise Operation | Rubber Fan Frame | Designed in Germany | Black | BL085

I have purchased quite a few of these fans, both the 140 mm and 120 mm versions. All have been perfect, quiet fans. Very nice quality as well. I have done several builds, and have used both the white and black versions. The rubber grommets are a nice feature, allowing for easy attachment and added sound deadening properties. On one of my builds ( a Z20 case), the grommets did interfere with the bottom dust filter, so i opted to notch out the filter to compensate. It's possible I may have been able to use traditional fan screws, but I didn't bother to try. In my opinion, this is a very good manufacture and I can attest they make quality products. I have also used CPU coolers made by Be Quiet! and also can recommend those as well for their superior build quality and superb quiet operation.

Really nicely built- suspended by rubber grommet like support and you pressure a pin with a rubber washer into the four grommet holes (instead of screwing it in). Here can be a slight problem in that the washer and the pin protrude more than a conventional screw. In my case the side if the case hangs up a little when you put it back on. Also I used in on a noisy power supply fan and had to substitute conventional screws or the power supply would not mount properly in my case.

This unit comes in a compact box with the fan inside, and a small baggie filled with rubber rings for mounting onto the fan itself if the default rubber mountings don't suit your specific application. Pretty nice so far.I used these fans to replace my stock fans that came with my radiator, although they may not perform the best in terms of static pressure, it was significantly more silent even under load, with a proper fan curve. Installing these on a radiator was easy peasy, and the screws fit inside the rubber mounting bits with no hassle. Easy installation all around.So far, these fans are probably better for those on a budget, as these are a tad bit cheaper than Noctuas, and perform and sound similar to Noctuas as well. You do miss out on those colored rubberized bits like the Chromax collection from Noctua, but it's all-black, silent, and moves air!

This is my 5 year review; the silent wing 2 are great fans, super quiet even at full speed and the rubber install were easy enough to use and build is solid; There is no bearing noise after constant use over the years, ensure to do biweekly cleaning of dust. I only have two gripes: these need to be sold cheaper as they are many years old now and should come in a pack of 2 at current prices to increase appeal. And two: wish they were higher RPM to move more air, but overall great product.

Absolutely love this fan! Frustrated by trying several other brands over the course of days and weeks, I finally became desperate enough to try a brand with a silly name; "Be Quiet." I avoided these fans for quite some time because the name simply sounded cheesy, so I thought "likely cheap Chinese junk." Turns out I was wrong. These are silent; I mean SILENT. I'm a little annoyed that Noctua gets all the credit for being the "quiet" brand; I mean they even have an owl as their logo- genius selection. Ever heard an owl fly at night? You can't hear them at all. However, same can't be said of the Noctua fans. Ho-ly crud are they UNimpressive!! I installed the Noctua Redux NF-P120 in my computer and jeez my machine was LOUDER than it was with the 8 year old sleeve bearing Masscool 4-pin fan it was replacing! Now maybe I got a bad one... or maybe Noctua has a better cooling to noise ratio than something like Be Quiet, but all I can say is that it did not fit my needs; not at all. I don't do intense gaming nor do I do things like video editing; I play world of warships and watch movies/youtube on the computer. So if you have similar computing demands, this Be Quiet fan is likely the one for you. I also tried the Arctic line- the 10 year warranty "gaming" fan- but the fan was actually noisy... and developed a tick within 24 hours of use (in a cleaned tower mind you). I'm pretty sure I just got a bad one, but after reading through their reviews it seemed like a significant number of people were getting bad ones so I went back to searching for another brand. I'm very happy I found this fan for my cpu; save yourself some time and headache; buy this fan. *Note to the Be Quiet people, dude, get a new name: "Stealth Fan" "Silent-Cool" "Pin-Drop," I don't know, just anything that can be taken serious; and doesn't sound like a mouth-breather barking an order at a noisy machine.

I was concerned about the noise of my system with the cheap rgb fans I had previously bought. I splurged on these 120mm as well as 140mm and they were worth it. They move around less air than other fans, but they make up for it in sound. My temperature for my gpu and cpu have been higher by around 5C, but it’s reasonable. The fans itself look clean and minimal, and I feel that they worth it to keep me from going insane from loud fans.

When I turned my computer on I thought it wasn't booting up. Maybe I bumped something when I was installing the fans? Nope, they're just silent - at least compared to the corsair ones I had been using. I connected two to my cpu liquid cooler radiator. Even though it's kind of heavy, the hardware that came with the fans held it tight. I also installed one as an exhaust in my case.Stress testing my Ryzen 5900x resulted in a max temp of 65C. Two thumbs up!

Used as a exhaust fan , works great. I love the rubber washer and plugs they use instead of screws making there no vibration sounds. Great purchase will likely buy more to replace my older fans as these are great value for the price.