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tp4tissue:
For CPU towers, the 140 extends lower towards the board than 120s,  this exposed blade area greatly improves motherboard VRM cooling.

Definitely going with 140 from here on out.

Thoughts ?

LightningXI:
I honestly prefer keeping the 140 for the rear, and 120 for the front fans.

At least in my relatively lacking experience building PCs, that just tickles my fancy.

Maybe you're right though and bigger is better

tp4tissue:
120 for ram clearance is required for alot of tall sinks. So 120 front may be more common.

But they also make Thin 140s, although they probably perform poorly in noise to pressure ratio

Hak Foo:
I think case clearance matters too.  I suspect some cases cut corners on CPU cooler depth now that a lot of people are just using a top-mount radiator.

I switched from a Scythe Mugen Max (1x140mm) to a Fuma 2 (2x120mm) and the performance wasn't a huge difference, but I think the latter fits in more cases.

tp4tissue:
Young people have gone to the dark side (AIO)..

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