I've been building personal computers since I was a small child, back when they ran DOS and Windows was yet to be a thing. I've built them professionally for others, and have never purchased a prebuilt PC in my life outside of laptops. I've used a lot of different fans. I've tried a lot of brands.I never turn my PCs off, they run 24/7. I have worn out a lot of fans.The only brand where I have never had a failure is Arctic. These fans are incredibly reliable. They are also quiet in their own way. I say this because many arctic fans have a fairly thumpy motor. That is in the actual terms, they have a lot of magnetic cogging. This can transfer a lower pitch almost rumble to the equipment they are mounted on. Acoustically this is generally unnoticeable, and the sound profile of the blades is basically non existent. These are seriously quiet. The cogging noise they do make is generally pleasant, unlike many fans out there.This particular model is great for radiators and other slightly restrictive flow arrangements. It produces a much higher delta pressure between the high and low side before the air stream cavitates and becomes a swirly mess with no flow. I put these fans in all sorts of equipment that I need to both quiet down, and just forget about for years without touching again. Things like freezers and fridges that use small booster fans, ice makers, and of course computers. I use these in my office to maintain a gentle flow across my Unifi rack. I have one on an 80v audio amplifier providing music to a mall for a tourist town.This fan isn't the fastest or highest flow. For that you'd want one of their other offerings. However if you need a general use, or water cooling specific 120mm fan, you cannot go wrong with these. You can populate every vent in your tower case and still not hear it when you power it on.