Overkill in the sense that you're not going to get enough of a performance increase over using a 92 or 80mm. The entire point of using large fans on HSFs is to get the same airflow with lowered noise.

in general, yes. the reason being is that noise from a fan comes from the air turbulance created by the spinning blades. for a given CFM, an 80mm fan needs to spin faster than a 120mm fan, thus ...

Keep your system cool and running at its best with the best computer CPU cooling fans, designed for efficient heat management and peak performance. Alexandru-Bogdan Ghita / Unsplash The game is ...

Typically, CPU fan noises are heard when you reboot your PC (the whirring sound you may have heard upon startup) and it goes on to decline as the startup process completes. The purpose of fans on your ...