When it comes to price to performance ratio they basically annihilate the competition. Other prices of similar performance fans look like scam compared to this.
For the regular p12s, Thermalright was putting on the pressure (pun intended) with their Thermalright TL-C12C fans. They sell 3 packs for about $11 USD, and the RGB equivalent 3 pack for $15.
@@Mintor94 I said the regular non rgb p12s, which are 56 cfm at 1800 rpm. The rgb version pushes 48 cfm at up to 2000 rpm. The Thermalright in contrast clocks in at 66 cfm at 1550 rpm. At about $3.60 per fan, that's one of the best price to performance out there.
That is a great design. Normally with RPMs that fast, you would not be able to use that kind of material in the blades. They would flex out and hit the wall, so you would have to leave more room in order to allow for the higher speeds. Which means less performance at lower RPMs. With that circle attached, there is much less flex and you can keep the clearance tighter. The T30 manages the higher RPM by using sturdier material which is a lot more expensive. Great job by Arctic giving people a variety of noise vs performance options all at very competitive prices.
haha come on it just 3300rpm still nothing if you're compared to server fan with 6000rpm plu it has much bigger and sthe smaller one is above 15000rpm this 3300rpm speed is joke
@@ariefhidayat2157 They are not marketing them for servers. They are marketing them for PC users who normally have their computers close to them so noise is still a factor.
Thanks for the test. An interesting fan but the lack of PST is a huge miss. Now I'm waiting for the P14 MAX PST ARGB to exist, to see if it beats in noise to performance the P14 PST ARGB, currently my favorite fan - I use 4 of them in my build.
We decided against the PST function for this fan due to the higher current. Alternatively, we recommend the 4-pin PWM Fan Splitter Cable or the Case Fan Hub. The P14 Max is also coming soon - might take another few weeks before they will arrive :)
@@Nico-cy9oo Hope you don’t mind me reviving this and asking if there’s any news about the p14 max? Just got a new case that supports more 140mm fans and would hate to buy smaller fans if the p14 max isn’t far off!
I watched many videos where people praised these fans and decided to get 3 to replace P12s in Arctic Freezer II 240 and Silent Wings 3 on the case exhaust. Unfortunately, while P12 Max have really nice performance, the bearings noise is very noticeable to me, especially on lower RPM. So, I’m not able to these ones since my PC is next to me and I much prefer just the noise of air with fluid bearings fans. Going to return them 😢
Is it that bad or just a bad batch? Some people reported that the low rpm noise goes away, but it's just anecdotes at this point. I'll order a set and see for myself. Worst case I'll return them, they're the price of a single noctua anyways.
@@duduoson5278 Well, it is bad for me, since my PC is next to me. I'm pretty sure it will be hard to hear if PC is further. I ordered 3 and they all make this specific noise and also Arctic told me that this is the sound of ball bearing. I'm waiting for Phanteks T30 now, will make a short comparison.
I bought two, both had that noise. PC is on the ground, but went back to Silent Wings 3 (exhaust fan). Moves less air than the P12 Max, but I got used to only hearing air love and not that hissing fan noise. Returning them today sadly
@@Megaman-Zero-626 yeah, that is the unfortunate reality. I tried Phateks T30 and they do sound much much better. But for some reason for my use case they give no preference.
I bought 10 of them and all have wine at different degrees at low rpms. Also sometimes even when the fan is set at a certain rpm, the fan stops a little bit and ramps up right after. Being reading similars experience on reddit. Maybe it's a bad batch or something. I'm sending it back.
thank you for knowing the English language better than most of these RU-vidrs, that keep using the word 'cheap' improperly. Inexpensive, people. Inexpensive.
It's not just about CFM. It's build quality, too, but they are pricey. I ordered the 5 pack of the P14 and 3 of them were broken and 1 was destroyed with fan blades broken off the fan. So, yeah, you pay for quality and I am ok with that. You can buy a fast Chevy, but the build quality compared to some of the import cars is crap.
@@Methodical2 Totally agree with you, Noctua's and BQ fans are very good quality, but after all they are just piece of plastic with simple motor. In my perspective, they are overpriced. Just bought new parts for pc, pile of Arctic fans are coming. Let's see how many are already broken. ;)
Hello first of all thanks for the great info always!! Wanted to ask if it's possible to get some updated reviews for the Arctic Liquid Freezer II 360 performance making a fan replacement with these new P12 Max? The AIO and the fans are fairly cheap and perform very good separately so maybe this could be a natural upgrade within the Arctic lineup.
I installed them today 5 x p12 max in my lian li lancool 2, works great blows insane amount of air, but they can be loud at 100 % speed. If you set fan speed and temperature in bios its fine and i usually have ppl talking or music so I dont notice.
I JUST got 3 of these fans today in white to replace the Antec fans ontop of my radiator in push/pull setup. ABSOLUTELY blown away (no pun intended) by the performance and they beat my old Antecs by miles, so naturally I wanted to see other's reviews about them. You've gained a sub! You're energetic, knowledgeable and damn funny, but most importantly you broke down technical aspects to allow for builders, expert to beginner.
Do you get the Revision 2 version which use Fluid Dynamic Bearing instead of Dual Ball Bearing? I also have just purchased this fan few days ago but the packaging says that it's using FDB and its a Revision 2.
Built in a case you cant hear this fan when running up to 1500 rpm, which is almost half the capacity it is able to spin. On 1500 rpm it actually pushes so much air it outperformed my bequiet setup regarding thermals.
To anyone interested on these fans, DONT BUY THEM. I got 3 of them to replace NZXT stock fans and all of them have a weird scratching noise. I've spent hours in bios trying to make them work properly with no luck. I dont know if these reviewers got payed of they got cherry picked units from Arctic, but they suck.
There have been numerous reports about bearing issues shortly after they released. No idea if they have been fixed with never batches, but I would assume so. But as far as our samples are concerned, everything said is -solely- based on the exact ones we have, if they are bad, we’ll treat them as the norm, if we got golden samples, we’ll treat it as the norm. But as for scratching noises, if the fans are scratching anything, then it’s either just RMA and get a new one, or somebody installed them with the fans behind the fan-rails and tightened them to a point where the rails are bend in-to the fan, resulting in scratching the fan. Please check if this is the case because it happens extremely often, especially with fans that have that ring going around. On the other point, just stop saying stuff like that. There’s no basis for any of that. Cherry picking is a possibility for cpus/gpus, but no company will spend the resources to test thousands of fans and cherry pick a few to send out. On the paid stuff… yeah, somebody forgot to send me the memo
these are really really good fans...100% pressure fan. BUT! but...since it uses quite high quality bearings..(i think) they start making noise after some time... they dont vibrate they dont resonate they feel solid and heavy also feel like a premium fan (and its cheap...only 10bucs) they dont make noise (well at that speed 3300 rpm...still quiter than other standard fans..) im impressed on what arctic achieved. only bad thing about these fans...are the bearings...if u get lucky the bearings wont do much noise...some do. (tried to add some oil....made it worst...tried replace them...even worse :D )
i ordered 3 of them a few days ago. delivery will be around 3/18 or 20... 🙄 i hope i can squeeze 3 of them in the bottom of my asus ap201 case. my taichi 6800xt was getting really hot with just 2 arctic f12 underneath it. note: arctic f series is not for grills and filters 😂😂
@@STSYT i have at least a douzend of them laying around here. they come of an era where no p's ever existed 😂 all my pc's are/were equiped with them. in the past, they were the ultimate bang for the buck. in fact in my allround office/work/music/daw pc a 660ti with two f12 is doing her job 😂
V1 (the one that he got at launch for review) is DBB. They changed it to FDB for white version that got released a couple of months later. Then some time after that, they change the black one to use FDB too.
If I want my case dead silent, is there any point to this fan compared to the regular P12? Does it make sense to buy this fan and run it at maximum 30% pwm?
Yeah.. "not mote than 3" would be enough. Its not lioke people want to chain 5 fans because they are lazy. Its the motherboard issue, usually having not more than 3 case fan connectors.
Every test that I've seen on RU-vid of all these 120mm fans just shows how good the Noctua fans are. To beat the Noctua fans, the fan manufacturers have to go bigger, faster and louder. But for the price, these new fans will sell. Hell, I may try them as long as they are quiet up to 1000 rpms which is where idle is for me. I hope the build quality is truly better than the P14s I ordered, which was some crap...3 of the 5 fans came all damaged. But, what can I expect for the price.
hey i ordered 9 of these fans, and i have a 7000D case, and i did not take into mind how short the cables are, do you guys have any recommendations for how i could route all those fans safely, like the right gear? 9 x 120mm i have the fan hub and the cable, but i do not see cable extensions that can handle that kinda of voltage out put 😢🤦♀help me i love STS btw
@@Methodical2 Yes i heard how some fan would just run max on the wrong set ups. so i think imma go down the rabbit hole of cable research. Big case problems :'}
This pricing makes no sense. There must be one of 3 things following: 1. Arctic will rise the price (Which still not happening. I can get these of as much as 7 euro, tax included). 2. Other manufacturers will lower the price (Which still not hapening. Guess this is because of market inertia and people being not familiar with new offers like this.) 3. Reliability of P12 Max is not as good as everyone expects. But it has 5 years warranty in my country. Looks like Arctic is pretty confident about their product. Makes me want to buy more fans than i actually need.. simply because i can afford this. Which i can not say about other similarly performing models.
"No more than 3" what does that mean? So I shouldn't connect more than 3 fans in a chain to a single pwm connector on the motherboard? Should I then buy a fan hub to connect my 5 pack to a single connector? thank you for your help
Most mobo's fan headers are rated for 1A. Some can go higher, but that's not something you want to find out by trial and error. According to the box, the P12 Max uses 0.29A. So yes, 3 fans to a header to be safe. If you really don't have another header to do 3+2, yes fan hub is the only way.
