ARCTIC P12 PWM - PC Fan, 120mm Fan, PC Case Fan with PWM, Pressure-optimised, quiet motor, Computer, Fan Speed: 200-1800 rpm (0 rpm <5%) - Black

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And in fact, our dB-meter and the Audio Recording of our Benchmarking both confirmed that there is absolutely no difference between having Anti-Vibration-Pads and not. (Or we unable to, no matter how loud we played the audio recordings) While Benchmarking, they managed to outperform everything we own under full load and managed to keep a very good position while letting the Fans spin slower. While the F12 Series is Airflow optimized, it spins way slower (1350 RPM) and produces way less air pressure, but can push a lot of air for such a slow-spinning fan. Even though the Arctic P12 Line-up does not offer any RGB-Like features or any "nice-looking" design aspects, they do perform excellently. At a first glance, the Arctic P12 Lineup may be overwhelming, but we will try to make it as clear as possible. Arctic's Lineup of 120mm Case Fans is grouped into 2 big Product Lines, the P12 Series & the F12 Series.

P12 PWM PST A-RGB | Semi-Passive 120 mm Fan with - ARCTIC P12 PWM PST A-RGB | Semi-Passive 120 mm Fan with - ARCTIC

We would have hoped that the wire would be long enough to keep the rest of the Fan wires behind the mainboard.

PDF 429.9KB ACFAN00171A - P12 PWM (White) - RoHS, REACH, PAHs declaration of Compliance - 2022-10-14 This allowed us to run each of the Fans off one single PWM Header on the mainboard while connecting each of the fans together. The Rest of this review focuses only on the P12 PWM PST fan, but you can expect the exact same results from the P12 PWM (as the only difference is the Daisy Chain). With 62°C on the CPU and 43.5 dbA, the P12 even managed to outrank the Noctua NF-F12 in both metrics, even though the Noctua's are almost double the price.

P12 PWM | Pressure-optimised 120 mm PWM Fan | ARCTIC

To summarize our findings, as long as we ignore the fact that the Fans look a bit Outdated or Boring and the short PST Wire, we cannot say anything negative about the P12's in regards to their performance. To our delightful surprise, the Arctic P12 PWM managed to beat absolutely every other Case Fan that we own. Overall the P12's performance is excellent. Not only did Arctic's fan outperform a much more expensive rival, but it also managed to beat our 140mm Fans. By doing so, we can use the CPU Temperature as an accurate measurement as the CPU temp now only relies on the Air that the Case Fans are pushing into the Case.While benchmarking the Fans, we also tried to test if their claims were true. For this, we simply cut the Anti-Vibration Pads of other fans into an acceptable shape and added them to our Benchmark schedule.