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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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Because the P12's are aimed at the Performance-only market, we will also cease to let their design affect our Review. Inside of the Box, we can find the Fan, a little Bag with 4 Mounting Screws, and a Smartphone Shaped piece of paper with a QR Code redirecting to the User Manual. To our delightful surprise, the Arctic P12 PWM managed to beat absolutely every other Case Fan that we own.

ARCTIC P12 PWM - 120 mm Case Fan with PWM, Pressure-optimised ARCTIC P12 PWM - 120 mm Case Fan with PWM, Pressure-optimised

Even though the Arctic P12 Line-up does not offer any RGB-Like features or any "nice-looking" design aspects, they do perform excellently.While we attached the first Fan to the PWM header on the Mainboard, the short PST extension forced us to also rout the Cable of every other fan to the front of the case. Even though we were perplexed that they did not manage to repeat their results, they performed excellently with 83°C on the CPU.

ARCTIC P12 PWM PST - 120 mm Case Fan with PWM Sharing

At first, we assumed that this was one of the reasons why these Fans could be so cheap, but upon investigation, it turned out to be a feature. After Unboxing the Fans, we immediately noticed that there were no "Anti-Vibration" Pads to be found.To summarize our findings, as long as we ignore the fact that the Fans look a bit Outdated or Boring and the short PST Wire, we cannot say anything negative about the P12's in regards to their performance. P12 / F12 PWM PST CO => Has a PWM Connection + Daisy Chain Connection + Build for Constant Operation

P12 Slim PWM PST | Pressure-optimised 120 mm Slim - ARCTIC P12 Slim PWM PST | Pressure-optimised 120 mm Slim - ARCTIC

We would have hoped that the wire would be long enough to keep the rest of the Fan wires behind the mainboard. 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. The P12 Series is pressure optimized, meaning that the Air that the P12 Fan is pushing has a higher pressure, resulting in a better passthrough if the direction it blows is restricted, like by a Radiator or Filter. If you want to control several fans from one unique motherboard header, you can use PWM splitter cables such as the ARCTIC PST Cable rev2 . We however recommend to limit the number of fans per header to 5 as the current may be limited to 1.0 A per header (please refer to your motherboard manual).

So overall, on the performance side, the Arctic P12's are an excellent choice for anybody that does not want any unnecessary RGB features in their build. Once we turned down the PWM Speed to 50%, the P12 placed themselves just behind the Noctua NF-F12 's and Inter-Tech RS-14 (Yes a 140mm set) 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). The speed of P12 PWM can be adjusted using PWM signal from the motherboard. Please follow this procedure to adjust the settings on your motherboard. 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.

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