ARCTIC P12 - PC Fan, 120mm Case Fan, Pressure-optimised, Quiet Motor, Computer, Fan Speed: 1800 RPM - Black

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.

Silent yet moves a lot of air

It's doing g it's job so far, happy with it.

Incredible static pressure performance. Brought my GPU temps down 10 degrees.

Unbelievably quiet and high flow. Great fan, but reliability is poor. Mine started rattling after 2 1/2 months.Edit: great customer service though, decided to shoot them an email and they have a very responsive customer support team who immediately resolved the issue. For the price and with this level of service, I'm willing to understand a fluke or two that made it past QC.

I tested it at 5 VDC and 12VDC. It is nice and quiet.There is a link to the Arctic website, about halfway down the page of this item, that says "User Guide (PDF)".When you follow that link, it just shows you a scan code or URL to get to the P12 manual page. At the Arctic site, under "Controlling A Fan / In a DYI Project" there is a chart showing that the max RPM at 12VDC is 1000RPM. I have posted that chart here. Apparently that graph is not the correct one (read test below).Then I stuck it on my Gigabyte Aorus B450 motherboard and found that the speed sensor is not working, although I could throttle the speed up and down manually using the BIOS utility. Probably won't return it because I really do not need the tach sensor.I hooked it up to a ATX power supply and read the RPM with a laser photo tach.Result at 12V: 1840 rpm. So, I believe the 1800rpm rating.I also tested it while used in a solder fume extractor and it worked okay, although I do not have the activated filter installed yet.

This fan moves a TON of air. I have been using this fan since 2019 and its great. After building a new PC in 2019 and installing my set of 3 fans I still had an extra 120mm fan opening so I got this fan without much thought because it was well reviewed and inexpensive. Fast forward to 2023 and I'm considering replacing all my fans with Artic P12's because of how impressed I am with its performance. It moves a lot of air and is very quiet. I have 3 different brands of fans in my pc and this one moves the most air by far yet it's still the quietest. IMO with these fans being as great and affordable as they are there's no reason to buy a Noctua fan at triple the price of a P12.

Right out of the box, these fans seem sturdy and are a simple screw, plug-n-play fans.I've initially bought one, but I figured at the price, I may as well add another.The fans are 3-pin with a slide, which plugs in easily to the Tomahawk B450 Motherboard. While I haven't seen any software to control the fans specifically, they are adjustable based on your BIOS or overclock settings.Adding a second fan didn't seem to increase the noise level in any way, and the only thing I'd have to say about these is honestly about the screws provided.The provided screws seem a little large and/or a little bit of a weak metal. They are also *quite* tight to screw in, requiring a lot of force. Definitely screw in each a little bit at a time, if you screw in only one fully and then move on, you will have a bit of a tougher time.While I likely won't need to remove or rearrange the fans, the screws aren't stripped but they are definitely close, simply from the initial install. That said, it's in there sturdy, there is no rattling, and the screws *do* fit perfectly through the PC case and into the plastic fan.I believe the reason the screws are so hard of a fit is because the fan itself doesn't have threading for the screws, they are simply holes that become threaded when you screw it in place.No need to give this anything less than 5 stars however, unless something outrageous happens in the next 6 months, I trust that these will last for years.