Atfermarket GPU heatsinks maybe? Morpheus II vs Accellero III vs Accelero IV vs G12 with a radiator. There are unfortunately not a lot of good options.
I love arctic but hear this. one of their fans made an annoying ghost noise in my pc case, and it only took me just about two weeks, replacing all the fans in my pc AND replacing the cpu cooler, just to find out which fan made the noise. time and money i couldve used quite frankly but I couldnt live with the ghost it was annoying as fk their customer service is good, though.
@@ufanisoneetze How the hell did it take you two weeks to figure out which fan made the noise? That's an hour worth of work to disconnect all but one fan to figure out which one is faulty.
@@ryuuseiboi950 ikr? but the noise, appearantly, only occured in vertical and not horizontal, and when i changed the fans it was horizontal so every time I changed something i thought to myself "oh damn its gone now" until some minutes later "oh damn the ghost is back". it took me two weeks to figure out the exact conditions of the noise
Fully agree. This is just pure science and knowledge, without childish jokes and those strange video minatures. The other guy (curly black hair with glasses) is also underrated.
@@cnk191 Yeah complete agree. I don't subscribe to many channels but I just did to him. No shitty banter, no rambling to make the video long, no waffling and failing to reach any conclusion. With this channel it's just background information, and then "i performed this experiment and got this result." and then some analysis. Perfect.
Ive just order a pack of 5 artic P-14 as a case fan but there not pwm will this make a difference? they have just arrived, is it worth exchanging them from amazon?
@@nshyd9460 check in your Bios, you most likely have a DC mode to control the speed, our P14 (3 pins) can be easily controlled by voltage. if any more issue, feel free to contact our customer support.
@@VincentAndre_HK Thankyou ive already set the exhange in motion because i have software thank controls the fan temps and i like to have a bit of control over when playing games.
Do you know why the p14 pwm value pack/individual is missing from every store in Canada? Can't even order from Amazon.com because Arctic doesn't ship to Canada. I've been waiting for stock for months.
I agree with some of the results. As an owner of 2x Arctic P14 and 2x Noctua NF-A14 Chromax, they perform pretty similar, more or less within margin of error. The difference is that 1x Noctua Chromax fan costs more than 2x Arctic P14. The noise comparison is kinda lacking. the two fans have a different noise profile, the NF-A14 has more of "air pressure" type of noise while P14 is "buzzing". If you really want to take it to the next level, maybe try to see if you can do a frequency analysis (Fourier Transform of the noise), because our ears (or brain, I guess) respond differently to different frequencies.
The testing methodology for case fans is bad. If you install only one fan the pressure differential per fan will be much higher than in a realistic scenario with multiple fans per case. This makes static pressure fans look better than they actually are as case fans.
Actually F-series is not as good. Not always great on noise and flow, but sure is cheap. P-series is a totally different story that out performs most competitors without comparing price tag, and include price to beat them all and with a huge margin.
@@CCL13CN You are aware that the F series is the silence focused fans? They spin at 200RPM lower, but you say they are louder? I have plenty of both and find both of them to run quite quieter, while the P series has more performance, the F series is definitely quieter.
Thank you for the very detailed and systematic review giving the users a practical picture what they can expect. Tests like yours give us valuable input where we need to improve and we are more than motivated to do so. I believe you just made our engineers very happy, who put countless hours in tedious details, looked into hundreds of dead ends. We know that some brands are charging 3-5 times the margin and it may look like we could do the same - but we can't. Almost 20 years ago I promised customers affordable products. We are not leaving this path - never!
FYI, I own both sets of fans (Noctua A14 and Arctic P14 pushing through a 280mm radiator), even though they're both quiet, I get the same temperature results for both, however, the P14 has certain RPM's that the fan motor doesn't like, while the Noctua's only noise is literally the air its pushing (I can't hear the motor at all at any RPM). So keep in mind the noise readings aren't always perfectly accurate as the P14 overall has a more annoying tone compared to the Noctua.
Instead of checking the CPU temp, monitor the liquid temps in the AIO if that's an option, not that it would matter that much. Also, I believe there are 2 versions of the P14 PWM; one of them is just regular and then the other one is PWM CO (CO stands for continuous operation). I believe the noise thingy doesnt occur with the CO versions? I'm not sure though, someone please verify
@@AndyU96 The "CO" Continuous Operation one is just a DC, not PWM. It's the 1700PM fan with like 72CFM/3.x static pressure. You can control the fan speeds from 300RPM to 1700 RPM on it and just set your fan curves in the BIOS. It's actually the one you want. Outperforms the PWM with the higher RPM range. Just... you don't get PWM lol. It will be 100% all the time if you do set it to PWM, though. Gotta use DC to set the curve. It goes from 2v to 12v, I'm I'm not mistaken, and it's 12v @ .15a. I just know because I replaced every case fan in my case the plain P14's. Max speed is quieter than the stock 1000RPM 120mm Rosewill fans that came with the case. They're just quieter than any of the 120mm fans I've used. I'm enjoying the airflow... I feel the difference coming out of the case. They can pull air better through mesh filters and push air out mesh filters (which I don't really need the top mesh filter, honestly). I never used to feel heat coming out of my case. I have a Fuma 2 Rev B on my 5900x. Runs about the same temps, I'm using the Kaze fans that came with it. BUT.. my 6700XT runs around 5C cooler, now. It went from 80C on the hotspot to 75C in the same games. And those are just the most strenuous games. And I feel the heat coming out the back, now.
Sry mate but stating that the only noise you hear from the Noctua NF-A14 is the fan pushing the air is complete and utter bullshit. I absolutely love the NF-A12x25 in every regard but the NF-A14 is an completely outdated awful fan. The noise that thing makes between RPM shifts is absolutely terrible and regardless of that it makes a lot of very distracting humming noises in a lot of rpm ranges and no, this wasn't a one off, i've tested quite a few of them and they were all equally awful.
Arctic has literally earned their name. Not only are they the cheapest fans in the bunch but, they also look nice, perform amazingly, and are very quiet. Definitely gonna get these and put the phanks halo kit on em to give em that rgb style that I want as well.
Hey, because of the numerous recommendations I installed six Arctic P14 PWM PST in my case, two of them being on an Arctic Liquid Freezer 2 280 AIO. They are about the best I've ever heard from the pure air noise and performance. But they emit a low frequency whine at certain (many) RPM levels. It might just be me, but I can't bear that noise. Already talked to Arctic about this and it seems very uncommon that people can hear this sound. Testing out the obvious runner-up now, the kaze flex squared. I've read about other people hearing it, but it's rare. Just bear that in mind when considering the P14. Also, due to missing decoupling from the fan (rubber pads for example), installing multiple in your case can lead to significant vibration noise.
It's not rare, Arctic fans are infamous for this "hum". It happens at 1000 and 1500 RPM and comes and goes at low RPMs. Good choice on the Kaze Flex. Also this test is flawed; using one fan as a radiator or exhaust fan with no case fans leads to misleading results
Yeah, that is my problem with one test piece of those new Arctic fans, at 450-550 rpm I hear disruptive motor noise in quiet room and PC close to ears. Problem if your target RPM is in that range. Same asi it is really noticable at 1000+ rpm but I never simulate jet machine with my PCs, no matter fan manufacturer :) Maybe it is specific to that exact one piece I tried. After watching that video I ordered few more to try another pieces to replace my NF-A12 front case fas.
@@jirikocman in case of 120mm fans Noctua NF-A12 and P12 performance is the same but NF-A12 has better noise profile, P12 has disturbing motor noise at 1000RPM, in case of 140mm fans P14 has better performace then NF-A14 but NF-A14 has better noise profile and dont have anoing wine at full RPM range, P14 has the same disturbing motor noise at 1000RPM as P12, also P14 and P12 are 4-5x times cheaper then NF-A12 and AF-A14 so Arctic is the best price/performance fan but Noctua is the most pleasing fan sound without anoing motor noise at some RPM
@@kerkertrandov459 I using them right now. Disclaimer.. Im really sensitive to any noise from my computer. Right now, I have new pc using only Arctic fans. I switched to Macbook Air M1 for daily use, so PC is only gaming console. It is i5-10400f. Case is cooler master NR400, two 140mm front fans, 140mm fan at top and 120mm fan at rear. 120 fan on Freezer34 cooler. CPU cooler is set to 400rpm constant speed. 1hr of Prime95 = 73C peek temps at cores. Case fans are set to 400rpm on 1400mm ones and rear 120 is set to 500rpm. Inaudible, PSU switch off is most noticable sound, ony during boot when mainboard starting fans is louder. Now with RTX3060Ti, ASUS TUF triple GPU with silent bios. It is noticable during gameplay, so my fan control is set to GPU temps, not CPU. When GPU reach 55C case fans will slowly ramp up to 700-750rpm, but at that moment GPU runs at 1500-1600 rpm, so case fans noise is hiden behind GPU fans. But it is mostly air flow noise rather fan motors noise.
Bro it’s been 3 years 👀 maybe take a look at the top 3 and maybe if there’s been any new good 140’s out them head to head. Also love the content thank you so much!
Would you be interested in reviewing some cheap chinese coolers like the Snowman MX-6, MT-6, ARSYLID AVC602, Deepcool Neptwin and so on, they look promissing for the price.
I really like how you approach presenting all of this information to us, using color coded lines for each variable. One thing that might make it a little easier is disabling and enabling these data plots as you bring them up, that why we can see an even clearer distinction between why item x is superior to item y. I think they are pretty easy to follow already, but it might help isolate the tradeoffs better. That, or if in the sake of time, you could just upload that file for us to take a look at and play around with on our own time. BUT I think that's also going extra and I don't know if people really have a hard time with it in the first place. Thanks for what you do.
@RUclips Really giving me a Show more / Show less option that literally does nothing besides change more to less and less to more.... Also great suggestion. at first though i was confused on the graph going "down hill" rather up hill. made it seem like its quiet while its hot but louder while its cool. I understood after a minute but maybe explain the graph for us slow ones. Thx
Interesting, that the P14 PWM cools better and is quieter than the beQuiet Silent Wings 3 in your test. After watching the video, I bought 5x Arctic P14 but I will send them back, as they all have slightly annoying high frequency resonance (tested inside and outside the case) all over their rpm range, which my beQuiet Pure Wings 2 don't. That resonance sound is relatively quiet (yet more annoying than pure wind noise), so I guess measured noise levels in db are way different to the subjective sound perception of the human ear.
I have 3x A14 Chromax as intake and 1x P14 arctic pwm ARGB + a 360 Arctic aio as exhaust (case is Enthoo pro tempered), everything is brand new (literally less than a month of life, I assembled it last week) I immediately tested them and at 100% pwm both the P14 argb and the 3x P14 pwm of the aio sound like a breeze, you hear them but it's so subtle that a pair of closed headphones (or the constant sound of italian cicadas outside my house) will cancel the sound. Meanwhile... the 3 Chromax at 100% sound literally like a Focke Wulf 190 taking off (or a Spitfire with the griffon engine if you prefer)... I could hear them even with headphones on and all the cicadas of the world throwing a party, at first I even thought they were touching something or the screws were too tight. They cannot be all 3 faulty fans, one I'd understand, but 3 new noctuas faulty? I'd go buy a lottery ticket. I know they pull a bit more air at a lower speed and they should last a lifetime compared to others, but the sound difference is really big, I don't keep the case fans at 100% obviously so this is not a real issue, but I'm tempted to return the Noctuas, get my kidney back, and buy 4x P14 pwm to swap them (I have an additional empty slot) to test it, maybe it's the intake filters that makes them more noisy... even tho I saw videos of an A14 spinning without hindrances and the prop airplane sound was the same...
I have the freezer 34 and it quite and cool that in 100% cpu usage for 1 hour and the maximum temperature not more than 67 and for gaming the maximum is 61 degree Arctic the best❄
Thank you so much, i like your no fuck giving presentation, no triigger sounds, no BS, just a very professional flawless and almost spocky approach to what i wanted to know for having a nice silent system. I Thank you very much !
Noctua's performance was a bit disappointing here. I am not going to complain though that a cheaper fan, that looks better and has a longer warranty period came out on top. Great Job Arctic!
@@Arccanos I have several 140mm fans including Noctua and Bequiet bought over the years and atm im using 3 x P14 in front of my P600s. They are by far the quietest and push an enormous amount of air through filters and radiators. In idle they run at 1000 rpm and are DEAD SILENT. I don't know what you're doing wrong, but in my experience this test is not flawed at all.
@@Danko_HS Have you tried the Bionix fans? I ordered 3 but I was extremely disappointed by how loud they were at 1000 RPM, so I sent them back. Are the P14 different?
@@zaleskar Based on other reviews, it tends to make some bearing sound at precisely 1000RPM but below or over that, the sound disappears. So I suggest to change your fan curve in which it never touches 1000RPM. Only below it or above it.
*is video like these that will make the silly company bump up their product price, but i guess its still fine as long as idiots like Linus and Jayz dont start making videos with stupid clickbait titles like "P14 PWM by Arctic is the CHEAPEST and BEST performing fan in the market!!!!"*
I got the P14 and I'm really dissappointed with them, they create lots of weird resonance noises at four different RPM levels. Which basically means you need to be really careful with what speed you run them, and as they ramp up/down you will always hit one of them, resulting in a horrible droning. I think it's because they are so cheaply made, the plastics are very thin and this means it's easy for them to start to resonate.
Wow, this is an excellent review and just what I was looking for the other day! Ordered 10 of Arctic P14 PWM PSTs for 60 euro instantly before they run out of stock... ;) And you've earned another sub! Great video and info! Thanks.
Man, you're lucky. For the past few months they're having a hard time keeping most models in stock across the pond in Canada... I'd like an extra one to match my other five, but you tell me if a single P14 PWM is worth 60$ or not. lol
Fractal's X2 GP-14 PWM are underrated. I was using some NF-A14's as intake on my Meshify C and tried out the Fractal fans and noticed slightly better temperatures.
I have Arctic fans, 6yrs old in my i7 4770k computer still silent like the day i bought them. I have used them in nearly every build for friends computers and family. Everyone was impressed with how quiet the computer was. I have not used them in a heatsink. I have a phanteks 120mm heatsink with two phanteks fans. They are not noisy, however they have an audible low frequency at Low RPMs due to the mass of the polymer in the blades. I am super impressed with the results. I will be considering these fans down the road.
3+1 year system builder. Technology Reporter when Tech Reporting was the real deal. Manager and then owner of a on call Computer service. I also specialize in air flow management. Happily Retired but still do service calls because my clients trust me. For the past 3+ years I used Arctic for all of my case mods, Mostly F14's as they have the best price vs performance of anything out there ATM. The P- Series are very good however when you buy in bulk, everything, including pricing counts. I'm "THAT" dude that most so called You tube techies fear... because I've been doing this when a majority of them were a gleam in their daddy's eyes. You did a good job with your report and your graphs are nice.
Great video and interesting analysis! Well done. Anecdotally, however, I have had a much different experience with my 140mm Arctic and Noctua Chromax fans (incidentally, the same ones used in this video). I originally bought the Arctic fans because of their lower price and I needed something quick, but I quickly became annoyed with the noise they produced even at around 40-60% speed. Then I swapped to Noctuas. With the exact same custom fan curves on my setup the Noctuas are just hint above silent. I mean, it's not even comparable. I'd like to say I got a bad batch of Arctic fans, but I find it hard to believe that all five were simultaneously defective in some way. At least in my experience, the Noctuas are tops. And I've built quite a few PCs using fans from Corsair, NZXT, Scythe and others. I've never done a scientific test, but in my real world experience as a PC builder, I've yet to find something better than Noctua.
Noctua is save bet if you do not want wierd sounds like clapping and so... But for average noise level PC it is not problem as it is not noticable as everything else is more noisy. For ultra low noise PCs I currently recomending Noctuas too, but that price is not acceptable for many users. If you run higher performance PC and you put 8 noctuas running 300-500rpm to case, it can crush whole machine budget and customers often reduce their low noise requirement.
They all have one thing in common: the P12/P14 fans. That's it. I actually had two Noctua A14 that I found to be louder than some P14s I decided to try out. I went back to the store and purchased 5 more P14s, also for another system. 2 weeks before this video.
TBT 2010 i used the 120mm from arctic to mount them on a Mora 2 Radiator -they have been the strongest and cheapest too back in 2010. Now i just purchased the 280mm AIO Freezer 3 from AC and was wondering if i can replace them because they drill max at 1700 rpm "only" but are labeled at 1900 rpm - i guess it depends on how they are positioned upside down and so on.... anyhow i gues you saved my time and money maybe to . i just will ask AC why my fans dont spin at 1900rpm as labeled - its confusing - their data sheet says its a DC fan but with pwm ?
wow! P14 destroyed them with lowest price, amazing! I like your reviews 👍 I hope to see your review for SE-207 from ID COOLING, I bought last one from aliexpress, cost me 43$, and I use it on FX 8320 😂
It's crazy - 6 bucks a piece for fans that outperform the top price tier fans. Wish I'd just waited for the black ones to be restocked instead of going with SW3s tbh
Researching some fan options before doing my next build. I had the P12 fans and found them to be quite noisy, ended up swapping in NF-A12X25 fans. My new build will be in a Define R5 (for the ODD bays) and currently have one serving as a NAS. Installed all Noctua A14 fans after the Arctic F14 fans were a bit noisy too. I'm considering the P14 even though I've now replaced two different Arctic fans in two different l systems. The price to performance is definitely there I'm just a noise snob but also want the performance.... $40 for the five pack?! If it doesn't work out not much lost. Here we go!
14:14 for the conclusion you should've unplugged it and let the logo show when you declared the Arctic P14 the winner. then plugged it back in to spin up while you talked to finish the video. It's be a cool little touch. I'll be heading to Micro Center now :) thanks for the info
It was nice to see just how good Actic fans are. That probably explains why their CPU coolers (which use these) tend to work so well at half or less the price of the big names. I don't understand why anyone uses Noctua (well unless they are a sponsored channel get them for free). They don't perform well enough to justify their price and even now that you can get them in black instead of baby poop brown, they still can't get the looks right.
how is the sound profile of the fans? do all sound as good or bad at a certain dba level? (dunno, lets say 32dba) maybe you could upload how they sound if you recorded it?
I need to exchange my Dynamic X2 GP-14, that came with my case, as it is running unbalanced and noisy... I was about to exchange it just with another Dynamic X2 GP-14. Luckily I found your video and orderd the P14 PWM from Arctic instead.
Just like I said on the last video Artic is where it's at don't sleep on them. Again you have done an awesome job, and this will For Sure help people make a good decision. Again thanks for the vids I personally chose Artic Frezzer 34esports duo(red) cpu cooler. Keep it up Science Guy!!!!!
Video came out in 2020, and here we are already in 2022, Does anything changed in meantime, any producent bring any change in this case(as in title)? I Would also gladly know results for 140 mm rgb fans... hopefully someone know answer for this, or maybe we would get some update video :/
Funny! You don't always get what you pay for do you... With most Apple products, most Starbucks products.. And apparently, PC case fans too.... You can pay a premium for a name brand, and get nothing but mediocrity in return...
Got the Bionix F140 from arctic and the Liquid Freezer II 360 (which has 3xP12 on it). Best god damn purchases I've ever made cooling/airflow wise. I love Arctic. Affordability, quality and performance.
What are the reasons for testing case fan performance with a single fan mounted as exhaust? Wouldn't it be more informative to test them as intake fans, or even multiple fans of the same model as both intake and exhaust, time and circumstances permitting? I expect we'd see a lot more interesting results with all the variety in fan speed ranges, pressure- and airflow optimization, and special features like the highly focused airflow pattern on the Silverstone Air Penetrator series. Of course that's a lot of work but I'd be surprised if the exhaust test results yields the most notable differences between the various fans.
The rear exhaust fan is the most common case fan, so I used that for simplicity. I'm thinking about doing multi-fan tests for my next video, but it does require a lot more time + money.
this review is weird... why do you only test 1 fan? that just makes it so that fans with different static pressure will do worse or better depending on the test. This is a scenario that only works on paper when comparing other instances where someone only has 1 fan. Literally when you buy a case it comes with more than 1 fan unless you buy some 40 dollar bargain budget bin, or you buy a case used. which leads into the next point which is that no one uses literally 1 fan in a computer case, so idk why you are basing this as if its some kind of standard. also finally, Im no noctua fan boy, but the fact that noctua scored this low should make anyone do a double take on this test, especially when other channels are also doing tests and have the noctua doing much better than these other fans.
Arctic is beyond godlike on all of there products from cooler to fans to thermal paste , but defiently they get the number 1 ugly award too :( they just have np good desighners
Rubberized corners are such a gimmick designed to inflate the price lol... if they included simple rubber washers which anyone can buy in a hardware store for literally 1,5€ for literally the entire build (4 or 5 case fans), they would perform exactly the same.
I think it would also helpful if you could put them as front intake fans (perhaps 2 fans) when testing them as case fans. Anyway, we all know Arctic is the king due to the best price to performance ratio. ;) Now you''ve got a video to proof it.
thnx for this video am glad that u using numbers and calculations reached this conclusion. its actually what i thought and went with but i had no legit testing like u did, am glad that the "Hardware Scientist" reached what i did. makes me feel smart xD love ur work btw and ur style cant wait for more parts of the vidoe P.S. i used that same fans but 120 on my graphic card instead of the stock fans and its like magic really much love
whats a good fanspeed to have the p14 stay at? im gonna use it as a radiator fan. I want to have it perform silently and just ramp up when doing intense workloads. I saw some reviews of the p12 where it has low noise but a weird hum sound (i think i saw this mentioned in optimum tech's comparison) and wanted to know if the p14 also exhibits this behavior.Thanks!
I think you should try to test an actual Real World scenario, as nobody uses just a single fan excepto for cheap builds with a single fan in the heatsink. What I mean is that people usually use at least 2 fans, one for the heatsink and another for exhaust, and then some use 3 or more, adding the rest to the front or whatever. I also think that mixing is a good option too. The air you want as an intake must be from a static pressure fan to get all the possible air inside, and the exhaust just regular ones. Or maybe the other way around, but different brands also have different fans for different situations. It would be extremely expensive as you would need to purchase a lot of different fans from each one (except Arctic since they just have the F an P lines). A push/pull with P14 fans on the front of the case on a big (360mm) rad with all the exhaust fans being the Noctua one might be the best, or maybe another Noctua fans since they have a bunch of different models for every scenario.
Great review, I wasn’t expecting Noctua to come out of the results like this. I’ve been doing some research on which 120 and 140 would be best adapted to a NZXT H510 but it’s crystal clear now. Hope you will keep on making these reviews in the future and maybe pair some solid fans to a particular case for best config. Cheers!
I have the H500 and am currently using two F14s on intake and two on exhaust. The case in general is pretty restrictive so P14 may be a slightly better option, but it handled a 980ti and 3700X combo well without getting too hot under load (it'll always be at least a little warm because of the restrictive intake areas)
I just bought the Corsair 500D case...I am going to be installing four 140mm case fans, this video made deciding on what fans to buy a lot easier. Thanks!
What did you think of the video? What other products should I review? Let me know!
Hardware Scientist How about a review of low profile air coolers next? Could be interesting.
@@yipingcuiv Yes low profile coolers would be interesting.
Low profile coolers!
Atfermarket GPU heatsinks maybe? Morpheus II vs Accellero III vs Accelero IV vs G12 with a radiator. There are unfortunately not a lot of good options.
Low profile coolers would be interesting, as would AIOs
Arctic is just way too good.
And too think of it that I can get a value 5 pack of the p14 for 31 euro in the Netherlands
I love arctic but hear this.
one of their fans made an annoying ghost noise in my pc case, and it only took me just about two weeks, replacing all the fans in my pc AND replacing the cpu cooler, just to find out which fan made the noise. time and money i couldve used quite frankly but I couldnt live with the ghost it was annoying as fk
their customer service is good, though.
@@ufanisoneetze How the hell did it take you two weeks to figure out which fan made the noise? That's an hour worth of work to disconnect all but one fan to figure out which one is faulty.
@@ryuuseiboi950 ikr? but the noise, appearantly, only occured in vertical and not horizontal, and when i changed the fans it was horizontal so every time I changed something i thought to myself "oh damn its gone now" until some minutes later "oh damn the ghost is back". it took me two weeks to figure out the exact conditions of the noise
@@ufanisoneetze That's not a question you answer with ikr mate. It was directed at your troubleshooting ability, not the fan itself.
This is by far the most underrated tech-related channel on RUclips at the moment.
Fully agree. This is just pure science and knowledge, without childish jokes and those strange video minatures. The other guy (curly black hair with glasses) is also underrated.
I know right :)
its because there's no rgb
aaaaand it's gone
@@cnk191 Yeah complete agree. I don't subscribe to many channels but I just did to him. No shitty banter, no rambling to make the video long, no waffling and failing to reach any conclusion. With this channel it's just background information, and then "i performed this experiment and got this result." and then some analysis. Perfect.
That time the cheapest fan gave the best over performance in all categories lmao!!!!
Which fan is it?
SPOILER:
@@estarossa918 Arctic P14
Arctic literally blew away the competition. I will show myself out.
thanks for the review and very glad to have got the first place with our P14 PWM. No worries, we'll not double the price, value is our driver.
Congrats on the F and P series. It's a shame the Bionix don't quiet match the cheaper ones. Please work on improving those.
Ive just order a pack of 5 artic P-14 as a case fan but there not pwm will this make a difference? they have just arrived, is it worth exchanging them from amazon?
@@nshyd9460 check in your Bios, you most likely have a DC mode to control the speed, our P14 (3 pins) can be easily controlled by voltage. if any more issue, feel free to contact our customer support.
@@VincentAndre_HK Thankyou ive already set the exhange in motion because i have software thank controls the fan temps and i like to have a bit of control over when playing games.
Do you know why the p14 pwm value pack/individual is missing from every store in Canada? Can't even order from Amazon.com because Arctic doesn't ship to Canada. I've been waiting for stock for months.
I agree with some of the results. As an owner of 2x Arctic P14 and 2x Noctua NF-A14 Chromax, they perform pretty similar, more or less within margin of error. The difference is that 1x Noctua Chromax fan costs more than 2x Arctic P14. The noise comparison is kinda lacking. the two fans have a different noise profile, the NF-A14 has more of "air pressure" type of noise while P14 is "buzzing". If you really want to take it to the next level, maybe try to see if you can do a frequency analysis (Fourier Transform of the noise), because our ears (or brain, I guess) respond differently to different frequencies.
The testing methodology for case fans is bad.
If you install only one fan the pressure differential per fan will be much higher than in a realistic scenario with multiple fans per case.
This makes static pressure fans look better than they actually are as case fans.
Also, the case test needs to be done with the fans on FRONT of the case not on the back on the case like a exaustor.
I already recommended Arctic F12/P12/F14/P14 fans, but now I have charts to back it up lol. Thanks Hardware Scientist!
I used only arctic fans in my case :)
Actually F-series is not as good. Not always great on noise and flow, but sure is cheap. P-series is a totally different story that out performs most competitors without comparing price tag, and include price to beat them all and with a huge margin.
@@CCL13CN I have both P14 and F14 , P14 is better but F14 is not that far behind
@@CCL13CN You are aware that the F series is the silence focused fans? They spin at 200RPM lower, but you say they are louder? I have plenty of both and find both of them to run quite quieter, while the P series has more performance, the F series is definitely quieter.
@@dimmacommunication same.
Thank you for the very detailed and systematic review giving the users a practical picture what they can expect. Tests like yours give us valuable input where we need to improve and we are more than motivated to do so. I believe you just made our engineers very happy, who put countless hours in tedious details, looked into hundreds of dead ends. We know that some brands are charging 3-5 times the margin and it may look like we could do the same - but we can't. Almost 20 years ago I promised customers affordable products. We are not leaving this path - never!
FYI, I own both sets of fans (Noctua A14 and Arctic P14 pushing through a 280mm radiator), even though they're both quiet, I get the same temperature results for both, however, the P14 has certain RPM's that the fan motor doesn't like, while the Noctua's only noise is literally the air its pushing (I can't hear the motor at all at any RPM). So keep in mind the noise readings aren't always perfectly accurate as the P14 overall has a more annoying tone compared to the Noctua.
Instead of checking the CPU temp, monitor the liquid temps in the AIO if that's an option, not that it would matter that much. Also, I believe there are 2 versions of the P14 PWM; one of them is just regular and then the other one is PWM CO (CO stands for continuous operation). I believe the noise thingy doesnt occur with the CO versions? I'm not sure though, someone please verify
Noctuas are built better overall but for what they charge the fans should have more mtbf. You're really nitpicking here.
@@AndyU96 The "CO" Continuous Operation one is just a DC, not PWM. It's the 1700PM fan with like 72CFM/3.x static pressure. You can control the fan speeds from 300RPM to 1700 RPM on it and just set your fan curves in the BIOS.
It's actually the one you want. Outperforms the PWM with the higher RPM range. Just... you don't get PWM lol. It will be 100% all the time if you do set it to PWM, though. Gotta use DC to set the curve. It goes from 2v to 12v, I'm I'm not mistaken, and it's 12v @ .15a.
I just know because I replaced every case fan in my case the plain P14's. Max speed is quieter than the stock 1000RPM 120mm Rosewill fans that came with the case.
They're just quieter than any of the 120mm fans I've used. I'm enjoying the airflow... I feel the difference coming out of the case. They can pull air better through mesh filters and push air out mesh filters (which I don't really need the top mesh filter, honestly).
I never used to feel heat coming out of my case.
I have a Fuma 2 Rev B on my 5900x. Runs about the same temps, I'm using the Kaze fans that came with it.
BUT.. my 6700XT runs around 5C cooler, now. It went from 80C on the hotspot to 75C in the same games. And those are just the most strenuous games.
And I feel the heat coming out the back, now.
Couldn't agree more. Noctua has the most pleasant airflow sound to the ear and requires high RPM to be became audible at all by itself.
Sry mate but stating that the only noise you hear from the Noctua NF-A14 is the fan pushing the air is complete and utter bullshit. I absolutely love the NF-A12x25 in every regard but the NF-A14 is an completely outdated awful fan. The noise that thing makes between RPM shifts is absolutely terrible and regardless of that it makes a lot of very distracting humming noises in a lot of rpm ranges and no, this wasn't a one off, i've tested quite a few of them and they were all equally awful.
Arctic has literally earned their name. Not only are they the cheapest fans in the bunch but, they also look nice, perform amazingly, and are very quiet. Definitely gonna get these and put the phanks halo kit on em to give em that rgb style that I want as well.
Hey, because of the numerous recommendations I installed six Arctic P14 PWM PST in my case, two of them being on an Arctic Liquid Freezer 2 280 AIO. They are about the best I've ever heard from the pure air noise and performance. But they emit a low frequency whine at certain (many) RPM levels. It might just be me, but I can't bear that noise. Already talked to Arctic about this and it seems very uncommon that people can hear this sound. Testing out the obvious runner-up now, the kaze flex squared.
I've read about other people hearing it, but it's rare. Just bear that in mind when considering the P14. Also, due to missing decoupling from the fan (rubber pads for example), installing multiple in your case can lead to significant vibration noise.
It's not rare, Arctic fans are infamous for this "hum". It happens at 1000 and 1500 RPM and comes and goes at low RPMs. Good choice on the Kaze Flex. Also this test is flawed; using one fan as a radiator or exhaust fan with no case fans leads to misleading results
Would rly like to have a soundexample of each fan at different rpm, cuz the noise Profil is also rly important.
Yeah, that is my problem with one test piece of those new Arctic fans, at 450-550 rpm I hear disruptive motor noise in quiet room and PC close to ears. Problem if your target RPM is in that range. Same asi it is really noticable at 1000+ rpm but I never simulate jet machine with my PCs, no matter fan manufacturer :) Maybe it is specific to that exact one piece I tried. After watching that video I ordered few more to try another pieces to replace my NF-A12 front case fas.
Even just a frequency range for each fan would let us know whether it was going to be a low pitch or high pitch whine comparatively.
@@jirikocman in case of 120mm fans Noctua NF-A12 and P12 performance is the same but NF-A12 has better noise profile, P12 has disturbing motor noise at 1000RPM, in case of 140mm fans P14 has better performace then NF-A14 but NF-A14 has better noise profile and dont have anoing wine at full RPM range, P14 has the same disturbing motor noise at 1000RPM as P12, also P14 and P12 are 4-5x times cheaper then NF-A12 and AF-A14 so Arctic is the best price/performance fan but Noctua is the most pleasing fan sound without anoing motor noise at some RPM
@@jirikocman so what happened, was it just that test unit or?
@@kerkertrandov459 I using them right now. Disclaimer.. Im really sensitive to any noise from my computer. Right now, I have new pc using only Arctic fans. I switched to Macbook Air M1 for daily use, so PC is only gaming console. It is i5-10400f. Case is cooler master NR400, two 140mm front fans, 140mm fan at top and 120mm fan at rear. 120 fan on Freezer34 cooler. CPU cooler is set to 400rpm constant speed. 1hr of Prime95 = 73C peek temps at cores. Case fans are set to 400rpm on 1400mm ones and rear 120 is set to 500rpm. Inaudible, PSU switch off is most noticable sound, ony during boot when mainboard starting fans is louder. Now with RTX3060Ti, ASUS TUF triple GPU with silent bios. It is noticable during gameplay, so my fan control is set to GPU temps, not CPU. When GPU reach 55C case fans will slowly ramp up to 700-750rpm, but at that moment GPU runs at 1500-1600 rpm, so case fans noise is hiden behind GPU fans. But it is mostly air flow noise rather fan motors noise.
I wish fan tester would provide sound tests for each fan because even though a fan may a have a lower decibel rating doesn't mean it sounds better.
Bro it’s been 3 years 👀 maybe take a look at the top 3 and maybe if there’s been any new good 140’s out them head to head. Also love the content thank you so much!
Would you be interested in reviewing some cheap chinese coolers like the Snowman MX-6, MT-6, ARSYLID AVC602, Deepcool Neptwin and so on, they look promissing for the price.
I really like how you approach presenting all of this information to us, using color coded lines for each variable. One thing that might make it a little easier is disabling and enabling these data plots as you bring them up, that why we can see an even clearer distinction between why item x is superior to item y. I think they are pretty easy to follow already, but it might help isolate the tradeoffs better. That, or if in the sake of time, you could just upload that file for us to take a look at and play around with on our own time. BUT I think that's also going extra and I don't know if people really have a hard time with it in the first place. Thanks for what you do.
@RUclips Really giving me a Show more / Show less option that literally does nothing besides change more to less and less to more.... Also great suggestion. at first though i was confused on the graph going "down hill" rather up hill. made it seem like its quiet while its hot but louder while its cool. I understood after a minute but maybe explain the graph for us slow ones. Thx
Brother we need an update for this video in 2024. :D
Interesting, that the P14 PWM cools better and is quieter than the beQuiet Silent Wings 3 in your test. After watching the video, I bought 5x Arctic P14 but I will send them back, as they all have slightly annoying high frequency resonance (tested inside and outside the case) all over their rpm range, which my beQuiet Pure Wings 2 don't. That resonance sound is relatively quiet (yet more annoying than pure wind noise), so I guess measured noise levels in db are way different to the subjective sound perception of the human ear.
This is exactly my problem with the P14 as well. Glad I'm not the only one.
@@pandoodl +1
We need to hear the sound of the fans in your next review. Some fan noise @ 35db is more annoying than other fans @ 40db.
I have 3x A14 Chromax as intake and 1x P14 arctic pwm ARGB + a 360 Arctic aio as exhaust (case is Enthoo pro tempered), everything is brand new (literally less than a month of life, I assembled it last week)
I immediately tested them and at 100% pwm both the P14 argb and the 3x P14 pwm of the aio sound like a breeze, you hear them but it's so subtle that a pair of closed headphones (or the constant sound of italian cicadas outside my house) will cancel the sound.
Meanwhile... the 3 Chromax at 100% sound literally like a Focke Wulf 190 taking off (or a Spitfire with the griffon engine if you prefer)... I could hear them even with headphones on and all the cicadas of the world throwing a party, at first I even thought they were touching something or the screws were too tight.
They cannot be all 3 faulty fans, one I'd understand, but 3 new noctuas faulty? I'd go buy a lottery ticket.
I know they pull a bit more air at a lower speed and they should last a lifetime compared to others, but the sound difference is really big, I don't keep the case fans at 100% obviously so this is not a real issue, but I'm tempted to return the Noctuas, get my kidney back, and buy 4x P14 pwm to swap them (I have an additional empty slot) to test it, maybe it's the intake filters that makes them more noisy... even tho I saw videos of an A14 spinning without hindrances and the prop airplane sound was the same...
I love arctic, I'm glad they're getting more recognition with the freezer 34
Liquid Freezer II as well. They sold out almost immediately after Gamer's Nexus named it as the best CPU AIO for Ryzen.
I have the freezer 34 and it quite and cool that in 100% cpu usage for 1 hour and the maximum temperature not more than 67 and for gaming the maximum is 61 degree Arctic the best❄
But don't buy their BioniX fans. Decent air flow but a very rough unpleasant noise signature. Not worth it.
I'm wondering if Freezer Liquid II can be attached to GPU with NZXT bracket thing. Anyone checked that?
Toby Charles Jup the Freezer34 is amazing
I got a 5 pack of the 120 mm arctic fans for lile 30 dollars which is the price of 1 premium corsair fan
BUY ARCTIC and support brands that are nor greedy ass fukks!
Thank you so much, i like your no fuck giving presentation, no triigger sounds, no BS, just a very professional flawless and almost spocky approach to what i wanted to know for having a nice silent system. I Thank you very much !
Noctua's performance was a bit disappointing here. I am not going to complain though that a cheaper fan, that looks better and has a longer warranty period came out on top. Great Job Arctic!
@@Arccanos I have several 140mm fans including Noctua and Bequiet bought over the years and atm im using 3 x P14 in front of my P600s. They are by far the quietest and push an enormous amount of air through filters and radiators. In idle they run at 1000 rpm and are DEAD SILENT. I don't know what you're doing wrong, but in my experience this test is not flawed at all.
@@Danko_HS Have you tried the Bionix fans? I ordered 3 but I was extremely disappointed by how loud they were at 1000 RPM, so I sent them back. Are the P14 different?
@@zaleskar Based on other reviews, it tends to make some bearing sound at precisely 1000RPM but below or over that, the sound disappears. So I suggest to change your fan curve in which it never touches 1000RPM. Only below it or above it.
*is video like these that will make the silly company bump up their product price, but i guess its still fine as long as idiots like Linus and Jayz dont start making videos with stupid clickbait titles like "P14 PWM by Arctic is the CHEAPEST and BEST performing fan in the market!!!!"*
Arctic = "this is not a competition ... this is your execution Muhahaha ..."
Sir can you comparison with Arctic P14 PWM With Cooler Master Sickeflow 140 who win ?
I got the P14 and I'm really dissappointed with them, they create lots of weird resonance noises at four different RPM levels. Which basically means you need to be really careful with what speed you run them, and as they ramp up/down you will always hit one of them, resulting in a horrible droning.
I think it's because they are so cheaply made, the plastics are very thin and this means it's easy for them to start to resonate.
Wow, this is an excellent review and just what I was looking for the other day!
Ordered 10 of Arctic P14 PWM PSTs for 60 euro instantly before they run out of stock... ;)
And you've earned another sub! Great video and info! Thanks.
Man, you're lucky. For the past few months they're having a hard time keeping most models in stock across the pond in Canada... I'd like an extra one to match my other five, but you tell me if a single P14 PWM is worth 60$ or not. lol
Fractal's X2 GP-14 PWM are underrated. I was using some NF-A14's as intake on my Meshify C and tried out the Fractal fans and noticed slightly better temperatures.
Do they sell the Arctic P14 PWM? I cannot find it anywhere for sale in Canada.
damn dude awesome video except for the "i hate purple..." my setup is black and purple😅
Fantastic! You are one of the best you tubers. Right up there with the greats.👍
I have Arctic fans, 6yrs old in my i7 4770k computer still silent like the day i bought them. I have used them in nearly every build for friends computers and family. Everyone was impressed with how quiet the computer was. I have not used them in a heatsink. I have a phanteks 120mm heatsink with two phanteks fans. They are not noisy, however they have an audible low frequency at Low RPMs due to the mass of the polymer in the blades. I am super impressed with the results. I will be considering these fans down the road.
What is the difference between P14 PWN and P14 PWN PST A-RGB (except in rgb)?
did you use the p14 pwm "silent" or the common p14 pwm ? :) greetings
are the arctic silent tho? cuz ive seen a lot of complaints bout people saying it was noisy
Very good video!
Why are some fan blades different?
Do they have a different function?
So basically cheap is the best lol? I’m just saying because arctic p14 pwm 5 pack cost like 35-40$😅
Also would like to point out, Arctic sells their pwm fans in 5 fan value packs for about 30 USD.
Do you have the link to buy it? That sounds really interesting.
@@calibula95 Here you go mate : www.amazon.com/ARCTIC-P14-Value-Pack-Pressure-optimised/dp/B07HC9ZWDN
Why does no one compare with the noctua redux fans 😢
How come I hear such good things about arctic case fans on RUclips but on new egg they got like no reviews?
YES! Finally !!! Thank you so much! I've been waiting for a 140mm review. You are awesome!
3+1 year system builder. Technology Reporter when Tech Reporting was the real deal. Manager and then owner of a on call Computer service. I also specialize in air flow management. Happily Retired but still do service calls because my clients trust me. For the past 3+ years I used Arctic for all of my case mods, Mostly F14's as they have the best price vs performance of anything out there ATM. The P- Series are very good however when you buy in bulk, everything, including pricing counts.
I'm "THAT" dude that most so called You tube techies fear... because I've been doing this when a majority of them were a gleam in their daddy's eyes. You did a good job with your report and your graphs are nice.
Great video and interesting analysis! Well done.
Anecdotally, however, I have had a much different experience with my 140mm Arctic and Noctua Chromax fans (incidentally, the same ones used in this video). I originally bought the Arctic fans because of their lower price and I needed something quick, but I quickly became annoyed with the noise they produced even at around 40-60% speed. Then I swapped to Noctuas. With the exact same custom fan curves on my setup the Noctuas are just hint above silent. I mean, it's not even comparable.
I'd like to say I got a bad batch of Arctic fans, but I find it hard to believe that all five were simultaneously defective in some way.
At least in my experience, the Noctuas are tops. And I've built quite a few PCs using fans from Corsair, NZXT, Scythe and others. I've never done a scientific test, but in my real world experience as a PC builder, I've yet to find something better than Noctua.
if thats the case i think he should retest with different arctic vs noctua fans,
Hardware Scientist please do!
Noctua does win most other showdown reviews...
Noctua is save bet if you do not want wierd sounds like clapping and so... But for average noise level PC it is not problem as it is not noticable as everything else is more noisy. For ultra low noise PCs I currently recomending Noctuas too, but that price is not acceptable for many users. If you run higher performance PC and you put 8 noctuas running 300-500rpm to case, it can crush whole machine budget and customers often reduce their low noise requirement.
An if you are looking for the value pack (5) you only pay 31 euro here in the Netherlands
Wow first the esports tower cooler and the AIO water cooler, now the best fan overall? Arctic's on a mission to overthrow noctua for PC cooling
They all have one thing in common: the P12/P14 fans.
That's it. I actually had two Noctua A14 that I found to be louder than some P14s I decided to try out. I went back to the store and purchased 5 more P14s, also for another system. 2 weeks before this video.
hay can try this fan Prolimatech PRO-USV14 140mm?
Man this video was awesome. No bs just straight facts.
Missing the actual audio of those fans
TBT 2010 i used the 120mm from arctic to mount them on a Mora 2 Radiator -they have been the strongest and cheapest too back in 2010. Now i just purchased the 280mm AIO Freezer 3 from AC and was wondering if i can replace them because they drill max at 1700 rpm "only" but are labeled at 1900 rpm - i guess it depends on how they are positioned upside down and so on....
anyhow i gues you saved my time and money maybe to . i just will ask AC why my fans dont spin at 1900rpm as labeled - its confusing - their data sheet says its a DC fan but with pwm ?
10$ Fans shipping 10$....
In Canada the P14 PWM cost between *29.99$* and *49.30$* CDN for the PST version _($23.27 to $38.24 USD)._
:'-(
wow! P14 destroyed them with lowest price, amazing!
I like your reviews 👍
I hope to see your review for SE-207 from ID COOLING, I bought last one from aliexpress, cost me 43$, and I use it on FX 8320 😂
Too bad arctic isn't available anywhere :(
I can get a 5 pack of the p14 pwm for 31 euro here in the Netherlands
@@laatma985 Then order aboard
What a video!! Well done! BTY in my country I can find P12 for about $6 and P14 for $7, the worst it $8. No kidding! :)
Damn that's a steal!
In my local store, you can get a pack of 5 of the P14 for just 34 Euro
It's crazy - 6 bucks a piece for fans that outperform the top price tier fans. Wish I'd just waited for the black ones to be restocked instead of going with SW3s tbh
Researching some fan options before doing my next build. I had the P12 fans and found them to be quite noisy, ended up swapping in NF-A12X25 fans.
My new build will be in a Define R5 (for the ODD bays) and currently have one serving as a NAS. Installed all Noctua A14 fans after the Arctic F14 fans were a bit noisy too.
I'm considering the P14 even though I've now replaced two different Arctic fans in two different l systems. The price to performance is definitely there I'm just a noise snob but also want the performance....
$40 for the five pack?! If it doesn't work out not much lost. Here we go!
14:14 for the conclusion you should've unplugged it and let the logo show when you declared the Arctic P14 the winner. then plugged it back in to spin up while you talked to finish the video. It's be a cool little touch. I'll be heading to Micro Center now :) thanks for the info
Fantastic video still 3 years later.
It was nice to see just how good Actic fans are. That probably explains why their CPU coolers (which use these) tend to work so well at half or less the price of the big names. I don't understand why anyone uses Noctua (well unless they are a sponsored channel get them for free). They don't perform well enough to justify their price and even now that you can get them in black instead of baby poop brown, they still can't get the looks right.
Their AIOs also use thicker radiators than most others, which helps in combination with the good fans.
how is the sound profile of the fans? do all sound as good or bad at a certain dba level? (dunno, lets say 32dba) maybe you could upload how they sound if you recorded it?
I need to exchange my Dynamic X2 GP-14, that came with my case, as it is running unbalanced and noisy...
I was about to exchange it just with another Dynamic X2 GP-14.
Luckily I found your video and orderd the P14 PWM from Arctic instead.
Just like I said on the last video Artic is where it's at don't sleep on them. Again you have done an awesome job, and this will For Sure help people make a good decision. Again thanks for the vids I personally chose Artic Frezzer 34esports duo(red) cpu cooler. Keep it up Science Guy!!!!!
Video came out in 2020, and here we are already in 2022, Does anything changed in meantime, any producent bring any change in this case(as in title)? I Would also gladly know results for 140 mm rgb fans... hopefully someone know answer for this, or maybe we would get some update video :/
I really like your videos, and I think you deserve a way bigger audience: keep up! And thanks for the great info. I love your methodology.
definitely beyond my expectation.. i didnt know any fan better than noctua
140mm noctua redux fans!!!! how are they not in here?? :)
Funny! You don't always get what you pay for do you... With most Apple products, most Starbucks products.. And apparently, PC case fans too.... You can pay a premium for a name brand, and get nothing but mediocrity in return...
Got the Bionix F140 from arctic and the Liquid Freezer II 360 (which has 3xP12 on it). Best god damn purchases I've ever made cooling/airflow wise. I love Arctic. Affordability, quality and performance.
The Bionix and the F line actually perform worse than a fully populated set of P14s as case fans.
What are the reasons for testing case fan performance with a single fan mounted as exhaust? Wouldn't it be more informative to test them as intake fans, or even multiple fans of the same model as both intake and exhaust, time and circumstances permitting? I expect we'd see a lot more interesting results with all the variety in fan speed ranges, pressure- and airflow optimization, and special features like the highly focused airflow pattern on the Silverstone Air Penetrator series. Of course that's a lot of work but I'd be surprised if the exhaust test results yields the most notable differences between the various fans.
The rear exhaust fan is the most common case fan, so I used that for simplicity. I'm thinking about doing multi-fan tests for my next video, but it does require a lot more time + money.
this review is weird...
why do you only test 1 fan? that just makes it so that fans with different static pressure will do worse or better depending on the test. This is a scenario that only works on paper when comparing other instances where someone only has 1 fan. Literally when you buy a case it comes with more than 1 fan unless you buy some 40 dollar bargain budget bin, or you buy a case used.
which leads into the next point which is that no one uses literally 1 fan in a computer case, so idk why you are basing this as if its some kind of standard.
also finally, Im no noctua fan boy, but the fact that noctua scored this low should make anyone do a double take on this test, especially when other channels are also doing tests and have the noctua doing much better than these other fans.
Arctic is beyond godlike on all of there products from cooler to fans to thermal paste , but defiently they get the number 1 ugly award too :( they just have np good desighners
Always been a fanboy of Arctic and using them now, but I must admit both the P12 and P14 have some noisy resonance at several RPM ranges
Good work !
Very helpful to me
Rubberized corners are such a gimmick designed to inflate the price lol... if they included simple rubber washers which anyone can buy in a hardware store for literally 1,5€ for literally the entire build (4 or 5 case fans), they would perform exactly the same.
I think it would also helpful if you could put them as front intake fans (perhaps 2 fans) when testing them as case fans. Anyway, we all know Arctic is the king due to the best price to performance ratio. ;) Now you''ve got a video to proof it.
thnx for this video
am glad that u using numbers and calculations reached this conclusion. its actually what i thought and went with but i had no legit testing like u did, am glad that the "Hardware Scientist" reached what i did. makes me feel smart xD
love ur work btw and ur style
cant wait for more parts of the vidoe
P.S. i used that same fans but 120 on my graphic card instead of the stock fans and its like magic really
much love
Watching this video again just to feel great I have 5 of these Artic 140mms cooling my new AM5 build.
Bought p 14 today and I am totally disappointed, extreme noisy fans!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for the great video! I just bought a 5 pack of the Arctic P14’s for $43 after tax! Just over $8 for the best overall fan for EVERYTHING FTW!
whats a good fanspeed to have the p14 stay at? im gonna use it as a radiator fan. I want to have it perform silently and just ramp up when doing intense workloads. I saw some reviews of the p12 where it has low noise but a weird hum sound (i think i saw this mentioned in optimum tech's comparison) and wanted to know if the p14 also exhibits this behavior.Thanks!
Arctic is great price.
The Kaze Flex wins for me. Looks, low noise and great performance in one package.
I think you should try to test an actual Real World scenario, as nobody uses just a single fan excepto for cheap builds with a single fan in the heatsink.
What I mean is that people usually use at least 2 fans, one for the heatsink and another for exhaust, and then some use 3 or more, adding the rest to the front or whatever.
I also think that mixing is a good option too. The air you want as an intake must be from a static pressure fan to get all the possible air inside, and the exhaust just regular ones. Or maybe the other way around, but different brands also have different fans for different situations. It would be extremely expensive as you would need to purchase a lot of different fans from each one (except Arctic since they just have the F an P lines).
A push/pull with P14 fans on the front of the case on a big (360mm) rad with all the exhaust fans being the Noctua one might be the best, or maybe another Noctua fans since they have a bunch of different models for every scenario.
Next time I need fans I will get a 5 value pack of these Arctic P14, most big tech channels barely talk about how such a great deal they are. Thanks!
Tech Buyer Guru came up with different results: ruclips.net/video/PUdsTiRmuuU/видео.html
Soooooo a is the difference between this one and the silent version?
Man I love artic the cheapest option is the best option and has the best warranty lol.
What RPMs are these results taken at??
It sounds like you're comparing them all at their own different max speeds.
Yes, he did, sure, some noise normalised test will be wellcome. Especially one targeting ultra low noise PCs, which are unable to hear in silent room.
Already this is looking like it’s gonna be a good video 👍
Great review, I wasn’t expecting Noctua to come out of the results like this. I’ve been doing some research on which 120 and 140 would be best adapted to a NZXT H510 but it’s crystal clear now. Hope you will keep on making these reviews in the future and maybe pair some solid fans to a particular case for best config. Cheers!
I have the H500 and am currently using two F14s on intake and two on exhaust. The case in general is pretty restrictive so P14 may be a slightly better option, but it handled a 980ti and 3700X combo well without getting too hot under load (it'll always be at least a little warm because of the restrictive intake areas)
Still hoping Notcua would release the 140mm version of the NF-A12x25 soon, hopefully it'll shake up the competition.
Turtlemaster Ninethousand that will be next year apparently noctua.at/en/product-roadmap
@@turtlemaster9000 ouch
You've earned my very hard to get subscription. Well done.
Got a thump up from me mid video, just by the way you explain your setup showned how detailed your work is. Please make one for 120 mm fan. Thank you.
I just bought the Corsair 500D case...I am going to be installing four 140mm case fans, this video made deciding on what fans to buy a lot easier. Thanks!
I love my P14's PWM PST fans. I have 12 in different home PC's.
Alright, Arctic ordered. 5 fans for the price as 1 Noctua, easy choice.
Really great video, hope you will come back to create more content.