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ARCTIC P12 PWM PST Value Pack - 120 mm Case Fan $30.99

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ARCTIC P12 PWM PST Value Pack - 120 mm Case Fan

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Model: ARCTIC P12 PWM PST (5 Pack) - 120 mm Case Fan, PWM Sharing Technology (PST), Pressure-optimised, Value Pack, Very quiet motor, Computer, 200-1800 RPM - Black

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May 13, 2021 08:28 PM
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RonBurgandy2010May 13, 2021 08:28 PM
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I'm still waiting on my fans from the last time this was posted in early April. Buy at your own risk. Great fans, poor shipping follow through.
May 13, 2021 08:46 PM
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RonBurgandy2010May 13, 2021 08:46 PM
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Quote from RonBurgandy2010 :
I'm still waiting on my fans from the last time this was posted in early April. Buy at your own risk. Great fans, poor shipping follow through.
Just got them on the phone, seems my payment didn't post, likely a glitch on the Amazon side. Now Amazon is saying it's shipped in the last ten minutes and arriving tomorrow. At a bit of a loss, but I guess ignore my warning and hope for the best. Great bang for your buck fans regardless of my shipping issues.
May 13, 2021 08:52 PM
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LucasXXXMay 13, 2021 08:52 PM
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great fans. ordered twice with similar price, both arrived one week in advance.
May 13, 2021 09:48 PM
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untitledlivesMay 13, 2021 09:48 PM
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Quote from RonBurgandy2010 :
I'm still waiting on my fans from the last time this was posted in early April. Buy at your own risk. Great fans, poor shipping follow through.
I actually got mine about a week ago from the order in april. i'm very impressed with them since my NZXT stock fans started rattling
May 13, 2021 11:08 PM
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ccl13May 13, 2021 11:08 PM
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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank ccl13

Just to put a comment for people thinking this won't work as well as Noctua fans. I would recommend people to actually try this instead of looking at specs and judge. This fan, albeit has its own issue like not as uniform noise profile, is very quiet under most conditions even compared to Noctua.

Talking about spec difference, Arctic uses Sone to indicate noise spec while Noctua uses dB(A). This is tricky because they cannot be compared directly. Reference here: http://www.sengpielaudio.com/calc...nephon.htm

I own many fans from Noctua and Arctic. Arctic P series is usually the go to unless the condition is not suitable. The main issue is that it produces some more noticeable noise at around 1100RPM, so I will avoid using it if it will be running constantly at that speed. And since it does not have rubber feet, if your installation is on some very flimsy location that minor vibration will be amplified, you should try to dampen it or just use Noctua.
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May 14, 2021 12:14 PM
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DealRunner1337May 14, 2021 12:14 PM
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Arctic makes some cool stuff, sometimes, but I was almost going to order these (even though I have no use for them right now) but then I held off after seeing "$10.00 delivery: May 19 - 24" - I'm not personally in that big of a need for the fans. The non-PWM variant value pack is $30/free shipping.
May 14, 2021 01:41 PM
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lazybratscheMay 14, 2021 01:41 PM
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Quote from ccl13 :
Just to put a comment for people thinking this won't work as well as Noctua fans. I would recommend people to actually try this instead of looking at specs and judge. This fan, albeit has its own issue like not as uniform noise profile, is very quiet under most conditions even compared to Noctua.

Talking about spec difference, Arctic uses Sone to indicate noise spec while Noctua uses dB(A). This is tricky because they cannot be compared directly. Reference here: http://www.sengpielaudio.com/calc...nephon.htm [sengpielaudio.com]

I own many fans from Noctua and Arctic. Arctic P series is usually the go to unless the condition is not suitable. The main issue is that it produces some more noticeable noise at around 1100RPM, so I will avoid using it if it will be running constantly at that speed. And since it does not have rubber feet, if your installation is on some very flimsy location that minor vibration will be amplified, you should try to dampen it or just use Noctua.
Agreed on the noticeable hum at certain RPM. I just received a set, installed all 5, and had to spend a lot of time tweaking fan curves to avoid an annoying pulsing hum effect. There are several distinct resonant frequencies in the 900-1100 RPM range, so if you have a shallow fan curve in this area the pulsing hum will come and go all the time. I ended up setting a more stepped fan curve, with the fans running at the minimum ~800 RPM for idle CPU temperatures (< 65 C IIRC), jumping up to ~1200 RPM for typical gaming CPU temperatures (65C-85C), and then sloping from 1200 RPM to 1800 RPM for really high temperatures (> 85 C).

In the end they're an OK value but I'm not completely impressed.

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May 14, 2021 01:58 PM
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LucasXXXMay 14, 2021 01:58 PM
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Quote from DealRunner1337 :
Arctic makes some cool stuff, sometimes, but I was almost going to order these (even though I have no use for them right now) but then I held off after seeing "$10.00 delivery: May 19 - 24" - I'm not personally in that big of a need for the fans. The non-PWM variant value pack is $30/free shipping.
sold & ship by arctic would be 10$ shipping;
sold by arctic, ship by amazon would be free shipping. ​
May 14, 2021 02:41 PM
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b005tdMay 14, 2021 02:41 PM
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how many are there actally in this PACK ?
i cant tell
May 14, 2021 02:50 PM
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edge929May 14, 2021 02:50 PM
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Quote from b005td :
how many are there actally in this PACK ?
i cant tell
The style dropdown says 5-pack. If you don't need PWM the non-PWM 5-pack goes on sale for $20-22.
May 14, 2021 03:16 PM
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b005tdMay 14, 2021 03:16 PM
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Quote from edge929 :
The style dropdown says 5-pack. If you don't need PWM the non-PWM 5-pack goes on sale for $20-22.
ahhh now i see it, tks
what is PWM ?
May 14, 2021 03:24 PM
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edge929May 14, 2021 03:24 PM
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Quote from b005td :
ahhh now i see it, tks
what is PWM ?
Pulse Width Modulation. It controls the voltage to the fans to make it spin more or less. This is usually controlled through the BIOS but I believe Windows software can too.
May 14, 2021 05:53 PM
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ccl13May 14, 2021 05:53 PM
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Quote from lazybratsche :
Agreed on the noticeable hum at certain RPM. I just received a set, installed all 5, and had to spend a lot of time tweaking fan curves to avoid an annoying pulsing hum effect. There are several distinct resonant frequencies in the 900-1100 RPM range, so if you have a shallow fan curve in this area the pulsing hum will come and go all the time. I ended up setting a more stepped fan curve, with the fans running at the minimum ~800 RPM for idle CPU temperatures (< 65 C IIRC), jumping up to ~1200 RPM for typical gaming CPU temperatures (65C-85C), and then sloping from 1200 RPM to 1800 RPM for really high temperatures (> 85 C).

In the end they're an OK value but I'm not completely impressed.
Actually for this model to avoid the hum I usually pick the CO models with ball bearings. It usually is better about the humming, and still a good deal at normal prices. I also have noticed that the hum is not uniform among different batches. Some of them has a much more louder hum while some of them is just quiet. Yeah the uniformity on these sucks...
May 14, 2021 06:00 PM
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llskankzllMay 14, 2021 06:00 PM
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I ordered mines (P12 PWM and P14 5-pack) in March and I finally got it about 2 weeks ago. There's a chance yours will ship in a plastic bags too.

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May 14, 2021 11:56 PM
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DealRunner1337May 14, 2021 11:56 PM
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Quote from LucasXXX :
sold & ship by arctic would be 10$ shipping;
sold by arctic, ship by amazon would be free shipping. ​
Yep, thumbs up for you, I made a mistake, for some reason it was defaulted to the Arctic $10/shipping.

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