Phanteks T30-120 Fan Review: Beating the Noctua NF-A12x25 at its Own Game!
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- Listen up, folks, there's a new ultimate PC fan, and it goes by the name of Phanteks T30-120! Launched August 12, 2021, this is the revolution in fan design I have been hoping for (but maybe not expecting) after years of testing fans and CPU coolers.
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Link to purchase at Amazon:
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It's destined to instantly become the best 240mm cooler on the market by a wide margin!
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Test rig:
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
02:17 What makes the T30 different?
07:39 Pricing - It's a Premium Product!
08:29 Test Setup
09:17 Max RPM Benchmarks
10:25 35dBA-normalized Benchmarks
11:19 40dBA-normalized Benchmarks
12:00 45dBA-normalized Benchmarks
12:47 Wait, the T30 at 35dBA can beat other fans at max?!?
13:33 Audio Samples at 35dBA, 40dBA, and Max
14:40 Conclusion: the T30 is the New Reference!
19:53 How My Fan Reviews Moved the Industry Forward - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
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May the algorithm bless your videos, again, severely underrated
I wish... at this point, my reviews are really just for my subs, as the algorithm doesn't do much for me!
@@TheTechBuyersGuru Thats god damn sad, u make really good deep test videos.. u deserve more...
also high quality actually.
@@TheTechBuyersGuru I'm not a sub! I googled the Fan and this came up! it might be working....for those who specifically google this fan?!...either way...now I'm subbed... :D
The Algorithm must be rounding the corner because I found this and I'm not subscribed..... now I am
@@TheTechBuyersGuru well the algorithm led me to this video and now I'm subbed! Haha stranger things have happened
Phantastic review, Ari! Can’t thank you enough for all of your hard work benchmarking fans. It certainly has shed more light on the cooling industry.
I should have titled this video "The Phantastic Phanteks T30"! And thanks for the feedback, I hope you didn't say that just because I begged for positive feedback, LOL!
@@TheTechBuyersGuru Love it! No, I watch nearly all of your videos and truly appreciate the hard work! I have a friend who purchased many of his cooling components based upon your recommendations and he couldn't be happier with his decisions.
I need these in 140mm size!
Hopefully the concepts scales similarly
My wallet hopes they don't... I'm already broke
I'm hoping this will wake Noctua up and we see more interesting products from the other companies competing in this space
We still need to see the rest of their 2021 roadmap. With Phanteks releasing this first, Noctua may do some trick for their upcoming black NF-A12x25.
One thing is dB og sound pressure another thing is the fan pitch (frequency) at some other channel I was able to listen to the fans and while they may be tested at the same sound pressure in dB the frequencies exhibited by the two fans are very different. In other words the Noctua was far more pleasant to the ears. Also do bear in mind that the phanteks one is thicker, hence it moves more air.
@@Persason That's very subjective and can't be measured tho.
They don't need to be woken up. Phanteks T30 is 30mm thick and its a different fan category than Noctua NF-A12x25. Phanteks could not beat Noctua as Noctua NF-A12x25 is engineered to the last so they went with a 30mm version.
@SmashStomp Inc these fans are usually used with WC radiators. 5mm is a lot in that situation when you also need to consider a rad thickness.
thank you for covering this niche, fans are really overlooked, and it is practically the only thing you'll be hearing from your PC all the time.
Yeah, it's amazing to me that there wasn't more coverage of this topic, but it is pretty hard to test versus something like GPU framerates.
Especially differentiating between testing as a case fan, a heatsink fan and cooling fan is rare elsewhere. As we've seen from testing here, fans can behave very differently between those use cases.
We NEED your review of the 140mm when it arrives! I trust your fan reviews THE MOST
Awesome video thanks for taking the time to test out so many different fans! This Video has really helped me pick out my future fan upgrades for my NRP200
Excellent content as always, great job Ari! Really cool to see a company innovating in this somewhat stagnant sector of the PC market and dethroning Noctua.
Couldn't agree more!
Thanks for all the work you put into these videos. Great information, great advice.
Glad you like them!
I wish I have seen this channel sooner. Thank you so much for your videos. I have learned a lot about fans and truly appreciate the noise samples.
Welcome to the channel!
You put out the best fan reviews. Thank you so much!!!
Can`t wait for the case fan and air cooler tests/comparisons with this fan. Great video as always !
It's so great you have the rep now so much so that companies want you to do release day reviews. You are my go-to person for fan reviews. Keep up the great work. Your review methodology is great!
I appreciate that! I can't promise release-day reviews every time, but I will be focused on the latest releases going forward, including for coolers.
Enormously helpful, Ari. It has helped inform several of my purchases over the last year. Much appreciated!
Glad to hear my videos have encouraged you to try out some new gear. Hopefully you like it all!
Ok, i watched some of your videos and it was always very instructive and a pleasure to watch ! Your last chapter made me comments, i hope (like others in the comments) that you will find the fame you deserve.
Also very clear voice and no noise around, which is a pleasure to my non-english ears :D.
Props to you for that hard work ! Amazing content ! Love
Wow, thank you! I sometimes wonder if background music would make my videos more popular. But I'm glad to hear that you appreciate that I'm just speaking into the camera without music.
Thanks for your amazing work and time dude ! Keep it up
Wow, i'm sold. Really appreciate the effort you put into these videos.
Thank you!
Found my way here from your SG13 chassis coverage. Over several videos I saw you refine your methodology, educate on the essential challenges in benchmarking these systems, and giving fair and actionable advice to a buyer in each price range. Really great work!!
Glad you enjoyed that series!
Thanks for this Ari, glad the YT algorithm decided to post it. I have always used Noctua like yourself. It is great to see another company trying new tech and pushing the boundaries in PC components. Subscribed!
Welcome aboard!
Amazing video on what looks like an amazing fan. Exited to see how it performs as a case fan and as a heatsink fan. Phanteks might be onto something with that 30mm thickness.
Thanks for watching. And I agree, this fan is definitely worth testing again!
@@TheTechBuyersGuru whats the best "case" fan you have tested?
@@user-wv1wg2mp1b 120mm: Scythe Kaze Flex is his favorite case fan. See shootout. th-cam.com/video/PUdsTiRmuuU/w-d-xo.html
Best bang for buck: Arctic P12.
Also, it's my opinion that the best 140mm is Silent Wings 3.
Looks like Noctua. Appreciate the review, most of the cases I've used lately have been Phanteks.
Best fan channel out there. So underrated.
Thank you, I saw a need, and I did my best to fill it!
Love your channel too man. You’re very underrated. Bless.
Amazing review Ari, very in depth and answered all my questions
Glad to hear it, tried to cover everything and it was a lot. Felt bad it was over 20 minutes for a single product review, but no one has said it was boring... yet!
Awesome review, you include all the numbers one could possibly need. Love reviews of these niche products. This fan seems really great and I want to replace my current fans now.
I'm sure there's more people could want to see, but I'm glad you agree I covered enough to make a decision!
I always take your reviews as base for my future purchases 👍
Excellent work, very nice fans!!!!!, very good review, thanks for the work!!!!
Great review and great points at the end, as always.
Glad you made it to the end, it was a long one!
Wow phanteks finally did it!!! Man to bad these don't fit on my ID-COOOLING SE 207XT Black. Now I can't wait for a case fan and heat sink review.. I keep coming back that's why I sub!! Great work and appreciate everything you do your passion shows it.. From the great state of Florida! 🌄
Glad you liked the review! Good point that it could be a challenge clipping these onto many heatsinks as they will be too big. I should have mentioned that!
Man I'm so glad I found your channel, definitely underrated, seeing the performance I feared the sound would be terrible, but when I heard the audio samples I was surprised, asking myself if the recording was bad since I felt like the sound was a lot better than the noctua. When you mentioned in the end that this is your opinion as well I almost couldn't believe it, that it would be possible to have a fan with that performance with an even better sound than noctua's.
Thanks so much for the great video, I was afraid I wouldn't be able to find a video that does both noise normalized testing AND play sound samples. That's rare and you're doing a great job!
Thanks for that feedback, so glad to see you found the channel and enjoyed the coverage. I think more folks are doing noise-normalized testing, and a few are providing sound samples, but I was definitely one of the first, and people really responded positively to it!
Wishing you all the best, Ari. Just subbed. You definitely deserve a lot more.
Thanks for subbing!
Thank you for the info. It actually was what I was looking for
Thank you for the video, I appreciated the rigour, I watched nearly the whole thing 🤗
You are a godsent, thanks for this early review! Didn't have these on my radar 🤠
Fingers crossed these will be on sale for black friday. Just outfitted my NR200P with five Toughfans after your videos 😂
Glad you enjoyed it, and for now, you are in good shape with the Toughfan 12s. As for discounts, hmmm, I think it's more likely these will be sold out from now until Black Friday!
Great review again, thanks, glad I subscribe to your channel! Didn't see these fans coming AT ALL, such a great job from Phanteks. We will see what Noctua can come up with, we know they like to be the king. A 30mm 120 and 140mm noctua fan would be awesome.
It will be interesting to see what Noctua can do, but the T30 was in development for 3 years, and Noctua often takes just as long to bring out a new product, so I expect there won't be much direct competition for a while!
I am loving your videos. Keep up the good work!
Thanks!
Good review, thanks for all you do. Keep em coming.
Thanks, will do!
Thank you very much for all your efforts and laudable intention to supply information to people to help them pick the right fan 👍👌🙏
You are welcome!
Another great fan review! Thank you.
Thanks for coming back for another review!
Not the p200a but glad for this surprise. Looks great, the specification that does matter here is the 30mm. Just need to be mindful particularly if someone tries to use on a front Rad their gpu clearance will be more limited than before. Thanks for the content enjoyed as always.
Yup, that's another application where it could matter, I mentioned the extra 5mm potentially impacting RAM slot clearance on heatsinks and motherboard clearance on top rads.
WOW! Now this was very unexpected to put it lightly. I did not think that Phanteks would drop such a monster of a fan. Amazing unbiased review as always my guy! Man, this really is crazy to think that there are fans out there that have rivaled the Noctua A12x25 for a while now at least for radiator applications, but to actually have a fan that beats it is really an accomplishment. Well done to Phanteks and their engineering. So this makes me ask the question Ari, will you be testing these T30-120 Phantek fans on the Nh-U12s heatsink? Or maybe as a case fan application?
I already have so many fan/cooler tests lined up that it's hard for me to immediately turn around a T30 test on the NH-U12S or as case fans. But, my next shootout happens to be an ARGB case fan test... maybe, just maybe, I'll add these as a reference despite not being ARGB...
@@TheTechBuyersGuru get wingboost 3 for argb test
Wow! Great job Phanteks! That's a really clever design bringing it to 30mm thickness
Looking forward to seeing your heatsink and case fan tests for it :) Nice job with the tests Ari!
Ive decided not to do heatsink tests as fitment will be challenging with most fan clips, but I may sneak it into an upcoming ARGB case fan shootout... despite the lack of ARGB!
Phanteks T30 is 30mm thick and its a different fan category than Noctua NF-A12x25. Phanteks could not beat Noctua as Noctua NF-A12x25 is engineered to the last so they went with a 30mm version.
Thanks Ari. This was great. I'm hoping they come out with a 140mm version.
The last part of this video is definitely the best. Spec doesn't matter when it comes to sounds, as in the same dB reading doesn't always equal to how we perceive the tone of the sound. I have Gentle Typhoon @1850 RPM and they're quiet as hell. Other cheap fan in general at that RPM will 'bleed' our ears. This fascinates me as a human being, as we can't always rely on measurement device to make our decision in life.
Again, thanks for the review, Ari! It's definitely an eye (and ear) opener for me! :D
Already about to start buying some now !! Great review !!!
Enjoy! If you're in the US, you can use this link: amzn.to/3xKZud0
Not sure if they are widely available worldwide yet.
Great breakdown in various categories 👌
I might consider getting these fans also thank you sir for reviewing these fans and great job at explaining the whole situation that this company didn't stole this product and such lol everyone is different but with slight same touches, looking forward to these phantek fans
Just ordered 10 of them 😊. Great review
This could go well with my P300. Amazing review! Now I could jot down more fans on my list for my new build. I've bought the P12 basically, thanks to your videos, and I love it. I got 5 of it running in my case.
Great to hear! Your 5-pack of P12 fans was probably around the cost of one T30, so you did the right thing!
@@TheTechBuyersGuru And it's all thanks to you. I was actually lost on what fans to buy and I found your videos. It helped me a lot with my decisions. Amazing work!
Love your reviews, the effort is always obvious! Kinda bummed because I actually just ordered 4 Noctua NFA12x25, but oh well
You can blame me... I named them the best rad fans last month!!! It's really not all that often that fan tech takes a leap like this. It's practically like when a new generation of GPUs arrived... you can't feel too bad that you had the best of what was available the moment before!
Thank you for the great review again.
thank you for covering these
Another top-notch review, great performance and build quality perfect combination
Thank you as always, Tony Beckett!
I'm done waiting for the Chromax A12X25, the never ending delays and excuses are getting ridiculous. Maybe this Phanteks fan is the hero we deserved, and the one we needs right now 🤣👌
As long as you like grey!
Noctua would charge a premium for their Chromax anyways. Not worth it when we can get the Phanteks for cheaper!
@@ouki4925 The deal breaker with these fans is the 30mm thickness. It would be interesting to see what a 25mm version would do.
@@keibohow69 It would definitely suffer.
Except youve missed out in vain, the brown Noctuas look way better than this ass-black/gray tone of Phanteks. I dont get the whole gripe with the Noctua browns, it looks classy and a good contrast in black builds.
I really like the way you wrapped this one up Ari, well said!
Glad you enjoyed it, tried to make this about more than just the T30, but the whole industry!
I really like your way of testing and just found your channel with your last combined fan test video. Hope you go on with these extensive tests, then otherwise as you said the customer has to buy it's fans blindly which is not really satisfying at the end.
Welcome! Yes, until I started doing these tests, there really wasn't a good way to pick fans. But these reviews take a lot of time!
Great review. I think this fan could have amazing potential as a case fan for quiet PC enthusiasts.
Your videos make me want to buy a roomful of fans and cases. Great review as always.
Well, at least you'd keep cool!
Very in depth review no matter what product you review. Always looking foreward to your reviews.
Thanks for the feedback!
Subscribed and liked. Well done my man.
Great video, good narrative and details throughout
Thanks as always for your feedback!
Great to have some meaningful innovation in fans . And Good contents! Thank you for that
Glad you enjoyed it! I agree that it was about time for some innovation in the market. Some people are concerned about the 30mm width, but if it makes that much of a difference, maybe it should become the new standard!
Honestly great review.. thanks!
Amazing review of the t30. Would love to see how it performs in heatsinks and case fan situations to see if it truly is the “ultimate fan”
Great review! Thank you!
This is a bloody good review, thanks mate!
Glad you liked it!
brilliant review as always. can't wait for the t30 heat sink and case fan follow-ups.
Glad you liked it! Due to compatibility issues with a number of heatsink clip designs, I'm going to hold off on testing on a heatsink, but I will be testing it as a case fan soon!
@@TheTechBuyersGuru good point. we'll leave the heatsink to wonder snail duty.
LOL, you know my videos well! And luckily, the WS is finally in stock! - amzn.to/3yZ4xqW
@@TheTechBuyersGuru no doubt. you're doin the Lord's work
You really need to test these as case fans!
Thank you for this amazing review! I'm currently building my first system using a Phanteks enthoo evolv atx I purchased and never had the opportunity to use after all those years. Since this beautiful case seems to be well known for its terrible airflow, I set my mind on finding the best 140 mm fans in terms of static pressure to overcome the front panel filters. I know I will probably have to mod the case but I wish to do the less harm. I purchased Ryzen 9 5900x CPU, so I have to ensure I will be able to cool it down. Do you think these P30 would do the trick as front intakes? Thank you again.
Could you add the Akasa Apache Silent fan into your reviews which has been a brilliant silent and performance fan not to mention cost. 💛 Great review again.
Thank you for doing this work ! Another good one ...
You're very welcome!
Noctua - 3 years to release a Chromax NF-A12, it's definitely too much.
A few months ago we got the ThermalTAKE copy..shame, but it should have been a wake up call for Noctua.
Now, great effort from Phanteks with these T30s, I'm done waiting Chromax.
Super detailed review!! Thanks
Thanks for watching!
Top notch review as always
Thank you!
Great review. They’re really nice fans
FANtastic review! 😁
Another great review!!!
Outstanding review
Amazing! Please add it in your argb case fan test.
I'm considering it, but no promises...
Boom! Great review
Much appreciated! 🙏
Great content, once again. Hope you're doing well!
Thanks! You too!
Fantastic review, thank you
Glad you liked it!
Your videos are great.Watching out for these on a air cooler
I may not do it because of clip incompatibility. The fan will work with some heatsinks that clip to back of fan, but most clip to front of fan.
@@TheTechBuyersGuru Oh, that makes sense. Appreciate that anyway 💪🏾
i feel like this is a turning point for your channel and the case fan industry in general! Finally someone has solidly beat Noctua at their own game. The case fan industry competition is heating up for the first time in a while.
Do you see any other companies copying the 30mm form factor since it seems to work so well?
I hope you're right that this is a turning point! I asked Phanteks for a comment on potential copies and did not receive a response. I think it could happen, but it doesn't use off the shelf parts. Molding the blade copies would be the easy part...
@@TheTechBuyersGuru ThermalFake *ahem* ThermalTake new product in 3...2...1...
thank you very much for educating us all
Great review. Performance and sound profile look very impressive. I'm also partial to gray, so to me that is one great-looking fan. Would be interested in performance as a case fan. Fair to say that $30 is an expensive fan, though.
You like grey and you like great performance? Then this is definitely the fan for you! - amzn.to/2XRKvSv
Awesome video 😎👌🏽
Great review
Great review and product Ari 🥰🥰🥳🎉 yes I agree that a lot of work goes on behind the scenes with pc product testing including fans, as also a Gamers Nexus subscriber, they have advised it’s going to cost them around $100k+ USD on fan testing equipment in their upcoming testing facility upgrade. I think that’s something that many people don’t realise what actually goes on behind the scenes and to create a standardised test methodology and then run these to test product performance to compare efficacy & efficiency of the items to see real improvements in designs etc or stagnation or worse, regression. Keep up the great work you do. I would love to see more regular uploads, obviously workload etc permitting 🥰🎉🥳👍
LOL, GN does great stuff, and I'm glad he can throw $100K at fan testing, because he will change the industry big time with his results. Unfortunately, I haven't found the ticket to printing money on YT, but I'd like to think I've significantly changed the fan industry with essentially zero budget!
Waiting patiently for the case fan test.
Great review from truly underrated channel. The only missed thing from my opinion is airflow tests for those who gonna use these fans as case fans. I suggest you buy anemometer or something that can measure cfm
Thanks for that! I'll be testing these as case fans, not with an anemometer, but with a case. ;)
Stay tuned!
Brilliant review thanks.
Thanks for watching!
Love your channel. A big thanks for covering this topic for those of us who care about fans outside of RGB. Curious if you’ll conduct a case fan review of these Phantek fans. This is desperately needed. Would also love to see the new Lian Li AL120’s included in a future review. Thanks for all your efforts here, you have a new subscriber!
Well, the only fan test I have planned for the rest of the year is an ARGB Case Fan test, so including the T30 as a non RGB comparison will be the only option!
@@TheTechBuyersGuru looking forward to it.
Indeed may the algorithm bless you. Googled for the fans in the hope to hear the noise of them and here we are!!!! Have my like and subscription.
Welcome aboard!
Great content, as always! You are the reference when it comes to fan performance, no doubt about it.
One question though, what's the warranty on these fans?
Cause okay, they look great, but they are new so we don't know how long are they gonna last. A good warranty, considering the premium price, should be there too.
Forgot to mention it: 6 years.
@@TheTechBuyersGuru not bad not bad! so now we have the Arctic P12 as a budget option and the Phanteks T30 as the premium best performing fan out there. The only space left for Noctua is those who cannot fit the 30mm fan for whatever reason.
Certified Phanteks Phanboy here! Thanks for your hard work man, always appreciate it.
Looks like these would be ideal for open cases, since they usually use rads and have no sound dampening.
I heard gamers Nexus is going to start doing fan testing - maybe you guys could do a collaboration??
Haha, if GN starts doing fan tests, that'll be great for the industry, and the end of my channel!
@@TheTechBuyersGuru you're great, don't worry, there's room for both of you :)
@@TheTechBuyersGuru LOL, so humble! Yeah he's been hyping the lab remodel and six-figure manufacturer-grade fan testing setup he's been working on for weeks now. He says he'll start in October or November. But for science to be science it MUST be reproducible, so keep doing what you're doing :-)
Wow, didn't expect this!
We also need 140mm version, cmon
That application is always going to be a bit more limited, especially for a fan that is mainly for radiators. This might work well as a case fan, but as I mentioned, I can't yet confirm that.
@@TheTechBuyersGuru yeah, this is obviously a fan better suited for coolers and radiators, but you know, marketing
Awesome review, benchmark, and concluding thoughts as always. They sure looks like the best radiator fan, but I would also like to see how they stack up to Phanteks' claims of being the best case and heatsink fan before I buy them. The fans going up to 3000rpm, while very loud, is an extremely compelling feature. I enjoy overclocking and a little extra cooling can make the difference between a stable 3dmark run and a crash. Thanks for all you've done for us fan benchmark enthusiasts
Glad you enjoyed it! I agree that the 3000RPM can come in handy under certain circumstances, like competitive benchmark runs.
brilliant review thank you
Thanks for watching!
Great video & thanks so much for all the testing, how do you think the Phanteks T30 would perform as a normal case fan behind a single filter compared to something like the Scythe Kaze Flex 140? At current pricing roughly 3x Kaze Flex go for the same price as a single T30.
The Kaze Flex 140 is the best case fan I've ever tested. If you have space for it, I'd choose it over the T30 based on price alone. Here's the link to Amazon, where it's currently discounted: amzn.to/3yHYqZV