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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
Thank you for this review (this comes 2 years late lmao). I bought the P14 5-pack für 35€ from amazon 2 years ago and I'm still so happy I made the purchase. They are still running smoothly, no issues at all and barely audible. They run on 20% most of the time which is almost always sufficient.
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.
@TH-cam 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
Arctic fans are superb. Ive got 4 exhaust 140mm, a 120mm intake and 4 140mm radiator fans, all are arctic. Ive had zero issues with any of them. Good video
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.
3 weeks ago I built a computer using 14mm fans and decided to try the P14 along with my existing A14s. Noticed how the P14s were actually more silent and seemed to push very similar air levels so I took the A14s and bought 2 more P14s. And here it is, the confirmation that this fan is amazing. And so is the P12.
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
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❄
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!
Thanks, this helps! I'm planning a build shortly with a Fractal Design Define 7 XL case, and now planning on replacing the stock case fans (3 Dynamic X2 GP14's - the NON-PWM versions!) with 6 of the Arctic P14 PWM PST's. You should mention that the PST versions not only come in a 5-PACK for around $46 on Newegg (YES!), but the PST versions have 4-pin sockets as well as plugs, so you can daisy-chain them to one motherboard connector. (I plan personally to daisy-chain 3 to one (the top and back fans), 3 to another (the 3 front fans), just to spread it out a bit and reach the connectors better and maybe have better cable management.)
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.
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!
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.
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!
I bought a P12 to use as a CPU heatsink fan for crypto mining, and I am very happy with it. The P12 is amazing, I am thinking about upgrading to the P14. I agree, Arctic makes a great product. I haven't tested this fan for an extended period of time. My last fan had dust buildup problems. I'm thinking of attaching a filter in front of the fan, or possibly enclose the case and put an intake filter. I usually leave the case wide open. I think the only problem area is the fan and the heatsink, so maybe I will attach a fan intake filter somehow.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
There are many very good fans to choose from with a variety of specifications that fit different applications. I like seeing videos that compare all the most well known products. I have a plan to create my own fan, in the process, I have gotten more appreciation for what goes into these different manufacturers fans. It might seem pointless to create my own considering what is available, but seeing how my own fan stacks up against those others would be fun.
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.
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.
@@Nixitur Yeap, i actually now use them on my new build, no problems with sound, although I like OC and use them full throttle, they have a normal sound, the 14 one only goes up to 1800 RPM so it's a bit more quiet than the 12
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!!!!!
Great video. What more can I say. Other reviewers go through charts until I have a headache, and then still I can't work which was the best product. Your results are short and sweet and to the point. Any reviews of this standard from you are most welcome. One of the best videos I have seen for a long time.
I'd like to point out something that I've come across in both my research and personal experience. When optimizing the fan layout of your PC, you should optimize your intake for a combination of airflow and static pressure. Whereas your exhaust should be optimized for straight airflow. So, with that said, using the same type or exact model of fans throughout your entire case for both intake and exhaust is not the ideal scenario. The only reason why the results in this video are different from what I just said is because he's only using a single fan in the entire setup for each test. Which means that, when he did his case fan test, the single exhaust fan had to be good in both categories in order to make up for the lack of both an intake fan and a CPU cooler fan.
I was considering the Noctua and never bought any Arctic fans but now considering the Arctic due to price/performance. Thanks for the informative video!
The only thing extra that you get with Noctua is the longevity of the product. 5 PCs later and you still could be rocking that one fan. Artic fans are somewhat new, but so far no problems with them. Artic even provides a 6 years warranty. Some Artic fans have a slight motor humming noise that is present at 1000 rpm. Anything more or less than 1000 rpm fixes that issue. Artic is a top level engineered marvel of a fan.
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.
artic are the best fans i have ever used 120mm and the 140. the sound of them feel comfortable to my ears. don't by the non pwm ones if you want to control them with a hub, controlling them with bios or software you will be fine the the cheaper none pwm. the only thing i don't like about them is the 4 plastics strips behind the fan break easily and start to scratch the fan while spinning, you can super glue them back, but its a weak point. HOPE THIS HELPS!
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.
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 !
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)
Congratulations, your videos are top notcht. Good voice control, good explanation/info, great products images. The graphics are great too. Everityng works togheter passing the message.Keep on the great work
What a shocker ! Am i glad i got a value pack of the P-14, will try em now and replace my NB-eLoop B14-PS as intake fans ! Now i wish the P-12 were tested in the 120mm test !
@@GizasRadigeris Found my answer ! I got 1c lower temp on cpu, chipset and gpu by using 2 B14-PS over the P-14 and lower noise as a bonus, because i run them below top speed. I had no choice but to run the P-14 at max speed because they are lower cfm. His test is done with a mesh right by the fan wich impacts the eloop more than other fans.
Thank you. I'm getting rid of the 200mm fans in my Cooler Master H500M. The opening in the front isn't designed for the 200mm fans. If you remove the front cover you can see that there is a considerable amount of the flow is blocked by the case. I mounted one of my 140mm fans to the front and it allows full flow through so that is why I'm tossing the 200mm fans. I hope this video will help me decided on six new fans for my CM H500M system build.
My guess before watching: Arctic sweeps the competition in the price to performance category and is a very acceptable general purpose fan. Edit: Hmm, I guess the swooped blade design is more optimized for 140mm than 120mm because the P14 exceeded my expectation. Kudos Arctic!
You should do a retest of your Best Budget, Mid-Range, and High-End CPU Cooler videos using Arctic P12 and P14 fans to see if the results are different using the same fans on all the coolers.
Worth mentioning is that there is a *ball-bearing* version of the Artic P14 PWM - *P14 CO* ('Constant Operation') which is otherwise identical. I have both and haven't noticed it being any noisier than the sleeve bearing version. It's about 30% more expensive but I'd recommend it over the sleeve-bearing model for horizontal orientation, i.e. top and bottom case/radiators.
Why would you recommend it for horizontal orientation if it is 30% more expensive? Is it also providing at the very least a 30% performance improvement?
@@FsimulatorX The weight of the impeller creates a thrust load on the fan's bearings. Strictly speaking, sleeve bearings (the absolute simplest and cheapest kind there is) are completely unsuited to horizontal mounting, but they just about work anyway, although they'll wear out a lot quicker. Better are 'fluid dynamic' (Noctua et al) which are sealed and made such a way that they pump lubricant though themselves to provide 'thrust' support. Ball bearings have the best resistance to wear with thrust loads but are notionally noisier than FD, but as I said, the 14cm Arctic P14 CO I have in the floor of my PC (9 months now) is dead quiet. None of this was so much of an issue in the past with smaller, lighter fans (80mm or less).
@@EliteRock oh I was actually thinking of adding the fans to my case's top and bottom fan slots. Not necessarily looking for a radiator/liquid cooling solution.
@@FsimulatorX Same as me. I happened to have a low hours Be Quiet silent wings I put in the roof, bought the Arctic CO for the floor. I've always used air cooling only. in my experience so far I'd go with the Arctic CO's, they're still well under half the price of Noctua and Bequiet offerings. BTW, I have two sleeve bearing Arctic 14's in the front panel spinning at a constant c. 700-800 RPM (a guess, they're on the lowest of 3 settings on the Fractal cases' built-in switch) - inaudible.
ETA - one other detail about floor/roof fans (blowing upward) is that the thrust the fan develops (as a propeller) adds to the thrust load on the bearings. If they were blowing downward the thrust would actually be relieving the weight and they'd probably last quite a bit longer, but of course that's never going to be the case in their application as floor/intake roof/exhaust.
I love my be quiet! SW3 120mm fans but I needed a couple more case fans so I thought I would try the the Arctic White F12 PWMs. Very impressed. The only thing holding me back from getting the P14 is that you can not get it in white. Great review and I like that you did all three possible scenarios in a case for cooling. Well done.
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.
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.
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...
Tidy. To the point. Easy to read graphs. Very good. I particularly like that you tested under different scenarios. Perhaps only missing fan sound recordings to give some idea of sound patten. Some may be more pleasant.
I love my noctua fans and I have a stock of them now so that I don't really ever need to buy anymore of them, but if I had known arctic were this awesome, I would probably only have a few noctua fans and more arctics. They are amazing price to performance fans
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
This is by far the most underrated tech-related channel on TH-cam 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
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@@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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
Arctic literally blew away the competition. I will show myself out.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Thank you for this review (this comes 2 years late lmao). I bought the P14 5-pack für 35€ from amazon 2 years ago and I'm still so happy I made the purchase.
They are still running smoothly, no issues at all and barely audible. They run on 20% most of the time which is almost always sufficient.
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.
@TH-cam 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
Arctic fans are superb. Ive got 4 exhaust 140mm, a 120mm intake and 4 140mm radiator fans, all are arctic. Ive had zero issues with any of them. Good video
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.
3 weeks ago I built a computer using 14mm fans and decided to try the P14 along with my existing A14s. Noticed how the P14s were actually more silent and seemed to push very similar air levels so I took the A14s and bought 2 more P14s. And here it is, the confirmation that this fan is amazing. And so is the P12.
Are P14 inaudible at low RPM (400-500)?
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.
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
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
That time the cheapest fan gave the best over performance in all categories lmao!!!!
Which fan is it?
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@@estarossa918 Arctic P14
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!
2 Years later, still such a good video. Referring back to this for a SECOND time. Thank you
Thanks, this helps! I'm planning a build shortly with a Fractal Design Define 7 XL case, and now planning on replacing the stock case fans (3 Dynamic X2 GP14's - the NON-PWM versions!) with 6 of the Arctic P14 PWM PST's. You should mention that the PST versions not only come in a 5-PACK for around $46 on Newegg (YES!), but the PST versions have 4-pin sockets as well as plugs, so you can daisy-chain them to one motherboard connector. (I plan personally to daisy-chain 3 to one (the top and back fans), 3 to another (the 3 front fans), just to spread it out a bit and reach the connectors better and maybe have better cable management.)
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.
In this channel i find videos i cannot find anywhere else! Good job.
I tried a lot of fans (case, radiators). Now i use Artic P12 / P14 fans and don't want anything else. Excellent performance, noise levels and price.
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!
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.
Fantastic video still 3 years later.
Fantastic! You are one of the best you tubers. Right up there with the greats.👍
YES! Finally !!! Thank you so much! I've been waiting for a 140mm review. You are awesome!
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!
I bought a P12 to use as a CPU heatsink fan for crypto mining, and I am very happy with it. The P12 is amazing, I am thinking about upgrading to the P14. I agree, Arctic makes a great product.
I haven't tested this fan for an extended period of time. My last fan had dust buildup problems. I'm thinking of attaching a filter in front of the fan, or possibly enclose the case and put an intake filter. I usually leave the case wide open. I think the only problem area is the fan and the heatsink, so maybe I will attach a fan intake filter somehow.
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
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.
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
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!
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.
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.
definitely beyond my expectation.. i didnt know any fan better than noctua
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.
There are many very good fans to choose from with a variety of specifications that fit different applications.
I like seeing videos that compare all the most well known products.
I have a plan to create my own fan, in the process, I have gotten more appreciation for what goes into these different manufacturers fans.
It might seem pointless to create my own considering what is available, but seeing how my own fan stacks up against those others would be fun.
I would have never thought the arcic fan would win, this is insane, saves people so much money
v a p o r
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 am VERY happy with the outcome of this test!!! I love performance, and I love saving money!!!
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!
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
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.
Keep up the good work man, you're putting a lot of effort into these videos and it really shows.
Best value to performance ratio are the Artic, I have bought the P12 and P14, and they have great performance!
Do you still use them a year later? How's the noise profile? That is to say, do they "sound annoying" at high RPM, or do they have an okay sound?
@@Nixitur Yeap, i actually now use them on my new build, no problems with sound, although I like OC and use them full throttle, they have a normal sound, the 14 one only goes up to 1800 RPM so it's a bit more quiet than the 12
Jeez. I like Arctic's products and all, but I wouldn't have expected the P14 PWM to crush the competition so heavily. They make some real quality fans
Two videos so quickly, you're spoiling us :)
I've never been so informed in my life with regards to 140mm fans. Subscribed!
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!!!!!
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.
crazy, wished I knew this earlier. the arctic fans cost around 30€ for a pack of 5 sometimes 24€ on sale (pre-corona) here in Germany
Great video. What more can I say. Other reviewers go through charts until I have a headache, and then still I can't work which was the best product. Your results are short and sweet and to the point. Any reviews of this standard from you are most welcome. One of the best videos I have seen for a long time.
This was a graduation class. I know Artic is best in quiet NOISE too. I love when a company price his product correctly. CUDOS for ARTIC.
I'd like to point out something that I've come across in both my research and personal experience. When optimizing the fan layout of your PC, you should optimize your intake for a combination of airflow and static pressure. Whereas your exhaust should be optimized for straight airflow. So, with that said, using the same type or exact model of fans throughout your entire case for both intake and exhaust is not the ideal scenario. The only reason why the results in this video are different from what I just said is because he's only using a single fan in the entire setup for each test. Which means that, when he did his case fan test, the single exhaust fan had to be good in both categories in order to make up for the lack of both an intake fan and a CPU cooler fan.
I was considering the Noctua and never bought any Arctic fans but now considering the Arctic due to price/performance. Thanks for the informative video!
The only thing extra that you get with Noctua is the longevity of the product. 5 PCs later and you still could be rocking that one fan.
Artic fans are somewhat new, but so far no problems with them. Artic even provides a 6 years warranty.
Some Artic fans have a slight motor humming noise that is present at 1000 rpm. Anything more or less than 1000 rpm fixes that issue.
Artic is a top level engineered marvel of a fan.
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.
artic are the best fans i have ever used 120mm and the 140. the sound of them feel comfortable to my ears. don't by the non pwm ones if you want to control them with a hub, controlling them with bios or software you will be fine the the cheaper none pwm. the only thing i don't like about them is the 4 plastics strips behind the fan break easily and start to scratch the fan while spinning, you can super glue them back, but its a weak point. HOPE THIS HELPS!
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.
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 !
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
Congratulations, your videos are top notcht.
Good voice control, good explanation/info, great products images. The graphics are great too.
Everityng works togheter passing the message.Keep on the great work
What a shocker ! Am i glad i got a value pack of the P-14, will try em now and replace my NB-eLoop B14-PS as intake fans !
Now i wish the P-12 were tested in the 120mm test !
@@GizasRadigeris Found my answer ! I got 1c lower temp on cpu, chipset and gpu by using 2 B14-PS over the P-14 and lower noise as a bonus, because i run them below top speed.
I had no choice but to run the P-14 at max speed because they are lower cfm. His test is done with a mesh right by the fan wich impacts the eloop more than other fans.
Thank you. I'm getting rid of the 200mm fans in my Cooler Master H500M. The opening in the front isn't designed for the 200mm fans. If you remove the front cover you can see that there is a considerable amount of the flow is blocked by the case. I mounted one of my 140mm fans to the front and it allows full flow through so that is why I'm tossing the 200mm fans. I hope this video will help me decided on six new fans for my CM H500M system build.
What is the difference between P14 PWN and P14 PWN PST A-RGB (except in rgb)?
Very good video!
Why are some fan blades different?
Do they have a different function?
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!
My guess before watching: Arctic sweeps the competition in the price to performance category and is a very acceptable general purpose fan.
Edit: Hmm, I guess the swooped blade design is more optimized for 140mm than 120mm because the P14 exceeded my expectation. Kudos Arctic!
It does kind of resemble the blades noctua's nf a12x25
My P12s do great on my Freezer 34 (I added a second P12 to a freezer 34 non esports). Very quiet at 1000rpm , not noticeable at all
You should do a retest of your Best Budget, Mid-Range, and High-End CPU Cooler videos using Arctic P12 and P14 fans to see if the results are different using the same fans on all the coolers.
Just replaced my 5 arctic F14 pwm with P14 pwm. More airflow at the same noiselevel. 5pack P14 pwm for $31 USD here in Denmark. Can't beat that value.
You don't hear the low frequency whine like I do, I guess? It mostly appears when changing RPM.
if you have a closed front panel, yes, but when you have a case with good airflow, the better pick up is F14.
Worth mentioning is that there is a *ball-bearing* version of the Artic P14 PWM - *P14 CO* ('Constant Operation') which is otherwise identical. I have both and haven't noticed it being any noisier than the sleeve bearing version. It's about 30% more expensive but I'd recommend it over the sleeve-bearing model for horizontal orientation, i.e. top and bottom case/radiators.
Why would you recommend it for horizontal orientation if it is 30% more expensive? Is it also providing at the very least a 30% performance improvement?
@@FsimulatorX The weight of the impeller creates a thrust load on the fan's bearings. Strictly speaking, sleeve bearings (the absolute simplest and cheapest kind there is) are completely unsuited to horizontal mounting, but they just about work anyway, although they'll wear out a lot quicker. Better are 'fluid dynamic' (Noctua et al) which are sealed and made such a way that they pump lubricant though themselves to provide 'thrust' support. Ball bearings have the best resistance to wear with thrust loads but are notionally noisier than FD, but as I said, the 14cm Arctic P14 CO I have in the floor of my PC (9 months now) is dead quiet. None of this was so much of an issue in the past with smaller, lighter fans (80mm or less).
@@EliteRock oh I was actually thinking of adding the fans to my case's top and bottom fan slots. Not necessarily looking for a radiator/liquid cooling solution.
@@FsimulatorX Same as me. I happened to have a low hours Be Quiet silent wings I put in the roof, bought the Arctic CO for the floor. I've always used air cooling only. in my experience so far I'd go with the Arctic CO's, they're still well under half the price of Noctua and Bequiet offerings. BTW, I have two sleeve bearing Arctic 14's in the front panel spinning at a constant c. 700-800 RPM (a guess, they're on the lowest of 3 settings on the Fractal cases' built-in switch) - inaudible.
ETA - one other detail about floor/roof fans (blowing upward) is that the thrust the fan develops (as a propeller) adds to the thrust load on the bearings. If they were blowing downward the thrust would actually be relieving the weight and they'd probably last quite a bit longer, but of course that's never going to be the case in their application as floor/intake roof/exhaust.
I love my be quiet! SW3 120mm fans but I needed a couple more case fans so I thought I would try the the Arctic White F12 PWMs. Very impressed. The only thing holding me back from getting the P14 is that you can not get it in white. Great review and I like that you did all three possible scenarios in a case for cooling. Well done.
You can.
Sir can you comparison with Arctic P14 PWM With Cooler Master Sickeflow 140 who win ?
hay can try this fan Prolimatech PRO-USV14 140mm?
Gosh, what a concise test. Your channel name is perfect. New sub.
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.
Brother we need an update for this video in 2024. :D
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.
Damn, Arctic smashed the rest. I was gonna go for Noctua's given their reputation but I'm glad I watched this xD
Just stopping in to thank you for time stamps!
Man this video was awesome. No bs just straight facts.
Awesome test. All hardware-tests should be like this.
Finally a true scientist method, very surprising thoug, i always thought noctua's fans were the bests overall
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...
Fantastic work here.. this is what I expect from fan views!! Keep up the good work
Tidy. To the point. Easy to read graphs. Very good. I particularly like that you tested under different scenarios. Perhaps only missing fan sound recordings to give some idea of sound patten. Some may be more pleasant.
I love my noctua fans and I have a stock of them now so that I don't really ever need to buy anymore of them, but if I had known arctic were this awesome, I would probably only have a few noctua fans and more arctics. They are amazing price to performance fans
Using Arctic product's of many years , for me is the best cooling company :)
I love my P14's PWM PST fans. I have 12 in different home PC's.
Love how the cost is cheaper but performs better :)
Arctic = "this is not a competition ... this is your execution Muhahaha ..."
This is unfair. I don't know why a distinguished and old channel like this doesn't get enough subscribers.
Be Quiet needs to make silent wings 3 in White. They are killing me... thanks for the overview mate!
Watching this video again just to feel great I have 5 of these Artic 140mms cooling my new AM5 build.