Customer Reviews

Arctic Cooling F12 PWM 120mm High Performance Case Fan (300-1350 RPM)

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Bought two of these to replace the stock fans on the Corsair H70 cooler and they work great. Move considerably more air and are very quiet.

i have 3 of these installed in my case, CPU heatsink, intake, and exhaust. they run super quiet even at 70% and my case temp maintains at 26 C. PWN fans are the way to go these days for all PC fans if you want a quiet PC.

Got it on top of my Accelero S1 Rev2 with an XFX 8800GT, very silent and good performer.

Not fully compatible with the 3 pin connector and had to cut the connector to make it fit to my motherboard.

Clever wiring means you can add 1 or more to the mobo's CPU fan connection, and all speed up and slow down as a team.

8 screw holes in traditional places to mount as intake or exaust, so not as vibration free as AC-F12-Pro-PWM version having leaf springs and rubber "engine mounts" at each corner.

Artic's fluid bearing will probably spin freely for a long time.

As others have already pointed out, this fan moves a lot of air without a lot of noise. It runs at about 200 rpm lower than the stock 120mm fan I replaced with at least as much air flow. The wiring harness is a bit awkward due to it's short length but gives you the flexiblity to run multiple PWM fans off a single MB connector. If you have plenty of PWM connectors on your MB, then this feature is extraneous. If you do wish to share the PWM connection, make sure your other fans are PWM compatible. Some budget cases come with simple DC controlled fans (two wires) on the front or top and they are not variable via PWM.

Fans work awesome, being able to link all of my fans with my heatsink is a nice touch the only problem is that the wiring for each fan is SO SHORT. I had to improvise to make sure that they would reach from the front of my case to my motherboard. If you have a big case and aren't willing to rewire this I would pass.

I can't really get excited about a fan.. but it definately works, and runs quietly. Perfect for what I needed... a fan.