P14 PWM PST

I'm like most people who at first didn't think or know that fans were very important. Up to a certain point, I usually had computers that had maybe 1 fan in them. I'm not a gamer, but I work from home on 4 screens and I also trade equities. When I first went on a journey of finding a half decent gaming computer for all the tasks I needed to do, that's when I realized fans were quite important. Once I came to this realization, like many people, I started with Noctua, which as we all know, is one of the best. While I'm still a fan of Noctua due to how compact and amazing the U12a is for CPU cooling(also love their NT-H2 thermal paste), I'm not quite there with their case fans. For me the top case fans are Scythe Kaze Flex and Arctic P series. Kaze Flex just slightly edging out Arctic in a number of case fan shoot outs, however, Arctic has a few things going for them: 1) They come in white 2) They are amazingly quiet without sacrificing cooling 3) They are daisy chainable, so you can attach multiple together and use 1 header on your motherboard 4) They are amazingly inexpensive for the performance you get and almost never arrive in unusable condition. With all that said, even your $30 fans have trouble competing. They don't have rubber corners, but I have yet to install any (P12's or P14's) that have any kind of vibration noise. I had Noctua, Scythe, Phantex, etc...all the 'best' staples, and I'm honestly happiest with the 5 P14's I have in my beQuiet! 500dx case. My 5900x is overclocked to 4.4ghz at 1.25v being cooled by a Noctua NH-U12a. I have my rear exhaust P14 set to 'Performance' mode in the bios, so it's mostly staying at about 60% unless the cpu hits 50 degrees, then it starts to ramp up, hitting 100% at 80 degrees. My motherboard is an AsRock x570 Taichi Razer Edition(I know, not cheap), which has good VRM's. My 2 top and 2 front P14's I have set in 'Normal' mode in the bios, which has them sitting at 50%, so around 6v most of the time. The machine is effectively silent. Whatever sound it generates is usually moreso from the graphics card or cpu cooler ramping up. Even with the overclock, I'm idling under 40 degrees most of the time and at night when the sun goes down and the ac kicks in, I see 36/37 degrees. All in all, I think I'm an Arctic P series fanboy now.

they’re fans. they blow air and do what they should. they’re very quiet! they’re white which is cool bc i have an all white build. idk man what is there to really review about some fans lol if you need 140mm fans get these they’re whisper quiet and a good price :)

Great fan but disappointed to see it arrived broken

I have been using these fans for a couple of years now and never experienced a problem. The only issue I run into is that the heat from my pc fills my room lol. I have to order a ac unit to keep my room cooler when I am gaming. The price of these fans are so good compared to the overprice rgb stuff I see on the store. I would definietly buy them again.

These as others mention will "howl" at certain RPM's. Moreso, I actually notice the howl is less tied to individual RPM ranges and more when the fan ramps up and down on speed. So I setup a stepped fan curve and that took care of the howl. It was for a charity build, but if I was doing my own I might spend the extra for a fan without the howl issue. However there is one clear use case for this that beats all others, as a PSU replacement fan. I used one of these exactly for that, and since it runs at a consistent RPM, it does not howl, and it's virtually silent. Highly recommend and would personally use as a PSU replacement fan.

Fan is working well and providing good airflow for my Fractal North XL case.

The plain non-pro or non-max Arctic P12s are some of my favorite fans. Unfortunately these P14s are not quite there. I sit close to my computer so I’m more picky than average, fair warning. The P14s are tolerable to hear below 35ish% PWM speed. Once they exceed that, an audible humming can be heard till about 60ish percent. Then it starts to just become box fan sounding. Had 2 of the P14s pushing exhaust on a 280mm top mount radiator. They do their fan job quite well. Just perhaps not as quiet as others. And my P14 was the FDB bearing model. rev4 on the box for reference.

For the most part these fans are good. They move ALOT of air at relatively low speeds, an impressive amount honestly. However, as many other reviews have stated, they do have a really weird pitch/noise at around 1300-1600 RPM. This isn't a huge deal as I am usually gaming when they ramp to this speed, but during the times they reach this range and I don't have other audio to mask the noise, it is a very annoying. That said, this only accounts for a VERY small portion of the use case (for my usage) and isn't a deal breaker. Overall, the pro's of these far outweigh that con.

Does the job in terms of keeping things cool but there is a loud humming noise on multiple rpms and noticeably when it changes rpms. would be fine for an underdesk pc but mine is on the desk next to me and the noise was annoying enough to replace them with some Noctuas which have been much better

Guter und leiser Lüfter. Macht einen zentralen Luftstrom. Habe ihn als Umluftventilator hinter einem Schrank für Mediengeräte. Der Lüfter läuft über ein Netzteil mit 9 V mit ausreichend Druck, das Wärme wegtransportiert wird. Ein normaler Lüfter mit guter Preis- Leistung.

Great fan beautiful and silent

Inaudible à 700 trs dans un mon define 7 solid (boitier plutôt orienté silence de base) il brasse déjà pas mal d'air à cette vitesse qui est un peu moins de la moitié de sa vitesse max (1650 trs pour être exact). Dans ma config j'ai deux P14 blancs à l'avant en entrée d'air dans le boitier et un à l'arrière en sortie. J'ai également un Bequiet pure wings 2 tout en bas de la tour sous les HDD qui lui aussi est calé à 700 trs. Il reste audible à cette vitesse mais son emplacement en bas permet de l'entendre moins. à 1000trs les P14 sont bien moins bruyant que le bequiet et plus on augmente plus on sent que les Arctic sont plus silencieux. Mon WC est ventilé par deux NF-F12 à 800trs qui restent un poil audible à cette vitesse. Surtout que mon rad est placé en haut de la tour sous une grille en "mesh". Si j'avais essayé les Arctic avant d'investir dans des noctua et bequiet je pense qu'aujourd'hui ma config serait plus silencieuse et moins chère... Bref, vous pouvez foncer sur ces P14 qui sont à la fois efficace et silencieux tant qu'on reste sous les 800trs.

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