Product ReviewsARCTIC COOLING AF12025 PWM 120mm Case Fan - Retail
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 Rating: Review Date: 12/01/09  |
Cons: don't know
Pros: works as expected |
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Rating: Review Date: 10/01/09 |
Cons: None
Pros: Excellent flow, silence. installation with 3 or 4 pin and can be installed using pwm Comment:
Excellent flow, silence. installation with 3 or 4 pin and can be installed using pwm. Does an awsome job keepin my grpahic card (4870) cooool |
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Rating: Review Date: 06/15/09 |
Cons: livraison pas gratuite
Pros: bon prix, bonne qualite Comment:
c'est une bonne fan elle est silencieuse elle fait le travail a un bon rapport qualite prix. elle permet a mon systeme de rester frais. |
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Rating: Review Date: 05/28/09 |
Cons: Don't move much air
Pros: PriceFairly quiet Comment:
Using 2 of these fans as top exhaust and one bottom intake fan. Using them with a fan controller and it is pretty impossible to control the speed, you have to crank the knob all the way for the fans to spin. But for the price they do the job. |
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Rating: Review Date: 05/24/09 |
Cons: - None
Pros: - Quiet- Cools well- Price Comment:
Used this fan in my 500w PSU. It's much quieter than the old fan and cools just as well if not better. |
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Rating: Review Date: 02/23/09 |
Cons: none
Pros: Arctic cooling fanquietputs out decent airflow Comment:
Its a great fan for a great price. i only every buy arctic cooling fans now. they are quite, and just keep spinning and spinning. i have 2 of these running super low on my TRUE, and my full load temps dont pass 53, and thats on an E8400 at 4.45ghz. |
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Rating: Review Date: 10/26/08 |
Cons: None really. They work well so far.
Pros: Bought three on sale for $8.00 each.PWM is nice if you use a hardware fan controller, speedfan or some other sort of fan controller. Comment:
They worked the first time and even came with their own installation screws, and a couple of stickers if you are into stickers.They work fine so far and are quiet enough, except at full speed, then you can easily hear them. But if you want super quiet at full speed you would have to spend more than $8. |
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Rating: Review Date: 09/21/08 |
Cons: None that I have found
Pros: Quiet, PWM control, price Comment:
Excellent quiet fan with pwm control.. as usual Arctic-Cooling has done it right. Not only does it move a good volume of air it's whisper quiet.. easy to install and even includes the screws for installation (sadly not black coated). Simply put as w/other AC fans it's a winner. Also it works nicely as an intake fan unlike it's rubber suspension sister model. |
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Rating: Review Date: 09/01/08 |
Cons: pwm sharing wire could be a bit longer
Pros: good performance vs noise Comment:
Doesn't have the anti-vibration system that other have, so it can be mounted either way. The pwm feature is nice, fan moves a good amount of air, and is fairly quiet, even at max speed |
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Rating: Review Date: 06/25/08 |
Cons: Low static pressure
Pros: Quiet PWM control Moves a reasonable amount of air Comment:
Overall this is a nice fan, and it does move a reasonable amount of air. That said, mine only seems to run at 1400rpm rather than the rated 1500, not sure if I should RMA it or not. I got this fan because I wanted to move more air through my case and have equalized air pressure in my case, but the other fan I had has more static pressure and proved to do a better job. This is still a good fan though, if you don't need a lot of static pressure. |
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Rating: Review Date: 04/12/08 |
Cons: Due to power connector being 4pins (TX3 or TX4 not sure) it can't fit into those 3pin TX3 connectors that have a housing or socket around it like a cup; you'll need to use a bare TX3 exactly like those on motherboards. Zalman adaptors often come with the housing socket type.Instructions can get a little confusing to those who either never used PWM feature before or are not looking directly at the board it will be used on. Took me more than one read to understand all the bypassing. Would be helpful if a diagram identified the 3 different connectors on the fan.
Pros: 120x25mm, all black, open chassis/screw holes, screws included, multi-lingual installation instructions, a few drawn diagrams, and case badges included, 6yr warranty, compatible with tooless 25mm deep mounting, main wiring is sleeved the rest are not.3pin/4pin TX3 connector and multiple bypasses allow you to power all computer fans and control their speeds from 1 socket (PWM Sharing Technology); RPM splitters let you monitor all computer fan RPMs through remaining fan plugs on motherboard.Very little noise during operation, inaudible 1-2ft away. Advertised as 25DB, sounds like less.Obstructing exhaust has no effect on noise levelPlaced directly on floor there are no audible vibrationsPackaging is a paper box with glossy, sleek attractive finish outside. Very ecological packaging in my opinion, RoHS compliant fan.Was only $11! Comment:
Well as all my other reviews I've only tested it out by running it on the floor in a silent home at night sometimes with the tv volume set to 10. 3rd fan I've tested from my collection and 2nd best 120mm so far but my list is still largely incomplete.As usual obstructing the intake increases noise level. This review was modfied by poster o 04-12-08 07:33 PM This review was modfied by poster t 04-12-08 09:24 PM This review was modfied by poster m 04-12-08 11:54 PM This review was modfied by poster f 04-13-08 01:15 AM This review was modfied by poster y 04-14-08 06:04 PM This review was modfied by poster @ 04-14-08 08:11 PM |
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Rating: Review Date: 02/20/08 |
Cons: None that I could think of.
Pros: Love the connection flexibility on this fan. It has both a 3and 4pin connectors which allow PWM if you use the 4 pin one. This way just let the motherboard control the fan and no need to mess with fan controllers. Comment:
I my thermalright cpu fan (scythe) with this one because of the PWM and much easier with the PWM and just as silent as the scythe. |
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Rating: Review Date: 09/27/07 |
Cons: None yet, but still evaluating
Pros: PWM control (4 pin)Additional plug to connect another 3/4 pin to same fan header Comment:
I used this fan to utilize the 4 pin CPU fan header with PWM replacing a Yate Loon D12BL-12 1200RPM. It seemed to perform about the same as the Yate with my configuration. I set the speed to 80% with SpeedFan to reduce some noise in my idle mode. I don't have a device to measure the DB, but the sound level seemed about the same as the Antec TriCools on medium.Being able to plug another fan in the same fan header with the extension came in handy. |
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Rating: Review Date: 08/18/07 |
Cons: 400RPM is a bit too lo as a minimum RPM
Pros: Use your PWM control on your mother board. Can chain together severals similar fan on the same MoBo connector Comment:
I bought fan to be use with a Thermalright HR-01 heatsink using the PWM connector on the motherboard. At is minimum speed 400rpm, it barely spin or move air Plus the hardware motherboard monitoring on an ASUS P5B Deluxe don't realy like fan that spin below 600 RPM. But if quietness is your main goal and don't overclock then it can e interresting for you. It's quiet even at hi speed. Not far away from being a great product ! |
it works as expected... not too loud... and decent amount of airflow. really have nothing else to comment...