A round of applause for Tom ... Some people don't realize the amount of work that goes in to get these results out ...

Thank you for doing the testing Tom.

This test would've made more sense with the NF-A12x25's instead of the old blade design industrial fans. The A12's have a pleasant noise signature around the 1000 to 1200 rpm range. No motor noise, no clicking, no turbulence. I've used cheap fans in the past, like the Arctics, but the Noctuas are well worth the money if you care for longevity and noise optimization. Other brands are obviously gettin' there though, like Be Quiet with SilentWings4 or Phanteks with their 30mm T30's. Still quite remarkable how most of these fans look like a derivative of the original Nidec Gentle Typhoon.

@OC3D

Жыл бұрын

The Noctuas are great - I think its just that some of the other brands want a slice of the pie and are making some great new products

@lilblackduc7312

Жыл бұрын

I've been running industrial Noctuas for years at 1,000RPMs. No complaints!

@infiniteblaz3416

11 ай бұрын

Uh. The A14s are still more powerful than the A12x25s. Not to mention they're not high speed fans.

Epic timing, I was just about to order that Noctua fan.

Thank you for testing these fans out, now I don't have to imagine how my portable spaceship (also called my PC) will sound with these fans installed😆 Was definitely gunning for the noctuas to come out on top, though I am quite surprised by how the 2k rpm range test tuned out

Well the entire selling point of the iPPC series is their dust/waterproof rating. Not their silence. As the other fans are not rated for this I don't really see the point in comparing them, as you said Noctua has far better fans for regular PC usage. Well perhaps it's a valid point in a workshop but then it would also require a test which fan dies the quickest from sawdust etc.

@bothellkenmore

Жыл бұрын

Oh I didn't know that about the iPPC's. A shop PC seems like a great use case as I've seen plenty of folks streaming projects from their shops where ambient noise is already higher. There's a game streamer that has his gaming PC on the other side of the wall his setup is mounted on, in another room! He has cables running through a passthrough. He could just fill that rig with 3000's and it would never break a sweat.

Call me a computer nerd. I love computer fan comparisons. Thank you, Tom! 🇺🇸 😎👍☕

Why not include the phanteks T-30? Arguably the best 120mm fans on the market.

@RussellKasem

Жыл бұрын

Came here to say the same thing. I switched out the Noctua iPPC fans with T30's and they were game changers. Moved a ton of air and were way quieter.

@Maxi86inAction

Жыл бұрын

@@RussellKasem yeah I fully upgraded to T-30s half a year ago and I absolutely love them. They are expensive though…

@OC3D

Жыл бұрын

These were just what I needed to review (BQ and CM) as a starter but we have plenty of scope to build on these tests moving forward to build bigger graphs.

@Pictus_Invictus

Жыл бұрын

The build quality of the Phanteks T-30 is outstanding and the performance is one of the best, if not the best... Considering the built quality and the performance, it is clear the #1 I wish Phanteks makes a "T-40" 140mm version. :)

@RussellKasem

Жыл бұрын

@@Pictus_Invictus 140MM “T40” would be a dream, even if they didn’t run up to 3000 RPM.

This video made my choice! MOBIUS + Cooler Master HAF700 EVO. Many thanks !

@alia01234

Жыл бұрын

Should I choose mobius for haf 700 evo?

whats that 30mm one thats really good?

For example, every increase of 10 dB on the decibel scale is equal to a 10-fold increase in sound pressure level (SPL). Near silence is expressed as 0 dB but a sound measured at 10 dB is actually 10 times louder. If a sound is 20 dB, that's 100 times louder than near silence.

@pederstrmKollenborg

Жыл бұрын

+6db SPL is double the amplitude.

I have the be quiet they are fantastic

please tell me you didn't set them up to exhaust plus a case with poor front air flow. The rad on that AIO will not benefit from high speed fans as its pretty thin

Can you also test Phanteks t30 vs IceGALE Xtra?

the switch on the back may actually be helpful for running them at low rpm with less PWM noise (depending how it's implemented). I have some 140mm 3000rpm noctua's, I had them lying around for a project I kinda abandoned so when some other fans in my PC were giving me issues I just threw them in, but running them below 1000rpm (as I do) results in noticeable PWM switching noise, it's not egregious, but it's noticeable... I hope noctua's new 140mm's come out soon so I can swap out ALL my 140mm's for those.

Did you notice that the motor part of the fans are much smaller on Noctua? I think that also affects the cooling performance when put on a radiator.

@OC3D

Жыл бұрын

NF-F12's were designed for rads

Anyone have any experience with Bequiet fans over several years? I use Noctua, and I don't think I've ever had one crap out on me yet. Some I've had running for well over 7 years in the past.

@jgoncalodm

Жыл бұрын

Bequiet on intel/Amd watercooled mini pc since 2016. All fans DC controlled by the MB. My secret is modding some pure wings or shadow wings by removing whatever material needed from their skeleton frame in order to place them right against the rad surface. Using the rubber spacers provided the fan can be float mounted and totally inaudible. Tried all fans I could get my hands on that could fit inside the mini case, even some Slim 140mm with 120 mounting points. Fans are so quiet I had to insulate the Asus 27 monitor internal power supply, because its faint humming sound was the loudest thing on the office.

@jgoncalodm

Жыл бұрын

@Reyk Also, all and I mean all PWM fans are louder on lower rpms and tend to fail sooner. (Modding, building pcs since 1998)

Hello and condolences about the Queen, a question please, when can we expect USB 4.0\v2 supported Cases... thanks

Wow ! tbh ... the Cooler Master looks "cheaper" but i also can say from my personal experience that Noctua Fans are going early to get noisy. But yeah, the push also a lot of air xD - conclusion: all fans are too expensive xD ... thanks for your work !

Just what I needed as I look at radiators lol Thanks for the video they should go well in the HAF 700 EVO when i get it and the new CPU gen 4 ( AM5 ) hope 7950x3d lol but only if the motherboards are at normal prices

Now this one is interesting

Was about to say that the iPPC Noctua fans have a 6-year warranty, but I see that CoolerMaster and Bequiet back theirs up with a 5-year warranty. So, in the end, those are indeed interesting alternatives, although one doesn't know how the fans will sound after 5 years in the same position in the case. They surely will sound louder and probably bit more different than brand new ones.

I would like to see an airflow test done at these rpms

wait why wouldn't you compare them to the NF-A12x25. No one looking at the BeQuiet 4 Pro is going to go with the NF-F12 over them.

i use the ppc 2000 rpm to blow air through my DIY aircleaner. I was tired of paying 30eu each time i had to change the filter in the cleaner, so i built my own cleaner with my own filters. The air has to travel through 25mm of tinay active carbon pellets. The noctua PPC pushes the air through like it was a bikepump. It moves at least twice the amount of air through it than the scythe Kaze Flex 1800 rpm i had before. That one even has higher air flow, at least as , long as there isnt an obstacle. I had 2 or 3 fans before that but they all sucked. It is the best pressure optimized fan by a big margin. I think the ones that come close are the ones that copy that blade design. Looking at this test. i can only guess it doesnt fit the noctua, because the resistance is not high enough for The design really to shine. If the resistance isnt there, air flow isnt really that restricted and so all the fans can shine. If the fans had to push through a really thick, fine radiator and maybe an additional dustfilter, i really cant see how the Noctua wouldnt outclass all the other fans.

Where are the T30 ?

Strangely, why are you comparing the Noctua NF-A12x25 mic drop... 🤭🙃

Not one of those fans were white coloured, what were you doing testing non white fans?

@OC3D

Жыл бұрын

If I could..... I would

I have tried many. and the best are the artic

@cadetsparklez3300

Жыл бұрын

at low speeds yes, they dont get as fast though, but for the price an how they look they are great

Nice video, just a correction. 10dB isn't twice as loud. 3dB is twice as loud, or as you say, 3 dB difference is a doubling of energy levels.

Test me Phanteks t30 140mms when they come out , they should be the bomb :)

Review about expensive am5 new x670 Motherboard

The heating isn't going to be on this winter 😅

Why no Phanteks?

@OC3D

Жыл бұрын

as explained in the video - the BQ and CM are new models, the Noctuas I already had. Its just a quick head to head for the BQ and the CM with the big name in that segment which is Noctua. No matter what Id done someone would have a different brand I should have added so just kept the numbers small. Still took ages to test these 3

@dutch6947

Жыл бұрын

@@OC3D understood, sorry I skimmed through your video so didn't catch the reason. Have a great day and thanks for the time you put into these videos.

A suggestion to "be quiet!": why not call them "Storm Wings"?

Cooler masters fans are so cool they should have called them the morbius fans.

Morbius

2000 rpm, wow would throw the pc out the window if my system would run at such high rpm. both my lian li dynamic mini with galahad 360 rad and the dan h20 with h110i are not allowed to go above 1200rpm.

Technically interesting, but the average tech savvy punter doesn't have a use case for any of these fans.

Very noice Guv! And yeah surprising conclusion.

Haven't finished it but going to say that the Cooler master fans are going to be bad. Their product stack is always terrible apart from 212, fan/RGB hubs (I like them but keep needing to cut down the female end to get them to fit) and the cosmos cases.

Testing case fans in a room with a noise floor of 38.8 dB is nearly useless. No one runs their fans at 2000 rpm and not giving any usable data below that mark is just amateurish.

@OC3D

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for understanding why I dont bother doing noise tests normally...... because I live in the real world

@4Leka

Жыл бұрын

@@OC3D Everyone in the real world doesn't live in such a loud room and to most people 2000 rpm fans are excessively loud.