P14 PWM PST

This is one of those rare products that is both amazing AND cheap. I'm using 3 of these P14s as intake fans in my Fractal Design Meshify 2 case. My system is a 3090ti, i9 12900k, and 6000MHz DDR5 RAM. Needless to say, my rig produces a TON of heat. Originally, I purchased 3 120mm High Speed Silent Wings 3 fans for intake. They performed OK, but my 3090ti was always idling hot (around 50C) when keeping the Silent Wings at low RPMs for silent operation. The Silent Wings were rather loud and annoying even at just 75% speed (around 1650rpm for that fan, to be fair). I replaced them with 3 of these P14s, and they are so much better. My GPU idle temps dropped by 10C while maintaining silent operation, and even at full speed, the noise from these fans is very tolerable. It's a bit unfair to compare a 120mm to a 140mm, as a bigger fan will move more air--full stop. There is a 140mm Silent Wings variant, and I'm sure it's great. It probably performs slightly better than the P14, but I didn't want to shell out nearly $90 for another set of premium fans. The P14 PWM PST gives you everything you need and nothing you don't. It pushes a lot of air at a reasonable noise level, and has a reliable fluid-dynamic bearing (the same type of bearing that Noctua fans costing nearly 3x the price do). In the box, you literally just get the fan itself and a little bag with 4 mounting screws. The fan itself is not particularly interesting or eye-catching. The plastic it's made of feels a bit cheap. But that's OK--it's a fan. You don't need anything else. You slap it in your case and forget about it. It's black, and won't distract from the aesthetics of your build.

After reading a review about these fans I got curious and decided to try them. Not at all disappointed. Beforehand, I was using Noctua P14 redux fans as intake for a Lancool 205M case. There is a restrictive front panel with a dust filter and a solid front panel with holes on the side, so I figured the Arctic P14's static pressure would excel here. The Noctua P14 Redux fans were already pretty good, but these absolutely blew them away. In a FoldingAtHome workload, CPU temperatures dropped by about 3°C and GPU temperatures by between 3-4°C - while being significantly quieter and less expensive, to boot. This doesn't sound like much, but it is a large performance boost from just switching out the fans. There's an occasional low pitched hum or whine at some frequencies, but I don't notice it much over headphones. However, installation was an absolute pain in the rear. I don't know if it's the screwdriver, the screw themselves, the case I was using, or an unfortunate combination of all the above, but screwing the fans in felt way more difficult than it should have. I ended up stripping a screw and having to replace it with a spare screw I had around. I definitely feel as though Arctic can improve in this area. Overall though, I'm happy with my purchase. **UPDATE 6/29/2023** Revising this to 5 stars. I told Arctic about the problem with the screws and, to my surprise, they sent me a pack or not 4 or 8 screws, which would have been enough - but 20! More than I needed, but better to have it and not need it.

Why did you pick this product vs others?: I don't have a lot of experience with various fans, but I needed to re-do my airflow and read reviews before buying. Supposedly this is the quietest brand you can get without spending significantly extra for a Noctua over a couple of extra decibels. Super happy with the noise level - no whiney or annoying fan sounds, just a gentle whoosh of the air moving through. Of course you CAN make them loud if you have them running at full bore, but they keep my case plenty cool at 40% of max with a pair of 120mm intake fans at the front of the case and a single 140mm exhaust fan at the back.

Had these puppies for a few years now, and I can't say enough about them, but at the same time not much more needs to be said. It's a strong, powerful cooling option for <$15 that stands toe to toe with Noctua fans for almost half the price, and they actually come with a very neutral black rather than the mess Noctua has going on in terms of colors. Speaking of colors, no RGB. As one can see obviously. But honestly, this performance is enough to offset the desire for unicorn vomit so I really think it's worth picking up, especially if you are running a hot GPU or CPU and need something with good Static Pressure to run through a 280 AIO. Performance should come first, and say, if you're budget has a really fast but hot graphics card (ahem, 7900 series. AMD I love you but please get it together.) then I think you should really consider it, or at least serve as a back up incase your RGB fans don't push enough air to cool your rig. That in mind, orientation and layout should be considered. The way I have my PC is that I see the front mesh of my Fractal Meshify C case and about a 3/4 view of everything inside. You don't even see the fans on the front, and front meshes and full-solid front panels would really benefit for static pressure/high airflow fans like this one. Overall, I'd say these fans and their small brother the P12, probably the best fans you can get for under $20 bucks and is really all you need for basically anything. Well, except for the aforementioned RGB. If you want some more bling or color, ARCTIC has that covered too, but I personally can't speak for them because I haven't used them. I assume they would be great options as well.

It is a pretty good fans specially I came from the one that came with the NZXT X63 Kraken which has horrible fans noise level like a plower device so this was so good more quieter and cheap, the only downside is that the build quality isn't the best thing at all its so sensitive fans and it can be broken so easy, I ordered 2 one of them was broken bit from the noise with the air flow its amazing

Works great have had them over a year now without any issues! They move lots of air and when not under load are silent

Man kan lägga ner en mindre förmögenhet på olika datafläktar vilket jag tidigare gjort. Nu var det bråttom och det blev snabbt denna och tanken var väl att jag får väl byta ut den sen. Men nej, den här fläkten matchar vilken Noctuna osv. som helst. Klockren!

The best fan in this budget. Only the noctua fans will perform better but they are twice the price and the performance gain will be tiny. We'll built, and relatively quiet at most speeds.

Una maravilla de ventilador , el ruido de funcionamiento es muy muy bajo, es muy eficiente.

Gran calidad y bajo ruido a un costo menor que la competencia.

Ich habe mein Gehäuse mit insgesamt 6 dieser Lüfter ausgestattet. Diese sind für statistischen Druck optimiert und tatsächlich habe ich das Gefühl, dass sie für ordentlich Durchzug sorgen, auch bei niedrigen Drehzahlen. Lautstärke ist natürlich immer subjektiv. Ich betreibe die Lüfter bei maximal 1000rpm, in der Regel eher zwischen 600-800. In diesem niedrigen Bereich sind sie sehr leise und erzeugen nur ein leichtes, tiefes Rauschen, welches ich noch als "silent" durchgehen lassen würde. Ab 1000rpm fangen sie dann doch an etwas zu stören, es kommen noch leichte Lagergeräusche hinzu. Für meine Zwecke und durch die Anzahl der Lüfter reicht aber der niedrige Drehzahlbereich für gute Belüftung aus. Die Regelung funktioniert gut und sehr fein, inkl. der Möglichkeit die Lüfter ganz auszuschalten. Die selbstschneidenden Schrauben lassen sich leicht eindrehen, ein gut passender Schraubendreher ist dabei die halbe Miete. Die Kabel sind für mich gut ausreichend lang, durch die Möglichkeit der Verbindung mehrer Lüfter kommt man eigentlich immer gut zurecht. Alles in allem gute und günstige Gehäuselüfter.