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    Noctua NF-P12 Vortex-Control 120mm Quiet Case Fan



    Features
    1.1300 RPM @ only 19.8 dB(A)
    2.Pressure-optimised nine blade design
    3.Vortex-control notches
    4.Smooth commutation drive
    5.SSO bearing
    6.Six years warranty

    Specifications
    Size: 120 x 120 x 25 mm
    Bearing: SSO-Bearing
    Blade Geometry: Nine-Blade Design with VCN
    Rotational Speed (± 10%): 1300 RPM
    Rotational Speed with L.N.A. (± 10%): 1100RPM
    Rotational Speed with U.L.N.A. (± 10%): 900 RPM
    Airflow: 92.3 m3/h
    Airflow with L.N.A.: 78.5 m3/h
    Airflow with U.L.N.A.: 63.4 m3/h
    Acoustical Noise: 19.8 dB(A)
    Acoustical Noise with L.N.A.: 16.9 dB(A)
    Acoustical Noise with U.L.N.A.: 12.6 dB(A)
    Static Pressure: 1.68 mm H2O
    Static Pressure with L.N.A.: 1.43 mm H2O
    Static Pressure with U.L.N.A.: 1.21 mm H2O
    Input Power: 1.08 W
    Input Current: 0.09 A
    Voltage Range: 12 V
    MTBF >: 150,000 h
    Scope of Delivery
    Ultra-Low-Noise Adaptor (U.L.N.A.)
    Low-Noise Adapter (L.N.A.)
    4 Vibration Compensators
    3:4-Pin Adaptor
    4 Fan Screws
    Warranty: 6 years



    3 pin fan review


    As you can see in the picture nice and smooth and these come in peach with light brown fins with 2 notch's on each fin for better airflow control.It may look like a normal fan but really this little thing is quite good for the money ranging from $10 - $20 as you see the price in not the best but for what this fan can do its worth every cent.

    The box it comes in is nice and compact with a little windows showing part of your fan in a clean protective case with 4 fan screws,4 Vibration Compensators,3 -4 Pin Adaptor. On the back of the box you have your little bit of information on the fan about the SSO-Bearing and how they work with the fan and the best part of the information is the big white letters 6 years warranty (not many company's do this offer so this is a good thumbs up).On the back you get a book like part that you open with alot more information on them on how the notch's and the SSO-Bearing will help with your airflow and diagrams showing how the fan will be doing this,you get a diagram on how to fit the fan to your case and diagrams of the included connectors and how you can use them, with all this information send a lot of good point to the customer.

    This fan will be fitted into my antec solo 2 as my front in-take fan directly plugged into my sysfan socket on my motherboard the ease of putting in in to my case was great i used the 4 Vibration Compensators pushed them into the screw holes the pushed the fan onto them with a little push and pull it was all done.Once it was all done and set i tuned the pc on and the sound compared with my out-take fan was the best i heard unless you put your ear by the fan you could not hear anything and it was on full 1300rpm with it being only 19.8db(A) this little fan by fare better than the 36.7db on my out-take fan on full speed.

    This kept my system at a cool 27C on idle could be more if i replaced my out-take fan i have not tried it on full load yet but would say this will keep my system very cool and alot cooler with 2 of them in my case,with the over all specs and work this fan can do ill be keeping it till its on its last leg for sure and will for sure be replacing it with the same one if i can get one then or a good upgrade off it.The SSO-Bearing are keeping this very quite and smooth and the 2 notch's on each fin to direct the air flow better into your case or even onto your cpu heat-sink.

    The over all performance of the Noctua NF-P12 i would say this is worth every penny for those gamer's or even server hoster's.

    performance: 8/10
    air-flow: 8/10
    fitting: 7/10
    noise: 9/10
    service: 10/10 (with the 6 year warranty this takes a 10 in my book)

    over-all: 9/10



    being only my very first review i think this was a very good item and was great to review it.
    Last edited by whitetop; 29-12-2015 at 07:03 PM.

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    Re: Noctua NF-P12 Vortex-Control 120mm Quiet Case Fan

    Nice review.

    Two things put me off Noctua fans :

    1. Price

    2. Colour

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    Re: Noctua NF-P12 Vortex-Control 120mm Quiet Case Fan

    yeah its off my site

    the price is very worth it i have a solo 2 case and even just with the one fan it was worth every penny.

    the color yeah could be better but if you know what your doing you'll know how to change that,or with a case like mine with no way of looking in it with out taking the side off you would not care of the color.

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    Re: Noctua NF-P12 Vortex-Control 120mm Quiet Case Fan

    Just had these with the noctua nh-u12p se2 cooler, and at full rpm they pushed a lot of air with quite good noise, sadly in my case the cooler itself sucked. Also the colour of the fans looked out of place.

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    Re: Noctua NF-P12 Vortex-Control 120mm Quiet Case Fan

    I like the colour, but by bought this and the p14, just as loud as my tricools, or just as quiet as the tricools; depending on how you look at it. But i regret my purchase and would have returned them had it not been for the effort of uninstalling then reinstalling my old ones, i mean, for fans hyped by almost everyone to be "silent" they are anything but, and i mean, on normal are stupidly loud for what they are.

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    Re: Noctua NF-P12 Vortex-Control 120mm Quiet Case Fan

    Quote Originally Posted by Nelsaidi View Post
    I like the colour, but by bought this and the p14, just as loud as my tricools, or just as quiet as the tricools; depending on how you look at it. But i regret my purchase and would have returned them had it not been for the effort of uninstalling then reinstalling my old ones, i mean, for fans hyped by almost everyone to be "silent" they are anything but, and i mean, on normal are stupidly loud for what they are.
    I have a pair of antec truquite blowing in and 3 red led tricools sucking out and have to agree that apart from the lowest setting, they are too loud for the amount of air they blow on the middle setting and even worse on high.

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    Re: Noctua NF-P12 Vortex-Control 120mm Quiet Case Fan

    Nelsaidi that is your side of view i have not had any problems and i do not know of such a closed in case as the solo2 and my fan is very quiet the only fan making a noise on high or low is my i5 stock cooler,if you had a bad one you should email them as they would refund you or replace the item don't disaprove of them just cos of you getting bad ones.

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    Re: Noctua NF-P12 Vortex-Control 120mm Quiet Case Fan

    Quote Originally Posted by whitetop View Post
    Nelsaidi that is your side of view i have not had any problems and i do not know of such a closed in case as the solo2 and my fan is very quiet the only fan making a noise on high or low is my i5 stock cooler,if you had a bad one you should email them as they would refund you or replace the item don't disaprove of them just cos of you getting bad ones.
    I've bought the p12 and the p14, and they're not stupidly loud, but in my opinion they're loud for "silent" fans, although my idea of silent is a point right next that of true silence, maybe thats silly of me but yeah, and I've wanted to buy them for two years so i had like super high expectations, but I doubt they're faulty, and as you said, thats my point of view and I'm only approaching from a noise point of view.

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    Re: Noctua NF-P12 Vortex-Control 120mm Quiet Case Fan

    well silent is 0dB so this fan being 19.8 dB is just showing its not silent but this gives good airflow and good for money if your not a fussy person that wants full silence

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    Re: Noctua NF-P12 Vortex-Control 120mm Quiet Case Fan

    this is best thread for all

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    Re: Noctua NF-P12 Vortex-Control 120mm Quiet Case Fan

    i write my reviews else were now that i know more of this site than most

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