ARCTIC P12 PWM PST schwarz, 120mm

Jeder Kunde hat natürlich andere Prämissen und der eine will viel Leuchtkraft, der andere mag es eher dezent und ohne optischen Firlefanz. Was Arctic hier jedoch für reichlich 5 Euro abliefert, verdient absoluten Respekt, denn der P12 PWM kommt in vielen Messungen und Testsituationen dem Referenzlüfter nicht nur sehr nah, sondern agiert eigentlich fast schon ebenbürtig! Geht man rein nach der Fördermenge pro eingesetzter U/min, dann gewinnt auf dem Papier sogar der Lüfter von Arctic, was aufgrund des Preises wirklich erstaunt.

ComputerBase vergleicht 140-mm-Lüfter von Alpenföhn, Arctic, be quiet!, Corsair, EKWB und Noctua auf einem Radiator für Wasserkühlungen, denn erst mit einem guten Lüfter wird eine Wasserkühlung leise und stark. Der Arctic P14 PWM ist der Preis-Leistungs-Tipp, doch es können alle Modelle bedenkenlos eingesetzt werden.

ARCTIC, previously known as Arctic Cooling, has been around for nearly 25 years now with physical offices in North America, Europe, and Asia and a vast retail network spread across more than 65 countries. The company is known for good quality products offering high value to end users, and we've reviewed several ARCTIC products already—the ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III seems especially popular among our readers. But if there was ever a product segment that made ARCTIC famous, it would be the fans that are used on those coolers. If I could get a dollar every time I saw a request for an ARCTIC fan review, I'd be happily retired by now. I am happy to say the wait is over, and today we cover the ARCTIC P12 PWM.

Must inexpensive really have been cheap and as a purchase in the end maybe even free? Not at all, if you look at the rather plain-looking Arctic P12 PWM, which manages to bring tears to the eyes of a large part of the significantly more expensive competitors. But I don’t want to anticipate the test result, even though many readers have been asking for this test for a while because they are so convinced of the product. What you can get for 5 Euros can be quite surprising, but let’s take it one step at a time. It has to be measured against the much more expensive NF-12A PWM as our quasi-reference. Well then have fun, the only question is for whom.