Arctic P12 MAX System Fan Review

I always wondered what would happen if I could juice up Arctic P12 and get it spinning at like 3000 RPM. then Arctic released the P12 MAX.
So, I guess I won’t need to blow up 1 of my P12’s to see what would happen… cool.
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1:15 Fan overview
3:35 PWM Range
4:25 Charts - Fan under review
7:05 Charts - Comparing to other fans
9:03 Final Thoughts
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[@holmiumh]

3:04 My understanding is this model uses dual ball bearing.

[@HardwareForGamers]

Yes, you are correct they do use a Dual Ball Bearing. Sorry for that.

[@Mack_Dingo]

@@HardwareForGamers Are dual BB really any noticeably louder than FDB?

[@HardwareForGamers]

@@Mack_Dingo A DBB are typically louder yes. if they are noticeably louder i'm not sure. i haven't tested a FDB fan and a DBB fan that have the same design... yet. I know the Arctic P12 PWM PST CO uses a DBB so I may look in to this.

[@taufiqhidayatulloh8848]

The newer revison 2 indeed use FDB.

[@HardwareForGamers]

@@taufiqhidayatulloh8848I see that on the Arctic website, but my model the 1 I tested is a DBB (on the box). guess I need to test the FDB version now 😂

[@Xamy-]

Interesting wasn’t aware they went with a ring for it

[@HardwareForGamers]

Yeah it's something Arctic has been doing recently the P14 SLIM also have one.

[@Nathraichean]

Joe Horecny, the man, the myth, the legend.

[@Narueschke]

Bought 5 Fans of the P12 Max, when they were released after serveral great reviews from big youtubers and 3 of these fans are horrible at a lot of different rpms. I got horrible sounding ball bearings and so on, side by side it's crazy I have 2 good ones that I think really perform as they should but the other ones went into the trash. Never going to buy them again - horrible for the environment to produce e-waste like this but yeah the good price comes from the lack of QC from my expericence. Maybe they improved a little but not gonna try them again I rather pay the premium now of other brands.

[@HardwareForGamers]

Sorry to hear that. Did you try to contact Arctic to see if they would exchange them?

[@marksulloway5669]

Thanks for this.

[@Mack_Dingo]

14DBa for a 2c temp improvement. 8v I would stick too for most cases

[@Original_Moi]

Joe Horecny be carrying fr

[@FeWolf]

Have them installed you need to find the sweet spot, otherwise it is a piercing sound, i feel dollar for dollar it is the best.

[@Nintenboy01]

Got this recently and max I set it to is 50%, 60%/2300 RPM just has that little bit of extra annoying noise

[@znth-gameworks]

When I saw the thumbnail I was for a second very confused by the box. My brain was like "Did those mfers at Sony make the PSFan????". Graphic design these days is lazier than ever. Great video though. Greetings from Brazil

[@RMKry]

Arctic P12 Max 3300rpm = Noctua IndustrialPPC F12 2000rpm.