1ST PC CORP. PFB1212GHE-F00 120mm Case Fan - Retail

Wicked Wind Tunnel

Reviewed By: Bucky on 7/20/2009

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: This thing moves air! I plugged it in to see how fast/loud it was and it started levitating on the table, and this isn't a light fan either! I dropped it into my case as an exhaust fan (the only place it fits because it's a little wider than my other fan locations permit), and it dropped over 10C off of the system temp, & 8-10C off of the CPU temp as an exhaust fan! I'm thinking the other case fans that came with my case (5 more Lian Li fans) aren't that high quality, they flow @ 1k RPM's & don't feel like they're moving hardly any air. You can feel this pull the air from the front of the case more than the other 2 120mm fans mounted there. I don't think I'll need this bad boy all the time if I get some more better case fans, but I'm going to hold onto it for when my case starts getting a little toasty. BIOS reads the fan running @ 4850 or so RPM's avg, so it lives up to the standard there.

Cons: Great googly moogly! It sounds like a vacuum cleaner or a hair dryer set on high x2. It doesn't have an annoying hum or mechanical noise though, just the sound of air being pushed through the fan. I figured it would be loud looking @ the specs, but yea... I think you get my point in this rant.

Other Thoughts: I don't mind the sound of the fan running. It becomes white noise after about 5-10 minutes to me. It's a good solution to a warm(hot) case, I'm sure of that! And if you turn your case around, it will blow enough air to make a nice room fan as well!

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