Thursday, August 17th 2023
Arctic Announces the P8 Max 80mm Fan
ARCTIC, a leading manufacturer of low-noise PC coolers and components, extends the P-fan series with the P8 Max, a new high-performance fan. In contrast to the conventional P8 PWM, the P8 Max has a significantly increased speed with revolutions from 500 to 5000 rpm, which makes it ARCTIC's most powerful 80 mm fan. In addition, the P8 Max can be throttled down to standstill if no load is needed.
The P8 Max impresses with its extraordinary performance efficiency. At a speed of 3000 rpm, it consumes only 0.06 amps. In comparison, similar fans like the P8 require more than double at the same speed with 0.14 amps. Thanks to its significant static pressure, which is particularly effective for heatsinks, radiators, pinholes and tightly packed cases, as well as its high efficiency, this fan is ideally suited for use in server cases such as 2U racks.
Availability
The new P8 Max is available from today on Amazon.com, on eBay.com as well as in stores starting at a price of $8.99.
For more information, visit the product page.
The P8 Max impresses with its extraordinary performance efficiency. At a speed of 3000 rpm, it consumes only 0.06 amps. In comparison, similar fans like the P8 require more than double at the same speed with 0.14 amps. Thanks to its significant static pressure, which is particularly effective for heatsinks, radiators, pinholes and tightly packed cases, as well as its high efficiency, this fan is ideally suited for use in server cases such as 2U racks.
The new P8 Max is available from today on Amazon.com, on eBay.com as well as in stores starting at a price of $8.99.
For more information, visit the product page.
13 Comments on Arctic Announces the P8 Max 80mm Fan
I cannot imagine what appears to be the exact same rotor in the the same fan frame not self-destructing after a few minutes of 5000rpm unless they've replaced the plastics with that liquid-crystal polymer stuff. There's no mention of that on the product page and every manufacturer brags about premium LCP construction to upsell their product, so I'm guessing these are just the cheapo P8s with heavy-duty motor windings?
As stated before. There is only so much you can do with blade design and speed. I'm also incredibly doubtful on the quiet part. Maybe at low speeds just like everyone else but at the 3000- 5000 range that baby is going to whine.
The only 80mm 5000rpm fans I've ever seen are 38mm-thick server units with massive, powerful fan hubs and tiny stubby blades like the classic Delta 8038:
A quick look around I did encounter some other thinner 5000rpm fans with larger blades. So it could very well be different optimizations where those thick fans are all about static pressure, noise amd efficiency be damned.
I believe the blades were probably so weak, to keep the rotating mass to a minimum. Kinda defeats the point when they're that weak.
The P12 and P14 PWM PST fans I've purchased over the past couple years have been exceptional for the price.
Also, AFAIK Arctic is the only company besides Cooler Master that's made a reasonably affordable multipack.
They're not particularly quiet but they seem well made, have fluid-dynamic bearings, come with rubber corner grommets which helps if you're wire-clipping them to a CPU heatsink, and they do shift a lot of air.
I'm now buying them instead of the BeQuiet! Pure Wings 2 since they share the same level of performance and noise IMO, whilst being half the price. The P-12 5-pack is still a staple purchase here, but they're not always in stock.