Arctic Announces the P8 Max 80mm Fan

[btarunr]

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.

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[Chrispy_]

I'm using a couple of P8s and they look identical to these and seem to share no visual or design cues with their P12 Max namesake. The blades in the P8 are very fragile and I had to replace one because the blades snapped off at 3000rpm before I'd had a chance to dial in fan speed in the BIOS. If you look at Amazon customer reviews with photo evidence, you'll see that I'm far from the only person to experience and comment on the flimsy, cheap rotor that loses fan blades at higher RPMs. At least they are actually cheap; A 5-pack of P8 fans was £17.50, so £3.50 a fan, before tax.

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?

 

[Icon Charlie]

I'm using a couple of P8s and they look identical to these and seem to share no visual or design cues with their P12 Max namesake. The blades in the P8 are very fragile and I had to replace one because the blades snapped off at 3000rpm before I'd had a chance to dial in fan speed in the BIOS. If you look at Amazon customer reviews with photo evidence, you'll see that I'm far from the only person to experience and comment on the flimsy, cheap rotor that loses fan blades at higher RPMs. At least they are actually cheap; A 5-pack of P8 fans was £17.50, so £3.50 a fan, before tax.

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?

I agree. And though I use the standard Artic 140 mm (@ 1100 rpm) case fans I'm a bit suspect on their claims on this posting.

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.

 

[Chrispy_]

I agree. And though I use the standard Artic 140 mm (@ 1100 rpm) case fans I'm a bit suspect on their claims on this posting.

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.

With first-hand experience of the P8s, they're fine up to about 2000rpm, and then they're audible at 3000rpm but not intolerable. Probably equivalent in volume levels to a 120mm fan at 1600RPM or so.

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:

 

[HBSound]

I have recently purchased a set of THE PWM 80 CO PST versions for the front panel of my computer case.

 

[qlum]

While I aldo wonder how well they will work at sich a high rpm, but arctic at least has a decent rep. Another thing to note is that their p series tend to need a higher rpm than average, so it could be a factor as well.

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.

 

[zmeul]

I'm still waiting for 140mm MAX fans

 

[LabRat 891]

I'm using a couple of P8s and they look identical to these and seem to share no visual or design cues with their P12 Max namesake. The blades in the P8 are very fragile and I had to replace one because the blades snapped off at 3000rpm before I'd had a chance to dial in fan speed in the BIOS. If you look at Amazon customer reviews with photo evidence, you'll see that I'm far from the only person to experience and comment on the flimsy, cheap rotor that loses fan blades at higher RPMs. At least they are actually cheap; A 5-pack of P8 fans was £17.50, so £3.50 a fan, before tax.

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?

That's unfortunate. Noted.
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.

 

[sLowEnd]

Also, AFAIK Arctic is the only company besides Cooler Master that's made a reasonably affordable multipack.

Thermalright sells 3-packs of the TL-C12C fans on Amazon for $12

 

[Chrispy_]

Thermalright sells 3-packs of the TL-C12C fans on Amazon for $12

I was just going to say that!

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.

 

[trsttte]

Artic fans are not the best, the quietest or the most reliable but when it comes to price/quality ratio they have everyone beat

 

[natr0n]

Used to buy so many 80mm fans for Chieftec/chenming cases from back in the day.

 

[Chrispy_]

Used to buy so many 80mm fans for Chieftec/chenming cases from back in the day.

Ah, I can hear the call of 1998 when it was cool to spray your beige case silver or black and use an 80mm holecutter drill attachment to provide valuable airflow for your Celeron-A and TNT2

 

[InVasMani]

Used to buy so many 80mm fans for Chieftec/chenming cases from back in the day.

Still have one of those old cases and with a clear acrylic side window on it. They could fit quite a few of these 80mm ear shattering loud screamer fans inside of them. There were worse fans to be fair, but 80mm fans weren't quiet from what I recall. That said I'm sure these modern Arctic 80mm fans are a good deal more tolerable on both noise and performance than most older 80mm fans use to be. If I decide to do something with that old case at some point with a system and old parts I'll probably get a batch of these Arctic fans they look a good inexpensive solution.