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ARCTIC P12 PWM PST A-RGB 120 mm Fan

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Today we examine ARCTIC's P12 PWM PST A-RGB 120 mm fans, which offer daisy-chaining support, 12 individually addressable RGB LEDs with universal connectors, a long and linear RPM range with zero-RPM mode, long warranty, and decent performance coupled with low noise to be good value cooling solutions.

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Impressively low power draw, also they are quite cheap so easy to use them in variety of places.
 

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I've got 5 of these now between my daughter's case and 2 included with my Arctic Freezer Liquid II A-RGB....they are very good performing fans but two of the 5 have a weird issue with the RGB lighting...under some shades a single RGB seems to produce the wrong color and you end up with orange instead of yellow... or blue instead of green.. Not a deal breaker but somewhat disappointing.
 
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Cooling ARCTIC P12 PWM PST A-RGB 120 mm x6, ARCTIC P14 PWM PST A-RGB 140 mm x2, Artic AIO 240 RGB.
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I have a Lian Li air mini case with 6 ARCTIC P12 PWM PST A-RGB 120 mm fans, two more for the AIO Artic 240, and two more ARCTIC P14 PWM PST A-RGB 140 mm for the front of the case. I think it could fly if I put my mind to it ; ) I have no complaints about the sound even when playing Cyberpunk 2077. Good buy, I recommend them.
 
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I have 10 of these in my O11 XL, running since almost 2 years in 24/7. I am using them between 600-1000RPM, they have a very good noise/cfm ratio.
Some of them already died, i think two... but Arctic immediately sent replacement for them. Great support. Cant complain.
 
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I've got 5 of these now between my daughter's case and 2 included with my Arctic Freezer Liquid II A-RGB....they are very good performing fans but two of the 5 have a weird issue with the RGB lighting...under some shades a single RGB seems to produce the wrong color and you end up with orange instead of yellow... or blue instead of green.. Not a deal breaker but somewhat disappointing.
That's representative of my experience with ARCTIC products in general. You're not likely to get something that outright doesn't work, but reasonably likely to get something that's faulty in some way. In my case, an out-of-balance P12 and a pair of F8 COs with greater-than-acceptable bearing noise (though the latter may simply be a characteristic of the design).
 
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