Fan efficiency

Shrek · 2025-03-14T01:11:24+0000

I was surprised to find my fan efficiency was 10% or less

Antec Storm T3 120mm Fan Review - Page 4 of 10 - Hardware Busters

was wondering if there were fans significantly more efficient.

N/A · 2025-03-14T01:54:21+0000

Efficiency as in some connection between air flow, pressure and speed at different PWM. fan-performance-database

Using the database Lian li 140 is off the charts. Lol

Shrek · 2025-03-14T02:16:16+0000

That's the fan for me

iameatingjam · 2025-03-14T06:05:47+0000

Really the p12 max gets platinum rating at its extremely low price... wow. Obviously its noise isn't great, but considering the max rpm that makes sense. Btw what is meant by efficiency exactly? Like airflow vs electricity drawn?

Toss · 2025-03-14T06:34:18+0000

my beautiful fan

I can set RPM from 300 to 3000, so good fan, the best. And cheap

Shrek · 2025-03-14T06:57:38+0000

Noctua is cheap? Had I used Noctua instead of Antec it would have cost more than 3 times as much, which adds up for the 6 fans I got.

For me noise is a big issue, but I also want good air flow, so I went with multiple fans.

iameatingjam said:
Really the p12 max gets platinum rating at its extremely low price... wow. Obviously its noise isn't great, but considering the max rpm that makes sense. Btw what is meant by efficiency exactly? Like airflow vs electricity drawn?

I believe it is how much electrical energy ends up in the air, so in principle my fans could achieve the same objective with much less power.

iameatingjam · 2025-03-14T07:03:35+0000

Shrek said:
Noctua is cheap?

For me noise is a big issue, but I also want good air flow, so I went with multiple fans.

I believe it is how much electrical energy ends up in the air, so in principle my fans could achieve the same objective with much less power.

Oh so a small number is good in this case? Like only 10% is lost or something?

Dr. Dro · 2025-03-14T07:05:33+0000

Toss said:
my beautiful fan

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I can set RPM from 300 to 3000, so good fan, the best. And cheap

Got two of these on my PC, but they definitely aren't for everyone. At $30 a pop, these industrial grade fans are extremely expensive even for Noctua standards. They're also very noisy. Noctua manufactures an iPPC-2000 model with IP67 ingress protection rating, I have one of those too. It's quieter than the iPPC-3000, but not by much. To fully populate a large case that takes ~12 fans + replacing your heatsink's fans with these, you're looking at around $400 on them alone.

N/A · 2025-03-14T07:30:24+0000

Could it be the CFM at a given RPM.
for example Lian Li Uni 140 vs Arctic P14
at 70% PWM 1300 RPM
pressure 0,7
airflow 38 vs 23 CFM
current 0.1 vs 0.07A

harm9963 · 2025-03-14T07:56:33+0000

Toss said:
my beautiful fan

View attachment 389630

I can set RPM from 300 to 3000, so good fan, the best. And cheap

I have 12 ,with Noctua intake spacer , use ASUS fan curve software as well .

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System Name	CyberPowerPC ET8070
Processor	Intel Core i5-10400F
Motherboard	Gigabyte B460M DS3H AC-Y1
Memory	2 x Crucial Ballistix 8GB DDR4-3000
Video Card(s)	MSI Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super
Storage	Boot: Intel OPTANE SSD P1600X Series 118GB M.2 PCIE
Display(s)	Dell P2416D (2560 x 1440)
Power Supply	EVGA 500W1 (modified to have two bridge rectifiers)
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Cooling	ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 240 + P12 Max Fans
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