Arctic Cooling should be immensely proud of the Arctic F12 Pro. It’s a supremely affordable and incredibly quiet design. Its static pressure performance is more than commendable and when placed alongside the other positives I’ve already mentioned it’s utterly astonishing.
The excellent Arctic F12 Pro.
My only incredibly small issue is the fact that the fan orientation can only be in one direction. This fan will only exhaust once installed. You would have to mount it externally if you wanted it to push air into a case which really is unfortunate. If Arctic Cooling could produce a model that worked as an intake then they’d have a truly great product.
Pros
+ Good looking
+ Incredibly competitive price
+ Very quiet
+ Vibration and resonance damping very effective
+ Patented fan cage works well
+ No buzzing or clicking from fan’s motor
+ Excellent static pressure at all voltages
Cons
- Only one true installation orientation
+ Good looking
+ Incredibly competitive price
+ Very quiet
+ Vibration and resonance damping very effective
+ Patented fan cage works well
+ No buzzing or clicking from fan’s motor
+ Excellent static pressure at all voltages
Cons
- Only one true installation orientation
In conclusion the Arctic F12 Pro is a wonderfully capable fan. Besides the ‘exhaust only’ issue I simply don’t have a bad word. Exceptionally quiet performance at a truly great price point... the Arctic F12 Pro gets our Gold award!
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