New Arctic Cooling Fans - 80mm, 92mm, 120mm

winguy · Post by **winguy** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 6:20 am

Circulation Optimized Fan Blades

High Airflow

High Static Pressure

Long Lifetime

6 Years Warranty
The Fluid Dynamic Bearing offers a unique 400'000 h MTTF at 40°C. Therefore we grant a unique 6 years warranty.

AF8025
AF9225
AF12025

All have open corners according to the pictures. Any comments/feedback?

Sooty · Post by **Sooty** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 6:52 am

The 120 looks like an ADDA CFX-120S. I didn't check the other two.

winguy · Post by **winguy** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 1:43 am

There're actually another 3 more: Arctic Fan 8, 9 and 12, apparently with the same kind of vibration absorption found in Freezer 7/64 Pro.

Click on the pictures to see an enlarged version.

Pics taken from:
http://www.matbe.com/actualites/11890/a ... ntilateur/

How well do these semi-frameless fans work as exhausts?

GHz · Post by **GHz** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 10:38 pm

I'd be interested in obtaining a sample. Are there any retailers that carry the 120mm versions?

Elixer · Post by **Elixer** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 2:18 am

Look good on paper. Interesting that the frameless ones are rated for lower voltages.

ikuto · Post by **ikuto** » Tue Jan 03, 2006 3:35 pm

Circulation Optimized Fan Blades

High Airflow

High Static Pressure

Long Lifetime

6 Years Warranty
The Fluid Dynamic Bearing offers a unique 400'000 h MTTF at 40°C. Therefore we grant a unique 6 years warranty.

All have open corners according to the pictures. Any comments/feedback?

Too bad these can only be installed 1 way and it is to suck the air out. If they blow too, i'd get these right away. But then again, no where in the U.S. websites carry these. I only found an Austrailian website with them, but they don't ship internationally.

Kythe · Post by **Kythe** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:18 am

ikuto wrote:
Circulation Optimized Fan Blades

High Airflow

High Static Pressure

Long Lifetime

6 Years Warranty
The Fluid Dynamic Bearing offers a unique 400'000 h MTTF at 40°C. Therefore we grant a unique 6 years warranty.

All have open corners according to the pictures. Any comments/feedback?
Too bad these can only be installed 1 way and it is to suck the air out. If they blow too, i'd get these right away. But then again, no where in the U.S. websites carry these. I only found an Austrailian website with them, but they don't ship internationally.

Looks like they're brand new. And they look very, very nice. Perhaps they'll do another version for airflow going the other way.

They're also using the same fans (#8, 9 and 12) on some of their "silencer" and "freezer" lines of heat-pipe CPU coolers. And the prices don't hurt, either -- roughly half the price of the Nexus fans.

burebista · Post by **burebista** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:16 pm

A short review for 120/38 model.

nici · Post by **nici** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 11:29 pm

I definately want to try one of those 120mm frameless things! Not seen them for sale anywhere yet though..

Super Monkey Me · Post by **Super Monkey Me** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 1:55 am

Me too.

jaganath · Post by **jaganath** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:48 am

From the conclusion of that review:

Cons:
Only pulls air out, can’t blow

I don't understand this comment at all. Any fan that can suck, by definition must blow, otherwise where is all the air going? A fan is a device for sucking in air from one side and blowing it out the other; it's a complete nonsense to say that a fan can suck but not blow. It doesn't exactly give me a lot of faith in the expertise of the reviewer or the quality of the rest of the review.

nici · Post by **nici** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:57 am

He could have said it better, but im shure you understood from the review that the fan cant be mounted in the front of the case.

Kythe · Post by **Kythe** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 5:38 am

jaganath wrote:From the conclusion of that review:

Cons:
Only pulls air out, can’t blow
I don't understand this comment at all. Any fan that can suck, by definition must blow, otherwise where is all the air going? A fan is a device for sucking in air from one side and blowing it out the other; it's a complete nonsense to say that a fan can suck but not blow. It doesn't exactly give me a lot of faith in the expertise of the reviewer or the quality of the rest of the review.

It's just a mounting issue. I can certainly see, for example, that you could remove the existing 120 mm fan from the top inside of a power supply and replace it with one of these fans mounted on the outside of the power supply, blowing in.

In fact, if these fans really are very quiet, I have a plan to use one mounted to an internal case divider, blowing air from one section to the next.

winguy · Post by **winguy** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 2:39 am

Just noticed there's an article at rbmods: Arctic cooling Fans 8 (80mm),9 (92mm) and 12 (120mm)

warriorpoet · Post by **warriorpoet** » Sun Jan 08, 2006 8:41 am

...now to mount them with EAR grommets and undervolt them to 6v through uGuru...

jmke · Post by **jmke** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:00 pm

I reviewed 6 120mm fans, the AF12 included

enjoy:)

no specs comparison as sole test either btw;)

tested at 12/7.5v/5v, temp recorded with ninja Scythe , noise recorded at 30cm dBA meter

http://www.madshrimps.be/gotoartik.php?articID=391

Kythe · Post by **Kythe** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 5:59 pm

Thank you for the review!

The Arctic Fan 12 does very well indeed, especially considering the recommended price of $10.00.

Weldingheart · Post by **Weldingheart** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 6:17 pm

That's another one nice review that I'd like to read jmke!

sound that the AC fan does not really get the place though the they had put more engineering effort ,but I think it's worth the airflow/temp difference for they those want 'performance' fan,I guess it also pricey compared to 'standard' fans even the Nexus one

can it start reliably below 5V?

jmke · Post by **jmke** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 3:51 am

all fan spun up at 5V perfectly without problem; the only weird experience I had was with the 0.85A Titan fan which almost melted the resistance on the 7.5v test:)

jmke · Post by **jmke** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 3:52 am

--double post-- please delete

Kythe · Post by **Kythe** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 4:07 am

The only problem I've seen thus far is that the Arctic Cooling fans aren't available from retailers, at least not yet.

Did they give you any time frame for availability, jmke?

aztec · Post by **aztec** » Tue Jan 10, 2006 7:39 am

I'm in line for a 120mm as soon as its out in the US.

pity you can't mount in front....otherwise, I would pick up 2 of the 92mm as well....

BTW, AC has been on a roll with their VGA coolers, Freezer Pro and now this.

jmke · Post by **jmke** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 12:08 am

Kythe wrote:The only problem I've seen thus far is that the Arctic Cooling fans aren't available from retailers, at least not yet.

Did they give you any time frame for availability, jmke?

"The Arctic Fan will be available after middle of Jan. 06. For dealer
address please consult http://www.arctic-cooling.com/where_to.php
because I don't know which dealer will sell them."

straight from AC HQ

Laz Winterz · Post by **Laz Winterz** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 1:38 am

Would the Arctic Fan 9 be compatible with the clips on the si-97a?

jmke · Post by **jmke** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 2:56 pm

I don't think so no, the fan has a custom designed bracket and the clips would not be able to hold onto anything, I think you'll need to find some DIY method to make them fit.

they are designed to be outtake case fans, not cpu fans.

Laz Winterz · Post by **Laz Winterz** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 8:23 pm

Looks like they incorporated it on one of their heatsinks and it's pretty cheap too. http://www.arctic-cooling.com/cpu2.php? ... ta=1&disc=

jmke · Post by **jmke** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 11:11 pm

I've just finished testing that cooler "Alpine 64" for my HSF roundup, very good performance/noise ratio with low heat output CPU's. (Athlon 64 3200+ Clawhammer @ stock speeds and voltage)

Laz Winterz · Post by **Laz Winterz** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 11:33 pm

Sweet, I'll have to keep my eyes peeled for that review. Nice 120mm fan roundup btw, I bought 3 of those Global WINs and they are silent in my hand at 7v but I haven't put it in a case yet. Are the 80mms any good? A pitty Global WIN doesn't make a 92mm version.

jmke · Post by **jmke** » Sun Apr 09, 2006 11:35 pm

I've only tested 120mm series for now; 80/92mm roundup is on TO DO list

Wirrunna · Post by **Wirrunna** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 5:25 am

I bought an Arctic Fan 9 and an Arctic Fan 12. The 9 is mounted on a Thermalright XP-90 CPU heatsing to cool an AMD A64 X2 3800+ and the 12 replaced an Antec Tri Speed fan in a P150 case.
The Arctic Fan 12 appeared to cause intermittant system crashes in XP when connected to the motherboard system fan header - the Arctic Fan 12 comes with only a 3 pin connector. I say "appeared to cause system crashes" because the crashes ceased when I powered the fan via a molex to 3 pin adapter and I have not re-connected the fan to the mobo to see if the crashes start again.
The crashes happened with 2 mobos, an ASUS A8N-VM CSM and a MSI RS480M2-IL. It took a week of swapping in and out components (memory, mobos, CPUs ) as the crashes were infrequent, until I tried the alternate connection for the system fan and the system has run reliably for 2 days since the change.
Apart from the system crashes, the fans perform well, quiet at lower speeds while moving a lot of air. The 12 is now on a thermistor controlled circuit (C. P. Emma's) and works as advertised.

New Arctic Cooling Fans - 80mm, 92mm, 120mm

New Arctic Cooling Fans - 80mm, 92mm, 120mm

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Re: New Arctic Cooling Fans - 80mm, 92mm, 120mm

Arctic Fan 12 may cause system crashes.