Computer Case Fan Configuration - High Airflow (Arctic F series) or High Pressure (Arctic P series)

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Which is better for your system, High Airflow fans or High static Pressure fans? Now, like a lot of things, it depends. That’s why I’m here to help you all learn when and or where these fans should be used. Let’s get in to this.
What’s up everyone, Erik here and welcome to Hardware For Gamers. I will be using in all my demonstrates today these Arctic Bionix fans. Now this is for a few reasons. First, Arctic was kind enough to sent over these fans to help me explain all of this. Second, I like that Arctic clearly indicates which fans are High Airflow and which fans are High static Pressure, with there F and P series. F for flow and P for Pressure. the third reason Arctic makes good fans… and I have testing to back that up.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:54 The Big Question
1:13 The Difference
2:48 How To Choose
4:10 What To Look For When Buying Fans
4:50 Outro
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@terrapinflyer273 8 ай бұрын

Perfect! I'm still confused lol. But have some more clarity on choosing which fans to buy for different mounting points and variable approximate conditions. Pretty cool either way that they have different blade styles for different environment variables. Thanks!

@HardwareForGamers 8 ай бұрын

It really depends on the case you have or want to go with on what fans make the most sense. Most mesh front panels will work best with air flow fans, but not all do. The dust filters can sometimes act like a solid panel (this is typically in older case). Just to make things more confusing.

@micomicoful Жыл бұрын

im using nzxt s340 case, i have mesh panel and filter on front. which one should i get F or P fans? thank you!

@zafrimohamad2297 Жыл бұрын

hello..i have lian li 011 air mini case..which arctic fan series (p or f) should i use for front case 140mm x 2, back case 120mm x 1, top case 120mm x3 and botton case 120mm x 3?

@chincemagnet 7 ай бұрын

If you have any type of temperature trouble, unless you smoke or have pets, I’d just ditch the fan filters.

@jattposti8015 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, i have the focus G case, It comes with the 2 intakes as default and i bought 2 noctua fans 120mm, one is the airflow optimised and the other is pressure optimized. How should i place all 4 fans in this case?

@HardwareForGamers 2 жыл бұрын

The airflow optimize should go at the back, the pressure optimizer should probably go along the top, and the front two fans that come stock are decent fans, so you can just leave them at the front.

@williamcarter3642 2 жыл бұрын

Arctic is my brand of choice. Noctua can keep their $25 fans when I can get a $5 fan with a nice warranty and a difference of maybe 2c and a hair of a difference in sound.

@Magnulus76 2 жыл бұрын

Arctic is a good choice, especially if you need to buy several fans. Personally, I find the tradeoff with a Noctua's price worth it, because I use only one. But if I had front fans, I'd go with Arctic, because they wouldn't be running at 100 percent RPM's anyways.

@forsaken7161 Жыл бұрын

yeah the p12s are ok tbh. for 5 bucks they are doing their job, but they get quite noisy. the bionix (esport duo) and the 0db argb are much better, dead silent, while they keep everything under 60 to 65 degrees. my silent wings 3 are much louder. dont know how the new p12 max perform.

@PescaitoFrito Жыл бұрын

I need a bit of help I do have a macube 310, and it has a mesh in the top of the case and front, which it has small holes for for airflow, for this reason I was wondering If should go with air pressure? And last question, Is it better to put in that case a front 360mm radiator ? as It cannot be mounted in the top, in case of adding a 360mm radiator in the front, would be a good Idea to put 2 big 140mm or another 3x 120mm in the top of the case as exhaust but static pressure? Thanks again and sorry for multiple questions 😥 PS: I do have i5 12400f cpu and I'm moving on to get a 3070-3080 rtx.

@HardwareForGamers Жыл бұрын

I would not recommend having an AIO on the front of that case. I would recommend pressure optimized fans at the front and a good air cooler like the Assassin king 120 SE.

@PescaitoFrito Жыл бұрын

@@HardwareForGamers Oh woah thanks for your comment. A question is pressure optimized fans the same than static pressure or is it different? I'm still very noob at fans ^^. So then 3 120mm optimized fans in front? for the cpu a: Assassin king 120 SE. And for the top of this case would you also recommend putting either 2 140mm fans or 3x 120mm fans as exhaust? and if so again pressure optimized fans or Airflow? as this case you can remove the mech in the top it has small holes. ty again

@PescaitoFrito Жыл бұрын

@@HardwareForGamers by the way I noticed that i have actually the 310p version but for some reason the box of the case says 310 lol ^^,

@OverLord304 2 жыл бұрын

Hello, which arctic should i use for Corsair 4000D airflow case?, P12, P14, F12 or F14 arctic, also i dont know about 120MM or 140MM which would be the best.

@HardwareForGamers 2 жыл бұрын

You can do either, I'm going with F12 on the front. F14 would be a good idea for the airflow but for covered case it doesn't matter.

@OverLord304 2 жыл бұрын

@@HardwareForGamers This corsair case have front mesh+ thick dust filter, i thinked about putting 2x140MM arctic p14 PWM PST CO front + 2 on top and 1 arctic P12 PWM PST CO in back, what do you say?

@HardwareForGamers 2 жыл бұрын

@@OverLord304 the F14 will move more than the P14 through the front mesh. With that being said, I would go with whichever is less money. There is no wrong choice.

@applemonkey7305 2 жыл бұрын

Hi nice review. Am using corsair 5000d with 3x front 120mm p12, 1x back exhast 120mm p12 and top aio 360 with 3x 120mm p12 fan. Is this setup ok?

@HardwareForGamers 2 жыл бұрын

The 5000d or 5000d airflow?

@applemonkey7305 2 жыл бұрын

@@HardwareForGamers 5000d airflow.

@HardwareForGamers 2 жыл бұрын

@@applemonkey7305 the P12's on the AIO are perfect, but F12'S would perform better than the P12'S at the front on the airflow case. Now the P12'S are still good fans, but the F12'S will be better with the mesh.

@applemonkey7305 2 жыл бұрын

@@HardwareForGamers oh okay. But not by huge difference I guess ? Maybe I should stick to p12 for now since I don't want to waste more money on it.

@HardwareForGamers 2 жыл бұрын

Correct, It wouldn't be too much.

@Kizarat 2 жыл бұрын

Hey dude I have a question: what's your most favorite case? I see that you have the Thermaltake Core V21 beside you. For me it's been the Cooler Master NR400 m-ATX case so far.

@HardwareForGamers 2 жыл бұрын

Not sure, the Core V21 is a nice case, but it does have some issues. I really like the 4000D airflow and the Lancool II mesh, however to get the Lancool II mesh the way I like it twice the price of the 4000D.

@gennelynreyes7894 2 жыл бұрын

Sir I have a question I watch your vid abou over clocking and i did it but my monitor wont open plss help me

@HardwareForGamers 2 жыл бұрын

You likely need to clear CMOS. The setting you entered won't let the system post.

@gennelynreyes7894 2 жыл бұрын

@@HardwareForGamers it work thank you

@glennpatrickdomingo584 Жыл бұрын

hello good day, I have a Lian Li o11 Air Mini and I'm not sure what type of Arctic fans to use on the top, front, side, bottom and rear.. I'm using a Deepcool AK620

@HardwareForGamers Жыл бұрын

I would keep the included Lian Li fans then add 4 F14 PWM, 2 along the top (exhaust) and 2 along the bottom(intake). then you should be able to keep them at low RPM depending on your spec. My F14 PWM review kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nJ11gZt8la_Pn4k.html

@glennpatrickdomingo584 Жыл бұрын

@@HardwareForGamers okay thanks, too bad there are no F14 that comes in white.. are the bionix any good?

@HardwareForGamers Жыл бұрын

@@glennpatrickdomingo584 yes they're pretty much the exact same, they're Max RPM is a little bit higher, but RPM to RPM they should be the same performance.

@glennpatrickdomingo584 Жыл бұрын

@@HardwareForGamers same performance high price that's kinda sad. Thank you

@funamazingsounds2566 11 ай бұрын

Why does no arctic high airflow fans have any a-rgb on them ? If your going to make a static pressure fan with ARGB light on them then make high airflow with ARGB as well or it look dumb in the case or you have to get all all 7 fans that are static pressure even the exhaust one so it doesn't look dumb. I do not know what there thinking.

@tiblokill 2 жыл бұрын

Hello, i need your recomendation. I have deepcool macube 110 with solid front pannel. Which i need to use? Id like to heve 2 140mm F in front, 1 120mm F in back, and 2 P120mm in AIO at the bottom

@HardwareForGamers 2 жыл бұрын

??? Hum... First you probably shouldn't use the machine 110, because it's not good for air flow (it's really really bad). You want P-Series fans at the front, and I'm assuming you meant the aio is on the top?? Not the bottom??

@tiblokill 2 жыл бұрын

@@HardwareForGamers Aio is arctic, and its on the top and it already have P12

@HardwareForGamers 2 жыл бұрын

@@tiblokill okay, if you're going to use that case, then the best fan set would likely be 2 p14 at the front as intakes and the AIO and the rear fan as exhaust. But yeah, the 110 is really bad for air flow so your temperatures are still going to be really high.

@tiblokill 2 жыл бұрын

@@HardwareForGamers So I need to use only P series? I think this case is not bad for airflow as u said) I just have problems with GPU temperatures which is up to 70 Celsius maximum(

@tiblokill 2 жыл бұрын

@@HardwareForGamers thank you

@Magnulus76 2 жыл бұрын

You almost never will want high static pressure fans for ventilating a case. They are designed to force air down onto a heatsinks or components. A dust filter isn't restrictive enough in this regard to warrant the airflow tradeoffs from buying a high static pressure fan.

@HardwareForGamers 2 жыл бұрын

I don't disagree, you should use airflow fans for case like the Lancool 2 mesh from Lian Li or the NR600 from CM, but you wouldn't / shouldn't put airflow fans behind a solid panel like the S300 from TT or the Define 7 from FD...

@federline2799 2 жыл бұрын

sir..i have a question,, i already bought 5 arctic bionix P,, for my case darkflash dlm 22..it has solid front panel,,so, should i buy some airflow fans(arctic F series) on it? or just use all static preassure fan?

@HardwareForGamers 2 жыл бұрын

As I say in the video, you want high static pressure fans (Arctic P series fan) when there is a solid front panel. So I think you're as good as you can be with that case 👍.

@federline2799 2 жыл бұрын

@@HardwareForGamers ahh..i see..thanks sir ,,another question please, i installed 2 fans in front as intake, 1 fan on top near rear as exhaust, another top fan as intake and then the rear as exhaust, is it good? or maybe better that all the top fans as exhaust?

@HardwareForGamers 2 жыл бұрын

@@federline2799 it's hard to say for sure because it depends on the case. If I have the case correct it looks similar to the NZXT h510, for airflow anyways, and the h510 works best in negative airflow, so sucking air into the case. So it might work best with three exhaust fans. Are you using an air cooler or a radiator??

@federline2799 2 жыл бұрын

@@HardwareForGamers i am using air cooler

@HardwareForGamers 2 жыл бұрын

@@federline2799 cool 👍

@copperbackpack2025 2 жыл бұрын

Can you combine, have a P intake fan and a F exhaust fan?

@HardwareForGamers 2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@chincemagnet 7 ай бұрын

Unless you have temperature problems, I just go with the best cheap fans. there’s a ton I haven’t tried, but I just run the Rosewill Sickle Flow knockoffs, they’re like $6. I got a bunch of them on sale for $4 each awhile back. They’re decent fans for the price. I have a ton of Corsair fans, but they’re so disgustingly overpriced now, I’d never ever buy one again or even recommend them. ThermalTake Ring fans are pretty good and pretty inexpensive for the performance of the fan. I was just thinking, Corsair charges like $40 for an ML fan. If you were dead set on getting a Corsair ML fan, you’d be better off buying one of their AIOs that come with them. You actually get a higher RPM version of the fans, and you basically get an AIO for $20 if you look at it like the two fans are worth $80, they’re not 🤮

@MrDratik 11 ай бұрын

This is all very interesting, but in reality, you can blow through the case with F-series fans only if you put them on both intake and exhaust to create a draft that will not interfere with anything at all. Instead, far fewer P series fans can be used with the same efficiency. But why Arctic's P-series fans squeal, resonate, knock and howl, and Arctic doesn't care about that is another question.

@Bentenherkes Жыл бұрын

I used F 12 for rear fan , cuz i dont need high static pressure ; a good stable air flow with 850 -1100 rpm will be enough for. I actually didnt pick P12 series that humming sound kindda opera makes me crazy

@ibzmav Ай бұрын

what fans did you go for top and front?

@Bentenherkes 12 күн бұрын

@@ibzmav For front, Aerocool F12 P7 C1

@pavelperina7629 2 жыл бұрын

I was just asking this question myself. I found that having two fans at high RPM as intake behind dust filters and plastic doors with slots forming grid and one of them blowing onto hard drive box and two exhaust fans running at low RPM means that I have negative pressure inside the case. But problem is ... are P12 fans better option? Can they push more air when they are running for example at half speed? And my other problem is that when exhaust fans (top one?) are running close to 1000rpm, the case starts to resonate so it does matter if they run at 850 or 1000 rpm and it does not matter if they run at 1000 or 1350rpm. Now I'm thinking about three intakes, one rear fan and keeping F12s. Anyways, I don't have a problem with cooling, besides crap single fan GPU cooler for NV1060 - either that cooler runs at 2200rpm or GPU underclocks itself.

@HardwareForGamers 2 жыл бұрын

What case are you using?

@pavelperina7629 2 жыл бұрын

@@HardwareForGamers Good old Fractal Design Define Mini from 2014 (The one where you can mount DVD drive and up to seven hard drives)

@HardwareForGamers 2 жыл бұрын

@@pavelperina7629 if you have the hard drive cages installed, you definitely want pressure optimized fans at the front.

@tigerbalm666 Жыл бұрын

Simple: USE ARCTIC F or P series fans!

@tigerbalm666 Жыл бұрын

You don't need front fans! Just need HIGH FLOW in the rear, and 2 on top as EXHAUST!! Adding fraont fans just causes air vortexes and traps hot air in the case due to gpu obstruction. Ideally, you want MORE air exhausted then air intake to created air convection.