Best performing 120mm case fans - Static Pressure

[Faddish Coder]

Hi experts,

 

I need good performing high static pressure 120mm case fans for use with a 280mm rad. Why? Because the 140mm fans it comes with don't fit in my case. This is for front-mounted radiator in push configuration.

 

Requirements:
- PWM

- High Static Pressure

- normal or smaller housing depth

 

Nice to have but not required:

- RGB/ARGB

 

Cost does not matter too much. I only need 2.

 

Thanks!

 

Edit: Also will add these are behind the mesh on meshify C. So the fans themselves can be ugly (Noctua brown...) while RGB or halo lighting will show through nicecly. 

[Mateyyy]

NF-A12x25, NF-F12 (chromax.black, iPPC), ML120 Pro (if you want RGB)

[Faddish Coder]

22 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

NF-A12x25, NF-F12 (chromax.black, iPPC), ML120 Pro (if you want RGB)

Exactly what I was looking for! Will probably get the quietest of those thank you.

[Mateyyy]

1 minute ago, Faddish Coder said:

Exactly what I was looking for! Will probably get the quietest of those thank you.

That'll probably be the A12x25. If you don't mind the look of it, it's about as good as a 120mm fan gets.

No problem!

[VeganJoy]

the a12x25 is so good they make 120 to 140mm adapters to put em on 140mm wide rads lol, wonder why theres no 140mm version nor a chromax

[WoodenMarker]

On 9/15/2020 at 2:05 PM, VeganJoy said:

the a12x25 is so good they make 120 to 140mm adapters to put em on 140mm wide rads lol, wonder why theres no 140mm version nor a chromax

Noctua mentioned they're struggling to make a 140mm that's better than the NF-A12x25 and that they're working on making their Sterrox material used for the fan in black. 

[VeganJoy]

4 hours ago, WoodenMarker said:

Noctua mentioned they're struggling to make a 140mm that's better than the NF-A12x25 and that they're working on making their Sterrox material used for the fan in black. 

well that's cool that theyre public about that, was that on their social media or something? (do they have one? lol)

[Quadriplegic]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2Zis8RjcX8

A12x25 are definitely the best fans, but Arctic P12s are so damn close you probably shouldn't buy Noctuas.

[freeagent]

Industrials are the best performers, the rest seems overpriced, but probably quieter..

[WoodenMarker]

6 hours ago, VeganJoy said:

well that's cool that theyre public about that, was that on their social media or something? (do they have one? lol)

Some info is from trade shows like CES booths or reviewers asking Noctua and others from their Twitter, Instagram, or just replies on their product pages on Amazon. 

Their roadmap shows that the NF-A12x25 Chromax and 140mm version isn't planned to be too far off now although they've often delayed releases in the past if the product isn't ready. https://noctua.at/en/product-roadmap

[VeganJoy]

2 minutes ago, WoodenMarker said:

Some info is from trade shows like CES booths or reviewers asking Noctua and others from their Twitter, Instagram, or just replies on their product pages on Amazon. 

Their roadmap shows that the NF-A12x25 Chromax and 140mm version isn't planned to be too far off now although they've often delayed releases in the past if the product isn't ready. https://noctua.at/en/product-roadmap

oh damn i didnt know they had that little roadmap, very nice! a noctua desk fan...