Help with arctic p12

[Guest FrA123]

Hello, i just got my hands on a new arctic p12 that i bought on q chinese website, the price was much cheaper than on amazon. I just wanna know how to check whether it is original or not.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest FrA123]

1 hour ago, Schnoz said:

Looks to be genuine; the packaging and fan look exactly like the ten or so I've bought.

Oh i see, even with that PCGH symbol in the front part of the box

 

[Guest FrA123]

6 minutes ago, Schnoz said:

I don't remember seeing that, but it could be some sort of award given by a hardware reviewer (and it's been a while since I saw the packaging of a P12). Everything else indicates that this is a genuine P12 to a T.

Oh ok, i appreciate your reply, it`s just that the package looked a bit different so i thought it could be a fake or something, thanks.

[Guest FrA123]

3 minutes ago, Schnoz said:

Glad I could help! If you found that reply useful, please consider marking it as the solution so anyone else with the same question can find an answer more quickly.

 

By the way, I don't think that Arctic fans would be easy to counterfeit at all. While most other fan manufacturers apply a sticker with the fan's model number and other info, Arctic directly stamps it into the fan hub. Also, the PST version of these fans has an additional female 4-pin connector, which adds manufacturing costs. Not to mention the custom QR code sticker that any person who'd want to counterfeit it wouldn't want to print. Also, since P12s are already dirt-cheap, it's significantly harder to make them at an even lower price.

Nice explanation, thanks. how to mark it as a solution

[Guest FrA123]

2 hours ago, Schnoz said:

Looks like you figured it out!

Hey bro, sorry for bothering, but coming back now with another thing, there is a square-shaped paper that came with the fan, written in chinese, i translated it and it appears to be a warranty paper or something, but on the back of this paper there is a link to the following website: www.arctic-dirise.com. When i try to use this link on google, it redirects me to a completely unrelated chinese website. The site is about gambling, never-seen-before games and it's everything on chinese. Why would Arctic even put this link on its warranty garantee?