Corsair SP120's vs Arctic F12's

Born_2_Kill_83 · 19 Sep 2014 at 18:47

Thinking of swapping my F12's which I use as case fans for SP120's to move a bit more air into and out of my case, however it seems the F12's move more air?

Dempsey22 · 19 Sep 2014 at 22:43

SP120's are the static pressure fans for up against radiators.

If you are looking for more airflow than look at the AF120s

Disco_P · 20 Sep 2014 at 01:15

The F12s are insane, there isn't a lot out there that will beat them.

What is your case BTW?

Born_2_Kill_83 · 20 Sep 2014 at 11:11

Disco_P said:
The F12s are insane, there isn't a lot out there that will beat them.

What is your case BTW?

H440, kinda need insane with this ****e case

I'll stick with the F12's then

xraycat87 · 20 Sep 2014 at 13:13

My f12's are woeful. SP120's are a lot better imo

Disco_P · 20 Sep 2014 at 18:38

Same boat here, H440 user.

Found the F12s better that my Noctuas at cooling my radiators. Haven't tried the corsair fans before, but they are a lot of money and won't do more than a couple of degrees at best.

josh_king · 20 Sep 2014 at 20:46

I would change to the SP120, yes I know they are static pressure but due to the resistive flow in this case these should work better that the AF120.

Disco_P · 22 Sep 2014 at 13:21

I was doing some experiments last night and found you get considerably more airflow if you remove the mesh strips on the top and front panels of the case. They are attached by crosshead screws.

Seeing as I cannot see the back or front mesh I have removed them and left the visible strip in.

Born_2_Kill_83 · 22 Sep 2014 at 18:29

Disco_P said:
I was doing some experiments last night and found you get considerably more airflow if you remove the mesh strips on the top and front panels of the case. They are attached by crosshead screws.

Seeing as I cannot see the back or front mesh I have removed them and left the visible strip in.

Removed these myself, haven't noticed a great deal of difference but then again unless I completely removed the front cover and dust filter I don't have a chance of cooling

jimbaw · 22 Sep 2014 at 18:45

I would definitely go for the sp120s

Born_2_Kill_83 · 22 Sep 2014 at 18:47

They do look nice granted :-)

setter · 22 Sep 2014 at 18:54

If you want fans that are good at focusing airflow at certain points/areas of your system. Consider the silverstone air penetrators. Excellent in situations like xfire/sli where you want to push air between the cards.

Disco_P · 23 Sep 2014 at 15:30

setter said:
If you want fans that are good at focusing airflow at certain points/areas of your system. Consider the silverstone air penetrators. Excellent in situations like xfire/sli where you want to push air between the cards.

Setter loves his penetrators