What one is better.

Vanya Hargreeves · 6 Feb 2021 at 03:48

I have a Corsair h45 watercooler in my system for 4 years and want to replace the fan, I would like to find out the best fan. To go over the radiator I was looking at an ML120 or a Noctua NF-P12 redux-1300pwm. As a friend of mine said that the ML120 wouldn't be effective. Yet say that the Noctua would run slow yet have better airflow. The more I think about the more I'm confused.

Could anyone give any advice? Thank you

Ross Thomson · 6 Feb 2021 at 09:39

Put an arctic P12 fan on there.

dfour · 6 Feb 2021 at 11:00

The p12 is agood fan for £6. Also worth a look is

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Silverstone SST-AB120R-ARGB Air Blazer 120mm ARGB Cooling Fan= £9.95

Total: £12.69 (includes shipping: £2.74)

You dont need to use the rgb if yu dont want to. I use these on my radiators and they shift some serious air.

pp111 · 6 Feb 2021 at 11:45

Arctic P12 PWM is great, the Noctua is great, the ML120 is great! The only real difference here is the Noctua is a the quietest, the ML120 is the most powerful because it has the highest RPM by far. All in all the Arctic P12 PWM sits in the middle for speed and is only marginally noisier than the noctua ( when they are running at the same RPM ) but is a lot, lot cheaper than either of the others, so it's a bit of a no brainier unless you really need the quietest or the most powerful. By the way the ML most certainly is effective, it is the fan that Corsair fit to their radiators these days. It's a very high pressure fan, perfect for radiators.

I mean I think all of them are suitable, because in reality you won't use even the RPM that the Noctua has. Anything much above 1200RPM and your cooler is making as much noise as a small light aircraft. I have all of those fans and I never run any of them higher than 1200rpm. If you want that extra headroom though then get the P12 or the ML120.

dfour · 6 Feb 2021 at 12:19

Just have to be careful which versions of the ML fan you buy. The standard (non-RGB) runs faster and has a higher static pressure than the RGB versions. 4.3 vs 1.78 unless OC have the iincorrect specs on the rgb version of the fan.

Drumroll · 7 Feb 2021 at 09:52

Ross Thomson said:
Put an arctic P12 fan on there.

This. Very quiet and efficient fans. No need to run them more than 60 - 70%, keeping pretty much maximum performance but noticeably quieter at 60 - 70% than 100%. Depending on airflow and CPU temperature, I would leave them at 50% max.

clone · 7 Feb 2021 at 10:54

I have corsair ml 140mms on my rads they do the job well and can run silent or performance when needed.

Vanya Hargreeves · 9 Feb 2021 at 00:49

thanks for the help guys

I got the new fans
I will look to install them in a few days.

The nf-p12 is going on this

There the 140mm Will go on the front.

venomx · 9 Feb 2021 at 15:51

Corsair and Noctua are both excellent. If you are not concerned about RGB then Noctua