ARCTIC P8 Max - PC Fan, 80mm Fan, PC Case Fan, High-performance 80 mm case fan, Server fan, PWM-controlled 500-5000 rpm, Optimised for static pressure, 0dB mode, Fluid Dynamic Bearing - Black

Fast delivery, good quality fan, easy to install and good airflow. Keeps solid airflow to my gpu

I chose this over the quieter version as it had a more similar airflow performance at full speed to the OEM CPU fan in my Dell Optiplex. Very glad I did, as it can keep temperatures below thermal throttling levels while being far, far quieter than the original fan. At idle or while doing basic tasks like browsing or office work, it’s all but silent - certainly quieter than a HDD. And during intensive work like encoding or gaming, it’s about 50% quieter. A great upgrade.

Superb fan. So quiet you can barely hear it. Easy to fit and has a good length of power cable too, enabling it to fit in any area of your case. Also comes with the screws for fitment.

Excellent airflow but on the noisy side, particularly for the first few hours.

Exactly what I needed on my build

The box states the contents should be 1 80mm high performance PWM Fan and 4 screws ... There were *zero* screws. The fan is advertised as 0dB at < 5% PWM .... I couldn't verify this as the fan appears uncontrollable by the Lenovo BIOS on the Sharkbay motherboard (even on the acoustically optimised setting) so it spins at the max 5000rpm .... It certainly does the job cooling but the airflow sounds like every data centre I've been in .... If all were combined at the same time. I tried unsuccessfully to control it with the Speedfan utility too. Nice job Arctic ! Given the role of the fan though is to control the temps I can't deny it does that so I will give a generous three stars for effort !

Works well, had one though which was producing weird sound (returned). Noise is ok if you don't go more than 2500rpm. For antything over it you get server room experience. Saying that - it is nice to have extra power to go up to 5000 in case you need it.

After only 4 months intermittent use the fan has developed a loud rattle that cannot be controlled. Can’t locate the reason for this problem and since it is not returnable it had to be discarded.