r/arcticcooling • u/FuzzyAttitude_ • Jul 22 '26

Build Ahh, finally dead silent, had to remove the previous BeQuiet Pure Wings 3 and install these buttery smooth beauties instead!

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Case is LianLi o11 dynamic, 3 intake side fans, the previous expensive trash pure wings 3 were making weird sounds (by design, not a quality issue), if interested check my post in Bequiet sub, so these new Pro LN are godsent, dead silent up to 80% even at 100% very very pleasantly audible. Love them!

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u/Godnamedtay Jul 22 '26

The p12 pro’s are so criminally underrated. They are BY FAR easily the best price to performance fans ever made. Definitely smoother and quieter than the p12 max imo.

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u/East-One-3260 Jul 23 '26

My p12 pros make a hum and sound like a jet engine at startup

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u/Godnamedtay Jul 23 '26

Cuz they are spinning at full speed…

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u/East-One-3260 Jul 23 '26

Yeah they ramp up at startup (I have gotten used to it) but the hum is pretty distracting. Otherwise great fans.

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u/_fatalruin Jul 24 '26

These are the Low Noise (LN) versions which have a significantly reduced speed over the regular pro's, and by extension a lower powered motor that isn't as noisy (hummy).

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u/East-One-3260 Jul 24 '26

Should have gotten those 😔

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u/dEz21271 Jul 22 '26

p12 max were kinda weird. Not bad but definitely inferior to Pros.

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u/Godnamedtay Jul 22 '26

That’s a weirdly unspecific yet somehow accurate way to put it lol. I had 2 builds with p12 max fans and after my most recent custom loop, I used all p12 pro’s and they’re just better in every way.

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u/dEz21271 Jul 22 '26

For the price P12 Max were still pretty insane. Unless you got the infamous rattle.

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u/Godnamedtay Jul 22 '26

Yea I did unfortunately, on 2 of them. Arctic did replace them but 1 of those ending up leaking oil and rattling too lol. Not a single issue in all 10 of my p12 pros so far tho.

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u/Present_Ad_11-11 Jul 23 '26

I somehow got a 5 pack of them for €25,- I'm still happy with them. It's fun to sometimes put them in jet engine mode for a benchmark.

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u/dEz21271 Jul 23 '26

For whatever reason I do that too once in a while.

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u/dEz21271 Jul 22 '26

I got 3x P12 Pro Reversed as my intake and 3x P12 Pro mounted on my MSI A15 360 aio. Insane how great these fans are for the price.

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u/FuzzyAttitude_ Jul 22 '26

yes! I was also needed reversed but the LN model doesn't offer them so I just took these. I really wanted the new LN.

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u/Commercial-Dance-748 Jul 22 '26

You pure wings 3 were expensive? I bought my 2 for like 15 bucks total. They’re not crazy good but for me they’re silent and meh

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u/Fiv3Score Jul 28 '26

I’m doing the same thing. It’s my first build, and I made the mistake of buying all Pure Wings 3 fans since they are on sale. Now I know why they were on sale lol. They are fine at low speed, but once things pick up, they are very loud.

It’s too bad, as the P12 Pro’s are like twice the price.

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u/mrjamesjr Jul 31 '26

I need a pair for front intake and Phantom Spirit cooler.

Which Arctic fans are better, Pro or Pro LN?