To begin with, these are the same fans that come with the Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE. I was so happy with my purchase of their CPU cooler, I turned to Thermalright to replace the case fans in my Rosewill S500.
Installation is very easy. Each fan comes with power and ARGB splitters, so I was able to daisy chain all 6 fans together (bought two 3 packs) without any issues. Also daisy chained the ARGB plug from the PA 120 SE and everything is synced up without issue. I have found absolutely no reason to purchase a fan hub at this time as the built in splitters did the job. I'm using an ROG B550-F GAMING motherboard, so was stuck with a single ARGB header but this was not an issue.
Hooked my fans to one of the system fan headers and adjusted my curves using Fan Control found on GitHub and played around with the RPMs. In terms of air flow, these guys DEFINITELY move air. With these fans at full blast along with the PA120SE, I got my 3700x with PBO enabled (+200 offset) running as low as 27°C at idle. With the original Rosewill case fans, the absolute lowest I saw was 31°C. A similar 5°C was seen when running at full load using a 3DMark CPU profile test. Again, this was at full blast. With fan curves adjusted to lower power and speed, the system is near silent. The water pump in my aquarium is louder than my system running under normal loads. Despite the silence, I still have lower temps than when I had the stock case fans.
Before purchase, I tried to find as much information I could on these fans and at best I could find a few reviewers comparing them to the Noctua NF-F12. While I have never used Noctuas and cannot speak from experience, I can only reiterate my system is nearly dead silent. Something to keep in mind is the sound will become noticable above 50% speed. If you need to run your fans at 100% for some reason, however, then you don't have to worry about any whining or related sounds. Your PC will sound like it just has a bunch of air running through it, unlike when a GPU (in my case an EVGA 2080 Super BLACK) ramps up and sounds like a fighter jet taking off. At this time, my fans hover between 8% and 30% speed and I can't hear them unless I really, really try. While watching videos or gaming? You'll only realize they're on due to the RGB lighting, and this is coming from a guy with his case 2 feet from his head. I haven't noticed any resonance issues at this time. Even sliding power from 0-100%, I can't say I've noticed any, so I'm very happy with that.
So, they are quiet and absolutely circulate air in your system. The bonus here is the fact these are also ARGB. At the time of this review, a three pack of these are a third of the price of a three pack of Arctic P12 ARGB fans. You can get 6 of these fans (two 3 packs) for the price of a single Noctua A12. Again, these are the same fans you'd find on Thermalright's Peerless Assassin 120 SE and that's a rather quiet and very effective CPU cooler. For now, these are an incredible value and the budget/value space appears to be where Thermalright is dominating right now. From my research, Thermalright used to be what Noctua is to PC fans today. Don't sleep on these guys. I would not be surprised if more PC enthusiasts use these products when trying to maximize bang for buck performance.
If you need new case fans or are looking to fill in any extra 120mm fan spots in your case, grab these. I don't care if I come off like a shill, but I am incredibly happy with my setup now. I'm looking to upgrade my CPU to a 5800x3D, and given the temps I'm seeing on my 3700x, I know I can count on these fans to handle that swap and future builds to come.
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Customer Review: The fans are loud, but they’re good fans
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Work for my needs.
My old case fans were a 3pin connectors and my bios didn’t let me adjusted fan speed/voltage so my fans were pre set to a high rpm and sounded like an aircraft. I bought these 3 pack Thermalright case fans to replace them for only $12 and they work amazing! No more loud pc and i can adjust my rgb lights and fan speed rpm through a third party software! My old case fans were running at a constant 1700 rpm’s right when i turn on my pc with nothing to adjust fan rpm’s. Now these Thermalright case fan can run as low as 700 rpm’s to save power and can always adjust to higher rpm’s when needed!
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Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2023
Style: TL-C12C-S X3Verified Purchase
I expected very little from these fans at the sub $13 USD price point but I was very surprised with the quality, features, and functionality of these fans. The daisy-chain option, ARGB direct to motherboard connectivity, and the 4 pin PWM control at this price point are actually shocking, to say the least. I have these running at a constant 1200 RPM in my case (unobstructed front) and they move quite a bit of air. The best thing in my opinion though were the screws, they didn't feel incorrectly sized like with so many other budget fans, they screwed in with ease. My only complaint would be the fan noise, they have an audible hum depending on what speed you run them at and one of my three fans seems to have what I can only describe as a clicking noise when it is in operation. It's not terrible, by any means, but without headphones on it is audible.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2024
Style: TL-C12CW-S X3Verified Purchase
The fans look great and are customizable in colors. They spin well and sit nicely in the case I will say that they aren’t silent though and do make some noise but nothing annoying or that you can’t get used to it’s actually not a bad sound either it’s pretty nice nothing to fret over. Great fans!
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KJ
One week in and it acts up with my mobo, got flickering while in ARGB mode
Reviewed in Australia on June 27, 2023Style: TL-C12C-S X3Verified Purchase
