Optimizing 120mm Case Fan Performance - The Best Number and Location, feat. Arctic P12 and 500DX

Huge update, Jan 13, 2021! RGB Versions of the P12 now available here! - https://amzn.to/3iebM7B Update: See follow-up 120mm vs 140mm video here! -    • The Best PC Case Fan Setup - How Many, Wha...   In this long-awaited test, I run through eight different combinations of 120mm case fans, from a simple 2-fan setup (front/rear) to 6 fans, which is the max in my be quiet! Pure Base 500DX case. And I don't just test them at max RPM, I go the extra step and provide dB-normalized results, which makes it a whole lot more interesting! Note that I didn't conduct idle benchmarks, because the 200RPM minimum RPM of the Arctic P12 fans I used made them virtually silent regardless of the number in the chassis. Gear I used: CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X - https://amzn.to/37hj7iM GPU: EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 - https://click.linksynergy.com/deeplin... Case: be quiet! Pure Base 500DX - https://amzn.to/3a9ZMBZ Case Fans: Arctic P12 PWM 5-Pack - https://amzn.to/3a4PKlT Arctic P12 PWM White Single Fan - https://amzn.to/3acBpUn CPU Cooler: Scythe Fuma 2 - https://amzn.to/3ngMA27 Chapters: 00:00 Introduction to 120mm test 01:01 140mm fans to come later! 01:54 Resonance issue with Arctic P12 03:46 Limitation to dB-normalized tests 05:22 Test Setup 06:30 Cinebench R20 Max RPM Benches 07:26 Cinebench R20 dB-normalized Benches 07:56 3DMark Max RPM Benches 09:04 3DMark dB-normalized Benches 10:27 Conclusions 12:38 Recommendations for Content Creation & Gaming