The Best 120mm Case Fan Shootout: Arctic vs. be quiet!, BlackNoise, Noctua, Scythe & SilverStone

Here's the follow-up to my popular radiator fan roundup (   • The Best 120mm Cooler/Radiator Fan Shootou...  ), this time looking at case fan performance. Here are the contenders: (1) Arctic F12 PWM: https://amzn.to/2MxDLA4 (2) Arctic F120 BioniX PWM: https://amzn.to/2XXaG6A (3) WINNER - Price/Performance: Arctic P12 PWM: https://amzn.to/3cGXS9X Also available as a 5-pack! - https://amzn.to/2MxtZy3 HUGE UPDATE! - P12 now available in an ARGB version! - https://amzn.to/3oKBS4w (4) be quiet! Silent Wings 3 PWM BL064: https://amzn.to/3dAsnPZ (5) Blacknoise NB-eLoop PWM 1500RPM: https://amzn.to/3ePeWfa (6) Noctua NF-A12x25: https://amzn.to/2A3dSWj (7) Noctua NF-P12 Redux-1700 PWM: https://amzn.to/3gV3Yqn (8) WINNER - Best Performer: Scythe Kaze Flex 1200RPM PWM: https://amzn.to/3eByNPI HUGE UPDATE! - Scythe Kaze Flex BLACK 1500RPM now available! - https://amzn.to/3guipD0 (9) SilverStone AP120i-Pro: https://amzn.to/308KxnV (10) WINNER - Performance/ARGB: SilverStone AB120R-ARGB: https://amzn.to/30mpTRF Want to support this channel? Leave a Paypal tip! - https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_... For reference, here's my test bench: (1) Case: be quiet! Pure Base 500DX White: https://amzn.to/2Y0hTCZ (2) Cooler: Scythe Fuma 2: https://amzn.to/340yj0B (3) AMD Ryzen 5 3600X: https://amzn.to/36ZL3pV (4) EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Black: https://amzn.to/2A65nK1 (5) Corsair 2x8GB Vengeance RGB Pro DDR4-3200 White: https://amzn.to/2Y1HdZl Please support this channel by using the links above to purchase any of these products! Chapters - thank you to viewer buleini for compiling! 0:00 Introduction and test setup - Filling with hot air 1:30 Ten Contestants - Approximate USD prices 3:18 Test platform 3:30 Special thanks to Blacknoise 3:53 Test methodology 5:13 Idle at the Desktop Benchmark 6:18 Load Benchmark with 3DMark Fire Strike Combined 7:18 Arctic F12 PWM at 762rpm/30dB 7:29 Arctic F120 BioniX at 775rpm/30dB 7:40 Arctic P12 PWM at 1025rpm/30dB 7:51 be quiet! Silent Wings 3 at 872rpm/30dB 8:00 Noctua NF-A12x25 at 1022rpm/30dB 8:11 Noctua NF-P12 Redux at 767rpm/30dB 8:22 Blacknoise NB e-Loop at 894rpm/30dB 8:31 Scythe Kaze Flex PWM at 722rpm/30dB 8:43 SilverStone AP120i-Pro at 872rpm/36dB 8:50 SilverStone AB120R at 800rpm/30dB 9:02 Temperature and Sound Measurements at 1300rpm 11:44 Arctic F12 PWM at 1310rpm/42dB 11:54 Arctic F120 BioniX at 1311rpm/41dB 12:00 Arctic P12 PWM at 1300rpm/34dB 12:12 be quiet! Silent Wings 3 at 1315rpm/36dB 12:23 Noctua NF-A12x25 at 1300rpm/32dB 12:34 Noctua NF-P12 Redux at 1290rpm/42dB 12:44 Blacknoise NB e-Loop at 1288rpm/39dB 12:53 Scythe Kaze Flex PWM at 1198rpm/40dB 13:04 SilverStone AP120i-Pro at 1295rpm/42dB 13:13 SilverStone AB120R at 1285rpm/41dB 13:24 Temperature and Sound Measurements at maximum fan speeds 14:54 Arctic F120 BioniX at 1973rpm/57dB 15:02 Noctua NF-A12x25 at 2008rpm/44dB 15:10 Scythe Kaze Flex PWM at 1198rpm/40dB 15:13 Conclusion & Recommendations 21:00 Looking Forward: 140mm Fan Round Up, comments in advance?