Thermaltake ToughFan 12 High Static Pressure 2000 PWM, Metal-Reinforced Motor Hub, Gen.2 Hydraulic Bearing 120mm Case/ Radiator Fan (Single Pack) CL-F117-PL12BL-A
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Size: 120mm
Style: Single Pack / 2000 PWM
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- Unparalleled Cooling Performance: The TOUGHFAN is a PWM controlled fan which is designed to perform at a maximum operating speed of up to 2000 RPM allowing unparalleled cooling performance.
- Hydraulic Bearing with Low-Noise Design: The hydraulic bearing self-lubricates with a high-quality, friction-reducing substance, which lowers operation noise while improving thermal efficiency. The seal cap prevents lubricant leakage and extends the lifespan of the unit.
- Anti-Vibration Mounting System: The In-mold injection anti-vibration rubber pads dampen the vibration of the fan allowing the fan to spin at higher levels without compromising noise levels.
- Metal-Reinforced Motor Hub: The TOUGHFANs center is constructed with a full steel motor hub providing enhanced stability and durability.
- 2 Year Warranty
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The TOUGHFAN is a PWM controlled fan which performs at a maximum operating speed of up to 2000 RPM. Its fan blade is built with special compound which minimizes vibration when the fan is operating at full speed, and the center is constructed with a full steel motor hub providing enhanced stabilityP/N: CL-F117-PL12BL-AFAN DIMENSION: 120 x 120 x 25 mmFAN STARTED VOLTAGE: 9.0 VFAN RATED VOLTAGE: 12 VRATED CURRENT: 0.12 APOWER INPUT: 1.44 WFAN SPEED: 500 ~ 2000 R.P.MWith L.N.C PWM 500~1500 R.P.MMAX. STATIC PRESSURE: 2. 41mm-H2OMAX AIR FLOW: 58.35 CFMNOISE: 22.3 db-a (without L.N.C),19.2 db-a (with L.N.C)BEARING TYPE: Hydraulic Bearing Gen. 2LIFE EXPECTATION: 40,000 hrs, 25℃CONNECTOR: 4 PIN PWMWEIGHT: 212.5 g (Fan1).
Brand: Thermaltake
Item model number: CL-F117-PL12BL-A
Item Weight: 10.4 ounces
Package Dimensions: 7.87 x 5.47 x 1.26 inches
Color: Black
Voltage: 12 Volts
Manufacturer: Thermaltake
Date First Available: August 5, 2020
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Color: Black
Size: 120mm
Style: 2 Pack / 2000 PWM
Thermaltake doesn't exactly have the best reputation. They are known for ripping off of successful products and putting their own badge on it. Noctua announced they would be releasing a Chromax version of their best fan, the NF-A12x25, in the recent past, I can't point to the exact date. However, there are photos of prototypes being shown at CES, and it looks EXACTLY like this. What Thermaltake CAN'T copy is: 1) The motor used. It will definitely be inferior to Noctua's. 2) The overall design. The toughfan actually does not sit flush on a flat surface because of the anti-vibration pads. This creates a ~1-2mm gap between the fan and radiator that reduces static pressure. It DOES sit flat without the pads. 3) The blade tolerances. Despite them also using some sort of proprietary Liquid Crystal Polymer to manufacture the blades, I'm sure that Noctua's tolerances are way, way higher, which will reduce turbulent noise further. 4) The MTBF. Only 40k hours. That's a joke. However, that's also 4.5 years of continuous operation. Although Noctua is 150k hours which is basically forever. 5) The warranty. 2 year for Toughfan, 6 for Noctua. 6) Accessories. The 2 pack does come with a splitter and screws, but that's it. Noctua comes with anti-vibration mount, anti-vibration cover, an extension cable, a low noise cable, screws, and a splitter. However, at $35 for 2? You can't beat the value. The Noctua's will surely cost that much for ONE. Do I recommend this? HELL YES. They are QUIET. I will give this sentence it's own paragraph because it CANNOT BE UNDERSTATED HOW QUIET THESE ARE. You've read other reviews of quiet fans? NO, THESE ARE IN ANOTHER LEAGUE. They are basically INAUDIBLE below 1200 rpm, and just a minor hum at 1500. They are RIDICULOUSLY quiet. Only the Arctic p12's can be compared honestly, but those have other issues, so I can't recommend those. I'm positive that the Noctua's are just imperceivably better than these because honestly, if there is no noise, then there is no noise. They push a 'decent' amount of air, not the most, but certainly not the least. However, they have excellent directional airflow and will perform very well on heatsinks and radiators. There are other fans that are far superior in moving more air. Consider this fan more of a "sniper rifle" than a "flame thrower". Want a "flame thrower"? Get a Scythe Kaze Flex 2000 rpm. That thing moves so much air, it's ridiculous. However, it's also much much louder. I personally use the Toughfan for ALL my needs, including case fans, as I value low noise more than anything else. The only other fans that might compete in value are the Arctic p12 fans, but those let out a high pitch whine sound as the fan ramps up and down that I couldn't stand, so I returned them. Those were almost perfect. These will certainly sell out as soon as Noctua releases the Chromax version of their fans, as these are nearly identical at a fraction of the cost. They look pretty much the same too!
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Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2020 by MB
Color: Black
Size: 120mm
Style: Single Pack / 2000 PWM
The media could not be loaded. EDIT: 10/24/21 Two more fans have failed. These will slow down and ramp up constantly regardless of PWM signal. Seems like faulty wiring. This is especially annoying because the fan cables are very long. Will RMA these two and hope for better. I have been waiting for Chromax NFA-12x25 for a while. When I watched a YouTube review on these, I jumped. They look great, the cable is sleeved and looks solid. When running at 40-70% there was little noise and I was seeing great temps. If this was the end of my experience I would have given them 5 stars. I had one fan that started making a slight whispering noise and then a really loud squeaking/rubbing sound. I wasn’t happy but thought it was a one off. Took the fan out and was waiting for them to come back in stock. Less than a week after another fan started the same light whisper followed immediately by the noise described (which is in the video) Now I had to take that one out too and Amazon is all out of these. Thermaltake hasn’t responded by email or Twitter. I like them when they are working but I’m worried that more will fail soon.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2021 by J. Pena
Color: Black
Size: 140mm
Style: 2 Pack / 2000 PWM
2021-09 Edit: Some Amazon reviewers have mentioned the Toughfans dying out on them quickly and refusing to spin up again after only a few power cycles. My own Toughfan 14s are still going strong after over half a year, but they're being used as chassis fans in a system that rarely powers off so they don't often experience interruptions in service. I don't know how likely it is that fan motors would experience faster failure from more frequent power cycles, but it's just one additional factor to consider when deciding on which fan to purchase for your system. (I've had Noctua fans last for over 8 years without any issues, but not any A12x25 since the A12x25 haven't even been out for 8 years yet.) The main purpose of this edit is mentioning a new competitor worth considering for people that are are willing to accept the noise-level tradeoff of the Toughfan 14s for more power than Noctua's current lineup. Phanteks has recently released their T30-120 fans which are extra thick (30 mm depth instead of the standard 25 mm) 120 mm LCP fans that can spin at up to 3000 RPM. The noise of the T30-120 spinning at 3000 RPM is similar to the Toughfan 14 at 2000 RPM (though with more of a hum than the more windy sound of the Toughfan and Noctua fans), and the T30-120 seems to perform better in the high-resistance use case a Toughfan 14 is currently serving in my system when running at its maximum 3000 RPM. (The use case first mentioned in the original review below is pulling air through a bottom mesh, and then pushing it through PSU wires and a unremovable shroud above to provide extra cooling to the air-cooled graphics card.) They also stop at 3% PWM signal or lower from my motherboard while in the high-performance 3000 RPM maximum mode, which the Toughfan 14s don't seem to support. The T30-120 sells in a triple pack at the moment for $85 so it's slightly more expensive per fan than the $50 two-pack for Toughfan 14s, but it's definitely worth considering if you need the higher performance against radiators or dust filters and your chassis can accommodate them. (In light of this new competitor, I've reduced my review score from 5 stars to 4.) Original review below: This is a qualitative review of the Toughfan 14 because I lack equipment for quantitative performance testing. For those that just want a quick recommendation, buy this if you need a 140 mm fan (specifically 140 mm and not 120 mm) and Noctua's 140 mm Sterrox fans aren't available yet. Even if Noctua's 140 mm Sterrox fans are available, this may still be the better choice depending on your budget. With the NF-A12x25 selling for roughly $33 per fan, it's likely the 140 mm Sterrox fans will be at least $33 each as well. Thermaltake's Toughfan 14 currently comes in at $50 for a two-pack, so you can save some money if you don't mind the Toughfan series' unusual frame design and lack of idle-stop at at 0% PWM. In fact, if you don't care about fans stopping at idle at all, the Toughfan 14 can be seen as a straight upgrade (while being cheaper) to the NF-A12x25 if your use case can accommodate either 120 mm or 140 mm fans equally well and you aren't troubled by the louder sound that naturally comes with larger diameter fans. Full review: Thermaltake's Toughfan line seems to be a response to the NF-A12x25 released by Noctua a few years prior, so it helps to have some background on what makes these liquid-crystal polymer (LCP) fans unique. Noctua's NF-A12x25 fans currently sit at the top of Noctua's fan lineup in terms of performance and price. The key feature of these fans is the Sterrox (Noctua's trademarked name for their LCP material) used for the fan blades, which are claimed to reduce blade deformation during usage and in the long term. This allows for tighter clearance between blade and frame, improving the ability of the fan to maintain pressure. (Of course, the material makes the blades look more interesting compared to the standard plastics used in most chassis fans too.) Around mid-2020, Thermaltake released their own take on the LCP fan with the Toughfan 12. I didn't try those out because I had already filled my current PC chassis with NF-A12x25s and saw no reason to purchase replacement fans that would probably perform identically. (Reviews here on Amazon seem to indicate that they provide the same performance as the NF-A12x25.) However, Thermaltake has beaten Noctua to the punch with the Toughfan 14, since Noctua's roadmap as of January 2021 indicates Sterrox 140 mm fans are not planned for release until late 2021 at the earliest. Without other LCP 140 mm fans on the market to compare to, I can only compare the performance of the Toughfan 14 to my other currently owned fans which all happen to be Noctua aside from a few Scythe fans that I'm no longer using regularly. All my testing is on a MSI X570 Unify motherboard, which should be identical in fan-control settings to a MSI X570 Ace and probably other MSI boards as well. Different motherboard manufacturers might handle fan control slightly differently through their fan headers, though I cannot say whether there would be any noticeable difference having not tested boards from different brands. Noctua fans (aside from possibly their industrialPPC line) all feature a 0 RPM mode at 0% PWM duty cycle for those that want semi-passive cooling at idle, and the Noctua fans I own (NF-A14, NF-A15, and NF-A12x25) all stop below approximately 10% PWM. My Noctua fans exhibit a mostly 1-to-1 response after the 10% mark to 100% PWM. (Meaning 25% PWM gives about 25% max speed, 50% PWM about 50% of max speed, and so on.) As a side note, I believe Arctic fans also have this 0% PWM stop feature for anybody that might be shopping for semi-passive cooling on a tighter budget than Noctua's premium prices, though I have never used Arctic fans myself. The Toughfan 14 doesn't have this idle-stop feature. From about 0% to 30% PWM, the two Toughfan 14s in my pack spin around 460-480 RPM. Past 30%, the fans behave similarly to my Noctua fans, with the PWM duty cycle corresponding fairly closely to speed in a linear 1-to-1 relationship. With respect to noise, the minimum speed is near silent so the lack of idle-stop might primarily be a concern for dusty environments. If dust is under control, the only concern for constantly running fans would be burning out their life expectancy, which remains to be seen for the Toughfans since they're such a new series. (For further comparison, my Scythe fans run at minimum speed from 0%-20% PWM, and scale non-linearly with the duty cycle afterwards. They reach half of max speed between 40%-50% PWM, with different fans I own reaching the halfway point at slightly different duty cycles. Shortly after the halfway point, the duty cycle starts to correspond more closely with fan speed until 100% PWM. In practice, this means users need to be slightly more careful when setting fan curves for Scythe fans to take into account the faster ramp up from minimum speed to about half of max speed compared to the ramp from half speed to max.) In terms of performance, the Toughfan 14 seems to be about what I'd expect from a 140 mm variant of the NF-A12x25. The air it can push at maximum speed (about 2000 RPM for both the Toughfan 14 and NF-A12x25) is considerably greater than the NF-A12x25, and the audible volume of the fan noise is considerably greater too. Like Noctua fans (in particular the NF-A14 and NF-A15), the sound at high speed is relatively pleasant and you hear more of the low roar of wind (low, but loud) than a high pitched howl of a motor or its bearings. In terms of loudness, the Toughfan 14 at its maximum 2000 RPM isn't much different from a standard NF-A14 at its maximum 1500 RPM, and the amount of air moved by the Toughfan at any RPM feels greater than the air moved by a NF-A14. (Going a bit further into noise, I've found that the NF-A12x25 is almost silent if running alone at max speed, but having multiple in a row leads to some resonance effects that create a noticeable beat in the noise. This is something that happens with all fans, but it seems more pronounced with the NF-A12x25 than my 140 mm Noctua fans.) I am using all of these fans as chassis fans in a Fractal Define R6 (without any liquid-cooling radiators to test) so I cannot speak to their true strength in very high impedance configurations. From what I can see on my Toughfan 14s, the frame has a raised circular lip around the blades (slightly higher than the plastic corners), but the corners end up higher still than that circular lip with the anti-vibration pads attached. Even without the vibration pads, the corners remain higher than the edges of the frame which can be easily seen in Thermaltake's product pictures. Some measurements of the above: Depth of central frame/circular lip: 25 mm Depth of corners without pads: slightly under 25 mm (Difference from central lip to corner height is less than 1 mm) Depth of corners with pads: 27 mm Depth of narrowest part of edge: 13 mm Overall frame length/width: 140 mm (With or without pads, plastic corners are slightly shorter than rest of frame to keep width from exceeding 140 mm) Cable length from frame to end of connector: 900 mm (Cable length is unrelated to frame depth and flatness but seemed worth measuring.) The somewhat odd shape of the plastic frame may lead to a gap between the frame and whatever the fan is mounted against (rather than having the fan sit flush against the surface), and this gap may slightly reduce the fan's ability to maintain pressure against a high impedance radiator. Noctua got around this with the NF-A12x25 by including an alternative anti-vibration pad that covers the whole square frame of the fan for radiator use, but the more aggressive shape of the Toughfan 14 frame (as well as the Toughfan 12) means it would be more difficult to create a similar gasket to seal the fan against a mounting surface. Still, one of my Toughfan 14s is currently used as an intake under a very restrictive and unremovable PSU shroud and it's able to pull air through a bottom mesh filter and push the air through the PSU cables and shroud above to add a little extra cooling for my graphics card. In comparison, a NF-A14 was never able to get any noticeable air through all that even at its maximum 1500 RPM. The Toughfan 14 is able to move air through this even when limited to the 1500 RPM of Noctua's standard 140 mm fans, so it's performing better than Noctua's offerings at the same speed. (I also have a single 140 mm Scythe Kaze Flex fan that runs up to 1800 RPM. The Toughfan 14 also beats that fan in airflow at the same RPM, though the noise is somewhat different. All of my Scythe fans tend to have a higher pitched noise at high speeds compared to similarly sized Noctua fans and these Toughfan 14s. The noise isn't louder, but has a greater concentration of higher frequencies than my other fans likely due to differences in blade and frame geometry.) Regarding aesthetics, reviews for the Toughfan 12 seem to be positive because of its coloration and frame design compared to Noctua's brown and beige. The Toughfan 14 is essentially the same but bigger, so fans of the Toughfan 12 design should have no problems here. On the two fans in my pack there are a few visible blemishes (scratches and unremovable smudges) on the TT logo and the exposed steel portion of the hub. I have no reason to believe I've accidentally received a pre-owned product, as I'm fairly certain I'm among the first to order and receive the fan directly from Amazon (having ordered it a few hours after it was first listed here). This is likely just a minor issue with manufacturing, and not one that would be noticeable in normal use since the fans are probably spinning more often than not. It's just something to note for people that may enjoy building PCs as a hobby and want pristine looking parts for display. (The two Toughfan 14s I got were made in China, and whether that may have any bearing on manufacturing quality is unknown. Some users showed concern over Noctua switching production of their non-Sterrox fans from Taiwan to China a few years back. The shades of brown and details on the frame and blades were noted to be less pleasant following the switch, though cooling performance didn't seem very different from reviews I've seen. My three NF-A14s and single NF-A15 were purchased years ago and made in Taiwan, and all three of my NF-A12x25s purchased in December 2019 were also made in Taiwan, so I don't have a single China-made Noctua fan to compare against.) Overall, this fan is highly recommended for uses case that call for 140 mm fans. While I prefer fans that completely stop at a low PWM duty cycle and aren't designed with slight gaps between the fan frame and surface, I don't think there is a better performing and still relatively pleasant sounding 140 mm fan on the market at the moment (as of January 2021). If you move up to 140 mm fans that spin above 2000 RPM (such as Noctua's industrialPPC line) you'd likely get better performance, but I expect noise to be a much larger factor at that point.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 27, 2021 by Ken