Antec Advance TrueQuiet Pro 120mm Fan Review

When testing a fan, there are certain aspects you have to take into consideration and it’s not as clear cut as you may first think. You can test in a variety of ways and there are different methods for all procedures, but we decided that we wanted to do tests that were quite general and allowed for an easy comparison.

Obviously when looking at cooling, the different segments you will be looking at includes temperatures and airflow for one, and of course noise for the other. Now when it comes to temperatures and airflow, it’s quite a hard thing to pinpoint, as the rest of your system has a part to play and can affect the end results quite dearly, and with airflow, it’s not the most accurate test to do without expensive equipment or a DIY solution which for one, isn’t 100% accurate.

This is why we purely decided to test fans using one simple system, that involves noise levels and nothing more. The specifications can speak for themselves and when you look at the CFM rating for both 600RPM and 1200RPM, you can see that straight away, things look impressive, but how accurate can the noise levels be? That’s what we wanted to put to the test, so armed with our trusty decibel level meter, we first started to find the ambient noise level in the eTeknix labs.

After we had gathered our ambient noise level, we could continue to test the fan at both speeds of 600 and 1200RPM. We placed our sound level meter at 50cm away from the fan due to this generally being the distance that a user would be sitting from their chassis and in fact, any fans.

We also invite you to check out this video direct from Antec where the unique design of this fan is really shown off as the fan continues to spin quite rapidly for some time, even after the power has been cut off, leaving other fans behind.

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