Thermaltake SWAFAN GT12 PC Cooling Fan Premium Edition Review

Performance

All three variants of this fan performed really well. The reverse setup offered the lowest CFM, but still a very decent score overall, sitting around the middle of our overall table of performance. The Pressure variant did even better, delivering good airflow and a fractionally higher RPM, while not really being any louder than the reverse blades. However, the airflow version gave out a LOT more airflow, as expected, and was only a tiny bit louder than the other blades, so overall, great performance. All fans operated within their expected RPM targets at both 100 and 50% loads too.

Recorded Fan Speed

• High Air Pressure 50% PWM – 1005 RPM
• High Air Pressure 100% PWM – 1720 RPM
• High Air Flow 50% PWM – 1054 RPM
• High Air Flow 100% PWM – 1939 RPM
• Reverse Air Flow 50% PWM – 999 RPM
• Reverse Air Flow 100% PWM – 1711 RPM

Airflow Performance

• High Air Pressure 50% PWM – 84.14 CFM
• High Air Pressure 100% PWM – 114.43 CFM
• High Air Flow 50% PWM – 85.67 CFM
• High Air Flow 100% PWM – 132.48 CFM
• Reverse Air Flow 50% PWM – 81.39 CFM
• Reverse Air Flow 100% PWM – 105.56 CFM

Acoustic Output

• High Air Pressure 50% PWM – 36 dBa
• High Air Pressure 100% PWM – 43 dBa
• High Air Flow 50% PWM – 35.8 dBa
• High Air Flow 100% PWM – 43.3 dBa
• Reverse Air Flow 50% PWM – 36 dBa
• Reverse Air Flow 100% PWM – 43 dBa