Japanese PC fanatics have demoed Arctic’s new 8,000 RPM case followers working at max speeds. Staff at PC Ones acquired their palms on some Arctic S12038-8K case followers, mounted them to some chassis, and powered them up.
The Twitter/X video they shared displays a stack of bins blown off the desk from about 10 ft away. Moreover, PC Ones suggestions, “The wind itself is very efficient enough to make the air conditioner controller lid on the far wall plop” (machine translation).
Inside the video, you will hear a quiet click on on as a result of the PC Ones technician flicks the PSU power change. Immediately, the quartet of Arctic followers started to spin up, making a noise very like how an air raid siren begins. These would preserve the “extreme bear in mind,” though.
Pre-release sample 8000rpm fan! The wind itself is powerful enough to make the lid of the air conditioner controller on the farthest wall flutter ∑(゚Д゚) pic.twitter.com/Ok108PUfsfNovember 26, 2024
One different PC Ones tech stood about 10 ft away, going by means of the followers, with a stack of bins in entrance of him. The ability of the wind precipitated the bins to start to topple and scatter in about 5 seconds.
PC Ones’ build-to-order division was testing the followers, and in a follow-up put up, they outlined that they’ve been testing the Arctic S12038-8K objects. They talked about these have been re-release samples, as they nonetheless don’t have Japanese pricing or availability dates. Nonetheless, we see the followers have been launched just some weeks prior to now in Europe, and Artic’s product pages say the Arctic S12038-8K followers are €18.99 (spherical $19.88) each and accessible now.
Permit us to check out the specs of these extremely efficient 120mm wind generators. Arctic describes the S12038-8K case followers (and their S12038-4K brethren) as server followers. The followers measure 120mm in diameter and are 38mm thick. Applications makers can administration the fan speeds by means of PWM, ranging from 800 to eight,000 RPM.
The S12038-8K case followers are marketed as offering extreme airflow and static pressure, as anticipated. Significantly, Arctic says these followers can ship 220 CFM and 37 mmH2O static pressure. Even with such unimaginable rotational speeds, these followers nonetheless have a 6-year assure, partly because of twin ball bearing with brass housing improvement. Arctic moreover says these followers can run in ambient temperatures between -10°C~70°C. The followers are reassuringly weighty at 367g.