Some people have already gone through this, others are still waiting. When designing your dream gaming PC, we focus primarily on performance, but aesthetics also play an equally important role. After all, we naturally want to brag about the result to those around us. Choosing the right computer case is undoubtedly the key to success. The popular cabinets in the form of a glass display case, where the bright components are visible from all sides, offer us a lot of appeal for this purpose.
So, we choose a stylish cabinet, equip it with a powerful assembly, customize every detail… and then the catch arises: airflow. Fans in non-ideal positions blow wherever they want, ARGB elements shine not into the cabinet, but into the wall – and the result is a compromise that we are not happy with.
Luckily, Arctic, a renowned manufacturer of quiet and efficient cooling, has now entered the market with new products that will delight anyone who cares about aesthetics and airflow. You no longer have to worry about having a nice ventilation system in your glass computer case. The modern Pro line of arctic enthusiasts now includes reversible models that can change the rules of the game. And it doesn’t come to us on its own or in a convenient package of three. They are already standard equipment in the new Xtender computer case, which Arctic is returning to the world of case design after many years.
Arctic P12/P14 Pro fans with reverse A-RGB
What is a backflow fan? Simply put, it’s a fan that blows in the direction opposite to classic models. And how is this useful? Here, too, you can answer without inventing complications, which is mainly in order to achieve an aesthetically flawless appearance of the computer assembly without compromise. Just clean design.
However, the ideal impression of the new kit would quickly be lost if the fans, in addition to their attractive appearance, did not provide the necessary performance or were excessively noisy. Therefore, when developing the Pro series reversible fans, Arctic primarily focused on these main characteristics – performance and noiselessness. The designers faced the difficult task of combining opposing physical properties into one optimally tuned product.
Compared to the previous P Series model, the number of blades in the Pro Series fans increased from five to seven, and these blades were now connected at their ends by a peripheral ring. Compared to the previous design, vibrations and associated noise have been reduced. The reverse versions of the Pro series fans retain the same ring design, but amazingly return to the original number of five blades.
However, even with the original number of blades, it was possible to significantly increase the static pressure while maintaining high air flow through the effective fan area. For example, the old basic P12 series fan provides a maximum air flow of 95.7 m3/ha at a static pressure of up to 2.2 mm water column, the new P12 Pro Reverse A-RGB fan boasts an increased flow rate of up to 124 m3/ha at double the static pressure to 4.5 mm water column. The larger P14 Pro Reverse A-RGB is even better.
High static pressure will allow fans to better push air through various obstructions, such as ventilation grilles, dust filters, or large mounting parts in the chassis bay. They are also perfect for installation on water cooling radiators.
Indeed, great attention has been paid to minimizing rotor vibration of the new Pro series fans. In addition to changing the design of the blades, the hydrodynamic (fluid) bearings were optimized, which improved the pressure distribution on the shaft. The rotor was supplemented with an automated measuring and balancing system operating in two planes. All this allowed us to minimize the ineffective operating gap between the fan rotor and stator to just 1.1 mm, achieving a significant increase in static pressure and air flow efficiency.
While perfecting the new fans, the designers, of course, could not neglect other design elements that contribute to noise. For example, the fan motor has recently been upgraded with a SOTA microcontroller, which reduces motor noise, compensates for load fluctuations, and protects against current peaks and reverse polarity. The inner edges of the fixed fan frame are rounded, so that the intake air flows smoothly and quietly, without turbulence. The same effect is achieved by aerodynamically shaping the beams between the frame and rotor housing, which now have a waterdrop-shaped cross section.
But let’s return to the main functional feature that distinguishes the Arctic P12/P14 Pro Reverse A-RGB fans from other Pro series radiators. This is the opposite direction of air flow through these fans. So far, we’ve looked at the unsightly design elements on the rear of fans through the glass side panel of stock models installed in cabinet air intake positions. In contrast, these fans in their exhaust positions offered us an unobstructed view of the entire area of their rotor and its illuminated blades. From an aesthetic point of view, it was contrasting and distracting. Reversible fans change that. It finds its ideal place, especially in the air intake areas, usually covered by a ventilation grille, where a uniform and clean aesthetic impression is created when looking inside the configured computer node.
Arctic Extender
When Arctic announced its return to the world of computer cases earlier this year, the community took notice. And rightly so. The Xtender isn’t just a boring computer case, it’s a modular display case for enthusiasts. Designed for modern and powerful components, excellent cooling and visual style. And the Reverse A-RGB fans of the P12 Pro and P14 Pro play a key role in this. A pair of P12 Pro A-RGB rear fans are complemented by a trio of P14 Pro Reverse A-RGB fans.
When viewed through the glass surfaces on the front and side of the case, the uniform appearance of the equally oriented fans is pleasing to the eye. They perform even better during operation when their ring-shaped blades are illuminated within the rotors by twelve addressable LEDs. It’s literally a visual concert. Not only with adjusting the hue and dynamic effects of all A-RGB LED lighting elements, but also with controlling the fan speed, a special SignalRGB application will help us, which can be downloaded for free from the website according to the manufacturer’s recommendation.
Arctic is widely known for typically introducing unusual design solutions that set it apart from conventional practices and competing manufacturers. The Xtender cabinet is no exception in this regard. Probably the biggest feature of its design is the completely sealed bottom and the lack of a dedicated vent for the power supply. The air reaches the source indirectly through the expanded deflector part of the side fans and the free space under the cabinet partition.
This concept directs air flow from front to back through the interior of the cabinet, eliminating air fragmentation and leakage in undesired directions. The high static pressure of the Pro Series fans provides the necessary power and energy to force cool air even through narrow gaps between assembly components.
With three color options and two design options, room for 171mm tower CPU coolers and up to 420mm watercooling radiators, and extremely long graphics cards and power supplies, the Xtender case has all the makings to meet the needs of even the most demanding users of high-end gaming rigs. The proverbial icing on the cake is the extra-standard six-year warranty.
Source :Indian TV
