After many years, we finally managed to get our hands on the Antec Storm 120. That is, 120 mm fans combining an attractive (and efficient) geometry with good price accessibility. Although these are not outright cheap fans, the price is still relatively low. The result is quite appealing. Don’t look for technical perfection here, but “for that kind of money” it is good. Especially if you also value other things than the price/performace ratio.
Explanatory note: To assess how accurately manufacturers report their specifications, we compute a “truth coefficient.” This is the ratio between our measured data and the manufacturer-stated values. A coefficient of ‘1.00’ indicates that the declared parameters match our test results, affirming accurate and honest specification reporting. The further the value deviates from 1.00, the more the declared specs diverge from reality. A coefficient greater than 1.00 means real-world performance exceeds advertised figures, while values below 1.00 (e.g., 0.80) indicate underperformance—by 20% in this example. If the value is missing from the graph, it’s due to the manufacturer not providing the corresponding airflow or static pressure specification.
Next up will be ID-Cooling… with one aerodynamic feature that none of the fans we’ve tested so far make use of. 🙂