It is made in the same injection mould as the FC120, but still has noticeably better properties. Stronger material, higher weight, different bearings and a more powerful motor make the FK120 one of the most attractive options among inexpensive fans. But that’s only assuming the “right” adjustment. Outside of that, this fan can be quite uncomfortable and ironically for the same reason it is sometimes unbeatable.
Results: Static pressure through a nylon filter
Why is there a missing value sometimes? There may be more reasons. Usually it is because the fan could not be adjusted to the target noise level. Some have a higher minimum speed (or the speed is low, but the motor is too noisy) or it is a slower fan that will not reach the higher decibels. But the results in the graphs are also missing if the rotor is brushing against the nylon filter mesh. In that case, we evaluate this combination as incompatible. And zero in the graphs is naturally also in situations where we measure 0.00. This is a common occurrence at extremely low speeds with obstructions or within vibration measurements.
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Hello
Your expert explanation helped me make my final choice between the two DeepCool FK120 fans and the ASUS ROG Strix fan XF120.
The price difference of these two fans in Iran is insignificant and is around 5 dollars.
Overall, according to your tests, I would choose the Deep Cool fan.
I hope it is the right choice.
Your friend from Iran
Choosing the most suitable fan for a specific scenario is highly complex. In addition to the fact that all situations in practice are more or less different, each has a different set of priorities of individual characteristics. Someone may prefer lower vibrations to a slightly higher airflow, so that the fan does not end up being a source of excessive secondary noise in interaction with, for example, the case.
But when you have looked through our tests, taken a look at the context, evaluated the pros and cons, you must have made the right decision. 🙂
it would be more complex if we had more high quality fans on the market, but nowadays it’s mostly limited to whether you want maximum performance without noise or maximum performance disregarding the noise
in the first case you get A12x25 (or T30 if you have space for that), in the other probably some monster from Delta
if we had high quality fans optimized for specific usecases (like Noctua had in older generations, before releasing the overwhelmingly good A12x25) we could extend that choice to low vs high impedance, but nowadays S12A is entirely irrelevant and their static pressure fans are only used to save money