While the Silent Gale P12 isn’t the first fan in MSI’s lineup (like the Strix XF120 from Asus), it beats anything previous from the company by a mile. This is by the efficiency of the rotor, which is suitable for radiators as well as for a case, but also by the overall robust design. There’s a big, powerful but quiet motor, and you won’t even know about the hydrodynamic bearings.
Results: Frequency response of sound with a dust filter
Measurements are performed in the TrueRTA application, which records sound in a range of 240 frequencies in the recorded range of 20–20,000 Hz. For the possibility of comparison across articles, we export the dominant frequency from the low (20–200 Hz), medium (201–2,000 Hz) and high (2,001–20,000 Hz) range to standard bar graphs.
However, for an even more detailed analysis of the sound expression, it is important to perceive the overall shape of the graph and the intensity of all frequencies/tones. If you don’t understand something in the graphs or tables below, you’ll find the answers to all your questions in this article. It explains how to read the measured data below correctly.
| Fan | Dominant sound freq. and noise level, dust filter@33 dBA | NF-F12 PWM | NF-A15 PWM | ||||
| Low range | Mid range | High range | |||||
| Frequency [Hz] | Noise level [dBu] | Frequency [Hz] | Noise level [dBu] | Frequency [Hz] | Noise level [dBu] | ||
| MSI MEG Silent Gale P12 | 134,5 | -78,9 | 369,7 | -82,8 | 19330,5 | -90,8 | |
| Asus ROG Strix XF120 | 95,1 | -74,3 | 380,5 | -85,8 | 19330,5 | -91,0 | |
| Akasa Vegas X7 | 116,5 | -77,5 | 369,7 | -85,6 | 19330,5 | -90,7 | |
| Reeven Coldwing 12 | 123,4 | -76,8 | 1566,8 | -92,1 | 19330,5 | -90,7 | |
| Reeven Kiran | 130,7 | -72,9 | 239,7 | -86,9 | 19330,5 | -90,8 | |
| SilentiumPC Sigma Pro 120 PWM | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| SilentiumPC Sigma Pro Corona RGB 120 | 103,7 | -79,2 | 369,7 | -83,6 | 19330,5 | -90,9 | |
| SilverStone SST-AP121 | 50,4 | -81,8 | 155,4 | -78,6 | 18780,2 | -91,0 | |
| SilverStone SST-FQ121 | 41,8 | -75,8 | 329,4 | -82,7 | 19330,5 | -91,0 | |
| Xigmatek XLF-F1256 | 47,6 | -74,2 | 232,9 | -78,7 | 19897,0 | -91,2 |
| Fan | Dominant sound freq. and noise level, dust filter@39 dBA | NF-F12 PWM | NF-A15 PWM | ||||
| Low range | Mid range | High range | |||||
| Frequency [Hz] | Noise level [dBu] | Frequency [Hz] | Noise level [dBu] | Frequency [Hz] | Noise level [dBu] | ||
| MSI MEG Silent Gale P12 | 179,6 | -74,1 | 369,7 | -76,6 | 2957,7 | -89,1 | |
| Asus ROG Strix XF120 | Asus ROG Strix XF120 | 130,7 | -63,8 | 329,4 | -76,4 | 4832,6 | -90,4 |
| Akasa Vegas X7 | 151,0 | -69,1 | 369,7 | -77,7 | 19330,5 | -90,8 | |
| Reeven Coldwing 12 | 155,4 | -66,4 | 369,7 | -77,8 | 18780,2 | -90,9 | |
| Reeven Kiran | 169,5 | -67,8 | 369,7 | -78,0 | 17726,2 | -90,2 | |
| SilentiumPC Sigma Pro 120 PWM | 123,4 | -68,6 | 369,7 | -75,2 | 2873,5 | -86,7 | |
| SilentiumPC Sigma Pro Corona RGB 120 | 138,5 | -68,1 | 391,7 | -78,0 | 2487,1 | -88,9 | |
| SilverStone SST-AP121 | 151,0 | -78,6 | 339,0 | -74,3 | 19897,0 | -90,9 | |
| SilverStone SST-FQ121 | 142,5 | -69,8 | 1173,8 | -74,9 | 2031,9 | -90,2 | |
| Xigmatek XLF-F1256 | 113,1 | -71,2 | 369,7 | -74,8 | 18780,2 | -91,0 |
| Fan | Dominant sound freq. and noise level, dust filter@45 dBA | NF-F12 PWM | NF-A15 PWM | ||||
| Low range | Mid range | High range | |||||
| Frequency [Hz] | Noise level [dBu] | Frequency [Hz] | Noise level [-dBu] | Frequency [Hz] | Noise level [dBu] | ||
| MSI MEG Silent Gale P12 | 127,0 | -73,0 | 219,8 | -68,8 | 5747,0 | -83,3 | |
| Asus ROG Strix XF120 | Asus ROG Strix XF120 | 23,1 | -62,9 | 369,7 | -71,7 | 5583,4 | -81,4 |
| Akasa Vegas X7 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| Reeven Coldwing 12 | 190,3 | -62,7 | 369,7 | -71,9 | 2347,5 | -86,1 | |
| Reeven Kiran | 169,5 | -67,8 | 369,7 | -78,0 | 17726,2 | -90,2 | |
| SilentiumPC Sigma Pro 120 PWM | 20,3 | -64,4 | 246,8 | -70,1 | 2635,0 | -81,8 | |
| SilentiumPC Sigma Pro Corona RGB 120 | 23,1 | -61,2 | 174,5 | -63,9 | 2487,1 | -84,4 | |
| SilverStone SST-AP121 | 20,3 | -67,9 | 439,7 | -67,9 | 4561,4 | -83,3 | |
| SilverStone SST-FQ121 | 179,6 | -64,9 | 369,7 | -71,2 | 5915,4 | -90,3 | |
| Xigmatek XLF-F1256 | 142,5 | -62,7 | 246,8 | -57,8 | 4974,2 | -83,7 |
