Yate Loon D12SL-12 120mm Case Fan Review
Testing
Published: 7th February 2008 | Source: Aqua-PCs | Price: £3.99 |
Testing
You can see from the included graph that the Noctua NF-P12 fan provides considerably more static pressure than the Yate Loon D12SL-12. Please bear in mind that my ghetto testing equipment only provides an indication of static pressure, and according to the results below the D12SL-12 provided static pressure between 0 - 0.09 cmH2O and the NF-P12 - 0.199 cmH2O.
You can see from the free air flow chart that the NF-P12 facilitates slightly more airflow than the Yate Loon D12SL-12, even though the NF-P12 has a slighly lower rotational speed than the D12SL-12.
The D12SL-12 doesn't cope as well with the radiator testing, mainly due to its inability to generate more static pressure. However I was surprised at the results that it managed to muster regardless.
Installing the D12SL-12 and NF-P12 120mm fans on the radiator for our cooling tests yielded some slightly predictable, but interesting results. The NF-P12 certainly has the goods and it performs well whilst being almost totally quiet. The Yate Loon D12SL-12 on the other hand is slightly noisier than the the Noctua @12v, but at 7v they sound pretty much on par.
| Voltage (v) | 7v | 7v | ΔT | 12v | 12v | ΔT |
| Radiator probe config | in | out | in | out | ||
| Yate Loon D12SL-12 | 37.5 | 34.9 | 2.6 | 37.1 | 34.2 | 2.9 |
| Noctua NF-P12 | 34.3 | 31.6 | 2.7 | 34.1 | 30.9 | 3.2 |
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