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Arctic Cooling Arctic Fan 8025 PWM

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Arctic Cooling Arctic Fan 8025, 80mm PWM Cooling Fan

Arctic’s PWM case fans are a little different to normal PWM fans. This is thanks to the patented PST (PWM Sharing Technology). The PST feature allows up to five of these fans to be daisy chained together, meaning the motherboard can power and regulate all five fans from one PWM fan header from the motherboard.

The fan blades were optimised to achieve good airflow and higher static pressure with minimum noise. As with all Arctic Cooling products these case fans are designed to last, hence the six year warranty.

PLEASE NOTE - Arctic Cooling measure noise levels in Sone (loudness) instead of dB (sound intensity). The loudness depends upon your ears response curves and tells you how noticeable a certain noise is.

Features

PWM Sharing Technology (PST)
Circulation optimised fan blades
High airflow
High static pressure
Long lifetime
From only 9.5 dB(A)

Specifications	Arctic Fan 8025 PWM
Dimensions	80 x 80 x 25mm
Rated Fan Speed	600 ~ 2000 RPM
Air Flow	26.8 CFM
Noise Level	9.5 dB(A) - 21.0 dB(A), 0.08 Sone - 0.4 Sone
Power Consumption	12 V, 0.12 Amp
Weight	84 g
Bearing	Fluid Dynamic Bearing
Cable Length	400 mm
Warranty	72 months

Specifications	Arctic Fan 8025 PWM
Dimensions	80 x 80 x 25mm
Rated Fan Speed	600 ~ 2000 RPM
Air Flow	26.8 CFM
Noise Level	9.5 dB(A) - 21.0 dB(A), 0.08 Sone - 0.4 Sone
Power Consumption	12 V, 0.12 Amp
Weight	84 g
Bearing	Fluid Dynamic Bearing
Cable Length	400 mm
Warranty	72 months

Customer Reviews

Great fan, great company to buy from.

Frank Lacey, 8th May 2009

I wanted to write a review of this fan, I placed my order and three days later the fan arrived, very happy about the turn around times of delivery. The fan took about 5 minutes to replace and now my PC is very quiet, in comparison to before I would say it’s about 80% quieter than before. Great support from the sales team was also a huge bonus. All purchases should come with this level of satisfaction.

Product Resources

Arctic Cooling website

FAQ

How do I measure fan size?
The size of fan you need will generally be determined by the size of the fan fitting position in your PC case. The sizes of all the fans on our website are shown as measured along any one of the fan’s four sides, NOT the distance between the fan’s screw holes! Our most popular fan size is 120mm, followed by 80mm. This isn’t really dictated by customer preference, but more by recent designs of PC cases.

As for the thickness (depth) of the fan, generally 25mm (1 inch) is by far the most common depth, although smaller fans can have shallower depths such as 15mm or even 10mm. All our fans are 25mm thick unless otherwise stated. If you have any questions about which fan you should order, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

If you know the distance between the fan mounting screw holes but don’t know what fan size to order, please see the following table. Note that the mounting hole measurements shown below are taken horizontally or vertically between the holes and not diagonally.

Screw hole spacings and fan sizes

Space Between Screw Holes Fan Size

32mm 40mm

40mm 50mm

50mm 60mm

60mm 70mm

72mm 80mm

83mm 92mm

105mm 120mm
I received a small cable (resistor) with my fan; what is it for?
The resistor cable (also called Ultra Low Noise or ULN cable) is designed to allow the fan to run slightly slower for even quieter operation. The benefit in lower running noise is significant. Although the airflow will be reduced slightly, this usually has minimal effect on PC temperature. We would generally recommend using the ULN resistor cable for best results in almost all circumstances.
How can I tell which way the air blows through the fan?
Hold the fan so that the round fan sticker is facing you. You are looking at the rear of the fan. When you plug the fan in, the air will be blowing towards you. If you want a fan to act as an air intake, then the fan sticker will be facing the inside of the case. Some fans also have two small arrows moulded into their plastic housing - one arrow shows the direction of airflow, and the other (at 90°) shows the direction of blade rotation.
Is it possible to use a 4-pin PWM fan or CPU cooler with a motherboard which has only 3-pin fan headers on it?
Electrically, there is no problem doing this - the fourth pin on the fan cable is used purely for PWM control and is not needed in order for the fan to run. So you can plug the 4-pin fan connector onto the 3-pin motherboard fan header, leaving the fourth pin not connected to anything. The fan will potentially run at full speed, so if you would like to reduce the speed of the fan you will need to adjust the fan speed setting in your BIOS or use fan control software such as SpeedFan in Windows.

The only other problem to consider is that occasionally, components immediately adjacent to the motherboard fan header can get in the way of the larger 4-pin fan connector, physically preventing connection. This problem also occurs if you try to use an in-line fan speed controller such as the one made by Gelid.

Another avenue to explore is the possibility of using a bay-mounted fan controller. Several models are available now which provide 4-pin fan headers, so this is an easy way to use 4-pin PWM fans in a PC system which has only 3-pin fan headers on its motherboards. When using this method, you may find it necessary to disable any fan warning settings in your motherboard BIOS, since the motherboard may incorrectly believe that its CPU fan has failed when the fan is connected to a fan controller rather than directly to the motherboard itself.