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AeroCool Shark 120mm Black Fan

High air pressure and high air flow are what you can expect from AeroCool’s 15 blade Shark fans.

AeroCool’s Shark Series of fans offer a “Shark Fin” blade design to generate high air pressure and high air flow. Not only that, there are lots of blades, 15 in all. A normal fan has around 6-8 blades!

Features

Unique and stylish “Shark Fin” fan blades
15 blades for high air pressure
Fluid Dynamic Bearings for long life, 100000 hours!
Supplied with Voltage Reduction Cable, run s at 12V or 7V
Rubber and metal fan screws supplied
Max figures (at 12V) - 82.6 CFM, 26.5 dBA at 1500 RPM

The fans are standard 3-pin fans but adaptors are supplied with 3-pin to 4-pin molex connectors to increase compatibility. The fans are also supplied with a 7 volt resistor so the maximum RPM can be reduced by around 40% which will reduce the noise the fan produces as well as airflow.

Specifications	Shark 120 Black
Dimensions	120 X 120 X 25mm
Rated Voltage	12V or 7V with VRC *
Starting Voltage	<=9.0V or <=7.0V with VRC
Power Consumption	3.6W or 1.56W with VRC
Rated Current	0.30A or 0.13A with VRC
Speed	1500 or 800 RPM±10% with VRC
Air Flow	82.6 or 32.5 CMF with VRC
Air Pressure	1.273 or 0.305 mm-H2O with VRC
Noise	26.5 or 12.6 dBA with VRC
Weight	117.9
MTBF	100,000 hours
Accessories	Voltage Reduction Cable, Rubber and metal fan screws and 3-pin to 4-pin molex adapter
Warranty	24 months
EAN barcode	4710700955413

*Voltage Reduction Cable

Specifications	Shark 120 Black
Dimensions	120 X 120 X 25mm
Rated Voltage	12V or 7V with VRC *
Starting Voltage	<=9.0V or <=7.0V with VRC
Power Consumption	3.6W or 1.56W with VRC
Rated Current	0.30A or 0.13A with VRC
Speed	1500 or 800 RPM±10% with VRC
Air Flow	82.6 or 32.5 CMF with VRC
Air Pressure	1.273 or 0.305 mm-H2O with VRC
Noise	26.5 or 12.6 dBA with VRC
Weight	117.9
MTBF	100,000 hours
Accessories	Voltage Reduction Cable, Rubber and metal fan screws and 3-pin to 4-pin molex adapter
Warranty	24 months
EAN barcode	4710700955413

*Voltage Reduction Cable

Customer Reviews

Wonderful fan

Anonymous, 26th October 2012

Extremely high output when full speed. Very quiet when throttled.

Excellent balance of silence and airflow

Horia Slușanschi, 18th September 2012

For the back of the case, where you may not care much how the fan looks, this is an excellent choice. It’s very quiet at lower speeds, and has superb airflow at higher speeds.

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.