We pit five budget-friendly RGB fans against each other, in tests that don’t quite lead us to a clear winner. The most complete isn’t the best performing. There is, however, one clear loser that might be worth avoiding.
To kick off fan reviews, we're pinning the industry's finest against the industry's cheapest. David vs. Goliath. The most unfair fan head-to-head in history. Except... maybe not?
Noctua’s NH-P1 is a fanless CPU cooler that performs well. We’ve tested it with Intel’s i9-13900K, i7-14700K, AMD’s Ryzen 7 7700x, and Ryzen 9 9950X3D.