Epilogue
Read the updated review on this product here: Seasonic Magflow 120mm Cooling Fan Review – ReCheck!
The Seasonic MagFlow 120mm is the first fan from this brand, aiming at the high-end market. Indeed its airflow is high enough, and the same goes for static pressure, while power consumption is low. Keeping the trend of its PSUs, Seasonic released an efficient fan that achieves good performance without consuming lots of power.
A similar performance fan is the be quiet! Pure Wings 2 120mm. The latter has equal airflow but higher static pressure while consuming 0.05W less. The strong point of the Pure Wings 2 is the much lower price, almost half that of the MagFlow. Nonetheless, the latter features a modular design, and multiple fans can be chained together without wires, making cable management far more straightforward.
The MagFlow is not a noisy fan, and with around 1550 RPM and lower, it will keep its noise output below 30 dBA. Nonetheless, there is room for improvement, especially at high speeds. I will provide more noise results in future reviews, giving you a clear idea of silent, mid, and noisy fans.
Fan reviews are complex and challenging because you need the proper equipment and knowledge to use them and interpret the results. I plan on diving deep into fan reviews, so stay tuned, and you will learn more about this part that we all use, but there are almost no proper reviews available.
- High build quality
- Decent airflow and static pressure
- Low energy consumption
- Efficient
- PWM control
- Fluid Dynamic Bearing
- Fully modular design
- Daisy chain capability for fewer wires
- Not affordable
- Competition is tough
- Lack of RGB might be a problem for some users
Would you consider testing servers as well? There is a huge difference between advertised vs real performance regarding acoustic noise. Just one exemple, Dell PowerEdge T350: advertised between 31 – 40 dBA (depending on configuration, entry, typical, feature rich) vs. real 48-50 dBA at only 65% PWM 3480 RPM (mesured with SoundMeter app on Samsung Galaxy S10e). This server cooling design relies on only one 92x92x38mm Delta AFC0912DE fan with great performance (160CFM @ 6000 RPM), but with great noise too, 63 dBA…
If someone sents me these parts, why not. My Longwin can go up to 250CFM and 100mmAq of static pressure.
Finally, quick connect fans that are black and no RGB!!
Short warranty though compared to competition.
One minor issue. The max power chart seems backwards. It says higher is better. With power consumption, lower is better.
The data is great though.
Fixed that in the new review, thank you! Noticed it too before I post it (Phanteks review). So many graphs, so much data, so little time 🙁
Would you consider adding noise-normalized charts? I think it would be really helpful metric to compare fans with. That way fans can’t just brute-force their way to the top of a chart.
New review has them included 🙂