Tuesday, May 30th 2023
HYTE Thicc FT12 is a 120 mm Fan with Special Chops, Including its own Arm CPU
The HYTE Thicc FT12 is a stand-out at the company's booth at the 2023 Computex. It's probably the most feature-rich fan specs-sheet we've come across, all to justify its price of $80 for a 3-pack SKU. The 120 mm fan derives its name from its 32 mm thickness, which is a bit more than the 25 mm that's industry standard, and more than double the 15 mm slimline form-factor. The impeller has a liquid-crystal polymer coating that minimizes dust build-up over timeand improves airflow characteristics. The fan's motor has sensors that can detect airflow temperature, as well as the exact position of the impeller. The onboard electronics also has support for HYTE's Nexus Link unified interface over USB type-C (legacy adapter included). As a fan, the HYTE THICC FT12 has a speed-range between 500 to 2,000 RPM, and has zero-RPM capability. At its top speed, it pushes over 70 CFM of airflow, with over 3.3 mm H₂O static-pressure. The company didn't reveal noise figures, though. HYTE is backing the fan with a 6-year warranty.
9 Comments on HYTE Thicc FT12 is a 120 mm Fan with Special Chops, Including its own Arm CPU
But two concerns...
a. How accurate will this monitoring be?
b. Who on Earth will spend $80 on a single case fan? You can fill a whole case with very nice fans (Phanteks, Noctua, Delta, Corsair, etc.) for the price of 2 of these.
That may be a bit better than a Phanteks T30 on 2000 RPM, worse if the T30 runs at max and almost triple the price.
30mm is already borderline impossible for most 120mm fan clips without absolutely wrecking heatsinks.
These fans are already nowhere near quiet at 2000rpm, so I'll just go out on a limb and guess that the T30 at 3000rpm will send these packing.
n.O.t....
Yea the specs look nice & so do the fans, but just sayin :D
fan has processor
processor has fan
fan has processor
processor has fan
fan has processor
repeat ad nauseam, then whine
cause the last fan is gonna be very small
@crazyeyesreaper please review this cooler someday, its so giant, lmao
A 12v, Nidec SERVO G1238B12BBZP-00 costs around 70 USD for new-old stock and north of 120 for new stock but will provide far more airflow, static pressure, and noise than 3 of those Thicc FT12s.
Strap that bad boy to the front of a PC case and no other fans mounted anywhere (even on the CPU cooler) except the GPU and it'd still be able to cool the whole build. It'll sound like a jet engine the whole time (not my video, but for reference), but it'll cool. And I had 2 of them in a Define XL case. Even sound dampening couldn't hide them at full power, and operating them at their minimum still provided more airflow and pressure than a regular pair of case fans.
I still have several of them that I use, but mostly at their minimum run speed since they still provide more airflow than a comparable 1000 RPM consumer-grade fan while being only slightly louder.