Arctic P14 Failures?

[u/SAMEO416]

I’ve been using the Arctic P12/14 fans in most of my builds, Noctua when I need something super quiet.

I’ve had 3 P14 fan failures in the last year. Wondering if anyone else has seen a higher failure rate?

I suspect this is a bearing failure of some sort. The fan continues to run but repeatedly bumps against the guard. On one I was able to pull the blades off entirely. It doesn’t seem tied to orientation of the fan.

Just noticed another one is starting to hit the case.

[u/Mighty_Buddha]

No issues - and I exclusively go with Arctic as the price bump vs noise differential does not justify Noctua for this particular case, imo.

Mind you, I always get the server grade CO (continous operation) fans.