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Best PC fans in 2025: I’ve put these case fans through their paces to find the coolest and quietest
I’ve just wrapped up testing with the best new PC fan I’ve used in a long time: Noctua’s NF-A12x25 G2
Noctua finally cracks the case market with a fan-equipped chassis that ‘can substantially reduce noise’ and now I want an all-Noctua rig
Hate RGB software but still want all the pretty LEDs on your AIO cooler? Lian Li might just have the very thing for you
The Corsair Air 5400 offers such a clever and unique approach to CPU cooling, I’m surprised no one did it sooner
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Hyte’s latest case is a bold and colorful break from today’s obsession with angular and understated
Corsair introduces PC case fans with ‘reverse rotors’ which apparently help those LEDs shine without obstruction
Hope Corrigan
26 June 2025
The makers of our favourite fans for RGB lighting have flipped the switch.
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RGB lighting and PC gaming are kind of synonymous, and I for one think it’s pretty cool. Sure, it can often be a lot but I love a hot rig with some sick coloured lights pulsing away inside. Some of the first decorative lights I ever got for my machine were by the way of cooling fans, and I distinctly remember feeling a weird swelling of PC gamer pride the first time I installed them.
Case lighting has come a long way since those dark ages, and that includes fans with Corsair bringing out its new RS-R Series fans that are built differently with lighting needs in mind.
The new RS-R Series fans are touted as being a great solution for both aesthetic lighting and functional cooling. They feature eight addressable RGB LEDs in each fan, and boast controllable PWM cooling that can up to 65.8 CFM. Both of which can be controlled straight from the software on your motherboard, which they attach to using a single 4-pin PWM connector and one +5V ARGB header.
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Best PC fans in 2025: I’ve put these case fans through their paces to find the coolest and quietest
I’ve just wrapped up testing with the best new PC fan I’ve used in a long time: Noctua’s NF-A12x25 G2
Noctua finally cracks the case market with a fan-equipped chassis that ‘can substantially reduce noise’ and now I want an all-Noctua rig
You can also daisy chain a bunch of these to run in series, so it should be a relatively easy cabling operation to kit out a case full of these fans. This setup also means you should be able to get the full force of these windmakers without requiring any additional installations or controllers.
Corsair’s iCue Link fans are our top picks when it comes to airflow that looks good while keeping your PC cool, but these may be a step up. Not having to delve into the iCue software to get these 120mm round bois just how you like them will be a godsend.
What’s most confusing about these fans is also their headlining feature. Corsair boasts the RS-Rs will feature reverse rotors to create unobstructed lighting. I don’t understand how this affects the lighting, though. Maybe fan blades don’t overlap in a visual sense or some other weird side effect – after all photons behave in all sorts of weird ways. Still, I don’t logically see how reversing the rotor would help to make the lights on a fan look any better.
These also aren’t the first fans from Corsair to sport the reverse rotor advantage, but they are much cheaper than what was on offer before.
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Aside from this confusion, they do look like nice fans. That fine control, and even the ability to run at Zero RPM for ultra quiet standby computing do make for an appealing argument. They also feature magnetic dome bearings for minimal friction, and should have a fair amount of longevity for it. Corsair seems to think so to, offering a five-year warranty on the RS-Rs, which is always great for peace of mind.
The new RS-Rs case fans come in packs of three, in both black and white frame colours to help match your case aesthetics. Naturally you can pick the LED colours when you get them installed to help do the rest. They’re available now, and look to be going for around $60 USD a pack. If you do grab a set, can you please let us know how the backwards rotor helps the lighting? Otherwise I might just go a little insane.
Best PC fans 2025All our current recommendations
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1. Best overall: Noctua NF-A12x25 G2
2. Best midrange:Noctua NF-P12 redux-1700
3. Best budget: Arctic P12 PWM PST
4. Best RGB:Corsair iCUE LINK QX120 RGB
5. Best budget RGB:NZXT F120 RGB Duo
6. Best for radiatorsThermaltake Toughfan 12 Turbo
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Hope’s been writing about games for about a decade, starting out way back when on the Australian Nintendo fan site Vooks.net. Since then, she’s talked far too much about games and tech for publications such as Techlife, Byteside, IGN, and GameSpot. Of course there’s also here at PC Gamer, where she gets to indulge her inner hardware nerd with news and reviews. You can usually find Hope fawning over some art, tech, or likely a wonderful combination of them both and where relevant she’ll share them with you here. When she’s not writing about the amazing creations of others, she’s working on what she hopes will one day be her own. You can find her fictional chill out ambient far future sci-fi radio show/album/listening experience podcast right here.
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Best PC fans in 2025: I’ve put these case fans through their paces to find the coolest and quietest
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Noctua finally cracks the case market with a fan-equipped chassis that ‘can substantially reduce noise’ and now I want an all-Noctua rig
Hate RGB software but still want all the pretty LEDs on your AIO cooler? Lian Li might just have the very thing for you
The Corsair Air 5400 offers such a clever and unique approach to CPU cooling, I’m surprised no one did it sooner
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