WEBVTT

00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:07.359
you know who doesn't get enough credit for their fans Silverstone this is the

00:00:04.920 --> 00:00:12.360
ap23 I mean honestly these guys probably spend more money and More Energy

00:00:09.920 --> 00:00:18.359
Engineering their fans than almost anyone else out there I mean everyone in

00:00:14.559 --> 00:00:20.400
their dog manufacturers a fan where

00:00:18.359 --> 00:00:26.519
basically they're taking some OEM fan made by yat loon or whoever else and

00:00:24.880 --> 00:00:31.560
they're slapping a label on it they're having it made to a spec with some LEDs

00:00:28.599 --> 00:00:35.840
or whatever else um Silverstone actually Engineers

00:00:32.680 --> 00:00:37.399
fans the ap- 1223 is an evolutionary

00:00:35.840 --> 00:00:40.960
step forward in their air penetrator series although it seems to be not

00:00:39.200 --> 00:00:45.640
called a penetrator anywhere but I'm assuming the AP is because it's sort of

00:00:43.440 --> 00:00:50.640
similar in terms of the technology um and the original air penetrator was

00:00:47.360 --> 00:00:52.760
designed for focused airflow and you can

00:00:50.640 --> 00:00:56.160
see that this one has the same airflow Focus channels on the back of it that

00:00:54.440 --> 00:01:01.640
the old one did the key difference between this one and the old Air penetrator I actually use AP1 121s the

00:00:59.640 --> 00:01:06.080
original air penetrators on my radiator in my system because they undervolt

00:01:03.239 --> 00:01:10.600
extremely well they're very quiet and the focused air flow allows them to draw

00:01:08.479 --> 00:01:13.960
air through the radiator and then push it out the back of my case because

00:01:12.040 --> 00:01:18.080
there's a bit of a dead zone between the outer the the grill on the other side

00:01:16.040 --> 00:01:22.920
and the other side of the fan so it's cool because it makes the air flow not

00:01:21.200 --> 00:01:27.600
just through my radiator more effective but also the air flow through my case

00:01:24.920 --> 00:01:32.640
more effective so with the ap13 what Silverstone has done so for okay first

00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:38.439
of all so General specs blue UV blades black frame got it that's a nice UV Blue

00:01:36.079 --> 00:01:42.840
too on the old AP1 121s it was kind of a translucent one this should look quite

00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:46.119
striking uh 5vt DC start voltage outstanding if you're using DC control

00:01:44.799 --> 00:01:51.360
for your fans it's nice that they'll start at such a low voltage that means

00:01:48.119 --> 00:01:53.399
you can even instead of using um

00:01:51.360 --> 00:01:58.719
undervolting adapters or whatever else you can make your own adapters just by

00:01:55.439 --> 00:02:00.399
running the fan off the 7 and 12vt

00:01:58.719 --> 00:02:04.520
instead of a 12 and ground so you have a 5V difference uh not that I necessarily

00:02:03.039 --> 00:02:08.399
recommend making your own electric adapters but whatever uh up to 1500 RPM

00:02:07.159 --> 00:02:14.280
although it'll go significantly lower than that if you undervolt It lifetime of 50,000

00:02:11.680 --> 00:02:19.160
hours excuse me sorry fairly solid static pressure rating and whatever so

00:02:17.720 --> 00:02:24.599
taking air channeling fan to another level I wish they'd had someone proofread this industry leading air

00:02:22.319 --> 00:02:28.319
channeling fan and the AP certainly was when it launched so I'm I'm sure they're

00:02:26.400 --> 00:02:32.440
sort of keeping this going integrated air channeling Grill doubles as a f Ard

00:02:30.239 --> 00:02:37.519
to reduce the overall size which is nice and let's finally get into what makes

00:02:34.680 --> 00:02:41.200
this fan super special check this out see this right here what Silverstone

00:02:39.800 --> 00:02:46.440
discovered is that in order to reduce the noise you want to reduce the uh the

00:02:44.720 --> 00:02:51.040
the the patterned you want to you want to break up the uh in order to reduce

00:02:49.480 --> 00:02:53.519
sort of humming noises and any kind of vibration you want to break things up a

00:02:52.480 --> 00:02:58.480
little bit you want to you want things to be different so they have three different sizes of fan blades on this

00:02:57.239 --> 00:03:05.200
fan I'm going to let you guys look for it okay broad three of those medium

00:03:03.239 --> 00:03:10.080
three of those and small this makes the fan according to

00:03:08.159 --> 00:03:13.200
Silverstone so you can see they're also completely different shapes so this

00:03:12.080 --> 00:03:17.920
looks more like the blade on the original AP this looks more like a

00:03:15.239 --> 00:03:21.640
standard fan blade but with a bit of a um a bit of a curvature up at the end

00:03:19.840 --> 00:03:27.439
here and this one is quite curved at the end so this is supposed to make the fan

00:03:24.480 --> 00:03:31.760
better optimized for silence and performance while just sort of generally

00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:35.319
also being awesome and directing air flow through your case I mean when it

00:03:33.519 --> 00:03:39.040
comes to directed air flow it's useful for a number of things so I would use

00:03:37.239 --> 00:03:41.879
directed airflow fans wherever you need to not only draw air through something

00:03:40.400 --> 00:03:45.599
but also towards something so for example a great place to use it would be

00:03:44.000 --> 00:03:49.200
if you have a case where I'm going to stand this way if you have a case where

00:03:47.159 --> 00:03:51.959
the front intake is here and then you've got your hard drive cages and then

00:03:50.599 --> 00:03:56.120
you've got more fan mounts like something like a Corsair C70 I would

00:03:54.280 --> 00:04:00.319
mount something like this on the other side of those cages because now I have a

00:03:58.560 --> 00:04:04.400
pressure optimized fan to draw air through the restrictive cages then I

00:04:02.720 --> 00:04:08.959
have channeled air flow going directly to my graphics cards that's where the

00:04:06.840 --> 00:04:12.360
utili that's where the application of a fan like this is they are including a

00:04:10.760 --> 00:04:15.840
nice high quality sleeving so even though the wires themselves are colored

00:04:14.280 --> 00:04:21.079
you can't actually see the colors through the sleeving at all which is

00:04:17.359 --> 00:04:24.440
great there we go and they include both

00:04:21.079 --> 00:04:26.199
screws and noise isolating vibration

00:04:24.440 --> 00:04:28.680
isolating rubber grommets to mount the fan to your case something that pretty

00:04:27.680 --> 00:04:32.680
much wraps it up thank you for checking out my unboxing and first look at at the ap23 from Silverstone don't forget to

00:04:31.600 --> 00:04:37.039
subscribe to L Tech tips for more unboxings reviews and other computer videos