Question Need some advice for fans for a Pop Air

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I have a Fractal Design Pop Air Black TG with a Ryzen 9 7900 (Noctua NH D-15) and a Gigabyte 3070 GAMING OC 8G (rev. 1.0).
I was looking for some fans to replace the two front ones the case came with, due to availability in my country and price I narrowed it down between:

ARCTIC AC P12 Max PWM Black
and
ARCTIC AC F14 PWM PST Black

I don't know much about fans, so I came here for some advice on which would be the better choice and why. Also if you happen to know if they fit in the case as a bonus would be much appreciated.
 
F14 PWM PST is airflow fan and also has PWM passthrough, great when your MoBo only has 1 case fan header,
specs: https://www.arctic.de/en/F14-PWM-PST/ACFAN00219A

P14 Max PWM is static pressure fan and overall better than F14 PWM PST. It doesn't have PWM passthrough, so, when you only have one fan header on MoBo, you need to use Y-splitter.
specs: https://www.arctic.de/en/P12-Max/ACFAN00280A

Personally, i'd go with P14 Max, since it has far greater RPM range and is better suited to pull the air through the front grille. Also, high RPM range means you can fine-tune your fan at your comfortable noise levels.
 
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