Wednesday, June 5th 2024
Noctua Shows New Coolers and Fans at Computex 2024
In addition to the thermosiphon liquid cooler project, Noctua also brought several upcoming air CPU coolers and fans to the Computex 2024 show, including the new NH-D15 G2, the NF-A14x25 G2, as well as next-generation dual-tower 120 mm CPU cooler and next-generation 120 mm fan.
The new NH-D15 G2 is the upgraded version of the popular NH-D15, which now gets a new fin stacks with reduced fin pitch, leaving it with 20 percent more surface area, 8 heatpipes (instead of 6 on the NH-D15), new fans with both higher performance and acoustic optimization, and offset design for better PCI clearance. It will use Noctua's Torx based SecuFirm2+ mounting system with offset option for AM5, as well as come bundled with NT-H2 thermal paste, NA-TPG1 thermal paste guard for AM5, and NA-ISW1 shim-washers for improved contact on LGA1700 sockets. Noctua will launch three different versions, the standard version with medium base convexity, as well as two new versions LBC and HBC, with low base and high base convexity. The new NH-D15 G2 should launch later this month.
Noctua also showcased the new NF-A14x25 G2 fans, which will be available in round frame, square frame, and chromax.black versions, all with proven SS02 bearing and Advanced Acoustic Optimisation (AAO) frame design. It uses the new progressive-bend impeller made from Sterrox liquid-crystal polymer, providing much higher efficiency blade area. It also uses centrifugal turbulator hub for better flow attachment and fluid distribution across the impeller, and features winglets that should further reduce vortices and increase efficiency. Noctua also reduced the tip clearance down to 0.7 mm, which gives it better performance on heatsinks and radiators. Noctua expects the standard round frame version to launch later this month, while square frame version comes in September and the chromax.black version will launch early next year.
In addition to these two, Noctua showcased two new future products, the next-gen 120 mm fan, which will improve the performance of the popular NF-A12x25 and use the same design and feature set as the upcoming NF-A14x25 G2 fan. Noctua aims to further reduce tip clearance down to 0.5 mm, and use a whole new etaPERF motor with Smooth Commutation Drive 2 for superb running smoothness and SupraTorque for additional torque headroom. The new fan should launch early next year, according to Noctua. Noctua also showcased the next-generation dual tower 120 mm CPU cooler, coming in Q2 next-year. The new CPU cooler aims to offer the same level of performance as the NH-D15 but in a 120 mm form-factor. It will pack 8 heatpipes and use the showcased next-generation 120 mm fans.
The new NH-D15 G2 is the upgraded version of the popular NH-D15, which now gets a new fin stacks with reduced fin pitch, leaving it with 20 percent more surface area, 8 heatpipes (instead of 6 on the NH-D15), new fans with both higher performance and acoustic optimization, and offset design for better PCI clearance. It will use Noctua's Torx based SecuFirm2+ mounting system with offset option for AM5, as well as come bundled with NT-H2 thermal paste, NA-TPG1 thermal paste guard for AM5, and NA-ISW1 shim-washers for improved contact on LGA1700 sockets. Noctua will launch three different versions, the standard version with medium base convexity, as well as two new versions LBC and HBC, with low base and high base convexity. The new NH-D15 G2 should launch later this month.
In addition to these two, Noctua showcased two new future products, the next-gen 120 mm fan, which will improve the performance of the popular NF-A12x25 and use the same design and feature set as the upcoming NF-A14x25 G2 fan. Noctua aims to further reduce tip clearance down to 0.5 mm, and use a whole new etaPERF motor with Smooth Commutation Drive 2 for superb running smoothness and SupraTorque for additional torque headroom. The new fan should launch early next year, according to Noctua. Noctua also showcased the next-generation dual tower 120 mm CPU cooler, coming in Q2 next-year. The new CPU cooler aims to offer the same level of performance as the NH-D15 but in a 120 mm form-factor. It will pack 8 heatpipes and use the showcased next-generation 120 mm fans.
30 Comments on Noctua Shows New Coolers and Fans at Computex 2024
Good to know they learned something from their 140mm research.
Didn't expect new 120mm fans too. It will be interesting to see how these perform.
They still remain whisper quiet.
I have had Thermalright cooler, because so many positive reviews exits for them.
And the fans become louder and louder after 2 years so I exchange them with Noctua's.
The problem is the reviews hardly count this and the support longevity.
Yea, the ThermalRight build very competitive priced coolers but they hardly provide what Noctua does.
For example I have an NH-D15, when the AM5 offset kit released I got is for 6 euros from Noctua.
That's what I call a good and positive support for the user.
I care even less, when the NH-D15 G2 trading blows with the actual ThermalRight coolers.
I probably would use the NH-D15 at least 3-5 years to come and hardly will have any problem with it.
For this I happy to pay a little more and don't really feel bad for it...
That IS a good argument, Noctua is great at supporting their product… provided you live somewhere they are willing to ship their cool aftermarket support packages. If not, it becomes irrelevant and you are overpaying for nothing. And it’s not a “little” more of a bump.
Fans… fans is something I just accept might fail, so I don’t stress too much. I had Noctuas going for years. I had two starting to produce noise after a year and a half. I had Scythes running for years, which I bought for peanuts. I had a cheapo CM fan on a 212 survive a decade (still going). Going for higher quality might improve your draw of the lottery, but it’s not a certainty and, again, depends on the price delta. I know a lot of folks just buying Arctic fans in packs since you can get, like, four for the price of one Noctua. It makes sense value-wise.
Noctua even sent me free fan clips to mount a third fan.
Rookie numbers, I still have an IBM workstation at work hooked up to a GCMS with three 92 mm Delta fans that will be 25 next year. All three are like new.
But yeah, I will give it to Noctua that, since they also make industrial fans, among everything available in consumer space their stuff is probably the ticket for longevity overall. Well, that and the legendary Gentle Typhoons, RIP to a real one.
Clown show :nutkick:
Oh yeah, considering the wait and potential price, this better be the best air cooler ever.
The real fun though is playing with actual used server fans. I'm still rocking a set that's close to 15 (years I've owned them) +5 (years in commercial operation) years old, made by Sanyo Denki. Sure, I run them at their lowest setting, because their highest is just too loud, but their lowest setting is pretty quiet on the fan itself; it's purely air noise, and still pushes more air/pressure than some of the consumer grade stuff at their highest RPMs. They're complete overkill for what I need, but they haven't died yet. They're also pretty heavy too, being 36mm each.
Their phase change stuff looked cool. Hoping to see more inventions and breakthroughs in cooling.
It is a nice cooler, not a fan of the colors.
The NF-P12 I got in 2011 worked for roughly 12 years nonstop and it's still pretty quiet, unfortunately after around 5-6 years the bearings started wearing out and it makes a bit of a "tak tak tak" sound when spinning at low speeds. It worked like that for 6 more years mind you, and had 3x the lifetime of everything else I tried before getting noisier (I could still use it, but I had other fans to replace it by now). Their A12 fans use newer type bearings which presumably last longer, but I only had A12 fans for three years so far so I can't tell how long they'll last.
On the other hand the NF-S12 fans I got are not too particularly good and pretty noisy on anything but the lowest setting. Granted those are budget fans and they've been in use since 2016. So Noctua fans are not all roses either.Yeah, but the Noctua heat sink will last you as long as the company is around to send you mounting kit upgrades. The AIO will last until the impeller dies, the coolant corrodes the heat sink, or the next incompatible socket you want to install it on, whichever happens first.
I've had to deal with changing broken impellers (props for Alphacool for sending a new one free of charge), cleaning the copper heat sink, and refilling coolants. Oh and you have to buy coolant too, and AIOs generally don't allow for refilling. Getting my hands wet with watercooling was only worth it because it was a GPU cooler and there were no other options (well, one, a 4 slot Morpheus).
Hopefully they'll make heatsink covers for it as well.
Shame, i like Noctua but i also happen to value money. There are too many good options out there now, Noctua is not only not relevant... but it's also.. oh whatever. RIP Noctua. Even if it has better performance than a 40 bucks air cooler(you know the one, the best and cheapest air cooler on the market), id still take that 40 bucks cooler over a 150 bucks one. Once you go past 80 euro, it's AIO territory, and these usually have better performance/noise than anything air cooled, especially 360 ones. Air coolers can only match 240 AND MAYBE 280. My Freezer 3 has 0 sound, keeps my CPU under 70 (vs the 94 of D15) and it's gorgeous. RGB and black (or all white) vs the ugly Noctua color. If i save up on RGB, the AIO is even cheaper. I can finally see my ram, replace my top SSD freely and well.. not kill my motherboard with a 50 kilo block of metal. If it fails? I'll just put the second freezer that i bought. 130 bucks for 2 AIO's vs 1 Noctua D15 2. Guess what's a better deal? Did i say RIP Noctua already?