Noctua Announces Product Delays in 2025 Roadmap Update, More Teasers at Computex

[AleksandarK]

Austrian PC cooling staple Noctua has revealed substantial timeline adjustments across its 2025 product portfolio, with several highly anticipated launches now facing multi-month delays. The company's flagship NH-D15 G2 CPU cooler in chromax.black variant has been pushed from Q2 to Q3 2025, while the next-generation 120 mm fan series has shifted from Q1 to Q2 2025. The comprehensive roadmap revision, with the next-generation dual-tower CPU cooler notably absent from the 2025 lineup, suggests a potential 2026 release window. The chromax.black version of the NF-A14x25 G2 fan has been rescheduled from Q1 to Q3, and the chromax.The black variant of the next-gen 120 mm fan is now slated for Q4, which represents a significant delay from its initial Q1 target. Despite these setbacks, Noctua has introduced new elements to its roadmap, including an LGA1851 offset mounting kit for the NH-D15 G2, designed to optimize thermal performance for Intel's latest socket configuration.

The company cites quality optimization as a factor in the timeline adjustments, though specific causes remain undisclosed. One bright spot in the announcement is the confirmation that the Seasonic PRIME TX-1600 Noctua Edition power supply will maintain its original restock schedule for Q1 2025. This collaboration product, which launched in late 2024, features Titanium efficiency certification and ATX 3.1 compliance, catering to high-performance systems utilizing current-generation graphics cards like the RTX 5090 and 4090. Noctua plans to showcase its upcoming product lineup at Computex Taipei, where additional details about the revised release schedule and hints of specifications are expected to be revealed. Now, just a few months away, the Computex 2025 looks like one of the most enjoyable shows ever, with the TechPowerUp crew roaming halls looking for interesting products.



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[huggi]

I mean, we sorta expect delays from Noctua now to the point where it's more "it'll be released when it gets released"...

 

[wNotyarD]

I mean, we sorta expect delays from Noctua now to the point where it's more "it'll be released when it gets released"...

I don't know which company is more of a specialist in the art of "Soon™", if Noctua or Valve.

 

[AleksandarK]

I don't know which company is more of a specialist in the art of "Soon™", if Noctua or Valve.

At least these two are expected to come with quality! I like a delay when the final product makes up for it.

 

[MaMoo]

Probably looking for new manufacturing/supplier locations outside of China.

 

[Snoop05]

Next-gen 200mm fan where

 

[dyonoctis]

I don't know which company is more of a specialist in the art of "Soon™", if Noctua or Valve.

I can't believe that you didn't mentioned Intel Foundry

 

[bonehead123]

I can't believe that you didn't mentioned Intel Foundry

No, remember, Intel just keeps adding ++ signs to their never ending minuscule revisions of existing products, while continually teasing the "in the upcoming/next gen xxx" nonsense

 

[TheLostSwede]

Probably looking for new manufacturing/supplier locations outside of China.

Injection moulding is an art though, even more so when you use specialised materials like they do, so finding a new partner isn't a five minute job.
I believe I know of maybe two companies in Taiwan that could do what they need, but it's a maybe and I've only worked with one of them.

 

[Tomorrow]

At least these two are expected to come with quality! I like a delay when the final product makes up for it.

Unfortunately these days it's impossible to catch everything no matter how long the product has been in development.
While i dont like the release ASAP and fix later trough iteration, i also dont see much point in trying to perfect something with endless delays.
By the time it reaches the market competitors have already iterated with second or third version of their release and surpassed it while working out the bugs.

 

[maxfly]

Noctua delays? Whodathunk...lol.

 

[Mack4285]

These delays of the chromax products... You wait years for a new fan. Then you know beforehand they will release the brown variant first. And have to wait another year for the black one. What exactly prevents them for developing both color variants at the same time? We do have limited time spans on earth.