Noctua Introduces New A-series Fans and Accessories

[Fx]

A 20cm fan? That doesn't sound useful in any way, shape or form.

LOL. Well, there are a lot of superfluous people. I am glad that Noctua's primary focus is on quality first and foremost.

 

[RejZoR]

I suppose NOCTUA still think there is market for it maybe in Europe or Asia. But for me it is too redundant since I can choose to plug my fans into Carbide 600C or hydro 110i or just plain motherboard fan controller. I have two fans running in my system and dislike the noise, I am thinking about moving back to passive cooled Noctua D14.

Nah, no need for passive. Just use really low RPM fans. Any air you move becomes so much more efficient even if barely. If air has to move around, things really heat up fast and stay scorching hot. I've had E5200 running at 3.7 GHz using passive Akasa Evo Blue cooler (removed fan and shroud). It kinda worked, but it was always scorching hot. Making fan on it spin at stupid slow speed made a massive difference while being as silent as passive.

 

[WaroDaBeast]

As you can read above for the 40x40, it was a really bad experience. And few years ago, I built a system for a friend, he bought a Noctua tower cooler which had the big 120mm fan. And when it was running, regardless of speed, it made this clicking noise which just ran at faster pace when using higher RPM. And I also remember motor made a lot of buzzing noise.
I really don't know what people see in Noctua. Because I certainly don't have good experience with them. Or I was just so god damn unlucky, but I highly doubt it.

Are you saying you didn't RMA the fan? I've had many Noctua fans over the years, and one started making a rattling noise. Noctua sent me another one for free, since the failure occured within the 6 year warranty period.

 

[RejZoR]

It's not a broken fan, it's just a fan that's like that. I've had tons of fans and none just happened to go bad or be bad. They are either that way or they aren't. Had like 15x Noiseblockers. All of them perfect, ranging from their very basic models BlackSilentFan up to their back then top of the line BlackSilentPro and Multiframe. I even still have some generic 80mm fans that are like 15 years old. They still run incredibly quiet. And they are freaking generic fans with sleeve bearing that I just re-lubed several times so far in their life time. Reasons why I don't RMA stuff like this is because postal expenses would be like half the price of this damn thing. It's literally cheaper to just toss it in my box of many things for computers and forget about it. Maybe I'll dig it out one day when I'll need raw airflow in small format regardless of noise and I'll use it. But I'll probably just buy that thick 40mm Noiseblocker instead...

 

[Blueberries]

Looking at the specs this is actually pretty exciting. Logically, a large intake fan is ideal; a greater surface area spreads the air throughout the chassis and provides greater airflow with each rotation. That being said, there hasn't been a decent 20cm fan worth purchasing until now.

This actually makes me want to go back and review cases I've passed on before because of they were designed around a 20cm intake!

 

[PowerPC]

Who gives a f*** about fan colour? Seriously. What kind of argument is this? Even if your case has one of those translucent side panel, a normal person is, most probably, looking at like, you know, the screen?

You probably never had a Noctua fan. I used to be like you and think that, but seeing that fan in my case every time I look inside just gave me a cringe. It's not like I constantly looked at it, but even a short glance was enough to say never again for me.

 

[Octopuss]

You probably never had a Noctua fan. I used to be like you and think that, but seeing that fan in my case every time I look inside just gave me a cringe. It's not like I constantly looked at it, but even a short glance was enough to say never again for me.

I've actually been using Noctua fans almost exclusively for the past 10 years or so.
I don't mind the colour at all. I actually kind of like it. Surely beats those bright purple/orange/whatever horrible colours people put into their PCs thinking how 1337 they are.
I also don't look inside my case, because why would I? I open it maybe once a month to briefly clean the fans with a vacuum cleaner (our flat is very dusty).

 

[WaroDaBeast]

It's not a broken fan, it's just a fan that's like that. I've had tons of fans and none just happened to go bad or be bad. They are either that way or they aren't. Had like 15x Noiseblockers. All of them perfect, ranging from their very basic models BlackSilentFan up to their back then top of the line BlackSilentPro and Multiframe. I even still have some generic 80mm fans that are like 15 years old. They still run incredibly quiet. And they are freaking generic fans with sleeve bearing that I just re-lubed several times so far in their life time. Reasons why I don't RMA stuff like this is because postal expenses would be like half the price of this damn thing. It's literally cheaper to just toss it in my box of many things for computers and forget about it. Maybe I'll dig it out one day when I'll need raw airflow in small format regardless of noise and I'll use it. But I'll probably just buy that thick 40mm Noiseblocker instead...

If postage is half the price, then hell no, it's not worth contacting the manufacturer. As I've said in my previous comment though, Noctua will happily replace your fan for free, provided that you give them a proof of purchase and that, upon delivery, you send them a photo of the old one, that you'll have broken.

Anyhow, that's been my experience with them.