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Noctua Shows New Coolers and Fans at Computex 2024

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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.



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I hope the new D15 is truly something special. Considering how long it’s been in development and how much it’s likely to cost, it would be a shame (though funny) if it still ends up losing to or even just trade blows with a 40 bucks Thermalright cooler.
 
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I hope the new D15 is truly something special. Considering how long it’s been in development and how much it’s likely to cost, it would be a shame (though funny) if it still ends up losing to or even just trade blows with a 40 bucks Thermalright cooler.

I mean Thermalright coolers are being developed/produced in Asia, which means that it's always cheaper than products being developed and produced in Europe...
 
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I mean Thermalright coolers are being developed/produced in Asia, which means that it's always cheaper than products being developed and produced in Europe...
Developed? Sure, for whatever it’s worth. Produced? Lolno, Noctua was always transparent that the fabs they work with are in Taiwan and China. In that way, they are no more “European” than beQuite or Fractal.
 
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Finally they'll have a matching 140mm and 120mm lineup. The current 140mm fans were much older and the 120mm ones outperformed them in many areas.

Didn't expect new 120mm fans too. It will be interesting to see how these perform.
 
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I hope the new D15 is truly something special. Considering how long it’s been in development and how much it’s likely to cost, it would be a shame (though funny) if it still ends up losing to or even just trade blows with a 40 bucks Thermalright cooler.
My problem is the Noctua build for longevity. I have Noctua fans which works for 5-6 years 7/24/365.
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...
 
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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.
 
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Anyway, European engineering generally just costs much more than something Asian.
 
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That's 150$ for the G2, so how much for the new 14x25? 45$??
 
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My problem is the Noctua build for longevity. I have Noctua fans which works for 5-6 years 7/24/365.
They still remain whisper quiet.
I have a daily use NH-D14 with fans that still spinning perfectly after 14 years.
Noctua even sent me free fan clips to mount a third fan.
 
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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.
 

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Pretty weak..

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Clown show :nutkick:
 
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Black suits are for funerals. Navy, brown, tan - now we're talking.
Oh yeah, considering the wait and potential price, this better be the best air cooler ever.
 
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@freeagent - see, you can laugh all you want but seeing how your screenshot is from GN video at 2:49 that actually includes an entire 5 minute section dedicated to explaining why they opted for three cold plate variants. I guess you didn't make it this far, huh?
 
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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.
XPG's collab with Nidec seems to just be the PWM GTs updated with rubber pads at the corners. So they're still kicking around, mostly unchanged. Long live the OG.

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.
 

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@freeagent - see, you can laugh all you want but seeing how your screenshot is from GN video at 2:49 that actually includes an entire 5 minute section dedicated to explaining why they opted for three cold plate variants. I guess you didn't make it this far, huh?
I made it, no worries. I just think it’s funny. They made it complex enough to screw up average joe. You can take offence all you want, but you know, or at least have an idea of what you are looking at. Watch the forums for complaints in due time.
 
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I made it, no worries. I just think it’s funny. They made it complex enough to screw up average joe. You can take offence all you want, but you know, or at least have an idea of what you are looking at. Watch the forums for complaints in due time.
The average Joe doesn't buy a $150 air cooler to begin with.
 
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150$ air cooler while we just got a 60$ 360 AIO that performs quite well... Just too expensive. Would be more substantial if it was released 2 years ago but competition caught up by now. Both in performance and price. Let's just wait for the reviews and numbers. I just hope it's worth it.
Their phase change stuff looked cool. Hoping to see more inventions and breakthroughs in cooling.
 

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The average Joe doesn't buy a $150 air cooler to begin with.
Sure they do. I see people pumping money into their rigs to keep up with the joneses all the time. New guys looking for advice, novices speaking up saying it’s the best thing ever.. Joe goes to buy the one recommended only find convexity is too great or too little. There are many examples.

It is a nice cooler, not a fan of the colors.
 
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I have Noctua fans which works for 5-6 years 7/24/365.
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.
I've been in the same situation, nearly every fan I tried started getting noisier and noisier after ~2 years including Yate Loon D12 fans where the bearings started whining, and I had to change them around.

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.

150$ air cooler while we just got a 60$ 360 AIO that performs quite well... Just too expensive. Would be more substantial if it was released 2 years ago but competition caught up by now. Both in performance and price. Let's just wait for the reviews and numbers. I just hope it's worth it.
Their phase change stuff looked cool. Hoping to see more inventions and breakthroughs in cooling.
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).
 
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Sure they do. I see people pumping money into their rigs to keep up with the joneses all the time. New guys looking for advice, novices speaking up saying it’s the best thing ever.. Joe goes to buy the one recommended only find convexity is too great or too little. There are many examples.

It is a nice cooler, not a fan of the colors.
It will come in black eventually.

Hopefully they'll make heatsink covers for it as well.
 
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Video Card(s) MSI RTX 3080 Gaming Trio X 10GB
Storage M.2 drives WD SN850X 1TB 4x4 BOOT/WD SN850X 4TB 4x4 STEAM/USB3 4TB OTHER
Display(s) Dell s3422dwg 34" 3440x1440p 144hz ultrawide
Case Corsair 7000D
Audio Device(s) Logitech Z5450/KEF uniQ speakers/Bowers and Wilkins P7 Headphones
Power Supply Corsair RM850x 80% gold
Mouse Logitech G604 lightspeed wireless
Keyboard Logitech G915 TKL lightspeed wireless
Software Windows 10 Pro X64
Benchmark Scores Who cares
I'd buy that new D15 if it out perfoms my MK1 D15, done with any kind of water in my PC be it custom or AIO.
 
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