Optional Accessories

Noctua also sent along a few of their optional accessories, and these were deemed important enough to merit their own page. I am going to go over a few of these available options, with the rest being different colors to choose from. First up is the Noctua NA-FC1 fan controller, which comes packaged such that there is no mistaking the company behind the product. A black cardboard box is used, and a long sticker with pertinent information wraps around on to the back as seen above. There is a double flap on the edge opposite to the sticker, and opening it reveals the contents inside. On the underside of the box is a printed thank you note from Noctua to the customer similar to what we see with their other products. The rest of the contents are held in place in a shaped foam layer, which is great to see from a shipping and handling perspective.


Included here is the NA-SC1 3-way splitter cable, NA-EC1 input cable, and NA-AC4 input cable with a power supply adapter that terminates in a SATA power connector. The controller itself is fairly small, coming in at 21 x 25 x 48 mm in size, which makes it fairly easy to stow away out of sight in a case if need be. As it stands, the NA-FC1 fan controller was designed for all of Noctua's 12 V and 5 V PWM fans, but will work with a lot of third-party 12 V PWM fans as well. On top is a dial for manual control via a 0%–100% PWM duty cycle range should you want to use it as a standalone controller rather than an enhancement to your motherboard's PWM control, although there are no markers for fine control. Instead, Noctua has an orange status LED of varying brightness proportional to the PWM duty cycle as set by the dial for a visual indicator if you cannot see the fans themselves. There is also a small push button alongside the dial which, when pushed in, triggers the green status LED indicative of a "no stop" mode that limits the minimum RPM of the fans to ~300 RPM or so, which would prevent UEFI fan errors due to lower fan-speed values. With fans that cannot drop to 300 RPM or lower, this button doesn't do anything in practice. The Noctua NA-FC1 PWM fan controller comes with the same 6-year warranty as the NF-F12 PWM chromax fan.


If you liked the color customization with this chromax-series fan, perhaps Noctua's chromax accessories will be of more interest to you. For example, if you felt that the black-sleeved cables were not to your liking, the Noctua NA-SYC1 and NA-SEC1 chromax cable accessories come in other color options of blue, green, red, white, and yellow. The former is a set of three Y-splitter cables, and the latter a set of four 30 cm extension cables, all of which are sleeved in a heatshrink application. There is not a lot of new color here, however, since the heatshrink and terminal connectors are still black.


Another accessory of interest, at least for those wanting the same fan but planning on using 140 mm radiators/coolers, is the Noctua NA-SFMA1 mounting adapter kit. This kit contains a set of two 120-to-140 mm square frame mounting adapters and eight anti-vibration rubber mounts should you happen to use it as a case fan. The mounting adapter was made with the NF-A12x25 in mind, is compatible with a few other Noctua 120 mm fans, such as this one, but may not be compatible with every third-party 120 mm fan owing to the frame design.