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Pros & Cons

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Pros

Fans are quieter than any i've ever used. Quiet, yet powerful, and built to last. Despite looking pretty grubby, they look veryawsome.

Noctua fans are the rolls royce of radiator fans. Started with normal corsair fans and bought into the noctuas after hearing about it. Took my cpu temps waaay down, reasonable size. Now my eyes is after psu to suit this couple of spinners.

The noctua nf-f12 is the best fan on the market for performance while being whisper quiet. Nf12 pwm is incredibly quiet and together with my 14inch front fan is a whisper quiet solution i should have invested long time ago.

The included splitter cable allows me to connect both fans to a single fan header. The fans come with a handy assortment of attachments including a y-cable (to connect two fans to one port), an extension and a low noise adaptor to lower the speed of t...  Read More

From opening the package these just look premium. The packaging is premium with loads of info about the fans. The build quality is excellent.



Cons

Evidently the rating these fans get is excellent but that and forking out more than norm doesn't guarantee performance. If all you're doing is browsing the internet, this fan is fine.

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Highlights

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Quality


Theyre whisperquiet the engineering quality is amazing and so is the longevity ive never had one fail even after gt5 years reg...  Read More


I purchased these fans to replace the corsair fans that came with the h100i aio not only are they significantly quiter they als...  Read More


I have not been paid to or received any compensation to review this product


At this range with the case open about 50cm from my ear as i tested i could just hear the fan start stop

Price


I have several noctua fans of varying sizes and types and they like this one have all been great no issues at all you pay a bit...  Read More

Packaging/appearance


The packaging is probably the best ive seen for any product and the included accessories cover silent rubber or screw mounting ...  Read More


The packaging is also very nice i know thats not important but if the company has spent time making good packaging then the pro...  Read More


The packaging is premium with loads of info about the fans

Competitiveness


Used on a coolermaster evo 212 heatsink this fan is the quietest ive ever had


Better than any competitors only reason a star is missing is due to to the noise levels when you ramp it up to max even with th...  Read More


Only running it at 800rpm my ryzen 5 3600 cpu is only 70 c under 100 load


So ive had to spend more money on a 3rd party cable

Overview

  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    quiet, good, quality, great and silent.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 6,971 reviews as of our last analysis date on May 18 2023.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Honestly had my doubts and thought it was just all hype but in all honesty


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Fortunately mine are hidden at the top of the case attached to a radiator but i wouldnt want these on display


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Fantastic fan static pressure fan


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    With two fans on the nhu12s my i913900 never hits thermal throttling limits


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The i913900 throttles at 100c but with two fans it never gets above 90c


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I can barely hear the fans when the cpu is fully utilized with large compilation jobs or prime95 stress testing


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    A single fan on its own had to spin faster and was more audible


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    If i dialled the rpm down to 1000 then i could barely hear that a fan was on and the temperature settled again in idle at 2729°c

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