Might be useful for pc builders out there. Good price for a Noctua product. Cheapest online I can find is around $35 elsewhere.
Edit: This would be good if you plan on buying bulk, which I guess we all do as we can never have enough fans for our PCs.
depends how many rpm you are running at.
if you want quiet runs lots of fans at low rpm.
can't vouch for this particular model(I'm sure its very good) but generally Noctua fans are as quiet as it gets in the industry
If you want quiet, BeQuiet! is marginally better at being quiet though Noctua usually edges out in performance. Both are as good as it gets in the industry.
yeah agreed
but generally Noctua fans are as quiet as it gets in the industry
Noctua fans focused on low noise are but Noctua also make some very loud high performance fans.
Not sure why you got negged, you are completely right. They make a number of industrial fans that run at quite high a rpm and are very loud. Then there are the likes of the nf-a12x25 which are quiet with pretty damn good performance too.
Seems like it, based on this review:
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Noctua/NF-P12_redux-1700…
Also, no question is a noob question :)
Man, these fans are so good, it makes me wonder why Noctua never made different variants in design and colours, they just stick out like a sore thumb. If they actually did follow the RGB craze, they would be a top seller
Agreed, but that's the point.
Everyone knows a Noctua fan by its color.
They have branched into black fans, but hopefully one day they will do RGB ones.
Hopefully Noctua don't do RGB, a white variant is in the works though.
Do you have any further info on this or a link perhaps please
could i use this to circulate air inside a 12v fridge?
yes.
but there are cheaper options.
What would you plug it into?
It's 12v. Just cut the plug off and lick and twist the wires together.
Wasting money on a PWM fan that way. Will just run at full speed, so may as well buy a cheaper 12V fan. Could add an arduino to do it, but not really sure the point,guess some kind of sensor for input, to change the speed?
It's a fan designed for static pressure rather than airflow and it's relatively very expensive compared to other fans because it's quiet at high static pressure levels.
Might be worth mentioning this is buying from Noctua themselves via Newegg market (think Amazon third party seller). I bought from them before, very fast shipping and generally good customer service, as these are actually shipped straight from their factory in Taiwan rather than US or Europe.
Using 140mm if possible is better IMO.
A Noctua fan without the ugly brown fins is not a Noctua fan.
I have an nf-a12x15 as a case fan and it is so ugly. But it is also infinitely quieter than the cryorig xt140 I was using previously, so I love it
Noctua industrial fans look pretty good
Does anyone know a usb power converter for these fans? I would like to set these up for my TV cabinet, so I can keep all my set top boxes, ps4, etc inside then turn it on with Google assistant or alexa or temperature sensor.
USB is 5V, likely won't start at that voltage. With a fan controller and non PWM fans, can start at a higher voltage, then drop it to slow the fans. PWM are designed to run on 12V with the speed controlled by PWM, these ones can actually be stopped via PWM to, believe most can't since the PWM fan specs don't require it.
Since they don't require that much power, could use a boost converter to go from USB to 12V. Could also use a 12V source with a buck/voltage reg to power a Arduino, have it do the PWM as well as connecting a temperature sensor. Each loop can check the temperature, set the PWM duty cycle based on that. Below say 22deg, 0%, etc. If you wanted WiFi could use an ESP8266 instead.
I have a small solar panel from a Bunnings shed light. and want a small 12v fan so when my fridge is in warm places I can push the internal air against the evaporator plate and make the temp more even throughout. Thermal layering usually gives a 5 degree c difference between top (near the lid) and bottom. It only needs to work during day light anyway. So when sun comes up it automaticly turns on until sun goes down, i can position the panel 2m away in sun, while fridge is under Gazebo. sound like a good idea? sounds perfect to me.
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Noob question, are these quiet ones?