These are about the best fans going and local prices are absolutely ridiculous, starting around $70. Amazon has them for about the same price but they only let you buy one fan so thats all but useless for most people.
Postage for me didn't go up by adding more and I got 4 fans for the same $9 shipping.
EDIT: Newegg seem to have put the shipping way up, guessing deal over.
Yes but you can only buy one
Those are 3 pin not PWM
What makes them so good? Aside from the terrible colour… Also reviews seem to indicate this is a PMW via USB fan?
I purchased 6 Noctua fans for my computer in 2008, until now all these fans are working well, quiet and stable..
I have a bunch of noctuas as well from my younger days. I don't remember them being anywhere near this price?
I love Noctua fans. Super quiet, high airflow fans.
why are ppl so obsessed with the colour of a bloody fan? who cares they are inside a case. and are purely to cool not look wow?
Well if you've paid for a tempered glass case and enjoy building what's it to anyone else?
Nothing wrong with a nice theme or pride in the build.
@ShannonN: OK, that's nice, you can do what you want, others can do what they want?
Pretty sure you can have high end hardware and have lights too…
And it's a bit hypocrical of you to knock when if you didn't want components with lights you could have saved money…
@scuderiarmani: I did save money by buying the ram and case, both were on special and ram suited new ryzen build so no not hypocritical at all was penny pinching, thanks for your accusation, now go watch your pretty lights I have computer work to do
Some people have windows in their case to display the insides. Some people also build computers to be decoration or art for their desk.
Yeah but two tone brown?
Any other colour would be better.
I'm chasing a couple of 140mm fans, was thinking of the silent wings 3, even those out of stock.
Not wrong about the price of these, got a Noctua NF-P14-FLX 140mm P-Fan for $28.50 back in 2012. Thing must be on full ball Very loud, can't seem to control it maybe was the wrong pins or something.
I ordered a 3 pack of Deepcool CF 120 RGB Fans, not sure if anything special but don't think I'll go down the RGB route, too much stuffing around and cost, would prefer 2x 140mm quality fans I think.
I assume pwm fans are what you want these days?
Yeah but two tone brown?
got a Noctua NF-P14-FLX 140mm P-Fan for $28.50 back in 2012.
I doubt that. The body is only brown in photos.
Yeah but two tone brown? Any other colour would be better.
The primary reason is a marketing one. Most fans look exactly the same. Noctua had the idea of implementing a colour scheme that would be very distinctive and stand apart from others and I think they definitely succeeded there. I'm not a fan of the colour scheme either, but then again I've never liked cases with windows or anything see-through.
@skittlebrau: They are pretty classic and obviously The best and been around many years.
As you say if the cases weren't see through wouldn't matter.
Either way they are too expensive at$50 a pop, ordered a few black silent wings 3.
The bearing type, fin design and material. They're essentially the quietestest fans for the airflow press they provide. The manufacturing tolerances are really tight which is pretty much the reason for their price.
They're essentially best in class for the amount of air and static pressure they move/provide for a certain noise level/form factor. Basically Noctua fans are renown for being super quiet whilst still providing one of the best air flow and static pressure. Usually the two properties are inversely proportional to each other, and you pay big bucks to get both.
They're very quiet, and made to proper industrial-use standards - so they'll run for years.
And they don't fail.
I'd say just get be quiet! Silent Wings 3 or Pure Wings 2 PWM, they're also good for less and don't have the Noctua color scheme.
Filled my Meshify C with them and the DRP4, no audible noise whatsoever, even in a middle profile mode on my Gigabyte board. Not bad for an airflow case….
I was gonna get a few for my upcoming ITX build but can’t justify spending that much for fans. Arctic fans are a very good alternatives without hurting your wallet.
https://www.amazon.com.au/ARCTIC-Standard-Noise-Case-Black/d…
Here’s the review
https://youtu.be/W2Zis8RjcX8
is that $45.53 for one fan?
A 5 pack
And they come in black :)
Why do you need five fans in an ITX build?
Which case, CPU and GPU are you looking at?
The 5 pack cost $9/fan, if you buy separate it's $19/fan. So… bargain?
I can use up to 4 in my build, 2 for AIO, 2 under GPU and 1 for spare.
case is Ncase M1, cpu ryzen 3700x, GPU TBD
@groook: ye …. with current situation who knows when that will be … I've got most of my parts lying around waiting for the case to become available again
@Dentom: That case with a 240mm AIO would be better suited to a 90W+ CPU.
With a narrow ITX case you can create positive pressure with just two good 120mm fans feeding the GPU. Silverstone, In Win and Fractal Designs all have suitable cases. Two NF-P120 PWM ($42) or PWM redux's ($39) would be covered by the loss of the 240mm AIO ($105+) and a cheaper case.
BUT, if you want that case, you are right, you need four fans if you don't want dust. I get you. The dead money I have spent on making inappropriate cases work to get a look is way too high.
The grey Noctua ones seem cheaper than the brown Noctua ones:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Noctua-NF-S12B-Redux-1200RPM-Cooli…
Not sure how they compare?
These ones (a12x25) perform better and are pwm. The grey ones are 3 pin
That's the older one and also Redux looks less premium (not taking colour into account) without accessories. The normal A/F usually sell for around $25 and there's the industrial one with higher speed and IP67 rating that is a bit more expensive.
When you buy non-Redux they actually come in their own box with their accessories.
Redux is a vanilla version of the old series Noctua fans. Price is approximately 2/3 of the premium series.
The ML 120 seem to rate better ?
Do they? https://www.techpowerup.com/review/noctua-nf-a12x25-pwm/5.ht…
May Lev fans also sound worse when they ramp up in speed, from memory they make a slight screeching noise.
Aww cool,
Guess it depends who pays for the review LOL
https://gameslearningsociety.org/best-case-fans/
Cheers for the info about the ramp-up noise
Ah, that's the f12, not a12x25
The ML's aren't bad, I've had a bunch but they get pretty loud above about half speed
I've been keeping an eye on these fans for a new build and this is a good price but unfortunately the shipping kills it.
The A12x25 are known as the best all-round noctua premium fan(for cooler, radiator or case air-flow) and NF-A14(140m) for case air flow.
The Noctua 140mm PWM for $20.89 is good value.
https://www.newegg.com/global/au-en/noctua-nf-p14s-redux-150…
Once you add postage it's cheaper on amazon $23.91 (if you have prime and spend over $49 for free postage) - https://www.amazon.com.au/Noctua-NF-P14S-Square-PWM-1500RPM/…
Only if you want one fan and then no free Prime postage. Orders are limited on Amazon for most Noctua fans to only one. I needed three fans for my case and $9 postage for the three.
Different fan, from what I read the P is for pressure or resistance use, so rad or cooler maybe. A-14 is air-flow and a average price is about $35.
Noctua store is selling it on Newegg and for the Noctua NF-P14s redux-1500 PWM:
Highly optimised low-noise design provides outstanding quietness of operation, excellent static pressure and strong airflow (CFM), square frame for water cooling radiators and chassis ventilation.
@Stphen: Interesting, guess it will just depend on the rest setup and case layout if it makes any significant difference.
If looking for a good alternative without the vomit colour, these are the best. Bought mine about 8 years with a fan controller. Still using them on my radiator and case.
Nidec Servo Gentle Typhoon D1225C12B5AP 120mm 1850 RPM Silent Case Fan https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B001Q6RUVO/ref=cm_sw_r_em_apa_i…
They will be doing a black eventually.
These better than the NF-F12 for NZXT H200 intake?
Now I need a deal on the NF-A4X10 for my Dreamcast 🤔
If you plan to run these fans at half speeds, then the cheap cooler master sickleflow x provides the same airflow for the same noise levels and cost you about 10 bux each and has leds. I have used both. These are definitely better When it comes to build quality but by a small margin when it comes to performance. I can’t justify why these should cost so much more than cm fans. There are YouTube videos comparing these and amazon reviews on amazon.com for your reference
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R220REIIAULEXO/re…
Compare both the fans graphs here
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kwcnaWkocRo
I purchased several Arctic P12 PWM PST CO fans that seem better than these and half the price.
What makes these so good compared?
Only comparison I can find is on arctics website and that's at one specific point only, not measuring much. Got any links showing the p12 as better?
Comparison video seems to perform very close to Noctua ones both temp and noise. Also the 5-fan pack cost $45.
Interesting, I would have thought the p12 would have a bit more clout if these stats are correct. I'm going to research it a bit more because I'm not 100% on this guys testing. Weird that he says the a12x25 is the best when his graphs show the p12 performing exactly the same. Wondering if there's something else at play here.
@Jenny Death: From his graphs the Noctua still leads a couple of degrees in temp so it's still the better performer. In my future build I'll probably try these arctics fans out, a standard ATX/mATX build could use 4-5 case fans, which is extremely costly to buy the Noctua or be quiet! ones.
Arctic fans are very good too. Noctua is just hitting law of diminishing returns to its peak.
https://noctua.at/en/nf-a12x25-performance-comparison-to-nf-…
Even noctua themselves are touting the a12 as being the superior all-rounder compared to their other offerings
uh if anyone wanted the better colour, they're here
https://www.pccasegear.com/products/27866/noctua-nf-f12-indu…
($15 shipping only currently but hey, good if you were already thinking of buying from pccasegear)
Wrong fan. F12 is the old model, a12 performance is way better.
thanks for the heads up! didn't know that, saved me some money
wow! when did these climb to $75 ?!?
Covid, Importation issues. Manufacturing delays. You name it. Probably unrelated but new Intel chips = New PC Builders, Retail price hike
i have 3 noctua 140MM low RPM 3pin fans on sale only used them for 1 week then realized poop color doest go well with my build so i bought black color one.
How much do you want for those?
can do $60+ what ever the postage is.
Looks like they won't let you add more than 1 item to cart now.
Worked for me but the shipping seems to have gone up massively!
That's because the cheap shipping items are from Taiwan but with quantity limit, and the expensive shipping ones are from US but no limit on the quantity of the item. Not the same batch!
I got 4 with cheap shipping, $9 fir all 4, now for only 1 is $35 shipping.
@groook: Yeah that's good. But this limit made a customer like me feel sick. I've cancelled the order. Found cheaper somewhere else anyways.
Really good quiet fans that last a long time, but they're really ugly. C'mon Noctua.
Now we just need them to go on sale. C'mon Mwave.
There's no $9.00 Shipping for this deal
There was, I paid $6.16 USD for 4 fans, Newegg seems to have put it right up, 4 fans are now $65. Guessing deal is over.
i think the ones sold earlier shipped from Taiwan.
Yes mine definitely came from Taiwan
Sooo… As someone looking for a couple of case fans, what other options are or there for Four 120mm QUIET case fans? Preferably with PWM.
Would love to grab a value pack for about $10 each.
Arctic P12 PWM PST CO ?
be quiet! Silent Wings 3 or Pure Wings 2 PWM ?
Coolermaster S12 ?
I use Corsair fans in a mix of high airflow for case and high air pressure for radiators. They've been on 24/7 for years with no issue and very quiet. As with all fans, needs a good clean and compressed air dusting every year.
Static pressure fans dont so so well as case fans. They are designed for pressure, and not air flow.
Yes and no bud. If your case has really tight mesh for dust filters, then static will do well than airflow. Air flow will do well as exhaust. I run 3x Static front on my case and 2 AF at rear with 2x Static as push pull for my cooler.
Yup, you are right. I didn't think of the filters scenario. What case are you using?
@John Doh: I forgot my first case when I had these Static fans. Had a tight mesh upfront. Im now using CM NR600 the front panel is the mesh already holes are quite tiny still for Airflow fans to do efficient job. So I kept my SP ones
@Nullefied: Am planning to give my case to my nephew and upgrade to a new one. I am confused between going silent like the nr600 or dark base 700, or go full open like the h500p mesh and run the fans at really the lowest rpm. A tough decision to make unless I could see them side by side in action.
@John Doh: My NR600 is prolly the best case I've had for the price. plenty of SSD Space + HDD Space, Room for a 360 Rad, Though my current cpu fan is loud and you can hear it, the front fans are not bothersome (I have my desktop next to me on a desk. Airflow wise, this case is pretty great, theres youtube reviews about it and how the airflow is fantastic on this case. Has the looks of NZXT too. The front panel mesh on this one is a dust filter as well so no separate removable mesh hence the great airflow.
@Nullefied: I saw the reviews yesterday and after comparing many with temperatures and noise, I decided it will be either h500m or just the h500 with front fans not running unless I start a game. In my case, the case will be away from me as much as possible :)
Grandma's pantyhose.
Noctua fans colour is the ultimate pleb filter.
$55 at MSY
https://msy.com.au/noctua-nf-a12x25-uln-120mm-3-pin-1200rpm-…