Noctua NF-A14 PWM chromax.Black.swap, Premium Quiet Fan, 4-Pin (140mm, Black)

I did a lot of research before buying a couple of these for intake fans on the front of my case. I currently only have them up front and one 120mm phanteks exhaust fan in the back. My temps are wonderful. I had the two stock phanteks ones up front before this and not only did my temps come down, but the noise did as well. As with all fans they can get pretty loud if you have on an aggressive fan curve. My 8700k and 1080 SC2 are all air cooled so I have a decently strong fan curve going and I never feel they are too loud. Its a very solid whirm sound too, nothing obnoxious.

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Overpriced for a black fan, but my god is it gorgeous and it runs insanely cool and quiet.

The first thing that should be addressed is that some people are saying these fans are noisy at high speed. I have these fans in a NZXT S340 cooling a radiators in a custom loop running 24/7 with a 3080 FE running at full load (as it is mining). The VRAM in the 3080 stock running at full load can readily reach 110C. In a water cooled loop that drops to mid 80s low 90s depending on ambient temps.

Best fans period

Best fans on the market. Reason I gave 4 stars is because had I known it was shipping from Austria I would have gotten the ml pros instead and gotten them same day in chicago.

I was absolutely shocked at how quiet this fan was. The stock fan that comes with the NZXT H1 V2 really sucks--its loud and hot. In typical Noctua fashion, however, this replacement fan lowered my CPU temps by around 5-6 degrees and is at least half the volume. Its wild. The build quality is amazing, and the customizable rubber corners for the fan are super easy to install.

Finally replaced my old radiator fans with 2 of these and my rig now makes zero sound. The cooling is highly effective as well. My processors dropped a few degrees since I installed the fans. I absolutely recommend these!

The AIO I got for my new build works great at keeping things cool. However, the fans made a really weird hum sound at higher speeds. I replaced them with these Noctua fans. I was VERY skeptical at first because they are not cheap, but the reviews just seemed so good. Well, they are that good. They are super quiet and super effective. Im a convert. Noctua fans from now on. They keep the CPU at a good temp and I never hear them.

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