Noctua officially releases 200mm fan

[psychostudent]

Noctua has finally officially released their 200mm fans. Still in their puke beige color and brown though.

 

http://noctua.at/en/noctua-introduces-new-a-series-fans-and-accessories

 

Better late than never!

[The Benjamins]

I wish the 20mm thick 40mm fans came out sooner. I would of used those in my switches/server.

 

I also wish they made a 180mm fan.

[Zando_]

What's with the color anyways? They're nice fans, but pretty much every budget, mid, or high range case has a side panel, and most people's build aren't based off the poo emoji color scheme. 

[will2135]

lit

[samcool55]

That NA-FC1 is CUUUTTTE.

Ermagaad it's such a cute little thing.

[knightslugger]

What use case has a 2dm specification?

[Zando_]

Just now, Jorgen297 said:

it's not poo, it's old school

I suppose. Though why don't they make a black version? They have black fans, but not these ones in black. 

[Cyracus]

I hope this means they finally figured out the horizontal mounting issue...debating on ruining my black and white color scheme...

[Misanthrope]

11 minutes ago, knightslugger said:

What use case has a 2dm specification?

A popular one would be the Phanteks Enthoo Evolv in all 3 variants of size. I think the Primo as well.

 

I personally think 200mm is a good compromise between noise and airflow but often not commonly found cause of the size

[knightslugger]

29 minutes ago, Misanthrope said:

A popular one would be the Phanteks Enthoo Evolv in all 3 variants of size. I think the Primo as well.

 

I personally think 200mm is a good compromise between noise and airflow but often not commonly found cause of the size

Someone ought to make a Unicron theamed Enthoo... That fan is REDONKULOUS.

[SCHISCHKA]

46 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

What's with the color anyways? They're nice fans, but pretty much every budget, mid, or high range case has a side panel, and most people's build aren't based off the poo emoji color scheme. 

They are future proofing for when beige comes back in style

[SCHISCHKA]

All I need now is a 200 mm CPU cooler 

[knightslugger]

Just now, SCHISCHKA said:

They are future proofing for when beige comes back in style

That's not even beige, that's like, baby puke.

 

baby puke beige and baby shit brown.

[SCHISCHKA]

1 minute ago, knightslugger said:

That's not even beige, that's like, baby puke.

 

baby puke beige and baby shit brown.

Settle down. I get excited about beige too but not this excited

[The Benjamins]

I think I remember reading were the colors came from. on their old site on the about the company page I think it said the colors were picked based off the owners wife's skin and hair color.

 

thats they the main face of the company is this girl.

 

Spoiler

http://noctua.at/en/about-noctua

 

[Zando_]

14 minutes ago, SCHISCHKA said:

Settle down. I get excited about beige too but not this excited

Oy mate! Just noticed you're from NZ! Lucky. I'm stuck in the boring old USA. Doesn't help my wanderlust that my Mum is a Kiwi as well...

[SpaceGhostC2C]

1 hour ago, Zando Bob said:

I suppose. Though why don't they make a black version? They have black fans, but not these ones in black. 

Noctua's color offering can only be explained through Nintendo-like allergy to money. 

 

I mean, sure, there's a place for budget fans (for example, me. I won't be paying $20 for a fan any time soon). But the only reason other expensive fans exist is color scheme matching, rgb, and other nuances. If Noctua diversified is catalog, it would kill that market. 

[Zando_]

1 minute ago, SpaceGhostC2C said:

Noctua's color offering can only be explained through Nintendo-like allergy to money. 

 

I mean, sure, there's a place for budget fans (for example, me. I won't be paying $20 for a fan any time soon). But the only reason other expensive fans exist is color scheme matching, rgb, and other nuances. If Noctua diversified is catalog, it would kill that market. 

I mean, how hard is it to order black plastic? You can literally get the exact plastic in black, probably for cheaper as it can hide recycled plastic colors, then sell it for the same price or more! They must be allergic to money. At least it's better than being the opposite (EA) and charging for everything. 

[SurvivorNVL]

Noctua's are great because I like cases that are black boxes with no windows.

[Kirrr]

36 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

I mean, how hard is it to order black plastic? You can literally get the exact plastic in black, probably for cheaper as it can hide recycled plastic colors, then sell it for the same price or more! They must be allergic to money. At least it's better than being the opposite (EA) and charging for everything. 

Ferrari is red Noctua is poo. Deal with it. There are other options if you want other colors...

[Zando_]

Just now, Kirrr said:

Ferrari is red Noctua is poo. Deal with it. There are other options if you want other colors...

Yup. Just saying'. 

 

And am I the most quoted person on this thread? You're ruining my ninja status! 

[GlassBomb]

2 hours ago, Zando Bob said:

What's with the color anyways? They're nice fans, but pretty much every budget, mid, or high range case has a side panel, and most people's build aren't based off the poo emoji color scheme. 

The color scheme is their branding. If you ever get a glance of a fan with those colors you instantly think "Hey, that's Noctua!"

 

I can't really think of any other fan that can be identified as easy as a Noctua fan. Any other brand is "Just a fan". That says something, right?

[Delicieuxz]

I've been waiting for a reliably great 200mm fan to release since one of the stock fans in my Corsair 600T case became very noisy, so that I disconnected it. I hope this Noctua is that. The other 200mm case fans I've looked at are Phanteks', and Bit Fenix Pro's.

[Snadzies]

Holy cow, didn't they first show the 200mm fan off like 4-5 years ago?

I wonder what issues cropped up that it took them so long to iron out.

 

*edit*

Aaand they explained the issues in their press release.

Herp a derp.

[Dash Lambda]

This is good.
My HAF XB Evo has a mount for a 200mm fan at the top, and I've always kept it occupied, but every 200mm fan on the market has been crap. Finally something from Noctua.

 

I do hope they do an iPPC run of it, though.