Noctua A-Series Sterrox Fans

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Noctua A-Series Fans

At Computex 2017 Noctua released that they would be releasing a new fan 4+ years in the making. Their new A-Series Sterrox fans were a hit among many air enthusiasts and Noctua fanboys alike.

With a tip clearance of .5mm and a new no impeller creep material called Sterrox. The new fans hit a high performance mark in achieving both high static pressure and high airflow, being dual-optimized for both situations. I had some questions and was assisted by Noctua rep: Roland Mossig.

Official Noctua Q&A

Q:Fan Size? 

A:120x25mm

Q:Release Date?

A: "The new 120x25mm fans will come to market in Q4"

Q: Price? (Price had previously been stated to be 4x the cost of a regular noctua fan, bidding a price between $72-$80, which seemed quite high, this has been found to have just been a statement for the show.)

A: "Pricing is not yet set."

Q: Will an IPPC version be available?

A: "We hope to get this done later this year so we can have an iPPC Version by next year summer."

Q: Since there is a new full coverage rubber bezel, will Chromax be available? 

A:"We have not yet discussed to add the silicon adapter frame to Chromax. To go for Chromax would mean to make it available in 6 colors, not just only in black color." (This possibly hint's at the fan coming in black from factory, yay!)

Conclusions

I can't wait for these fans to come out, with cheaper but more expensive fans such as NZXT's AER and other RGB fans being medium-low quality for a premium, Noctua has been left behind for a little, they however just like Intel, are determined to come back against the falsely praised flak of non premium fans at their price-point.

 

 

[NoxiousOdor]

Neat, I look forward to seeing them

[Ordinarily_Greater]

Oh yeah noctua do your best to make Linus hyped again! Also did they release some Heatsink designs?

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Just now, Ordinarily_Greater said:

Oh yeah noctua do your best to make Linus hyped again! Also did they release some Heatsink designs?

There are X299 and X399 heatsinks on the way but they don't want to disclose too much about those as there will be a new, much more vapor chamber packed design to look forward to!

[Ordinarily_Greater]

1 minute ago, B00ST said:

There are X299 and X399 heatsinks on the way but they don't want to disclose too much about those as there will be a new, much more vapor chamber packed design to look forward to!

Yeah i am surprised that they can be king in cooling for four years!

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Just now, Ordinarily_Greater said:

Yeah i am surprised that they can be king in cooling for four years!

What's amazing is that an air cooler with much less likeliness to fail can beat out 120 and 240mm radiator based water coolers at stock speeds.

[Ordinarily_Greater]

1 minute ago, B00ST said:

What's amazing is that an air cooler with much less likeliness to fail can beat out 120 and 240mm radiator based water coolers at stock speeds.

And silent! More quiet than be quiet!