Noctua Fans

[TheProfosist]

Thought id post this pic here:

[flibberdipper]

My rig doesn't match in the first place, and I'd gladly have fans that look like ass but perform really well.

[Rheinwasser]

Even if there would be black ones i'd still get The other ones, just because they Are different. And i like The colorscheme.

[TheProfosist]

My rig doesn't match in the first place, and I'd gladly have fans that look like ass but perform really well.

Even if there would be black ones i'd still get The other ones, just because they Are different. And i like The colorscheme.

*double bro-fist*

[flibberdipper]

*double bro-fist*

*return bro-fist*

[TheProfosist]

*return bro-fist*

*A rainbow of noctua colors shoots out*

[flibberdipper]

*A rainbow of noctua colors shoots out*

*Tan, lighter tan, lighter tan, brown, darker brown, darker brown, and most importantly, darker tan*

[TheProfosist]

*Tan, lighter tan, lighter tan, brown, darker brown, darker brown, and most importantly, darker tan*

Lol, yep thats exactly what I imagined.

[KamiKatze]

I would really like to compare a Noctua to my bequiet and one of the Aerocool DS which i ordered today, but i just don't want to shove my money up their arses! At that point i normally start dreaming about how cool it would be to be an intern at LTT Media Group and just be at their house and 'play' with all the stuff they have laying around.  :rolleyes:

[TheProfosist]

I would really like to compare a Noctua to my bequiet and one of the Aerocool DS which i ordered today, but i just don't want to shove my money up their arses! At that point i normally start dreaming about how cool it would be to be an intern at LTT Media Group and just be at their house and 'play' with all the stuff they have laying around.  :rolleyes:

I wonder how much play time you would really have.

[KamiKatze]

I wonder how much play time you would really have.

 

In my dream i do have time!! Never gonna happen anyways

[flibberdipper]

I wonder how much play time you would really have.

Or sleep.

[McMurderMonkey]

All of the above assuming that Noctuas are the best fans on the market 

Which I don't think they are.

[flibberdipper]

All of the above assuming that Noctuas are the best fans on the market 

Which I don't think they are.

Damn near the best.

[TheProfosist]

All of the above assuming that Noctuas are the best fans on the market

Which I don't think they are.

I dont assume, all of this is from my personal experiences.

Damn near the best.

Agreed, I think the best is subjective to your build.

[That Norwegian Guy]

Noctua will be coming out with black versions of their fans in Q1 2014.

 

Not "black versions of their fans", completely new, black, fans. These new fans are high RPM and will not be close to silence performance of current Noctua fans.

 

Anywho.

 

I use Be Quiet! fans when a build I'm working on would be messed up by brown. They are slightly better in silence but slightly worse in performance.

[taylorpro]

This is my take on everything. 

I have Noctua A14-FLX's, two of them, as an intake on my Fractal Arc Midi r2. Now, to be blunt, GPU/CPU temps are identical to that of the stock fans (Fractal Silent 140's) and noise levels aren't distinguishably different either. I know the NF-F12's are their newest and best design, so I'm sure in proper applications those fans would greatly surpass others. 

As for appearance, I think its important to note the angle of which people view their PC. To enthusiasts, who keep up with hardware, and know what Noctua fans bring to the table in terms of performance and noise levels, its easy to also enjoy the appearance of them in a build. HOWEVER, I think all of us can say, from a conventional build mentality, they don't REALLY go well with any build. If thats the case, you'd also have people running sabertooth boards with custom tan and brown sleeving (I'm holding my breath till I see that...). They look good BECAUSE of our respect for them and their abilities. NOT because of their color. If you were to see $3 flea market fans in those colors, you'd instantly run away wishing you never saw them. Things like Corsair SP120's DO NOT perform as well. That isn't a secret. But in the opposite light, I have yet to meet one individual that doesnt like the aesthetic affect they add. 

Bottom line, If you're the type of person who cares about performance first, but wants a good looking respectable system, you will choose to run Noctua if you wish. If you're building a "show" oriented build that still performs almost to the same caliber as the prior option, you won't run them as they likely clash with everything else you've got going, and you'll run a compromise (like GT-15's or SP120's) with looks and performance. 

/End rant

[McMurderMonkey]

I dont assume, all of this is from my personal experiences.

Agreed, I think the best is subjective to your build.

Absolutely, the fans that you use are definitely based on subjective opinion, I am just saying that the OP states that Noctua are the best full stop; which according to both of our opinions on fans being subjective must mean that there is no "best fan" as such, so to conclude; No I would not purchase Noctua fans for my system if they were black, as I prefer other brands and makes. But hey, each to their own.

[TheProfosist]

@taylorpro

[TheProfosist]

Absolutely, the fans that you use are definitely based on subjective opinion, I am just saying that the OP states that Noctua are the best full stop; which according to both of our opinions on fans being subjective must mean that there is no "best fan" as such, so to conclude; No I would not purchase Noctua fans for my system if they were black, as I prefer other brands and makes. But hey, each to their own.

How many other brands have as many good fans as noctua? Most have only a line or maybe two out of all the ones they see that I would consider to be as good.

[taylorpro]

@taylorpro

Fhew I was getting lightheadedness over here. Lol

Like I said to some it's worth basing the machine around the scheme and performance around the noctua scheme. For most the fans have to fit the bill around the rest of the conponentsz and to different people that requires different things

[McMurderMonkey]

How many other brands have as many good fans as noctua? Most have only a line or maybe two out of all the ones they see that I would consider to be as good.

be quiet! and Noiseblocker in my opinion are just as good as, if not better than any of Noctua's fans, but hey, I'm not trying to start argument; just offer my views.

[TheProfosist]

Fhew I was getting lightheadedness over here. Lol

Like I said to some it's worth basing the machine around the scheme and performance around the noctua scheme. For most the fans have to fit the bill around the rest of the conponentsz and to different people that requires different things

Lol

Im not really basing it around it but its going to be a black and noctua build. This happened because well theres going to be 15 fans and everything else is black, so the color scheme made it self . As for the cables individually sleeved ones are far easier to route and I have a bit of time since my build has already taken so freaking long I thought I might as well do it.

[TheProfosist]

be quiet! and Noiseblocker in my opinion are just as good as, if not better than any of Noctua's fans, but hey, I'm not trying to start argument; just offer my views.

Im also not really as I do agree there are other good fans. I like noiseblocker eloops but thats it their other fans dont seem to be any better than your standard fare. The one thing with the eloops is that their like a inbetween fan as they dont have great pressure but have decent airflow. I have never even see a be quiet fan or really looked at their specs so I cant comment on them. I can however comment on scythe who has a few good lines, thing is though they no longer have US distro so theyre a bit harder for me to get my hands on. Also now they will no longer have two of their best lines.

[taylorpro]

Lol

Im not really basing it around it but its going to be a black and noctua build. This happened because well theres going to be 15 fans and everything else is black, so the color scheme made it self . As for the cables individually sleeved ones are far easier to route and I have a bit of time since my build has already taken so freaking long I thought I might as well do it.

In your case, I deffinitely can see the commitment.lol. 15 fans is a ton. In my mATX build I'm doing, I'll have 5 worst case.lol. Also, I already have two major components that have red accents, so its hard not to run with that theme in my case. So I do what I can. Going to try some sp120 quiets as my case intakes and see how gpu temps do to see if they'll be good enough to use. Thats the tallest task for fans in my case. If they don't work, I guess gentle typhoons are next on my list