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Do you have a moment to talk about our lord and saviour Noctua?

MikeS159
By MikeS159
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Just thought I'd take a moment to let everyone know what a fantastic company Noctua are. I recently upgraded my CPU and decided to repurpose my old system. I dug out my old NH-L9i and realised I've lost a mounting screw.

I e-mailed Noctua support asking if I could buy new ones and they offered to just send me some if I send proof of purchase. I got it of a friend many years ago (no proof of purchase), so I sent them a photo to prove I had one and they were still happy to send me the spares.

 

I brought a NH-15D years ago due to Linus' enthusiasm for Noctua and I'm really glad I did, it's really nice to interact with a company who makes great products and treats their customers so well.

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Noctua does treat customers well and it makes great products. but their produts in general are not the bet value right now.

their fans and coolers are too expensive for what they are.

QUOTE ME  FOR ANSWER.

 

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Tier lists for building a PC.

 

Motherboard tier list. Tier A for overclocking 5950x. Tier B for overclocking 5900x, Tier C for overclocking 5800X. Tier D for overclocking 5600X. Tier F for 4/6 core Cpus at stock. Tier E avoid.

(Also case airflow matter or if you are using Downcraft air cooler)

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Gpu tier list. Rtx 3000 and RX 6000 not included since not so many reviews. Tier S for Water cooling. Tier A and B for overcloking. Tier C stock and Tier D avoid.

( You can overclock Tier C just fine, but it can get very loud, that is why it is not recommended for overclocking, same with tier D)

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Psu tier List. Tier A for Rtx 3000, Vega and RX 6000. Tier B For anything else. Tier C cheap/IGPU. Tier D and E avoid.

(RTX 3000/ RX 6000 Might run just fine with higher wattage tier B unit, Rtx 3070 runs fine with tier B units)

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Cpu cooler tier list. Tier 1&2 for power hungry Cpus with Overclock. Tier 3&4 for overclocking Ryzen 3,5,7 or lower power Intel Cpus. Tier 5 for overclocking low end Cpus or 4/6 core Ryzen. Tier 6&7 for stock. Tier 8&9 Ryzen stock cooler performance. Do not waste your money!

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Storage tier List. Tier A for Moving files/  OS. Tier B for OS/Games. Tier C for games. Tier D budget Pcs. Tier E if on sale not the worst but not good.

(With a grain of salt, I use tier C for OS myself)

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Case Tier List. Work In Progress. Most Phanteks airflow series cases already done!

Ask me anything :)

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15 minutes ago, SavageNeo said:

Noctua does treat customers well and it makes great products. but their produts in general are not the bet value right now.

their fans and coolers are too expensive for what they are.

Agreed.  I can't fault them, I lost the fan mounts for my second fan and they happily sent replacements entirely free of charge.

But then again my Deepcool AS500 Plus came with a faulty second fan and I didn't want to have to put my PC out of commission to send it back.  They happily sent a new fan (granted, direct from China so it could end up costing more than the value of the fan in import fees, fingers crossed it wont) once I demonstrated in video what the problem was.

I also had an old cooler by Arctic I wanted to use on a newer PC, they sent me the bracket to fit it free of charge also and that cooler was dirt cheap.

So its not like Noctua are the only cooler manufacturer who treat their customers well.

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Do you have a moment to talk about your cars extended warranty? 

 

In all seriousness, wish I had more experience with Noctua products, never had an issue with any of their stuff whenever I've bought from them though. 

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Xeon E5 1680 V2 @ 4.5GHz - Asus Rampage IV Extreme X79 Mobo - 64GB DDR3 1600MHz - 8 x 8GB Corsair Vengeance Low Profile - CAS 10-10-10-27 - AMD Radeon RX 6700XT Sapphire Pulse 12GB - DeepCool E-Shield E-ATX Tempered Glass Case - 1 x 1TB Crucial P1 NVMe SSD - BeQuiet Straight Power 11 850W Gold+ Quad rail - Fractal Design Celsius S36 & 6 x 120mm silent fans - Lenovo KBBH21 - Corsair Glaive RGB Pro - Windows 10 Pro 64-Bit

 

Monitors - 3 x Acer Nitro 23.8" 1080p 75Hz IPS 1ms Freesync Panels = AMD Eyefinity @ 75Hz

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33 minutes ago, SavageNeo said:

Noctua does treat customers well and it makes great products. but their produts in general are not the bet value right now.

their fans and coolers are too expensive for what they are.

Not neccesarily right:

 

Take for example the Hyper 212, which is a decent budget option for around $30.

Expected fan life span = 40.000 hours

 

Then you take the closest single tower 120mm cooler from Noctua, which is the NF-U12S Redux for $50.

Espected fan life span = >150.000 hours

 

The fan is basically the only thing that can fail on an air cooler.

 

So you basically pay 66% more for (at least) 3.75x the life span in addition to better performance AND quieter operation out of the box. Not a bad deal i'd say...

 

If you want to judge Noctua on it's prices, also consider that the Redux line is also part of their product portfolio.

If someone did not use reason to reach their conclusion in the first place, you cannot use reason to convince them otherwise.

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-> Moved to Cooling

^^^^ That's my post ^^^^
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