Words cannot do justice to this quality
Noctua has, within 4 years, earned a special place in my heart. I LITERALLY cannot think of a single negative about Noctua (as a company) or their wonderful products.
These fans are amazing; simply amazing! 4 of these combined are quieter at 100% than a single one of those other 120mm fans. No buzzing, no droning, no whirring; just static from airflow. And these are the high-static-pressurr ones, too!
The p12 on my NH-D14 was nearly dead silent. These F12's aren't silent, but are SIGNIFICANTLY quieter than ANY other 120mm fan I've heard, at 100%. When you start PWM'ing fans, you can make nearly any fan quiet; it's just that these F12's will be quieter, at the same airflow, than almost any other "normal" 120mm fan.
A story:
Noctua, as a company, managed to earn my rather impossible-to-earn respect, this year. My brother and I were modding a case, and I accidentally set one of his fans (not these fans, but the redux versions he bought), on the workbench. Some metal filings got into the motor, unknown to me or my brother. Got the case modded, assembled and then...the fan eventually started making noise, so he initiated an RMA (it was a brand-new fan, and he was unaware of the contamination). After he tells me about it, I recall the incident, investigate it, and sure enough, the metal powder caused the failure. Since we're honest, we tell Noctua about our mistake, and apologise for what we did. Well, he LITERALLY had to TALK NOCTUA OUT OF SENDING A REPLACEMENT fan. I'm not hyperbolating even a fraction! A+ Noctua, you've set the example of how a company SHOULD stand behind their products! Simply amazing. I hope you DOMINATE your chosen field(s), and crush the inferior "competition." Thank you!
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