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Guru3D.com » News » Noctua teases NF-A12x25 fan - almost 4 years development

Noctua teases NF-A12x25 fan - almost 4 years development

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 04/13/2018 08:48 AM | source: | 44 comment(s)
Noctua teases NF-A12x25 fan - almost 4 years development

You guys know it, for Noctua, cooling isn't an just an art, is a science. Over the years I have spoken many times with the company, and the level of detail and research they put in their cooling solutions is incredible. For years now we've talked about a new fan series, and after 4 years, they now are teasing it, ready to be released.

The guys behind Noctua are always modest, never aggressive with marketing, never did a viral. So if Noctua teases something this way, we take it seriously as we just know it'll be good. Initially, we've spoken and mentioned this series at our Computex coverage. The fan series in question is the NF-A12x25, slim and silent. From the looks of things, it will offer incredible silent cooling performance. The will be a fan series ideal for CPU coolers and radiators requiring high static pressure. To achieve a higher static pressure, Noctua went totally innovative in the design. For example, the distance between the frame and the fan blades is a staggering 0.5 millimeter, this normally is 1.5 and sometimes even up to 3 millimeter. 

 

Check out how close that blade is to the housing frame! 

Smaller tolerances need a rigid frame or else the fan blades could hit the outer frame. For this, a special material is used. I remember that when it was a prototype, they mentioned they wanted to use a liquid crystal polymer based fan, a raw material that is used in Kevlar, that would be Sterrox LCP. They have had these in development for a long time already.

 

 

Basically, it will stiffen the fan blades so that they can achieve smaller tolerances in the fan housing. This helps in airflow but also noise levels. At the time of writing is not yet known when the fans are actually available, but Noctua indicates within a few weeks, we're excited to find out.

 



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vbetts
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#5537386 Posted on: 04/13/2018 01:51 PM
I like the Noctua color scheme, it's different in a world of black, white and RGB.

TwisterZ
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#5537393 Posted on: 04/13/2018 02:16 PM
Not too sure about that in particular. While I don't find Noctua ugly I couldn't claim them to be visually appealing, either.

The reason I opt for Noctua whenever possible is solely because I prefer functionality over aesthetics, which is where Noctua delivers like no one else - especially under consideration of their 6 year warranty.

A proper Noctua tower can easily last you a life time given their compatibility kit history if you're willing to replace the fans whenever (if ever) they're due for replacement.

Noctuas are good but right now they are not the best if you want the best performance at low rpm that's the silent wings 3 by be quiet! I'm really interested to see how these new noctuas performs at that 1000 rpm range on radiators

LevelSteam
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#5537418 Posted on: 04/13/2018 04:08 PM
If only they would offer alternative colour schemes


I really like their Redux line for that reason.

David Lake
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#5537440 Posted on: 04/13/2018 05:07 PM
What's with the poo and puss colours?

Raider0001
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#5537463 Posted on: 04/13/2018 05:55 PM
Quality up until they were all made in China ?

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