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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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nevcairiel
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#5537292 Posted on: 04/13/2018 08:50 AM
I was wondering what happened to those. I saw the preview on Computex and it sounded like some good innovation went into those. Now they just need to also release 140mm, since thats what I primarily use.

Irenicus
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#5537295 Posted on: 04/13/2018 09:01 AM
If only they would offer alternative colour schemes

Kaarme
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#5537303 Posted on: 04/13/2018 09:12 AM
If only they would offer alternative colour schemes


It doesn't matter to me personally since I don't like cases with windows or other sort of transparency, but considering how popular see-through is among other PC builders, I have always wondered the same thing. It's almost like their trademark, but if it hurts sales, is it worth it?

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#5537308 Posted on: 04/13/2018 09:23 AM
It doesn't matter to me personally since I don't like cases with windows or other sort of transparency, but considering how popular see-through is among other PC builders, I have always wondered the same thing. It's almost like their trademark, but if it hurts sales, is it worth it?

Yes, it is worth it. People who buy noctua fans love this design and color. But, they may create blueish tinted version for people who have Blue taste. Green light may work well enough with regular color scheme.

But in the end of the day, those who consider lighting in PC case as main priority will get fans which have LEDs integrated, maybe even RGB controller compatible.
So, noctua is really not going to make entry to PC-Instead-of-Xmas-Tree crowd.

Hilbert Hagedoorn
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#5537311 Posted on: 04/13/2018 09:36 AM
It's not just beige/brown these days for them, on the existing ranges they offer two extra color types and some modifications:

https://noctua.at/en/products/fan/redux
https://noctua.at/en/products/fan/chromax

For their default ranges, they'll stick to beige/brown though. It's their house color and the second your see such a fan, you know it's Noctua.

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