Aren't these coolers just sexy?
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Buzz
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I got 3 free Noctua fans due to a bad delivery the first time. 
I bought 2 NF-F12 PWM focused flow for the CPU and 5 NF-P12 PWM for the case. They are amazing fans,. and the P-12s are literally silent. F12s at full have a tiny sound. Also their low RPM is 200 and still great cooling. Yeh the colour is a little touch and go, but for their performance they are worth it IMO. Just put an NZXT Led strip or the likes in your case and the colour of the fans will change. Dont notice the original colour as much anymore.
I bought 2 NF-F12 PWM focused flow for the CPU and 5 NF-P12 PWM for the case. They are amazing fans,. and the P-12s are literally silent. F12s at full have a tiny sound. Also their low RPM is 200 and still great cooling. Yeh the colour is a little touch and go, but for their performance they are worth it IMO. Just put an NZXT Led strip or the likes in your case and the colour of the fans will change. Dont notice the original colour as much anymore. 
tom_gr7
Life Serving
that would be nice, with a black radiator and black PWM fans
yeh gotta be jet black, darkest black possible
that would look nice
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Bright yellow fins!!
mishra
Rising Star
nooes... stay away, from even considering making changes to the colour!
That's the whole beauty of Noctua's. You can always spot one... because it is always (I think) in the same colour and very easily distinguishable from any other fans. They just look ace.
You make it black and it is no longer any different from bazillions of other fans.
Noctua reasoning is simple, you pay for quality and you get quality ... and that's reflected by price
They don't care about colours, LEDs, sparkles, little nightingales flying around or anything else... it has to work quiet, cool like crazy and ... never brake! I love it!
That's the whole beauty of Noctua's. You can always spot one... because it is always (I think) in the same colour and very easily distinguishable from any other fans. They just look ace.
You make it black and it is no longer any different from bazillions of other fans.
Noctua reasoning is simple, you pay for quality and you get quality ... and that's reflected by price
They don't care about colours, LEDs, sparkles, little nightingales flying around or anything else... it has to work quiet, cool like crazy and ... never brake! I love it!
mishra
Rising Star
lol i see you have a noctua cooler, case to post a few pics, would love to see how big it is
some pics on my profile on forum: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/forums/album.php?albumid=30
mishra
Rising Star
thanks Corfate,
When it was all new (as in no dust at all, fresh thermal paste and that was late winter so ambient temps were also lower) my temps were around 29-32C. This just web browser, groveshark, usual internetz trolling, etc...
Now, while doing exactly the same + have Diablo 3 minimized + much more dust + ambient temp in my room is exactly 25C atm, HWmon is showing 35C. Not bad...
To be honest after raping CPU with prime95 for hours, never seen temps going above 55C mark. More practical gaming session on BF3 or Diablo3, temps are around 44C (ish) mark. This slightly OC'ed ofcourse... but not to much.
Had it above 4Ghz for a while but I think my PSU is not exactly up to the job (with gfx also OC'ed), so to play it safe settled for 3.9Ghz and been rock stable for me.
I'm sure there are plenty very good coolers around, many of them cheaper than Noctua but the built quality, packaging and overall effect... think it's worth the price. I was toying with idea of water cooling for long time, but I like to be able to carry my PC from A to B, and having water in your electronic rig is something I was always afraid of.. so that's why the choice of Noctua.
Only downsize?... the size! The thing is quite big after all, but still fits just nicely in the smallest of Haf cases (912).
edit: That ASUS MARS II card... wow must have weight a ton! My gfx is small but still is quite heavy (due to using metal not plastic for it's frame).... but that Mars thing? must have weight 4kg I bet!
When it was all new (as in no dust at all, fresh thermal paste and that was late winter so ambient temps were also lower) my temps were around 29-32C. This just web browser, groveshark, usual internetz trolling, etc...
Now, while doing exactly the same + have Diablo 3 minimized + much more dust + ambient temp in my room is exactly 25C atm, HWmon is showing 35C. Not bad...
To be honest after raping CPU with prime95 for hours, never seen temps going above 55C mark. More practical gaming session on BF3 or Diablo3, temps are around 44C (ish) mark. This slightly OC'ed ofcourse... but not to much.
Had it above 4Ghz for a while but I think my PSU is not exactly up to the job (with gfx also OC'ed), so to play it safe settled for 3.9Ghz and been rock stable for me.
I'm sure there are plenty very good coolers around, many of them cheaper than Noctua but the built quality, packaging and overall effect... think it's worth the price. I was toying with idea of water cooling for long time, but I like to be able to carry my PC from A to B, and having water in your electronic rig is something I was always afraid of.. so that's why the choice of Noctua.
Only downsize?... the size! The thing is quite big after all, but still fits just nicely in the smallest of Haf cases (912).
edit: That ASUS MARS II card... wow must have weight a ton! My gfx is small but still is quite heavy (due to using metal not plastic for it's frame).... but that Mars thing? must have weight 4kg I bet!
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keynes
Multiverse Poster
Those temps are very impressive!
lady0sheep
Silver Level Poster
To me, these look like they belong in one of those market places in StarWars where they're all selling ship parts
However the temps are pretty impressive, what's the noise like?
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