Noctua NF-A14 PWM chromax.Black.swap, Premium Quiet Fan, 4-Pin (140mm, Black)

I bought half a dozen of these to replace all of my case fans (now that they come in black, thank goodness), and they are wonderful fans. Theyre very sturdy, and I was surprised at how heavy they were compared to every fan Ive owned before. A few of the fans seems to have an odd vibration at specific speeds, but nothing major, as changing by 2-3% made the noise go away. These push a lot of air and for being relatively quiet. They can definitely get loud at 100%, but thats when cooling is an absolute priority.

The fan is silent and seems to move a lot of air. Im glad Noctua made a good looking fan, instead of just the brown. I used the white rubber pieces in order to tie it into the theme of my computer build. I would certainly buy this product again, as it came with the mounting screws and anti-vibration customizable rubber accents.

The fans themselves are great, but I do not recommend them for compact spaces. Due to the extremely short cable the PWM socket and extension cable create a bulky slab of plastic that needs to fit somewhere around the fan. It made it difficult to get the dust filter on my Evolv case, but if the cables were longer I could have snaked the connection point away. I managed to tuck the connection point between the side of the fan and the case itself, but I was lucky to have enough space to do so. If you are working with limited space and need a long cable to move the connection point away from the fan I suggest finding something with a longer cable.

These 140 mm Noctua fans are something that I always wanted to splurge on, and when I finally did I was so happy!

Great fan, its quiet and moves a lot of air.

The fan was very audible and nowhere near as quiet as the description, however that was not my issue with the fan, I honestly dont really mind the noise fans create. My main issue was this very low resonant hum at every rpm I tried, on certain rpms it was much more audible and at a faster pace. I purchased two and ran them one at a time because I though one may have been defective but they both had it. I will admit most people can probably ignore it but for me it was unbearable. All things said the fans were most definitely a quality build and brought in loads of air with effective cooling. Its unfortunate I had to return them, but I really just could not stand that humming sound.

Noctua makes exceptional fans! I got 2 with my fan cooler on my 1920x build, but the color was...doo do brown hahahaha. Kinda kills the look of my mostly black and blue scheme. Tried some CoolerMasters, Phanteks, and a couple others that all made more noise at lower speeds. Replaced most of the fans in my case with Noctua and now have to double check to make sure its off!

The AIO I got for my new build works great at keeping things cool. However, the fans made a really weird hum sound at higher speeds. I replaced them with these Noctua fans. I was VERY skeptical at first because they are not cheap, but the reviews just seemed so good. Well, they are that good. They are super quiet and super effective. Im a convert. Noctua fans from now on. They keep the CPU at a good temp and I never hear them.

Color is black which is good.

The box doesn’t include a speed limiting adapter like the brown fans. Also, although you are provided a bunch of different colors of vibration dampening corner tabs, they only include four of each color. This means one side of the fan will have bare corners unless you use a second color. All I (and I bet most people) wanted from Noctua is an all black fan will the same in-the-box options as the brown ones.