Noctua NF-A8 PWM, Premium Quiet Fan, 4-Pin (80mm, Brown)
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Steve Price
Greater than one weeksilent and powerful. excellent quality.
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Desert Hiker
> 3 dayI am using other 120mm Noctura fans, and they are of good quality and run quietly forever. Quiet is the name of the game and Noctura does not disappoint. I purchased this 80mm fan based on past and present experience. I added it to my homebrew desktop computer specifically to cool a NVME Samsung 980 solid state C-drive (also purchased from Amazon). The ultra quiet Noctura fan knocked 20 degrees Celsius off the NVME. The fan comes with mounting gear, but I used plastic ties to position it for maximum cooling. This was installed at least 15 months ago, and all is still good. My rig only uses Noctura. Yes, highly recommend.
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Vrej Sarokhanian
> 3 dayVery good!!
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Rob
> 3 dayJust a great set of fans that really do the job. PWM fans can be controlled with the motherboard and have near silent operation at maximum power. The Fans are just built great and keep the system more than cool. I would highly recommend them. They come with splitters so you can add more than one of these to one fan header. Just be aware the splitter only measures the RPM of one fan and inputs voltage into both.
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Don Shipp
> 3 dayMy old case fan was getting noisy so I decided to use this Noctua to replace it. I used the rubber pull-through mounts supplied with the fan. As well as I can tell, its nearly silent and the Gigabyte app that controls temperature and fans for my motherboard and CPU shows everything is staying cool.
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Sam
Greater than one weekBought several of these. Used them as case fans and also to replace two powersupply fans on older Antec Basique 500w. Quiet reliable fans, working for few years already without an issue. Using the provided resistors makes them even quieter. Will not consider other brands.
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Mike
> 3 dayTheres not much to be said here. Its a Noctua fan and you buy it because its a Noctua fan.
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peace
> 3 dayvery quiet
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Thomas Lee
> 3 daySo quite and looks unique.
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ranman
> 3 dayAlmost silent compared to what I took out. I used the rubber pull through mounts and it was very easy to put in.
The NF-A8 is a highly optimised, premium quality quiet 80mm fan. Featuring Noctua’s AAO (Advanced Acoustic Optimisation) frame as well as sophisticated aerodynamic design measures such as Flow Acceleration Channels, the NF-A8 further improves the renowned quiet cooling performance of the award-winning NF-R8. The PWM version sports Noctua’s custom designed NE-FD1 IC for fully automatic speed control via 4-pin fan headers and comes with a Low-Noise-Adaptor to reduce the maximum speed during PWM control from 2200 to 1750rpm. Its superb running smoothness, reference-class SSO2 bearing and Noctua’s trusted premium quality make it an elite choice for the highest demands.
AAO frame
Noctua"s AAO (Advanced Acoustic Optimisation) frames feature integrated anti-vibration pads as well as Noctua"s proprietary Stepped Inlet Design and Inner Surface Microstructures, both of which further refine the fan"s performance/noise efficiency.
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Flow Acceleration ChannelsThe NF-A8 impeller features suction side Flow Acceleration Channels. By speeding up the airflow at the crucial outer blade regions, this measure reduces suction side flow separation and thus leads to better efficiency and lower vortex noise. |
SSO2 bearingThe NF-A8 features the further optimised second generation of Noctua"s renowned, time-tested SSO bearing. With SSO2, the rear magnet is placed closer to the axis to provide even better stabilisation, precision and durability. |
Integrated anti-vibration padsIntegrated anti-vibration pads made from extra-soft silicone minimise the transmission of minute vibrations while maintaining full compatibility with all standard screws and other mounting systems. |
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Inner Surface Microstructures
With the tips of the fan blades ploughing through the boundary layer created by the Inner Surface Microstructures, flow separation from the suction side of the blades is significantly suppressed, which results in reduced blade passing noise and improved airflow and pressure efficiency.
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| NF-A8 PWM | NF-A8 FLX | NF-A8 ULN | NF-A8 5V PWM | NF-A8 5V | NF-A8 PWM chromax.black.swap | |
| Connector | 4-pin PWM | 3-pin | 3-pin | 4-pin PWM | 3-pin | 4-pin PWM |
| Voltage | 12V | 12V | 12V | 5V | 5V | 12V |
| RPM | Max: 2200 / Min: 450 | 2000 | 1400 | Max: 2200 / Min: 450 | 2200 | Max: 2200 / Min: 450 |
| RPM with L.N.A. | 1750 | 1650 | 1100 | - | - | - |
| RPM with U.L.N.A. | - | 1200 | - | - | - | - |
| Acoustical Noise | 17,7 dB(A) | 16,1 dB(A) | 10,4 dB(A) | 17,7 dB(A) | 17,7 dB(A) | 17,7 dB(A) |
| Acoustical Noise with L.N.A. | 13,8 dB(A) | 12,9 dB(A) | 6,5 dB(A) | - | - | - |
| Acoustical Noise with U.L.N.A. | - | 7,9 dB(A) | - | - | - | - |
| Size | 80x80x25 mm | 80x80x25 mm | 80x80x25 mm | 80x80x25 mm | 80x80x25 mm | 80x80x25 mm |
| Colour | Brown & Beige | Brown & Beige | Brown & Beige | Brown & Beige | Brown & Beige | Black with swappable coloured anti-vibration pads |
