Noctua NF-A8 PWM, Premium Quiet Fan, 4-Pin (80mm, Brown)

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  • No Juan The

    Greater than one week

    The Fan that’s missing in all the Alienware Aurora chassis design from r1-r12. The inside haven’t changed. Still lacking air cooling and only room for 1 liquid cooling radiator 120mm. If u running SLI you can’t install liquid cool gpu and ur gpu are literally facing the bottom of the case with no room for air. Only 1 fan is facing the back side of the GPU and that’s the front fan. One of the only 2 fans in this compacted case. They do come standard with up to 3000+rpm fans which is pretty impressive I give them that. But the noise is unbearable at that fan speed. So I switched it to noctua front Fans and got a bit more quiet but not much since I don’t spin the rpm high on the older ones anyways which doesn’t make much noise when it is t spinning crazy anyways, anyways I notice the side panels has ventilations on it and even seems like holes for you to mount a fan. So I bought one of these small 80mm fans to try it out and it worked it was pretty easy disconnect the metal chassis from the plastic cover it, a single clip like mechanism in the center held the entire thing together, ones I unlock the clip I just push and slide the metal plate off the plastic panel from the Aurora and begin installing the fan, funny thing is tho, ones I installed it I realized there is no extra 4 pins fan headers for u to plug in an extra fan unless u want to use the CPU fan header for the side panel fan or put the pump fan to the cpu header and then put the side panel fan to the pump fan, neither option was appealing to me, so I went to secret option number 3, I use the Y cable that came with the noctua 80mm pwn fan and plug my front fan and the side panel fan into it and use the front fan header since they fairly same location of the case and both noctua fans I figure it won’t be too big of a problem fingers crossed and it worked. Even tho they are different sizes and different RPM rating. Lol anyways check out the temp difference. I’m pretty happy with the mod I did on it, almost felt like Alienware should’ve included it from the begining. Also I think there is enough room to fit another 120mm liquid cooler in the front fan spot with a bit of dremel work u can cut out some of the excess metal chassis and some of the plastic in the front. That way u can liquid cool ur gpu and your cpu. I’m thinking I might do that one day just for fun. I don’t even play games on my computer now. I just like taking it apart and changing pc parts left and right just for fun and performance. Anyways yeah if u have an Aurora, get one of these, it’s good.

  • T-Man

    > 3 day

    Used this in my NAS and PC build. Theyre quiet and move a decent amount of air. My complaint is the color. Brown?! Really. And price is a little high. worth it, that would be a personal choice.

  • Matthew Cruse

    > 3 day

    Very Quiet, perfect fit. For a system that isnt seen the color doesnt matter. Best fans on the market.

  • Cavallo

    > 3 day

    Essential component to a recent ITX build of mine (Fractal Ridge). You get what you pay for with Noctua - in this case, that means okay/good CFM at lower speeds while also yielding extremely quiet noise levels.

  • George H.

    > 3 day

    0 complaints, I personally dont mind the color as a lot of negative reviews on here are about? (why) There is no noticeable noise, using this in a 4U rack mount CPU case.

  • Mack

    > 3 day

    Have these to cool my game card, works well.

  • macs_forever

    > 3 day

    Replaced the 80mm fan on the back of my 12 drive cage. The computer is silent again.

  • michael hinds

    > 3 day

    Noctua, I love you. You made a Sandy Bridge Xeon run like its on ice, even with the stock heat sink.

  • SuperTech

    > 3 day

    My amp sounded like a Vacumm..now is super silent. Best mod ever to calm your noisy devices. I use them in my HTPC build as well.

  • Fabian

    09-06-2025

    Ill keep it short: my computers stock fan was so loud, it was making the whole pc tower vibrate and caused a massive amount of noise. I can still remember the vibrations from my legs and arms making contact with the desk. I finally got tired of it and ordered this fan. It took about a minute to install and turn it on and that was that. No more noise. Its like its not even on. If I hadnt seen the blades spinning, Id think I got a dud. It also keeps the PCs temperatures far lower than the stock fan. All I can say is that Ill never go back to regular fans. Its that good.

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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.

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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 Channels

The 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 bearing

The 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 pads

Integrated 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.

Scope of delivery

  • Low-Noise Adaptor (L.N.A)
  • NA-YC1 4-pin PWM y-cable
  • NA-EC1 30cm extension cable
  • 4x NA-AV1 anti-vibration mounts
  • Fan screws
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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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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

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