Noctua NF-S12A PWM chromax.Black.swap, Premium Quiet Fan, 4-Pin (120mm, Black)

Have been using Noctua fan/product for more than 10 years, I’m spoiled. If you need to move air and noise is a problem, nothing beats this fan. Add the low noise cable and you have to put your ears next to the fan to hear it (spec says 10db) It still moves good amount of air. The fan doesn’t do good static pressure though, not a radiator applicator.

Silent and powerful

Works great as a case fan for airflow, very quiet and the color blends in so much better than the old beige color.

Pros:

I ended up with 4 of these. Three to replace the original exhaust fans that came with my Antec P280 case 7 or 8 years ago and 1 for fresh air intake in the front. The old fans were just 3 pin fans with a high/low speed switch mounted to the rear of the case. These of course are 4 pin PWM fans regulated by the motherboard.

I bought this as an exhaust fan for my custom PC, certainly is doing its part and dropped my temps absolutely love it!

I bought the NF-S12A PWM to replace a 3 pin Fractal Design Dynamic X2 GP-12 I was using as an exhaust fan in the back of my PC case. System temps dropped 5 degrees Celsius under load and Im sure its the quietest fan in my case right now. Cant speak to long-term durability but the materials used seem pretty standard. So far Im very pleased!

They are so quiet, and they move a lot of air. What more can you say?

Noctua makes great fans. I like it that you can get it in black and the colored corner options are nice touch. You get all the colors for all four corners.

Its Noctua without the ugly brown color, what more could you want?