Noctua NF-S12 80mm & 120mm Fans Review

thorgal · 16th March 2007, 16:31

Without a doubt, these are the quietest fans I have used to date. A standard enclosure can hold up to three 120mm fans generating 30dBA plus each. That makes for a very noisy situation. The NF-S12's in U.L.N.A. will generate around 1/5th of that. Just imagine these fans cooling a radiator in a watercooling setup; now that would be an ultra quiet PC.

http://www.virtual-hideout.net/revie...12/index.shtml

thorgal · 16th March 2007, 16:35

Noctua fans are popular these days, because we've got two other sites covering the same fans :

A True Review

Overclockers Club

That last review is by far the most extensive, and provides some competition as well...

Xploited Titan · 17th March 2007, 09:08

I got a couple of the Noctua S12 1200 here at home, and even though they are fugly like hell, they are oh so quiet

I can only recommend those to people who wants silence.

PS: no need to use the U.L.N.A, even at 12V they can't be heard

16th March 2007, 16:31	#1
thorgal [M] Reviewer Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,887	Noctua NF-S12 80mm & 120mm Fans Review Without a doubt, these are the quietest fans I have used to date. A standard enclosure can hold up to three 120mm fans generating 30dBA plus each. That makes for a very noisy situation. The NF-S12's in U.L.N.A. will generate around 1/5th of that. Just imagine these fans cooling a radiator in a watercooling setup; now that would be an ultra quiet PC. http://www.virtual-hideout.net/revie...12/index.shtml __________________

16th March 2007, 16:35	#2
thorgal [M] Reviewer Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,887	Noctua fans are popular these days, because we've got two other sites covering the same fans : A True Review Overclockers Club That last review is by far the most extensive, and provides some competition as well... __________________ Last edited by thorgal : 16th March 2007 at 16:41.

17th March 2007, 09:08	#3
Xploited Titan Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 963	I got a couple of the Noctua S12 1200 here at home, and even though they are fugly like hell, they are oh so quiet I can only recommend those to people who wants silence. PS: no need to use the U.L.N.A, even at 12V they can't be heard __________________ I see living people....

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