Noctua developing noise-cancelling PC fan, will demo at Computex

Stefan Mileschin · 31st May 2012, 09:01

Try as we might to block it out, we just can't stand the whirring of our PC fan when it starts to act up. There may be an end to our cringing, as Austrian company Noctua is gearing up to debut a fan with integrated noise cancellation at Computex. The cooling fan to be shown in Taipei is only a prototype, but we know it's a Noctua NF-F12 model that uses noise-control technology from RotoSub. Luckily, Computex is less than a week away, so we'll soon have a better idea of whether this fan can keep our PC from sounding like a 777 ready for takeoff... we're sure our coworkers would appreciate it.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/30/n...elling-pc-fan/

jmke · 1st June 2012, 14:43

sounds interesting, wonder how good it will work.

more info here: http://pcper.com/news/General-Tech/N...e-Cancellation

Quote:

RotoSub hasn’t detailed the algorithms but they do have hints of information on their page including a video demonstration of the fan and an animation that shows the “anti-sound” being generated by the fan itself to cancel out the annoying fan noises that it produces.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=afL09LkfHVw

31st May 2012, 09:01	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,597	Noctua developing noise-cancelling PC fan, will demo at Computex Try as we might to block it out, we just can't stand the whirring of our PC fan when it starts to act up. There may be an end to our cringing, as Austrian company Noctua is gearing up to debut a fan with integrated noise cancellation at Computex. The cooling fan to be shown in Taipei is only a prototype, but we know it's a Noctua NF-F12 model that uses noise-control technology from RotoSub. Luckily, Computex is less than a week away, so we'll soon have a better idea of whether this fan can keep our PC from sounding like a 777 ready for takeoff... we're sure our coworkers would appreciate it. http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/30/n...elling-pc-fan/

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