NF-A12x15 PWM

Quiet fan, working from 3 years without stop. Good product.

Using this fan primarily because of it being slimmer than most fans, because I have mounted this on the side of my case as an intake fan to blow air over my GPU. Installation is extremely simple, using the anti-vibration rubber mounts. The fan moves an reasonable amount of air considering its small size, and helps to keep my GPU a touch cooler being under a direct stream of cool air. Fan is 4-Pin so is PWM capable. I run the fan on average at 40% most of the time and the fan is completely silent. The temperature of my case does not reach temperatures required to push the fan to its limit very often. Fan comes with cable extension lead and low noise adapters to run the fan at lower voltages, but they really are not necessary with this fan I recommend this for anyone with tighter space requirements in their case.

After purchasing a second hand rig I noticed one of the fans was catching the cpu cooler and sounded awful. The original fan was 25mm thick so the search was on for a slimmer one. This fan is 15mm thick and is suitable for low profile applications so was perfect. Pros - slimmer than most fans available, whisper quiet, and extremely high quality parts. Comes with extra cables and adaptors and very well packaged. Cons - that color... Not for me but since its an exhaust fan and my case has no windows it didn't matter. Also, the price was a little high for a non rgb fan. Though the price was a little high, I would definitely buy more (and need to) as I can be assured all the parts are of top quality.

As described. Good quality fans & supplied with a selection of fixings & cables.

Great fan that is very very quiet, only downside was the fact that the PWM splitter included didn't work and only was PWM for one fan....

the first thing you notice pulling this fan out of it's packaging is it's heft. it feels heavy, solid and substantial compared to most regular 120mm fans even 140mm. at it's default speed (1850 rpm) it's not as quiet as my akasa amber dual ball bearing fan (1400rpm) it's replacing, but it's only slightly louder with a slight growly pitch to the noise profile (sounds a little like a bumble-bee trapped behind a curtain) but the level of static pressure delivered means it's a better cooler. having a slimmer (15mm not 25mm) profile means i'm able to lower and squeeze the fan in between the cpu heatsink (scyth ninja) and the memory (as opposed to sitting on top of the memory) thus helping to cool both cpu (blow/push) and memory (pull/suck). added bonus - the allowed lower placement and its 120mm size means it's also helping cool the northbridge chipset on my motherboard so - one fan is doing three jobs! better still - having now removed the 40mm x 10mm noctua fan from the northbridge as the 120mm noctua is do the business, temps that normally hit 45c on both memory and northbridge chipset never pass 36c (with a 1GHz overclock to 3.44GHz on my 2.40GHz Q6600 Intel cpu) and thats on a hot day with 30c ambient room temp. the only problem i've encountered is mounting the fan on my cpu cooler. the slimer 15mm profile means my wire fan clips reach past their intended hooking points on the cpu cooler. currently it's jsut squeezed and held in place via it's frame using a Corsair CMYAF Dominator Airflow memory cooler via it's housing bracket/frame. ...at some point where time permits i will need to pull the cpu cooler out and cut new notches into it's cooling fins so the wire fan clips for mounting a 120mm fan have somewhere to hook onto. properly mounting the fan should help silence it a little more. ...would have been nice if it also came with the silicon/rubber fan gasket that the new noctua NF-A12x25 PWM comes with. edit: - one fan is doing four jobs (not three)! the lower placement means more importantly the fan is also cooling the CPU voltage regulators (VRM's) these get quite hot on my system when runing with it's 3.44GHz overclock as the CPU needs 1.4750v (up from default 1.3250v) to run at this speed. ...five jobs if you count the static preasure from 1850pm is able to throw the cool air clear accross 120mm width of the CPU heatsink helping the chassis fan exhaust more efficently.

I bought this as a fan swap for a low profile cooler in a small form factor case. I managed to measure the noise difference as around 4dB lower than the original, without significant interference from the nearby case intake grill - and 4 dB is actually a surprisingly noticeable amount. Although Noctua fan colours and lack of RGB may not be to everyone’s taste, this fan is premium quality, and you get a good selection of connectors in decent packaging.

My new computer case had space for another 120mm fan. Due the case design, the fan itself would need to be quite slim to fit in the gap without being obstructed. As I already have quite a few Noctua fans in my case, it made perfect sense to get another one to finish off the build. Like all Noctua products, this fan came with everything needed to "get the job done". Installation was straightforward as per usual, with no complications. The fan itself is very quiet. It is virtually silent in it's operation, unless it is running with a very high RPM. Even in under the heaviest of loads, due to my fan curve, I didn't really get any super noticeable noise. Overall, this is a brilliant fan. Noctua do not disappoint!

What a waste of money! Started up with a high pitched sound And never stoped until I turned off the PC..

Haven't tested the radiator fan-temp, but on full speed, it is a bit noisy than 1350rpm Arctic F12, which I give 5 stars without hesitation. The air flow is concentrated comparing with Arctic F12, which feels like a ring air flow. I did feel the air pressure is a tad stronger at full speed. To be honest, if Arctic makes 15mm fans, I will not buy this one, because Arctic fan gave me good experience, and also provides 6 years warranty. Only reason to buy this was because I need to put 360 radiator into Define C TG, but there is not much space for regular 25mm fans. All things putting aside, this fan is excellent, only con would be the high price. However, You will get some spitter/extender cables, so considering those prices, it is fine. It is more like a fan combined with some accessaries sold for a relatively high price. Very quiet, very quality build, soft pads are big pluses. One more thing I noticed was when it is running at full speed, fan blades are invisible, which is interesting. I like it. Maybe that's the reason it used such color. I didn't plan on this review, so it is completely write as I think. Finally, I decided to change 4 stars to 5 stars. It is expensive, but everything else related to a fan is satisfying. I only have one fan, so I cannot test the radiator performance, so I will skip that. Final thoughts: For my current build, a relatively large case, I tend to use Arctic fans for 800-900rpm which return a really good temp result with almost no noise at all. If I need to build a tight small form case, I will definitely go with this one. Quietness is the only important thing for me. Otherwise, there are tons of cheap fans provide similar performance with jet engine noise.

Pros: its Noctua, slim and quiet. Cons: sleeved cable is hard to manage.

Der Noctua NF-A12x15 PWM ist ein herausragender Lüfter für alle, die Wert auf leisen Betrieb und hohe Effizienz legen. Mit seinen kompakten Abmessungen von 120x15 mm eignet sich dieser schmale Premium-Lüfter besonders für Anwendungen mit begrenztem Platzangebot, wie etwa in 3D-Druckern, Kompakt-PCs oder kleinen Gehäusen. Dank der PWM-Steuerung kann der Lüfter präzise an die jeweilige Wärmeabgabe angepasst werden, was eine optimale Kühlleistung bei gleichzeitig niedrigem Geräuschpegel ermöglicht. Das bewährte Design von Noctua sorgt für einen effizienten Luftstrom und einen besonders leisen Betrieb, sodass der Lüfter kaum hörbar ist, selbst bei höheren Drehzahlen. Die hohe Verarbeitungsqualität und die langlebigen Materialien tragen dazu bei, dass der NF-A12x15 PWM besonders zuverlässig und wartungsarm ist. Er überzeugt durch seine robusten Lager und eine ausgezeichnete Kühlleistung, die auch in anspruchsvollen Anwendungen überzeugen kann. Insgesamt ist der Noctua NF-A12x15 PWM eine ausgezeichnete Wahl für alle, die einen leistungsstarken und gleichzeitig leisen Lüfter suchen. Seine Kompaktheit und hohe Effizienz machen ihn zu einer wertvollen Ergänzung für jedes System, das sowohl auf Leistung als auch auf Geräuschreduzierung angewiesen ist.

Ótimo produto. O kit que acompanha é sensacional.