News Noctua's next-gen 140mm fans debut – NF-A14x25 G2s promise improved performance, deliver the same amount of brown

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Noctua's NF-A14x25 G2 fans arrive in traditional brown attire.

Noctua's next-gen 140mm fans debut – NF-A14x25 G2s promise improved performance, deliver the same amount of brown : Read more

 

[thestryker]

It's weird that they're just now announcing these as they've been for sale for around as long as the D15 G2.

 

[Darkbreeze]

So, fifteen dollars more than the existing NF-A14 PWM fans, for only .48 higher static pressure and .2db lower noise? Noctua better price these more competitively with the first gen A14's because otherwise I don't see any compelling reason to buy one of these vs first gen A14 fans.

 

[Notton]

Holy smokes these are so expensive...
So... who will be the first to attach them to an TR Peerless Assassin 140?

 

[vanadiel007]

I think at some point they are going to price themselves out of the market.
I love Noctua, but not that much...

 

[Giroro]

Noctua still makes fans?
I expected them to be an athletic brand making limited edition brownish styrofoam shoes, by now.

 

[thisisaname]

Noctua still makes fans?
I expected them to be an athletic brand making limited edition brownish styrofoam shoes, by now.

Or a Perfume?

 

[Darkbreeze]

Noctua still makes fans?
I expected them to be an athletic brand making limited edition brownish styrofoam shoes, by now.

 

[ThatMouse]

Meanwhile Thermalright releases another 50 fans for a third of the price IN BLACK.

 

[Notton]

Meanwhile Thermalright releases another 50 fans for a third of the price IN BLACK.

Yeah, but if you know your 140mm fans and value your wallet, you'd get Arctic P14 PWM in the 5 pack.

 

[TheHerald]

So, fifteen dollars more than the existing NF-A14 PWM fans, for only .48 higher static pressure and .2db lower noise? Noctua better price these more competitively with the first gen A14's because otherwise I don't see any compelling reason to buy one of these vs first gen A14 fans.

A14s are horrible though. All noctua fans pre a12x25 are very mediocre nowadays.

 

[das_stig]

Noctua's once the go to fans even if a little more expensive, purely for the low noise, now we have cheaper and just as good fans from other suppliers available and in black without an added premium. They need to cull the price badly to justify a purchase now.

 

[newtechldtech]

Noctua is overpriced and their followers are like Apple fans today . many other brands are around with much cheaper prices.

At the beginning years ago , yes they had no competition , but today they are just overpriced for nothing.

 

[Dantte]

Anyone here can goto Noctua's site and read this, so glad Toms has degraded to nothing more than regurgitating someone elses infomation. This article is useless and provides zero value without any kind of testing or comparison; I want to know exactly how this compares to the Gen 1 and the T30 through testing and charts (but no)... anyone else see that Anandtech is shut down, wonder why maybe they stopped offering any value to their readers and just regurgitate pipeline stories.

 

[Darkbreeze]

A14s are horrible though. All noctua fans pre a12x25 are very mediocre nowadays.

I'll pretend you didn't say that, you can pretend I didn't realize you said that. I've tested hordes of fans, and I'll agree that when it comes to bang for the buck they aren't the leader. But when it comes to longevity, quality, and ACTUALLY meeting the specs that they advertise, which Corsair, Arctic, Thermaltake, Cooler master, Antec, and MANY others absolutely DO NOT based on a plethora of tests and reviews from a variety of sources, including my own tests, there isn't really a comparison. Corsair has some decent products. So does Arctic. At decent prices really. But truthfully, they don't hold up to the level of engineering, manufacturing and quality control behind Noctua's fans and this bears out through basically ANYBODY's testing if they are reputable. Look at Aris's stuff, since he's testing fans now with his fancy new equipment. Noctua is at the top of most charts from sources with leading edge testing equipment. And, I've used most all products out there that are reputable, and in real world use, which matters far more to me, they are simply quieter, and the very first Noctua fan I bought about 2006, is still running to this day. Of the probably 120 or so Noctua fans I've purchased for myself and clients, to my knowledge, only two have ever failed and those failed within the 6 year warranty and all Noctua required was that I send them a picture of the fan, it's label, and snap off one fin so they know I'm not trying to get over on them, and within days I had a new one in the mail.

You try that with ANY of these others companies. Pffffft. Good luck.

 

[TheHerald]

I'll pretend you didn't say that, you can pretend I didn't realize you said that. I've tested hordes of fans, and I'll agree that when it comes to bang for the buck they aren't the leader. But when it comes to longevity, quality, and ACTUALLY meeting the specs that they advertise, which Corsair, Arctic, Thermaltake, Cooler master, Antec, and MANY others absolutely DO NOT based on a plethora of tests and reviews from a variety of sources, including my own tests, there isn't really a comparison. Corsair has some decent products. So does Arctic. At decent prices really. But truthfully, they don't hold up to the level of engineering, manufacturing and quality control behind Noctua's fans and this bears out through basically ANYBODY's testing if they are reputable. Look at Aris's stuff, since he's testing fans now with his fancy new equipment. Noctua is at the top of most charts from sources with leading edge testing equipment. And, I've used most all products out there that are reputable, and in real world use, which matters far more to me, they are simply quieter, and the very first Noctua fan I bought about 2006, is still running to this day. Of the probably 120 or so Noctua fans I've purchased for myself and clients, to my knowledge, only two have ever failed and those failed within the 6 year warranty and all Noctua required was that I send them a picture of the fan, it's label, and snap off one fin so they know I'm not trying to get over on them, and within days I had a new one in the mail.

You try that with ANY of these others companies. Pffffft. Good luck.

Go ahead, link any review that has their 120 or 140mm performing well in either static pressure or CFM.

 

[thestryker]

Ah it was the NF-A14r which was for sale already this is the regular framed one.

Looks like it's a fairly significant upgrade over the old one outside of really low noise levels based on this (wish hwbusters had a review of the old and new, but can't win 'em all):
https://www.hwcooling.net/en/noctua-nf-a14x25-g2-pwm-finally-a-first-class-140mm-fan-review/

 

[TheHerald]

Ah it was the NF-A14r which was for sale already this is the regular framed one.

Looks like it's a fairly significant upgrade over the old one outside of really low noise levels based on this (wish hwbusters had a review of the old and new, but can't win 'em all):
https://www.hwcooling.net/en/noctua-nf-a14x25-g2-pwm-finally-a-first-class-140mm-fan-review/

From that review you can tell the old A14 was near the bottom on every test. Not a particularly good fan, as I've said.

 

[Darkbreeze]

From that review you can tell the old A14 was near the bottom on every test. Not a particularly good fan, as I've said.

You've said it, but that's all you've done.

Nowhere near the "bottom".

Noctua NF-A14x25 G2 PWM: Finally a first-class 140mm fan - Page 14 of 44 - HWCooling.net

Results: Airlow w/o obstaclesThe range of 140mm fans is now expanded by the Noctua NF-A14x25 G2 PWM. The wait for this model was very long, but finally, after various hardships, everything was brought to a successful end. This, by the way, is also indicated by our in-depth tests, from which the...

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In fact, talking about the NF-A14 PWM, NOT the NF-A14PWMx25 G2, it's mostly not near the bottom on the majority of those tests. I can see that the G2 IS near or at the bottom on many of them, but the G2 was not the fan I was talking about and I clearly said from the start that I didn't see much reason to opt for an NF-A14x25 G2 at all when it's 15 dollars more than the A14 and clearly from the results on most of those tests, doesn't even perform as well in most of them as the older A14. Besides which, you can take basically any Arctic, Fractal, Cooler master, Corsair, etc. and at basically any given RPM, the Noctua is much quieter. But to each their own. Personally, I like a fan built with superb quality so that I'm still running them while others have likely replaced their fans at least once if not twice in the same time frame.

Although, Aris at Hardware busters, whose testing I trust far more than just about any other reviewer out there, seems to think it's a pretty decent fan. Considering this new model means the old model likely won't be manufactured or sold anymore, given it's durability and longevity, seems it's going to be the likely go to for those looking for those characteristics. The Arctic fans, some of them, yes, they are pretty good. But I've already had to replace a few Arctic fans that I've installed in builds for two separate people after only about three years. As well, many of the Arctic fans, while they test well in static pressure, airflow and are decent when it comes to noise levels, at mid to higher RPMs, have a very annoying low RPM hum or harmonic that is hard to deal for me. But, even the Noctua A15 pwm fans have a similar annoying harmonic at certain RPMs which is why I've, more than once, pulled the A15's off Noctua coolers and replaced them with A14's.

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