NF-A8 PWM

This fan cost a little more than some other brands but you can tell is very high quality part. Also it included an extension cable, a “Y” splitter cable, and a cable that lowers fan speed if running of uncontrolled header, all of which would cost extra if not included. My mother board only has one fan header for the CPU, with this I was able to use the splitter and run both cpu cooler fan and case fan off one header. A bonus of doing it this way is that the case fan is speed controlled by the cpu temperature so runs quiet or turns off when not needed and spins up when computer gets hot. No wasted money for RGB lights only whats needed.

I bought a 92mm and 80mm Noctua case fan and so far it really made a difference in terms of noise reduction. I switch Noctua fan with my old one and i thought my PC died on start up because of the sudden drop of noise after 1-2 second of starting up. I can actually hear what is happening inside my PC now due to the fan being almost dead silent. It feels very weird because i never had a Desktop PC this quiet before. The Installation was easy and straight forward. It still comes in a nice looking box. The fan comes with a cable attach, also comes with an extension cord if you need the extra length, the noise reduction cord which i used for both of the fans and really made a huge difference. Along with a few other things. There was no instruction manual (maybe there was) but that was not needed. All you do is plug the fan cord into the noise reduction cord if you want to use it and then plug that into the 4 pin fan slot on the motherboard. Everything should fit together nicely, not much force is needed plugging things together. It comes with 4 screws, use a screw driver to mount the fans in place. This is not really a problem but as people know the color of fans really does not match with everything else. But i don't really look at my CPU so it not a problem for me it. They do have black now or starting to sell black color Noctua Fans. My gaming rig is not big size so these fans handle it fine. The box says a 6 year warranty so that is a plus. Overall i am very impress with the presentation and the quality. It made me want to write a review for it. The CPU noise compare to before these fans is night and day. I never realized how long my CPU noise was before using these fans. Of course this is the first day i am using them as i am writing this review so take it for what you will. Hopefully these fans will last me a good few years at minimum.

This is a really great fan. It's hard to find a quality fan at 80mm. At this size, the fan either pumps a good amount of air but is loud, or is quiet, but ineffective. With this fan, there's no compromise. It's absurdly quiet, and with an airflow of 32.4CFM, it's on part with many 120mm fans. Really great, and brought my case temps down well in my mini-ITX cube setup. Be sure to get this version, the 4-pin PWM one. It's the same price as the 3 pin, and will work on a 3-pin connector. But the 4th pin gives you temperature controlled airflow from the motherboard's PWM connector. Really great buy. Comes with accessories as well, including a Y splitter to daisy chain off the PWM connection, and rubberized "tabs" in the place of screws to reduce vibration in the case (it includes screws too, you just don't need them). Lastly, this fan uses fluid bearings (oil based I think), and has a much longer lifespan than a sleeve bearing or ball bearing fan (up to or more than 3x the life of a sleeve bearing fan). Excellent fan. It's probably between 50-60% more costly than the average fan this size, but it's worth the money, between the quality and the mounting accessories. Honestly, you'll likely save in the long run if you buy one of these, as it will outlive your current PC and be usable in future builds.

Perfect fit in the front of my Framework Desktop and helps keep it cool with no real noise. I have the Noctua main fan also with the Noctua side panel. The computer is under my desk and if both fans are on full, and I listen then I can hear it as long as nothing else is making noise. I also have a non-PWM USB version of this fan that I put in my small drink fridge to move air around to help cool more evenly. It's been running in the fridge at 36F for 6 months now with no problems. They are more expensive than most other fans, but I have been buying nothing but Noctua for 6+ years and I sent think I've had a single fan fail yet.

My Dell Optiplex SFF running Proxmox with a quad 1Gb NIC and a dual 10Gb Mellanox card was running hot, like 80C. I wanted more airflow into the case, so I bought this 80mm case fan for the front, next to the PSU. Installation was simple with the included mounting adapters. Unhooked the factory CPU fan from the MB, inserted the fan Y cable and connected everything up again. At first I got a MB error code on boot. The error was sill being reported when I disconnected the case fan and only left the CPU fan. I then connected the CPU directly to the MB and sill got an error code on boot. Something was borked. Pulling the cmos bios battery out, waiting and the reinstalling solved the problem. Put the Y cable back in and connected the CPU and case fan. It booted without any errors, but I had to go through and set all my bios parameters, they were all gone. If I let the MB control the fans the CPU 65C. If I let the fans run full speed the CPU temp drops to 44C! Its a Proxmox server, so I don't mind the extra noise, which is 90% the stock CPU fan. The case fan is almost silent.

Absolutely love these fans. Colors are beautiful and will never get tired of it. Fans are dead silent when at idle - and under load there's no droning or annoying sounds, just air being pushed around. Just amazing, well worth the money.

Very nice.

It is very quiet! Worth the money