Noctua Fans Lineup Explained #2 - F12 | S12A | A12x25 | S12B Redux | P12 Redux | F12 Industrial

After having a deep dive into Noctua's main lineup of Fans, we will take a closer look at their whole Lineup of Fans: NF-A12x25, NF-S12A, NF-F12, NF-S12B Redux, NF-P12 Redux & NF-F12 Industrial. We will have a look at their quality, boxing, PQ Curve, additions, Radiator Performance, Case Fan Performance, and Heatsink Performance. Let's find out which one of their Fans is their Best Fan!
Noctua Main Fan Lineup Explained - @Noctua_at NF Series - F12 | S12A | A12x25
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00:00 Intro
01:30 Redux Lineup
04:30 NF-P12
04:50 NF-S12b
05:30 What does REDUX stand for?
07:00 Industrial Lineup
10:20 Best Heatsink Fan
12:05 Best Radiator Fan
12:55 Best Case Fan
13:45 Best Combination Testing
15:30 P/Q Curve
15:50 Conclusion
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[@RFC3514]

"Redux" does mean "revived" in English (and Latin), not "reduced".

[@jordndean]

Just installed 9 Noctua Chromax fans + Noctua NH-U12A cooler yesterday! Have always used Noctua products and always will they are top tier quality and reliability, plus I love an all black pc with slight white accents I can achieve with Chromax. Nice informative video as always thanks!

[@Ben-ld1qi]

That's the dream bro! I have three 360mm radiators and I need 9 NF-A12x25 Chromax fans, but that would be like $300 just for fans... so I'm using Arctic P12 PWM PST for now.

[@Kitr4]

Very well done, thank you for this test and the enourmous amount of time you put into this. I felt bad that my case has 4x NF-F12 and 2x S12B´s. Now I still do but for completely opposite reasons...

[@nuclearpcs2139]

I had the industrial as a main 140mm fan in front of my ex 3090. The max speed was set 50% I bought it for durability and when you use the pwm they can be as silent as you want. Usually around 800 rpm they are very very silent at 140mm and the airflow is great and they can truly stand years of abuse.

[@bbf0ab08cb44becfec]

Another great video. These 2 videos have really, really, improved my understanding of case airflow dynamics, as well as broken some assumptions I had made (i.e. Case fan for case, pressure fan for radiator)! Thanks again!

[@STSYT]

Glad you found the video helpful!

[@Ben-ld1qi]

I hope Noctua is at least building for you a ceiling fan for this summer for all your hard work!

[@STSYT]

It's recording day today. The last few weeks we had 30+°C outside. I can't record for longer than 15-20min at a time cause the lights are pushing the temp above 32°C within minutes which makes me look like I just jumped off a treadmill and make the camera overheat. I think this is a great idea!

[@Ben-ld1qi]

@@STSYT Do you special lighting for cameras and recording? I never considered that.

[@STSYT]

@@Ben-ld1qi Yeah, we have those nanlite spots, they are amazingly bright, but they spit out a ton of heat. And with no conditioning it's going to be hot at some point. + Nowadays we have the double xeon server running 24/7 a bunch of PCs, some of which are rendering for hours which spits out even more heat. Airconditioning would be a good next upgrade ^^

[@Ben-ld1qi]

@@STSYT goodness bro do yourself a huge favor and get an AC installed! I suffered for 30 years living without an ac and only using fans. The last decade though i installed ACs and there's no going back after that. On the downside I'm a little spoiled princess now and I can't fall asleep until I have the AC on at night...

[@ottoyu101]

Needs more views, thanks bro. LFG

[@thewarlock192]

can we expect a review of the NF-A12X15 in the not-too-distant future?

[@STSYT]

Here you go: Noctua NF-A12x25 Chromax - Absolute Best 120mm Fan kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGeyloGvi6meZpI

[@thomzocke.285]

@@STSYT But he is requesting the 15mm version... A12 - *15*...

[@STSYT]

Ups, went too quickly on that one. Sorry my bad. For the near future there’s nothing planned for that. But I’ll make sure to add them fir the future:)

[@thewarlock192]

@@STSYT no worries man, actually your review of the A12x25 made me spend a lot of money on that fans haha, but I'm curious about the slim version.

[@tonajki]

I've ordered 7 of the industrial fans for my crypto mining rig. They are so loud anyway it's well worth the risk, worst that can happen is that they are just as loud but my gpus don't fry.

[@lifebidesign]

The audio to much echo from the room. Do you have a wireless mic like a Rhode Wireless Go or a BOYA 2.4GHz Wireless Lavalier Microphone.

[@STSYT]

We just changed our mic, the quality should be better now!

[@lucakrokrowinkel9576]

That’s what redux means

[@pigreatlor]

thank you, this was a good video

[@andrewvillavicencio8496]

Which one would be good for the Snapmaker 2.0 Power supply? This is is crazy loud.

[@STSYT]

A12, definitely

[@nadantagaming2276]

Two P12s on it's way and will be used as intake!

[@fahadal-asmari6893]

Well I do have 3x Noctua NF-F12 iPPC-2000 IP67 in my workstation PC as front intake lmao !

[@CycleWithLiang]

I have 2 for my dell desktop， works well I think.

[@Daniel8x8]

I have on my pc case in front: 3x NF-F12 for pushing air from mesh front, and 1x NF-A12 on exhaust, what you think about this configuration?

[@lucakrokrowinkel9576]

I’ve got 2 front (intake)2 bottom (intake) 3 top (exhaust)1 back (exhaust) In a fractal meshify 2 All 140mm chromax things. It’s pretty damn good

[@marioman971]

I don't think either of these setups would be bad at all really, if you like the noise profile then especially so. Having bottom intakes is probably great for GPU's but not too many cases offer it. Mine's a full Redux build, 2 NF-P14s Redux in front, S12B in back, and 2 NF-B9 Redux on a little Cryorig M9 cooler. All in a Meshify C

[@Mazzeltoph]

I had three industrial fans in my older system since i bought it off my stepbrother who had way too much money to spend when building his pc and the annoying habit to find the black fans look better than the beige standard that was the only other option. As i had that pc for about four years and the hardware was extremely old to todays standards i put the consistent 'jet engine' noise up to the cheap and very buggy thermaltake rgb fan kit i also put in it or just bad parts running extremely hot after a bunch of years of torture and dust. My annoyance rose when i built my new pc and reused those noctua fans (because: brandname and quality) and it had the same ridiculous amount of sound. Turns out they don't work below 1000 rpm so its the 1200 redux fan on full blast or no fans at all. Ripped them out and used the junky termaltake fans and now it's whisperquiet. Are they bad as cooling fans? Absolutely not. Best cooling i had in my case. But definately unusable in a (home)office setting.

[@STSYT]

Sorry for your experience, but it seems like there’s something wrong with your industrials. They should go down to 750rpm min (bios minimum %RPM setting?) But even then, these things are WAY too op for any ‘normal’ build

[@Mazzeltoph]

@@STSYT i tried turning them down in the bios but it did give me a warning that if i started the fancurve under 40% it might be unreliable and putting it at 35% yielded either 1300+ rpm or compeltely off (randomly). Mind you, they are about 7 years old and have been through some abuse (tried mining with my old rig) so i replaced them with bequiet fans for now and might invest in some redux fans soon.

[@DIM0RI]

@@Mazzeltoph Were they PWM fans or 3-pin fans? With 3-pin fans you cannot decrease the RPM as much as with PWM fans.

[@dackel4253]

gud video

[@umarzuberi155]

audio sucks bud