1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:06,000 Hey guys, welcome to an unboxing that is out of necessity going to be fairly 2 00:00:03,840 --> 00:00:11,040 quick. I'm trying to get this fan on a heat sink so that I can test the Thermal 3 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:15,839 Rate Silver Arrow with an alternate fan configuration uh now before I take it 4 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:21,600 off the CPU and swap it out for something else. So, I've already talked 5 00:00:18,240 --> 00:00:25,039 a fair bit about Noctua's NFA14, which 6 00:00:21,600 --> 00:00:27,599 is a square frame 140 mm fan, ideal for 7 00:00:25,039 --> 00:00:32,559 radiators and case fan and sort of all kinds of different applications. This 8 00:00:29,199 --> 00:00:34,559 guy's got 140 mm holes on a 140 mm 9 00:00:32,559 --> 00:00:38,559 frame. It's pressure optimized, so it's good for all those applications. This is 10 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:43,600 the F12, which is very similar except, see that cool stuff going on there? It 11 00:00:40,879 --> 00:00:48,719 is a focused flow fan, so it's ideal for spot cooling. It's ideal for radiators, 12 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:54,480 heat sinks, anything that requires a 120 mil fan with 120 mil mounting holes. 13 00:00:50,879 --> 00:00:58,000 This guy right here is a 140 mm frame 14 00:00:54,480 --> 00:01:02,320 with 150 mm width. However, it's still 15 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:04,239 140 mm blades and 120 mm mounting holes, 16 00:01:02,320 --> 00:01:07,119 which makes it ideal for mounting on coolers like this where you could 17 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:11,040 benefit. See, this is there's one already on here, which means you can 18 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:13,760 benefit from the larger blades. See in there? You can see the blades are like 19 00:01:12,320 --> 00:01:20,240 all the way the entire width of the entire heat sink now, but mounts with 20 00:01:17,759 --> 00:01:24,880 120 mm holes. So, check this out, guys. Ideal for 140 mm CPU coolers. Tons of 21 00:01:23,119 --> 00:01:28,560 technology. their flow acceleration channels, AAO frame, stepped inlet 22 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:33,119 design, inner surface microructures, integrated antiibration pads, custom 23 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:37,520 design PWM IC with SEDD. Basically, these are the most overdesigned fans you 24 00:01:35,439 --> 00:01:41,200 can get. Yeah, pretty much. So, there's like flow 25 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:45,759 acceleration channels which increase efficiency. Um, and the increase in 26 00:01:44,079 --> 00:01:50,799 speed achieved through the flow leads to significantly reduced flow separation 27 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:52,240 which permits lower vortex noise and 28 00:01:50,799 --> 00:01:56,640 higher air flow efficiency. These guys are all about having quiet operating 29 00:01:54,079 --> 00:01:59,759 products. SSO2 bearing, extremely high quality bearing, completely sealed, so 30 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:03,520 it's not going to get dust and junk in it over time. Also comes with a six-year 31 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:06,000 warranty. And the stepped inlet design is actually on the edge of the fans 32 00:02:04,880 --> 00:02:11,440 here. I'll just show it to you on one of the other fans. You see the stepped inlets here. Has something to do with 33 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:14,720 breaking up the flow that comes in, making it quieter and more efficient. 34 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:20,160 There's golf ball like dimples in here that just generally make the fan more 35 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:22,000 better. I've been a huge Noctua fan for 36 00:02:20,160 --> 00:02:26,879 a long time now. This guy right here spins at 12,200 RPM or 900 RPM with the 37 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:30,720 included low-noise adapter. Uh it's going to be so quiet at 12,200 RPM. I 38 00:02:28,959 --> 00:02:34,720 don't see much point quieting it down, but I mean it still performs very well 39 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:37,680 uh with the low-noise adapter. You can see there's a significant drop in static 40 00:02:36,319 --> 00:02:44,879 pressure. So if you are using it in a heatsink application, you may want to use it that way. It succeeds the 41 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:47,519 award-winning NFP14, which is the NFP 42 00:02:44,879 --> 00:02:51,519 12140 mm version. So this is even better than that guy and incorporates a lot of 43 00:02:49,440 --> 00:02:56,560 the technology that we saw introduced with the NFF12 which was like a huge 44 00:02:54,879 --> 00:03:01,280 step forward in fan design even for Noctua round 14 flow acceleration 45 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:04,560 channel AO frame aha advanced acoustic optimization frames feature integrated 46 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:08,080 antiibration pads as well as Noctuas that's the stepped inlet so this is just 47 00:03:06,319 --> 00:03:11,120 branding for multiple things that we've already talked about before the inner 48 00:03:09,599 --> 00:03:15,360 surface microructures those little things I showed you before in there are 49 00:03:13,599 --> 00:03:19,040 to reduce the blade passing noise and improve air flowing pressure efficiency 50 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:25,120 and the improved antiibration pads. I'll show you in a minute here. 51 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:28,640 High-end PWM circuitry is circuitry is very important. It makes it more 52 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:36,239 compatible with third party coolers. Also reduces the amount of just sort of 53 00:03:31,440 --> 00:03:38,560 random IC noise that it makes and uh 54 00:03:36,239 --> 00:03:42,000 yeah, it's just generally better. The fan itself comes with an extension 55 00:03:40,159 --> 00:03:44,720 cable, which you'll see you'll you may need in a moment cuz it comes with a 56 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:49,760 very short cable. Comes with a Ysplitter. Okay. Well, that's handy. So, 57 00:03:46,799 --> 00:03:54,480 single four pin PWM to dual four pin PWM. 58 00:03:51,280 --> 00:03:57,200 Okay. Needy, neaty, neat, neat, neat, 59 00:03:54,480 --> 00:04:00,640 neato. Oh, yeah. Uh, low speed adapter, low-noise adapter, and low speed 60 00:03:58,799 --> 00:04:04,239 adapter. It does both things. Mounting screws. Although, you probably won't 61 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:09,439 want to use those because it comes with rubber noise isolating vi antiibration 62 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:14,319 mounts. So, check this out. This is a very unique looking fan. Sorry, I'm use 63 00:04:12,319 --> 00:04:17,440 the camera to get the fan out. So, check this out. Looks looks kind of bizarre, 64 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:22,160 right? See, it's got those those uh these are the rubber antiibration mounts 65 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:30,080 that are integrated. These are the 120 mm mounting holes on a 140 mm by 150 mm 66 00:04:27,919 --> 00:04:33,360 frame. Very, very strange looking design, but you can see why. This is why 67 00:04:31,840 --> 00:04:38,080 I wanted to have one of them mounted already before I even started doing the 68 00:04:35,440 --> 00:04:43,440 unboxing. Cuz you can see here that if we mounted it this way, see that these 69 00:04:41,759 --> 00:04:49,440 pieces wouldn't get to touch the heat sink. So, you wouldn't get to take advantage of any of the antiibration. If 70 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:52,560 you use the fans that were included with this cooler, which you can see have a 71 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:58,800 very similar design with the 120 mil holes and the 140 mm blades. You again 72 00:04:56,240 --> 00:05:02,960 don't get to leverage any antiibration, anything, because there's no room on a 73 00:05:00,479 --> 00:05:09,039 frame this size to build that in. So, that is why Noctua did this, so that 74 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:14,800 they could put the fan in like this. See that? where you get rubber to metal so 75 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:18,479 that you don't have any sort of well vibration. I know I've said that word a 76 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:22,400 lot in the last little bit. No innuendo intended. Uh so you don't 77 00:05:20,479 --> 00:05:27,120 get any vibration being passed, but you get to take advantage of the 140 mm 78 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:31,520 blades that can be mounted on 120 mm devices. Now, something like this 79 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:35,840 useless for radiators. Don't do it because it'll leak around the edges. 80 00:05:33,039 --> 00:05:39,919 It's kind of like Corsair's new SP fans, which are they generate good static 81 00:05:37,759 --> 00:05:43,840 pressure and all that, and that's all good, but they leak around the edges of 82 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:51,199 radiators. So, there are better solutions such as the NFF12s 83 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:54,000 and uh yeah, P12s even. So, there's the 84 00:05:51,199 --> 00:05:59,759 acceleration notches, there's the stepped inlet, there's the golf ball 85 00:05:57,440 --> 00:06:02,800 dimples. Very high-tech stuff these guys put. They're they're like kind They're 86 00:06:01,039 --> 00:06:05,759 kind of obsessive. They're one of those companies that takes something that sort 87 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:10,080 of no one else really cares that much about and just kind of obsess over it. 88 00:06:08,319 --> 00:06:15,240 Like uh who would who would I even compare them to? Like someone like um 89 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:22,800 yeah, there's not really that many guys like this. They've really built their 90 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:26,479 brand on building fans that are ugly, but they work. It's like that uh it's 91 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:30,240 like that cough medicine. Tastes awful, but it works. So, there you go. Thank 92 00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:36,639 you for checking out my unboxing and first look at the NF A15 PWM fan from 93 00:06:34,319 --> 00:06:40,400 Noctua. It is ideal for heat sink applications. Don't forget to subscribe 94 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:45,000 to Linus Tech Tips for more unboxings, reviews, and other computer videos.