WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:06.000 Hey guys, welcome to an unboxing that is out of necessity going to be fairly 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 00:00:08.400 --> 00:00:15.839 Rate Silver Arrow with an alternate fan configuration uh now before I take it 00:00:14.080 --> 00:00:21.600 off the CPU and swap it out for something else. So, I've already talked 00:00:18.240 --> 00:00:25.039 a fair bit about Noctua's NFA14, which 00:00:21.600 --> 00:00:27.599 is a square frame 140 mm fan, ideal for 00:00:25.039 --> 00:00:32.559 radiators and case fan and sort of all kinds of different applications. This 00:00:29.199 --> 00:00:34.559 guy's got 140 mm holes on a 140 mm 00:00:32.559 --> 00:00:38.559 frame. It's pressure optimized, so it's good for all those applications. This is 00:00:35.920 --> 00:00:43.600 the F12, which is very similar except, see that cool stuff going on there? It 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, 00:00:46.640 --> 00:00:54.480 heat sinks, anything that requires a 120 mil fan with 120 mil mounting holes. 00:00:50.879 --> 00:00:58.000 This guy right here is a 140 mm frame 00:00:54.480 --> 00:01:02.320 with 150 mm width. However, it's still 00:00:58.000 --> 00:01:04.239 140 mm blades and 120 mm mounting holes, 00:01:02.320 --> 00:01:07.119 which makes it ideal for mounting on coolers like this where you could 00:01:05.840 --> 00:01:11.040 benefit. See, this is there's one already on here, which means you can 00:01:09.200 --> 00:01:13.760 benefit from the larger blades. See in there? You can see the blades are like 00:01:12.320 --> 00:01:20.240 all the way the entire width of the entire heat sink now, but mounts with 00:01:17.759 --> 00:01:24.880 120 mm holes. So, check this out, guys. Ideal for 140 mm CPU coolers. Tons of 00:01:23.119 --> 00:01:28.560 technology. their flow acceleration channels, AAO frame, stepped inlet 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:33.119 design, inner surface microructures, integrated antiibration pads, custom 00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:37.520 design PWM IC with SEDD. Basically, these are the most overdesigned fans you 00:01:35.439 --> 00:01:41.200 can get. Yeah, pretty much. So, there's like flow 00:01:39.280 --> 00:01:45.759 acceleration channels which increase efficiency. Um, and the increase in 00:01:44.079 --> 00:01:50.799 speed achieved through the flow leads to significantly reduced flow separation 00:01:47.520 --> 00:01:52.240 which permits lower vortex noise and 00:01:50.799 --> 00:01:56.640 higher air flow efficiency. These guys are all about having quiet operating 00:01:54.079 --> 00:01:59.759 products. SSO2 bearing, extremely high quality bearing, completely sealed, so 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 00:02:01.680 --> 00:02:06.000 warranty. And the stepped inlet design is actually on the edge of the fans 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 00:02:09.440 --> 00:02:14.720 breaking up the flow that comes in, making it quieter and more efficient. 00:02:13.040 --> 00:02:20.160 There's golf ball like dimples in here that just generally make the fan more 00:02:16.720 --> 00:02:22.000 better. I've been a huge Noctua fan for 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 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 00:02:28.959 --> 00:02:34.720 don't see much point quieting it down, but I mean it still performs very well 00:02:33.040 --> 00:02:37.680 uh with the low-noise adapter. You can see there's a significant drop in static 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 00:02:41.760 --> 00:02:47.519 award-winning NFP14, which is the NFP 00:02:44.879 --> 00:02:51.519 12140 mm version. So this is even better than that guy and incorporates a lot of 00:02:49.440 --> 00:02:56.560 the technology that we saw introduced with the NFF12 which was like a huge 00:02:54.879 --> 00:03:01.280 step forward in fan design even for Noctua round 14 flow acceleration 00:02:59.280 --> 00:03:04.560 channel AO frame aha advanced acoustic optimization frames feature integrated 00:03:02.720 --> 00:03:08.080 antiibration pads as well as Noctuas that's the stepped inlet so this is just 00:03:06.319 --> 00:03:11.120 branding for multiple things that we've already talked about before the inner 00:03:09.599 --> 00:03:15.360 surface microructures those little things I showed you before in there are 00:03:13.599 --> 00:03:19.040 to reduce the blade passing noise and improve air flowing pressure efficiency 00:03:17.040 --> 00:03:25.120 and the improved antiibration pads. I'll show you in a minute here. 00:03:22.480 --> 00:03:28.640 High-end PWM circuitry is circuitry is very important. It makes it more 00:03:26.400 --> 00:03:36.239 compatible with third party coolers. Also reduces the amount of just sort of 00:03:31.440 --> 00:03:38.560 random IC noise that it makes and uh 00:03:36.239 --> 00:03:42.000 yeah, it's just generally better. The fan itself comes with an extension 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 00:03:43.360 --> 00:03:49.760 very short cable. Comes with a Ysplitter. Okay. Well, that's handy. So, 00:03:46.799 --> 00:03:54.480 single four pin PWM to dual four pin PWM. 00:03:51.280 --> 00:03:57.200 Okay. Needy, neaty, neat, neat, neat, 00:03:54.480 --> 00:04:00.640 neato. Oh, yeah. Uh, low speed adapter, low-noise adapter, and low speed 00:03:58.799 --> 00:04:04.239 adapter. It does both things. Mounting screws. Although, you probably won't 00:04:01.920 --> 00:04:09.439 want to use those because it comes with rubber noise isolating vi antiibration 00:04:07.360 --> 00:04:14.319 mounts. So, check this out. This is a very unique looking fan. Sorry, I'm use 00:04:12.319 --> 00:04:17.440 the camera to get the fan out. So, check this out. Looks looks kind of bizarre, 00:04:15.920 --> 00:04:22.160 right? See, it's got those those uh these are the rubber antiibration mounts 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 00:04:27.919 --> 00:04:33.360 frame. Very, very strange looking design, but you can see why. This is why 00:04:31.840 --> 00:04:38.080 I wanted to have one of them mounted already before I even started doing the 00:04:35.440 --> 00:04:43.440 unboxing. Cuz you can see here that if we mounted it this way, see that these 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 00:04:46.880 --> 00:04:52.560 you use the fans that were included with this cooler, which you can see have a 00:04:50.800 --> 00:04:58.800 very similar design with the 120 mil holes and the 140 mm blades. You again 00:04:56.240 --> 00:05:02.960 don't get to leverage any antiibration, anything, because there's no room on a 00:05:00.479 --> 00:05:09.039 frame this size to build that in. So, that is why Noctua did this, so that 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 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 00:05:16.160 --> 00:05:22.400 lot in the last little bit. No innuendo intended. Uh so you don't 00:05:20.479 --> 00:05:27.120 get any vibration being passed, but you get to take advantage of the 140 mm 00:05:24.960 --> 00:05:31.520 blades that can be mounted on 120 mm devices. Now, something like this 00:05:29.360 --> 00:05:35.840 useless for radiators. Don't do it because it'll leak around the edges. 00:05:33.039 --> 00:05:39.919 It's kind of like Corsair's new SP fans, which are they generate good static 00:05:37.759 --> 00:05:43.840 pressure and all that, and that's all good, but they leak around the edges of 00:05:42.000 --> 00:05:51.199 radiators. So, there are better solutions such as the NFF12s 00:05:46.320 --> 00:05:54.000 and uh yeah, P12s even. So, there's the 00:05:51.199 --> 00:05:59.759 acceleration notches, there's the stepped inlet, there's the golf ball 00:05:57.440 --> 00:06:02.800 dimples. Very high-tech stuff these guys put. They're they're like kind They're 00:06:01.039 --> 00:06:05.759 kind of obsessive. They're one of those companies that takes something that sort 00:06:04.240 --> 00:06:10.080 of no one else really cares that much about and just kind of obsess over it. 00:06:08.319 --> 00:06:15.240 Like uh who would who would I even compare them to? Like someone like um 00:06:16.800 --> 00:06:22.800 yeah, there's not really that many guys like this. They've really built their 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 00:06:24.400 --> 00:06:30.240 like that cough medicine. Tastes awful, but it works. So, there you go. Thank 00:06:28.560 --> 00:06:36.639 you for checking out my unboxing and first look at the NF A15 PWM fan from 00:06:34.319 --> 00:06:40.400 Noctua. It is ideal for heat sink applications. Don't forget to subscribe 00:06:38.720 --> 00:06:45.000 to Linus Tech Tips for more unboxings, reviews, and other computer videos.