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★★★★★
The fan that Moses used to part the Red Sea.
I want to start this review off with a great big My Mercy. This is the fan that moses used to part the red sea. He didn't use no rod, he used a Noctua. I have been through many fans in my life. I have a big box full of em. But i finally got my hands on one of these and i must say i am highly impressed. I will now discuss points relevant to my review as either a pro or a con, and end with my conclusion and recommendation of this product. PROS 1. Shipping and Packaging - This item arrived within 48 hours on standard non prime shipping. My mercy, that was nearly as fast as the fan itself. The fan comes in what looks like a fancy slim cigar box to me, real high quality. After opening it up you are greated by the fan, which sits in the box surrounded by cardboard cushioning. The item arrive undamaged and in perfect working order. 2. Design, Construction and Durability - This fan is the work of a master. Rubber anti vibration feet on all four corners on both sides, Solid non flimsy frame that cant be bent or broken(maybe), solid and massive fan blades that are thick and highly curved for static pressure, and a braided cable over a foot long that has a nice rubber sheath over it, topped off with a solid black 4 pin PWM connector for those of you who would dare connect this to your motherboard. Overall i would say you could play frisbee with this fan and let it hit the pavement a few times and it should work fine. 3. Performance - And moses said to the red sea "With one press of the power button on my desktop i shall blow thee away." And so it was. I plugged this thing in as a rear exhaust fan for my PC, and as soon as i hit the power button i could feel the power, hear the power. This thing blows snow off of mountains. On its lowest speed setting it blows more air than my Bit Fenix Spectre Pro i took out on High power. and its quieter. Now when you crank it up to half speed and higher its not quiet anymore, but this fan can be quiet and still pump air. The only fan i have ever seen or known of that blows harder and faster than this fan is those old 5 pin Nidec V fans in old Dell desktops, those things are monster 38mm thick engines of death that chop off fingers and eat children for breakfast. This Noctua will chop fingers, but i don't think it will eat the children. Usual Prime 95 test on my desktop cpu (i7 4770k @ 4.3 ghz yields 180 F average CPU temp, this fan brought that right on down to 165 Average due to it sucking the life out of my CPU cooler. 4. Value - I dont care what the price of this fan is you need it now or either its 120MM little brother. You will not find a finer fan for years to come unless they improve on this one. CONS 1. Sizes - Not really a con but i wish they had more sizes than 120 and 140 MM. I WOULD DIE to see these in 80, 200, and 230 MM flavors, especially the bigger ones. CONCLUSION - Shut up and give your money to Noctua. All your money are now belong to Noctua, they will set you up the bomb. I highly recommend this fan to all Desktop PC users, Gamers, Server Masters, and all other people who have high temperature electronics, use zip ties and adapters if you haft to. I will definitely be buying more of these and like i said, i would love to see these in other sizes like 200 and 230. Thankyou Noctua for the chance to review this great fan. If you found this review helpful, please like it! Every little like helps me review more and more products which means more and more reviews for you to read!
April 2016 · Electronics · verified purchase
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