- Review -

21.06.2013 BigBruin.com

NF-A14 FLX,NF-A14 ULN,NF-A15 PWM,NF-S12A FLX

While we covered the bulk of the highlights within the body of the review, there is one key feature found on all of the fans that I really like... AAO (Advanced Acoustic Optimisation). This marketing term is in part used to describe the rubber pads placed in the corners of the fan's frame to reduce noise from vibration. It seems like such a simple concept, but go back a few years and no one was offering it, and very few manufcaturers have anything like that now. Complete your installation of one of Noctua's fans with their tool-less "Vibration-Compensators" instead of a screw and you can make your install so much quieter than a hard framed fan screwed directly on to a sheet metal case. Another great thing about each of these fans that was not covered in detail within the review is the bundle of accessories. The promotional image above shows what you get with one of these fans, and with all the adapters and mounting hardware options provided, you have the flexibility to custom tailor your installation to meet your expectations.

"There should be no doubt that a cooling fan from Noctua is going to be a high quality product. The NF-S12A FLX, NF-S12A ULN, NF-S12A PWM, NF-A14 FLX, NF-A14 ULN, and NF-A15 PWM provided for this review confirmed this, and showed that even in the narrower field of 120mm and 140mm fans that there are plenty of things you can do to distinguish one model from another." (Richard Jackson, BigBruin.com)