Noctua 140mm Premium Quiet Quality Case Cooling Fan NF-A14 FLX

Replaced a fan that was vibrating. Used the original screws of the fan being replaced. This fan has a solid square shape which interferes with one of the thumbscrews for the side panel of the computer case (unlike the original fan which has a circular shape except for the areas containing the screw holes that protrude in an X shape from the circular shape). The thumbscrew still works to fasten the side panel but it can't be screwed in all the way unless I drill a hole in the new fan to accomodate the thumbscrew.

Los ventiladores no son para cualquiera, hay que sobrepasar la barrera de la estética y del precio, pero cuando lo haces te encuentras con la máxima calidad posible y los lideres indudables de la industria

Decent quality fan

Noctua is the premier air-cooling manufacturer on the market. It won't get any better than this. I bought and installed these two years ago. They are so good at pushing and pulling air, that they rarely need any actual cleaning. I have a Cooler Master Cosmos 2 case, as well. So coupled with that, I rarely ever hit 40c on my CPU. In fact, it takes the hottest days of the year for my temp cases to get close to that. On average, with high load of multitasking and heavy gaming, my CPU temp stays around 33-38c, and in the winter about 27-33c. I've also had the fans running on max speed for a year straight (with power cycles of course), and sometimes with 48hrs+ of uptime. Still no wear and tear. I don't foresee myself ever buying another brand of cooling fans again. These things deliver results comparable with liquid cooling.That's not even the best part. These things are quieter than my desk fan! I was amazed at how quiet these fans are even on max speed setting. They're practically silent on low and medium speeds. You'll need a good case to take full advantage of these fans, but even in a terrible case, these will outperform any other fan on the market, especially for its price.

I picked up 3 of these fans to upgrade the intake fans on my Fractal Design Define S2 case. They run whisper quiet, even at full speed, the build quality is excellent and I can feel the air being pulled in with my bare hands through the intake vents. Overall I am very happy. They are ugly as sin, but where I have them positioned you can't really see them so no harm there and Noctua does offer black fans as well.