NoctuaNF-A14 PWM, Premium Quiet Fan, 4-Pin (140mm, Brown)

I purchased these NF-A14 PWM fans to replace some beQuiet Silent Wings 3 fans which came pre-installed in my case. The Silent Wings 3 fans were silent at low RPM but had an annoying whine at max speed and also didn't seem to shift much air at the same time, so I was never quite happy with them.I have used a few different Noctua products previously and already know that their products are of very high quality, come bundled with lots of useful accessories and are always presented very well in high quality packaging. Noctua also offer a 6 year warranty with these fans which speaks volumes about the quality of the products, and, Noctua's confidence in them.These fans came with some silicone anti-vibration mounts as well as screws to attach them to the case. Initially I tried the anti-vibration mounts but found the fans ended up being too loose and didn't feel very secure so I used the screws instead.After powering up the PC and setting my fan curves I can happily say these are almost silent at lower RPMs with decent airflow. Admittedly they are considerably louder at full speed than the Silent Wings 3 fans were but these are also pushing way more air and have a 50% higher RPM. I don't expect to ever need to run them at full speed but nice to know I have the capacity there. The lowest speed I can run them on my motherboard PWM headers is 200 RPM at which they are nearly completely silent.Any existing customers of Noctua will know that a lot of their fans don't have the nicest of colour schemes. Beige and brown are not normally colours associated with enthusiast PC builds! If they are going to be hidden in your case then it obviously makes no difference but if they are going to be on show just be sure you can accept the colour scheme! Noctua have started making other fans that are more suitable colour-wise, however none of these models appear to have the same specs as the NF-A14 at the moment.Overall these are awesome fans and probably some of the best you can buy. If you don't mind the colour scheme and the premium price then you will as pleased as I am with them.

Case fans. Most of them do not last the test of time as they start ticking and I am sensitive to that. I have tried many but oneday was offered one of these by a friend who had ordered too many and had a spare. I originally ignored Noctua, not because of the quality, but because I didn't like the colour and thought they were pointlessly expensive. A bit like Stella Artois. Anyway, it was unused and the price was good so I went for it. How wrong was I? Very wrong. This was two years ago and this fan is still silent and strong and performing so well I just bought another (changing aio meant I had more room). Yes, the box it comes with is over the top and silly and some of the included extras (you get a lot of extras in the box) are a bit gimmicky and they are a little on the expensive side but if you want a powerful, quiet, and long long lasting case fan you can't really go wrong with a Noctua NF-A14. Recommended

The first time I ordered one of these it ended up lost in the mail, but I got a refund and ordered again and it arrived promptly the next day. Installation was a doddle, you can either use the silicon pins or old-fashioned screws, I opted for screws, and they hold it firm. The fan is near silent and shifts a heck of a lot of air. It has silicon corner pads to reduce vibration noise and I'm a sucker for the brown and beige look. You might not like the colour scheme but it's nice to be reminded of how far PCs have evolved since the beige boxes of yesteryear. These are expensive fans; but you are getting a lot of quality for the price premium. Noctua really are the best in the business.

I've been building a mini server setup using a Fractal Design case. That case came with fans which aren't bad but the noise they made was too much for something living in my office space.I bought these knowing the reputation Noctua have but not knowing if they would be good enough to keep things as quiet as I needed. I shouldn't have worried, they are seriously impressive! The rubber mounts were a bit fiddly and ultimately didn't fit my case installation but with the fans screwed in they're still a lot, lot quieter.I didn't have a sound meter to know how far the noise dropped but anecdotally they took my rig from "I don't think I can run it like this" to "this can run all day and all night and it'll be fine"!

Noctua has a great reputation for the build quality of its fans and this one doesn't disappoint. Near silent and controlled by a 4 pin header of your motherboard you can just let that control the speed of it if you wish and as I have done this it rarely goes above 900rpm in speed and you can hardly hear anything other than a bit of gush of air.I have two of these as intake fans and one 120mm noctua as a extract and these keep my case the coolest its ever been. To be honest as long as you have a good cpu heatsink and fan or liquid cooling etc most pcs wont need more cooling than this unless you are seriously overclocking your rig ie both cpu and graphics card etc. Also having more intake than extract keeps your dust to a minimum in side your pc although I would always recommend getting some magnetic dust filters for your case as they are easy to remove and clean so that the intake fans don't bring dust in at all.