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Customer Review
- Reviewed in Canada on June 30, 2020So I am going on a several weeks now owning and using these fans.. and I bought 4 of these for my Fractal Design Meshify S2 (white) case. I was replacing the stock case fans which were Fractal Design Dynamic X2 GP-14 140mm fans (2 in the front as intakes and 1 in the rear as exhaust). The stock case fans were rated at 1000 RPM pushing 68.4 CFM. So replacing them with these Noctuas plus adding 1 more to the front helped move ALOT more air.
My GPU temps dropped by at minimum 5 degrees Celsius. I was more concerned with my CPU temps tbh and was able to drop those down anywhere between 5 degrees to 10 degrees Celsius depending on the current CPU package temps and my ambient room temps. With a well defined fan curve set you can control the amount of noise these fans will generate. Personally, the noise issue doesn't bother me as much as it might others but part of that is bc I live in a noisy neighbourhood as I am near by a high way and busy main road where every vehicle driving by thinks they are in the movie fast and the furious. During the day time I hardly notice the noise as I use my 2.1 Logitech speakers and at night I will usually use my headset to game (Razer Nari Essential.. also have Steelseries Arctic 7) and they tend to block out any noise generated from the fans.
If you plan to get these fans I suggest a few things to be sure of.. check your motherboards (motherboard manual) specs and fan headers for power requirements.. my stock case fans would draw 0.20A.. 1.32W.. but with these Noctuas they draw 0.55A... 6.6W.. so ensure each fan header can handle the power requirements that you plug into..
Another thing is I suggest installing 1 fan at a time (setup each fan curve before adding next fan) if you purchase more than 1.. unless you don't mind having all the fans you buy rotating at 3000 RPM right at the start.. They can be fairly loud and will rotate at full power/full RPM unless you have a fan curve established already.
So again.. just to be clear.. my ambient temps are much higher than most others since my room is on the 4th floor and tends to get more humid so I usually see my CPU at low loads (browsing internet, streaming, anything non-gaming) usually between 46c to 56c.. and my fans will rotate between 1500 RPM to 1700 RPM and while gaming (I play Division 2 and some other titles) and under heavier loads.. I will see 55c to 63c.. and my fans will rev up to 2200RPM anytime my cpu goes above 60c and push it back down to 55c. So the noisiness will come in bursts during more intense gaming but as I use a headset I hardly notice it. I also have a Corsair H150i Pro 360mm AiO if that helps.
Very happy with this purchase. Hope this helps you decide =)
