Pros & Cons
Pros
The reduction of noise is incredible. If you want a top-quality quiet fan, this is exactly what you want. I'm perfectly happy!
I wish these were not as expensive. Now with 3 noctua, it stays around 42c (107. F) i highly recommend this product.
Cons
Fan has 2 of the four holes damaged (very rough thread cuts). Fan seems to have a manufacturing defect or was used before. You need to manually get it turning every time!
Highlights
Quality
Very nice, well made and low noise.
Works nice and pushes just enough air to cool my 10gb network card.
The oem fans were very loud and created an unbearable harmonic even behind a closed door.
Temps are instantly down on the cards.
Price
Because amazon and my wandering, but it's easy enough to use as a 100% on fan.
A little expensive but worth it for the noise reduction.
$18 is very steep for such a small fan.
Packaging/appearance
Comes with all kinds of things in really nice packaging.
The most beautiful packaging i've seen in a long time , comes with everything you could possibly want for installation , ridicu... Read More
However noctua really has to tone down the packaging on online products, packaging is nicely designed but insanely wasteful amo... Read More
Comes in a huge box, a lot more elaborate than needed.
Competitiveness
In comparison, the oem fan is rated at 25cfm @ 10k rpm.
These are much more quiet by comparison.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Noisy but that is to be expected
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Installed fan in 3d printer psu and was very quiet
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Didnt have anyplace to attach to the heatsink had to use zipties
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Comes in a huge box a lot more elaborate than needed
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
What i dislike is the overpacking that creates a lot of mess and the price would surely be more affordable
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
An oem version should a good deal
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
These are much more quiet by comparison
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Bought 2 of them for my pc and nas device network cards