Noctua NF-S12A PWM, Premium Quiet Fan, 4-Pin (120mm, Brown)

Fan works great.

Noctua is THE go-to brand for myself and every tech YouTuber that I watch. High performance air flow/cooling, quiet and unmatched build quality. Good to have this option since fans provided by manufacturers of computer cases are always cheap garbage and fail quickly.

Great quality, easy to install!

Goal for this build Extreme air cooled system, Extremely quiet and a very clean build.The packaging on the NF-S12A fan is excellent. Lot of detailed information concerning the fan is on the out side of the box and the box flap cover, specifications in 8 diferent languages. Noise and package contents. The box is very easy to open. Inside the box the contents are in a Blister pack very easy to open. You do not need a pair of scissors or knife to open the blister pack.Packaging Includes the following:1. NF-S12A PWM 120 mm x 25 mm fan2. One extension cabel3. Y Adapter4. Low Noise Adapter (LNA)5. 4 x Anti Vibration Mounts6. 4 x Fan Screws7. PampletNF-S12A PWM SpecificationsDC 12v, 1.44w, 0.12A with a SS02 Bearing with a medal bearing shell. This is a heavy fan.Installed 13 x NF-S12A PWM fans connected to 3 x 4 Pin PWM Power Distribution Block rather than the mother. The fans run at a constant 1300 to 1320 RPM with a 12v supply current direct from the Power Supply. The RPM verified with a Hand Held Digital Tachometer. With high quality fans a PWM block works very well improves cable management. With a high quality fans such as the Noctuas sound is not an issue when they run at full RPM. These fans are exceptionally quiet. Cannot hear the fans running at 1300 RPM. Anti Stall Knobs on the fan blades work very well Noctua specifications 900 RPM thru 1200 RPM + or - 12 percent. Note these fans at 12v are running between 1280 RPM thru 1300 RPM.Air Flow 107.5 with out the Low Noise Adapter cabel.Ambient Air temps out side of the computer case will very between 26c to 27c with 54 percent humidity.Computer case is a CaseLabs Magnum 8 Double wide case. No air filtration with 13 x NF-S12A PWM Fans (12 Intake fans and 1 exhaust fan).Mother Board Asus Rampage 4 Black Edition.CPU I7 4930K clocked at 4.6 GHz 24/7CPU Heat Sink Noctua NH-D 142 x Evga GTX 780 Super Clocked Edition reference CardsPrime 95 24 Hour Stress test:Ambient Air temps inside of the case at the air intake of the Nochtua NH-D14 heat sink between 28c to 29c running Prime 95 24 hours.Do not recommend this fan for air cooled heat sinks or use on radiators for liquid cooling. Instead recommend the NF-P12 or the NF-F12 the NF-S12A PWM Fans are better used as a case fan.over View1. Very good quality over all received the Award Winning S12 Design2. Anti Stall Knobs3. AAO Frame4. Inner Surface Micro Structure5. Custom Designed PWM IC with SCD6. Low Noise Adapter (with out the adapter you cannot hear the fans run at 1300 RPM dBA(A)16.8 Maximum per sound test. Nocuta claims dBA (A) 17.8 with out adapter.7. Extensive cabeling options (Fan cabels are supplied in the packaging)8. SSO-Bearing9. Mounting hardware anti vibration or standard fan screws supplied10. 6 Year Warranty11. Tech Support Excelent12. RMA Excellent (Note you will need the original receipt and packaging for RMA)Tried to provide you with enough information to make an informed decision. Thank you for taking the time to read the review.

Noctua just does it best. I have 5 fans: 2 front intake, 2 mounted on AIO radiator, and 1 for out take. I get good temps and airflow seems to be great. Cable length was not too long for management. The color-way is perfect for what I was wanting. They are great.

Works as intended!

These are horrifyingly ugly fans. It gets a 5 star review because i love them anyway.I had these in one of my first PCs because they were recommended to me. I loved them so much, but that color tho.I went all corsair in my last build because i wanted RGB and black fans. I ripped those suckers out and put these back in.Trust me; if you like quiet computers this is the way to go.I cannot stand loud fans, id rather just look at the brown fans.

Noctua fans are well known by builders as being one of the go-to choices for quiet performance. From CPU coolers, to CPU fans (static), to case fans (air flow), and hybrids in between, Noctua delivers. I have used Noctua 120mm, 140mm, 40mm, and 92mm fans for various projects. I've used 120mm/140mm fans on cases and CPUs. I've used their 40mm fans on 3D Printers and South Bridge Chipsets (like the Intel DX58SO motherboard). The 92mm I use on a Odroid cloudshell 2. In all cases, the fans move lots of air (or static pressure), maintaining cool temperatures and quiet operation. This particular fan, the NF-S12A PWM 4-pin (they also offer a 3 pin model), Noctua suggests works well as a case fan delivering a good volume of air. It comes with both screws and rubber grommets for mounting the fan (the latter for more vibration dampening over standard screw usage, but the corners of the fan are covered in a thin rubber overlay which already does a good job dampening any excess vibration so that I have never needed the grommets. I don't care for the Noctua fan colors, and if the color is also not your favorite, they do sell a gray version called "redux", but it performs a little less than the regular fans and it doesn't come with mounting grommets or the extra fan speed reduction cables that come with this model. Noctua also makes a static pressure version (for CPU coolers and radiators) as well as a hybrid model that works well in any application (static vs air flow). I've bought many of these fans, and would buy them again. In this particular case, I bought these to use on an Ultra Gladiator mid-tower case (the older model from 2007/2009). I am using one in the front, and one in the back for an older core i7-4770K machine (not overclocked). I also used a couple on a newer AMD Ryzen 5 3400G system in an Antec 900 case with 1/2 front fans using a Noctua (the other I chose an LED fan so I can tell from afar when it's on), and one in the back of the case. The temperatures in all cases are well controlled by these fans, and are super quiet. I've used Antec, Corsair, Thermaltake, Cooler Master, Deep Cool, Cryorig, and BeQuiet! and some non-name brand fans - Noctua is by far the quietest of almost all of them, and for the others, might be a close tie if not the winner...If you are looking for good performance and quiet operation, then this is the fan you should consider.