Noctua releases an even bigger version of its iconic desktop PC fan

Noctua has released a caller 140mm mentation of its quiet, efficient, and almighty fans called the Noctua NF-A14x25 G2. The instrumentality comes successful 3 configurations, including a two-fan set with an RPM offset and a quieter version that spins a small much dilatory than the standard model. All 3 are disposable now, starting astatine $39.90.

The up-to-1,500rpm instrumentality is the follow-up to Noctua’s NF-A12x25, which you whitethorn retrieve from the company’s collaborations that person seen peculiar versions of Nvidia RTX 4080 and RTX 3080 GPUs that travel with the fans attached.

Compared to its predecessor, the A14x25 is astir 2dBA louder, uses astir doubly the wattage astatine max, and takes up a small much space, but it moves astir 50 percent much air, according to its specs page.

Here are immoderate of its specs:

Noctua says the 2 fans of the dual-fan acceptable (NF-A14x25 G2 PWM Sx2-PP) are offset by astir 25rpm, which the institution says tin “avoid periodic humming oregon different undesired acoustic enactment phenomena.” The acceptable costs $76.90.

Finally, the slower, quieter NF-A14x25 G2 LS-PWM spins astatine up to 800rpm, and Noctua says it generates conscionable 11.4 dBA (or 8.6dBA with an LNA). It uses little than fractional the wattage of the A12x25, and it’s quieter, to boot.

Earlier this year, Gamers Nexus interviewed Noctua technologist Jakob Dellinger astir bushed frequence and the necessity of offsets. Watch their treatment beneath for nerdy details astir cooling and acoustics (including comparisons of the then-upcoming NF-A14x25 G2 with and without offsets).