Noctua fans

“They unfortunately arent cheaper anymore”

“They simply max out at lower flow rates than some of the the noisy, high-RPM fans people replace with them.”

“The Noctua is rated for lower CFM”

“I prefer installing a generic fan that's one size bigger but lower RPM instead of a fancy Noctua”

“coupled with Be Quiet! PSU and Noctua fans, this makes for a very quiet computer”

“pretty much the quietest pc fans you can buy while still moving large amounts of air”

“I have a 4U with noctua fans and the loudest part of my rack is the harddisks”

“Noctua are pricey but they also provide service that is in my experience unmatched.”

“they certainly seem to be among the better brands, and at something like $25 for a fan, they are certainly not overpriced”

“I can put in a few Noctua fans and be confident they are going to last 5+ years of running 24x7.”

“they often win performance competitions against other vendors for both sound mitigation and airflow”

“A lot of Noctua sales come from their brand value.”

“I take it you've never dealt with Noctua for warranty issues (or any issues). They go above and beyond.”

“The blades are basically gray if I don't wipe them.”

“they lost my money on multiple builds by sticking to their 'brand color'”

“I love Noctua, and just wish they'd branch out from PCs and build more types of fans.”

“I have some Noctua fans still going strong after a decade.”

“I really love how they are nice to their customers — both their products and services”

“For half the cost of a complete Noctua CPU cooler I got good temperatures and no noise.”

“My fan broke after five? years of near 24/7 use. Customer support was very easy to reach.”

“You do pay a lot for just the branding.”

“Noctua fans are still the top #1 performers in the world.”

“every one of them proved high quality and reliable”

“The brown ones I think are extremely ugly and the black ones stand out too much.”

“Noctua is awesome in a lot of ways, one of them is offering full CAD models”

“my last Noctuas showing signs of failure”

“I have used Noctua fans in computers where they worked for a decade or so, even 24x7”

“I don't care in the slightest that they're the same colour as my parents' sofa in the 1980s.”

“They want their fans to perform (and sound) identical ten years later with daily use.”

“Dead quiet, did a better job, and not even one ever failed on me.”

“Their products are an example of a company refining a concept to an extreme degree to squeeze out as much performance as possible.”

“considering what they charge and how long they take to come out with new ones”

“noctua are one of the best fans you can buy”

“it's these (perhaps small) optimizations that justify Noctua being 5x more expensive than generic black fan”

“All I wished was that Noctua and similar fan mfgrs offered standard monochrome black or white fans”

“There fans are still good, but not the quietest anymore.”

“249 CHF for 8x fans is insane”

“I love the quiet Noctua fans, and replace all noisy fans with them”

“I'm not buying anything else and I'm also swapping out any non-noctua fan in my parts when possible”

“splurged for an expensive Noctua fan”