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Tickle_Nuggets t1_j18yiab wrote

Reply to comment by aahaaahaaaaahaaahaa in ASUS's Noctua Edition GeForce RTX 40 Series Graphics Cards To Launch At CES 2023 by Avieshek

I truly wish they'd use more than just brown. I heard they have the absolute best CPU coolers but it's like well if I buy one it's gonna throw my whole system off..

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ASTROladdd t1_j193s8p wrote

They literally do have black and grey versions. There’s zero chance you actually looked at the brands offerings.

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Tickle_Nuggets t1_j198eay wrote

Sorry I'll go check out their actual website then because the only ones I see on New Egg are the brown ones. I'd definitely buy from them if they had a black one

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batmanscreditcard t1_j19lch6 wrote

Look into their Chromax black line. I have an NH-D15 Chromax black and it’s fantastic.

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SpiritJuice t1_j1a8vjw wrote

Not sure if it's the same model, but when my radiator fans needed to be replaced, I picked up some black fans from Noctua and absolutely love how quiet they are in comparison. Next build I do may just have all Noctua fans to reduce noise, RGB be damned.

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rkhbusa t1_j1earwz wrote

Noctua isn’t alone in the premium performance fan department anymore. Phanteks t30 and the new be quiet silent wings.

Personally I like the phanteks t30 they sport a slightly wider blade than traditional 120mm fans, so they’re already cheating the competition a little but at the end of the day they push more air but with their design they might not fit every application particularly in some cpu coolers where you might have a fan sandwiched in between two radiators. The fans themselves are of a much tighter tolerance than you’ll find in just about any ABS fan, glass fibre reinforced material is very recognizable across all three of the aforementioned manufacturers in their premium line and it has less play than ABS which you might find in an RGB fan. Both phanteks and be quiet have 3000rpm models a feature which is obtrusively loud to use but a nice to have just in case you ever repurpose your fans for anything else like making your own little server room or a drying cabinet, while the ceiling of 3000rpm is completely impractical for daily use I find my t30’s do hit a nice balance at 1800-2000rpm in my closed case with noise comparable to my old Corsair fans clapped out at 1400rpm while also pushing more air even if the rpm’s were even.

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