Noctua NF-P14 FLX 140mm Case cooler

Pros: I've built more than 100 computers for myself, family and friends over the years and Noctua makes the best fans I've ever used. I love that you can fit this 140mm fan into many places where only a 120mm would fit. Don't listen to John M's review below, he seems to be measurement challenged... This is in fact a 140mm fan, but it has mounting holes to fit 120mm screw holes, and comes with adaptors so it also fits 140mm screw holes. just make sure if you plan to mount it in a 120mm space there is room for the 140mm of fan that protrudes past the mount holes. It also wouldn't make sense to put the 140mm in a 120mm space if the ventilation holes only cover the 120mm fan area. Rubber mounting pins work great and isolate any vibration which keeps noise down even more. Long sleeved cable, 2 resistor adaptors to set fan speed lower if you want to really keep the noise to a minimum. Even at full speed these are very quiet though. With the highest resistor, your ears are better than mine if you can hear the fan at all from 2 feet away.

Cons: Color is a con for some, but I prefer quality and quiet to flashiness. Since they are inside the case I don't spend that much time looking at them anyway, but since I have an Asus Sabertooth motherboard the fans actually match quite nicely for me.

Overall Review: Just a tip from an experienced builder. Make sure you have more/bigger fans blowing into your case than blowing out. You want to maintain positive pressure inside your case. IF you have more exhaust than intake your computer will suck in dust through every crack and crevice trying to equalize pressure. If you have positive pressure it will actually blow dust out of your PC. You will have to dust your PC far less often with positive pressure. unfortunately, most cheap cases are terrible for this. spending an extra $20-$30 to get a case with positive airflow is well worth it, especially if it has easily cleanable filters where the intake fans are. Don't forget to account for your video card's exhaust if you have one of the cards with a blower fan that exhausts outside the case when calculating to get positive pressure. They can move a lot of air at high speed.

Pros: The price may seem high, but considering it's 6 year warranty and 150,000 hour MTBF SSO bearing, it is the last fan I will ever need to buy. It will go with me from this computer to the next...and the next. Which makes it the least expensive fan I have ever bought. With it's included ULNA (Ultra Low Noise Adapter) in place - actually it's just an in-line resistor - the fan is almost inaudible. I notice that what sound it does make is much lower frequency. Heck, my cat's purr is louder! And it moves a LOT of air!

Cons: I guess I have to put something here, so I'll put something that is not really a con; the connector does not have the fourth pin for PWM control (variable speed), but then, that becomes irrelevant with this kind of cooling capacity.

Overall Review: I like the included fittings which allow it to be attached to either the MB or a molex plug. And it has everything I need if I want to move it at a later date to a 140mm mount (I have it in the 120mm for now). I bought this after buying Noctua's NH-D14 CPU cooler and carefully noting the brilliant engineering that went into it. I probably sound like I'm getting something for writing this, but I'm not, I just want to get the word out that this is really good stuff!

Pros: Great quality and a awsome fan! Moves a ton of air a low noise level! Does fit in a 120mm fan position BUT ** You do need a extra 1/2 inch clearance on each side from a normal 120mm fan. ** Color is nice in my opinion, classy and different. I think they want to portray being the bentley of fans and they live up to it.

Cons: Price

Overall Review: I bought 4 of these for my Antec P180 thinking I would put one in the lower HDD bay location, one in the main intake position and one in the rear exahust postion. This fan would not fit in any of the three positions because of clearance issues between main structural components. It can be done and I did get one in the main intake but it took some steel cutting dremel action. Long story short; make sure you have some extra room around the fan locations for these.

Pros: As quiet as I expected, and moves air very well. Install was a piece of cake with the mounting hardware provided, and it works very well in my nine year old HP Obi-Z case.

Cons: None.

Pros: Lots of airflow, no noise. I've got two of these to replace stock fans in my new LIAN-LI case. They are absolutely silent!

Cons: Fan comes with 120mm mounting holes by default. To install it as 140mm fan there are extnesion legs that are not as versatile as I would wish - but in the end I got in installed

Pros: I recently bought to of these fans along with a 120mm focus flow fan. The first installed with no problems the second made a clacking noise and then lost a blade. I used the direct RMA at Noctua and afte filling in the form and uploading a picture, they are sending me a new fan with me having to send back the damaged one! That's awesome customer service!

Cons: The Brown on beige may not be the best color scheme for you.

Overall Review: If you can live with the color these fans are really quiet and perform excellently. You cant beat their customer support!

Pros: Moves a lot of air, especially at full speed. The included hardware allows for mounting in 12cm holes, 14cm holes, with noise dampening silicone inserts or the threading fan screws. Two adapters to control rpm and noise. High quality product. Manufacturers included information very informative.

Cons: After removing all other fans in my case, including the ones in the power supply and video card, I was left with only noctua fans, four of these, and two of the nf-p12. I kept ruling out noise after noise, only to be left with the fact that these fans, while more mild than the power supply and video card fan, do indeed make their fair share. I can unhook one of the p12 and not notice a noise drop, but unhooking one of these is noticeable. I run these at ultra low noise and the p12 at low noise.

Overall Review: If a 12cm fan will work, the p12 is much quieter, and at the low noise setting is rated at more air flow than this one at ultra low noise, while being much more silent. These are not bad, they're in fact fine fans, but the p12 trumps it.

Pros: I bought this fan with the idea of using it on back of my HAF X case as I did not like the stock fan. I love the rubber mounts and they work great in keeping fan noise way down while moving a ton of air. I am running a Phanteks PH TC14PE CPU cooler and have the rear case fan pushing cool air into the back of the Cooler. I have 4 fans running on the Phanteks and it keeps my CPU nice and cool. I never go above 47C even when overclocking my AMD 8350 at 4.9 GHZ. This fan has performed flawlessly in the over a year it has been used. That is 365/24/7 days a week. I have had other high end fans die on me but this fan keeps on going. I use a fan controller when not overtaxing my system so the fan is really quiet unless I crank it up full blast. Even then, it still is a lot quieter than many other fans I have used.

Cons: None at all.

Overall Review: If you are looking for a case fan that moves a lot of air and lasts a long time, then this is your fan. I have become jaded with Noctua products as I will not use any other fans. I have had nothing but problems with so many other fans and this fan plus all the other Noctuas in my case have been perfect.