I personally do not mind the color either. The color is very warm and unique to Noctua.
I don't really dislike the look of Noctua fans, but I really have trouble getting them to mix well with anything.
for a company that makes very good computer fans, why make black fans that look like every thing else that other manufacturers make ?
industrial fans dont get show cased, consumer systems do, and the current colour scheme they use, well people will know, this awesome rig uses noctua straight away even when operational, think people are missing this so much, they dont care about what you think the system looks, they care for people knowing that you are using it, its brand recognition
Nice alternatives. He says he doesn't like the color scheme of Noctua fans, so I offered up the NB's. I really don't understand what the cat fight about bearings is. Does it spin? Is it near silent? does it have a MTBF of 100k+ hours? Does it push 40+CFM? then whats the real diff? I can see higher CFM's appealing to those who are running air cooling (Such as the gent that I quoted), but unless you are running a single, 80+MM rad to cool 5+ waterblocks, you don't need a windstorm in your case.
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That.. is ..s quite simply .. badass, sir. /Kudos. I srsly dig it, both the concept, and the actual use of it. Shame I suck at anything to do with code.
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Kind of moot. The only reason to use noctua fans is because they are silent and move a lot of air, and, are considered one of the best at that. There's a ton of random fans that have better colour scheme but don't either have the performance nor silence to really be an alternative for the noctuas.
I feel this is a bit too generalised. "the only reason"? Hardly. They're also the best looking fans on the market with a very good colour scheme, performance, longevity as well as coming with industry leading packaging and accessories. Liking the colourscheme or not, no one has to. But it's far better than yet another tacky "red and black everything!!". I like be quiet! a lot as well, but wouldn't use the because of the mounting system.
i think red/black is quickly becoming the new UV/Acrylic, in 2005 nothing was cooler than a full transparent case and UV everything, now its considered tacky, same thing with massive cases, i think people are moving towards a no wasted space and mature/refined look with less color flash
I'm actually doing an experiment this weekend with red lighting. I usually try to stay away from red specifically. It tends to be way too overpowering, lighting wise. Once all my stuff gets here (Friday, I hope) I will have some pix to share.
I'm going with red and black this go'round for 2 reasons: 1.) it is the color scheme of my music project (my comp is also my DAW), and 2.) the system is an AMD build (SHUUUUUNNNNN!)
| i7 4790K @ 4.5Ghz | Asus Z97 Pro Gamer | 32Gigs Kingston FuryX 1866 RAM | Kingston Predator M.2 240Gig SSD | 4x Intel 320 Series SATA II RAID 0 | Samsung 850 Pro OS X Drive | WD Red 1TB Media Drive | NVidia GTX 960 | Noctua NH-D15 | Dell S2340 IPS | Fractal Design Define R4 |
I use a Corsair Carbide Air 540 with PURPLE lighting. It. Is. Beautiful.