Just a couple weeks ago Noctua finally presented its chromax.black line of CPU coolers , which included the NH-D15, NH-U12S, and the NH-L9i. Today, the company is adding five new fans to its chromax.black.swap series fans to complement its 120 and 140 mm models that have already been out for a while longer.
For this batch, Noctua is revealing the NF-A20 PWM, NF-A12x15 PWM, NF-A9 PWM, NF-A9x14 HS-PWM and NF-A8 PWM in chromax.black.swap variants, which come in black with swappable colors for the anti-vibration pads. These include white, red, green, blue, and black pads for the purists. The two slim models of the fans (NF-A12x15 and NF-A9x14) come with eight colored self-adhesive pads instead of the regular anti-vibration pads.
| Size | Max RPM | Max Noise | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NF-A8 PWM | 80 mm x 25 mm | 2200 RPM | 27.7 dBA | $19.90 |
| NF-A9x14 | 92 mm x 14 mm | 2500 RPM | 23.6 dBA | $19.90 |
| NF-A9 PWM | 92 mm x 25 mm | 2000 RPM | 22.8 dBA | $19.90 |
| NF-A12x-15 PWM | 120 mm x 15 mm | 4850 RPM | 23.9 dBA | $24.90 |
| NF-A20 PWM | 200 mm x 30 mm | 800 RPM | 18.1 dBA | $34.90 |
All of the fans will come with Noctua's 6 year warranty, which it backs because they've managed to achieve an MTBF of 150,000 operational hours thanks to the very-silent SSO2 bearings.
The units should all be hitting shelves soon with the prices listed in the table above.
It would appear based off of the Amazon listings that these don't come with NA-SYC1 and L.N.A. cables.
This of course would be a problem for anyone looking to run them in pairs off of the same fan header and/or forcing lower speed/noise.
Something I'm trying to do on my dual NH-U9S'...
Edit:
I also don't see any mention of the NA-SAV2 Anti-Vibration fan mounts...