Armed with Noctua's 120mm NF-S12B FLX case fan, today we're looking at how you can improve the cooling performance of your case using aftermarket fans. Noctua should be no stranger to most of you, having established a name for themselves as providing high quality, low noise, well performing cooling solutions for computers. Their full product range includes an extensive line of desktop and server/workstation CPU heatsink & fan assemblies, as well as fans ranging from 80mm to 140mm.

Formed using the co-operation of an Austrian design and computer distribution firm with a Taiwanese manufacturing and marketing company, Noctua is a well established brand delivering silent and effective cooling to end users, system integrators, and industrial clients.

Noctua NF-S12B FLX

Product Highlights

• $24.99 USD

• 120mm x 25mm Case Fan

• 1200 RPM SSO Bearing Fan

• Low Noise Adapter and Ultra Low Noise Adapter included

• 18.1dBA / 10.6dBA (L.N.A.) / 6.2dBA (U.L.N.A)

• Beveled Blade Tips

• 4 Vibration Compensators

• 4-pin Molex to 3-pin Fan power adapter with pass-through

• 6 year warranty

Our investigation will use the Cooler Master Elite 430 with the Noctua NF-S12B FLX fan to examine if the placement of an additional affects the cooling performance of a system. We will compare the Noctua fan with competing options from Xigmatek and Yate Loon.