Epilogue
It took Noctua some time—it actually took a long time—to release a top-performing fan, but the result is fantastic. The NF-A14x25r G2 achieves top performance in the normalized noise tests, which matter the most, and even in max numbers, it puts to shame fans spinning at much higher speeds and outputting way higher noise. The features and design details are numerous, and at some point, I thought I was reading about an aviation part and not an IT one! Noctua’s engineers did a hell of a job in the G2 fan. Although I know that many of you will complain about its high price, and some will also complain about the lack of RGB lighting, I believe that its price tag isn’t extreme given the development cost and its build quality. Yes, it is expensive, but you get top performance and top quality, and it will probably live forever if you don’t have it operating under extreme conditions. You cannot expect top support, quality, and performance at a budget price. If you find something like that, there will always be a catch, or the corresponding company will have other means of living and just creates products for fun!
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At 25 dBA normalized noise output, a noise level that won’t annoy most users while allowing for high enough speeds for decent performance, the G2 fan achieves top airflow. Its static pressure is also high, losing only to the Arctic P14 Max, which is notably more affordable.
Below, you will find several 140mm fan reviews to get more insights about this product category.
- Arctic P14 Max Review – The Best 140mm Fan?
- Arctic P14 PWM PST 140mm Fan Review
- Super Flower Megacool 140mm Fan Review – The Hurricane!
- be quiet! Silent Wings Pro 4 140mm Fan Review – Three Mode Silencer!
- Arctic P14 PWM PST CO Review – The budget-friendly 140mm fan!
- be quiet! Silent Wings 4 140mm PWM Fan Review
- be quiet! Light Wings 140mm PWM Fan Review
- Corsair RS140 MAX Fan Review: Top Airflow But…
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- Top performance
- Top build quality
- High lifetime bearing
- PWM control
- Rich bundle
- 6-year warranty
- Not affordable
- Power consumption could be lower
- No daisy chain option
Buy InWin Neptune AN140-3PK
Buy Corsair RS140 MAX
Buy be quiet! Silent Wings 4 140mm High-Speed
Buy Arctic P14 Max (5 Pack)
Buy Lian Li UNI Fan TL 140
Buy Lian Li UNI Fan TL LCD 140
Buy Arctic P14 PWM CO
Buy SilverStone Technology Vista 140 ARGB
Buy be quiet! Silent Wings 4 140mm
Buy Noctua NF-P14s redux
Buy NZXT AER P – RF-AP140-FP
Buy Arctic P14 PWM PST
Buy Noctua NF-A14 PWM
Buy Arctic P14 PWM PST
Buy Lian Li UNI Fan SL140 V2 RGB
Buy Thermaltake Pure 14 ARGB
Buy SilverStone Technology Shark Force 140 ARGB
Buy be quiet! Light Wings 140mm
Buy be quiet! Silent Wings Pro 4
Buy Corsair AF140 Elite
Buy Cooler Master MasterFan MF140 Halo
Buy Lian Li SL Infinity 140mm
Buy Thermaltake Pure 14 ARGB
Buy be quiet! Silent Wings 4 140mm high-Speed
Just saw the square frame A14x25 report! Seems like the round frame sample performed ever so slightly better? 1545~ rpm at 31.4dba while the square frame was 1505~ rpm at 32.9dba, would you say this is within sample to sample variability/margin of error? Or is there any possibility of the frame itself causing this small difference, even if only in this testing setup?
Thank you for all the testing btw, invaluable info, proper technical testing and insights for us. And I guess the square frame version will be available very soon, likely next week?
Hey Aris,
first of all, thanks for making these tests. I wish i saw them before buying my new fans😅
I wanted to ask if you could test push vs. pull when it comes to static pressure and flow? Or why you haven’t done it so far? Is it maybe not that different or literally the same?
I ask because i have to go with pull on my new PC, as it makes the loop much easier to do, but I’ve heard fans don’t like it so much compared to push.
Maybe you could chime in and tell me how you feel about it, would be really helpful 🙂
I could do that, but I would have to reconfigure my entire testing machine and do all the fans I have evaluated so far, so for now only push I am afraid. In any case keep in mind that a fan that is better in push, will also be in pull.
Thanks Aris,
im at that point where im probably in the overthinking stage, because building starts soon and i dont want to make an easy mistake that could’ve been avoided😅
I wish i knew you now make fan testing too at the start, then i could’ve asked about the push vs. pull stuff, but shit happens i guess haha
How do you feel about reviewing older models? I’d really like to hear your opinion on Silverstone FHP141. This 140mm×38mm chonky looks really promising judging by its product page and its single existing review. Neither of them went nitty gritty with it however, so I was hoping you’d fix that.
Does this fan currently only support the newly launched air coolers?
Can the current mounting screw holes be properly installed on radiators or other positions?
Nope it supports any cooler that can take 140mm fans.
The weak 1500 RPM limit prevents it from being the best 140mm fan IMO
At low RPM, the top 10 fans will likely perform the same in real world as long there’s no weird motor noise. And that’s pretty much the only thing this fan has to offer. P14 Max already offers this PLUS the ability to scale up to compete against high raw perf fans like Noctua Industrial 3000 RPM—-it’s practically like the Phanteks T30 but in 140mm. P14 Max is still the 140mm fan to beat. I hope Noctua release a higher RPM version to justify the high price.
We always wait the test of the fastest 140mm fan for a versus to the Super Flower Megacool. You have news about Noctua for the nf-a14 industrialppc-3000 pwm ??? Couple month ago you said your contact don’t reply and you will ask again.
Let me ask them again. I asked in the past, but they didn’t send them to me.
In worst case I think for that fan only, it worth that you buy it for the review. I think for that 140mm chart, that fan is a huge missing, because everyone know it was the best performer since a long time. There no others like that one excepted maybe Delta server fan in 38mm but no gamer buy this versus in old time like 2005.
Please send me a solid-works 3D model file for the NF-A6X25 PWM FAN.
Please let me know if the model is available or send it in a .step file format or any compatible format that is available.
hm not sure what you need/ask.
Can you please review the Antek Storm T3 140mm fans? Thir specs seem amazing for the price.
I will talk to Antec!
Yep. Really interested about these as well!
Another vote for Antek T3 140mm
They told me that they would send it for review. Still waiting, though.