Review on Noctua NF-S12A PWM chromax.Black.swap: Ultimate 🖤 120mm Premium Quiet Fan in Black (4-Pin) by Roger Diaz

To recap before we go into details: Pros: + Aesthetically pleasing for my build, White matches RGB lighting on motherboard, front fans and LED strips + much quieter sound compared to stock Fractal Design case fan + different color options for rubber mounts + now strong case airflow + PWM fan compared to old 3-pin Fractal Design DC fan Cons: - high price of fans - short cables - rather difficult mounting screws For a more detailed review: I love these fans. I'm officially a "fan" of Noctua fans (I bet you weren't expecting the puns in this review). In testing, I paired it with another Noctua fan that I replaced on my Cryorig H7 CPU cooler. I noticed a 3-5 degree Celsius drop in CPU temperature. I attribute this to this fan working well with the CPU fan, which has also been replaced by the Noctua fan. You push hard on the cooler, and this fan pushes a lot of air out of the case. The fan is almost silent compared to the old case fan from Fractal Design. It's a much lower tone. I also like that it's a PWM fan compared to the 3-pin DC fan that was the Fractal Design fan. This offers much more variability and control over fan speed. The main downside I found was the bolt on nature of this fan. For some reason it seems a bit more difficult. The screws that came with it didn't match my case, so I used the screws from the case kit rather than the screws from the fan kit. I also installed two sets of rubber mounts on either side of the fan because they needed to rest against the metal of the case and I wasn't sure if that would cause vibration noise. Overall I am very happy with this product and the static pressure version of this fan. Highly recommended!