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Noctua
Company typePrivate
IndustryComputer hardware
Founded2005; 19 years ago (2005)[1]
Headquarters
Vienna
,
Austria
Key people
Roland Mossig (CEO)[2]
ProductsComputer cooling
Websitenoctua.at

Noctua is an Austrian computer hardware manufacturer of CPU-coolers and computer fans primarily for the enthusiast market. The company was founded in 2005 as a joint venture between the Austrian company Rascom Computerdistribution Ges.m.b.H., established in August 2000,[2] and the Taiwanese cooling specialist Kolink International Corporation.[1]

Noctua is a manufacturer within the enthusiast market[3][4][5][6][7][8] and has, according to their official website, received more than 3,000 awards for their products.[9]

The name "Noctua" refers to the scientific name of the little owl, Athene noctua (hence the owl found in the company's logo), which in Greek mythology stands for intelligence and wisdom. It's also known for its soundless flight and the effective, economical use of its powers and precise attack.[10]

Products

The Noctua NH-D15 CPU cooler, the fans of which show Noctua's brown and beige colour scheme.

Noctua's products include CPU-coolers. computer fans, thermal compounds, industrial applications, and partner products such as graphics cards.

Noctua's computer fan products are known for their brown and beige color-scheme, which has divided opinions among customers and enthusiasts.[11] The color-scheme has been criticized, described by PC Gamer as "an ugly ... khaki-and-mud color-scheme straight out of the '70s".[12][13][14]

In recent years, Noctua has produced more conventional colour schemes under their chromax line that includes black editions of some CPU-coolers and fans, as well as various coloured heatsink covers, cables, and anti-vibration accessories.[15] Noctua announced all-black versions of their most popular CPU coolers in the chromax.black series for the first time at Computex Taipei in 2018,[16] and formally introduced them in October 2019.[17]

Noctua's redux line features reissues of some of their most popular fans and coolers at a reduced price, in a light/dark grey color scheme. Fans in the redux line lack much of the technology found in the standard line, feature Noctua's first-generation SSO bearing, and come with no accessories.[18]

Noctua’s industrialPPC (Protected Performance Cooling) line comprises ruggedized high-speed versions of the company's retail models, designed for heavy-duty industrial applications requiring enhanced cooling performance and advanced ingress protection.[19]

Partner collaborations

In October 2021, a Noctua-branded Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 GPU (graphics processing unit) with Noctua cooling was released in collaboration with Asus.[20] The cooling they produced for the RTX 3070 consists of a large heatsink and two full-size Noctua NF-A12x25 PC fans for an effective 5-slot thickness (actual thickness 4.3 slots). Early reviewers stated that the cooler was more than capable of keeping up with even a higher-end GPU.[20] In March 2022, Noctua confirmed further graphics card collaboration with Asus.[21]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "About Noctua". Noctua. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  2. ^ Wesley Fink. "Noctua NH-U12P: Top Performance AND Silence". anandtech.com.
  3. ^ "Noctua NH-U9B CPU Cooler Review". hardwarecanucks.com. Archived from the original on 2017-12-04. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
  4. ^ "Noctua NH-C12P SE14 CPU Cooler". TweakTown. 14 January 2010.
  5. ^ Thomas Soderstrom. "Noctua NH-D14". Tom's Hardware.
  6. ^ "Noctua NH-D14 flagship dual-fan CPU cooler". silentpcreview.com.
  7. ^ "Noctua NH-D14 HSF Review - The Best CPU Cooler Ever? - Legit Reviews". Legit Reviews.
  8. ^ "Noctua.at - sound-optimized premium components "Designed in Austria"!". noctua.at.
  9. ^ "Noctua Mean". noctua.at.
  10. ^ "Computex 2017: Noctua reveals a new spin on classic fans". The Tech Report. 2017-06-01. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  11. ^ Gamer, P. C. (2021-04-23). "The best PC fans in 2021". PC Gamer. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  12. ^ "Noctua introduces Chromax line in six colors other than brown". TechSpot. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  13. ^ May, Keith (2019-10-08). "NOCTUA Goes Dark With Chromax Black". Wccftech. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  14. ^ "Chromax". Noctua. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  15. ^ "Noctua at Computex 2018". Noctua. 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  16. ^ "Noctua introduces chromax.black CPU coolers". Noctua. 2019-10-08. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  17. ^ "Noctua product lines". noctua.at. Retrieved 2021-05-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ^ "Industrial Applications". noctua.at. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
  19. ^ a b Walton, Jarred (2021-12-29). "Asus GeForce RTX 3070 Noctua Review: Absolute Unit". Tom's Hardware. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
  20. ^ Mark Tyson (2022-03-22). "Noctua Confirms Further Asus Graphics Card Collaboration". Tom's Hardware. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
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