Noctua (company)

Noctua is an Austrian computer hardware manufacturer of CPU coolers and computer fans primarily for the enthusiast market. The company was founded in 2005 and is 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
TypePrivate
IndustryComputer hardware
Founded2005 (2005)[1]
Headquarters
Vienna
,
Austria
Key people
Roland Mossig (CEO)[2]
ProductsComputer cooling
Websitenoctua.at

Noctua is a highly regarded manufacturer in 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-U12A CPU cooler, incorporating Noctua's characteristic brown and beige colour scheme. The cooler, made of copper and aluminium, features seven heat pipes and two NF-A12x25 fans.

Noctua's product line includes:

Design

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

Recently, a Noctua-branded NVidia GeForce RTX 3070 GPU (graphics processing unit) was released in collaboration with ASUS, and the company has confirmed intentions to produce further graphics cards.[15] The RTX 3070 they produced is quite massive, consisting of an enormous heatsink and two full-size A12x25 PC fans for an effective 5-slot thickness (actual thickness 4.3 slots). Because of this it has unparalleled cooling capacity and early reviewers noted that the cooler was more than capable of keeping up with an even higher-end GPU by far.

In recent years, Noctua has produced more conventional colour schemes under their chromax line that includes black editions of their popular CPU coolers and fans, as well as various coloured heatsink covers, cables, and anti-vibration accessories.[16] 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,[17] and formally introduced them in October 2019.[18]

Noctua also has a redux line that 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-gen SSO bearing, and come with no accessories.[19]

See also

References
  1. "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-optimised 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. published, Mark Tyson (2022-03-22). "Noctua Confirms Further Asus Graphics Card Collaboration". Tom's Hardware. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  15. "Chromax". Noctua. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  16. "Noctua at Computex 2018". Noctua. 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  17. "Noctua introduces chromax.black CPU coolers". Noctua. 2019-10-08. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  18. "Noctua product lines". noctua.at. Retrieved 2021-05-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)


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