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Noctua NF-P12 120mm Fan Review

by Michael "SKYMTL" Hoenig     |     December 24, 2007

Packaging and Accessories


Noctua packages their NF-P12 in windowed box which which carries their corporate colors. The front of the box holds a window so you can better see the fan itself along with a short listing of some of the main technical features.

Meanwhile, the back of the box breaks down the technologies Noctua implemented into this fan and describes them all in detail. All of the specifications are also there for you to take a look at but most of these things you will never see if you are buying this online. Nonetheless, it really is a nice box for a fan….


The fan and all of the accessories are neatly coccooned in a clear plastic package in order to hold everything in place. You can also see that there are quite a few accessories which we are about to look at…


Other than the fan itself you get the Ultra Low Noise Adaptor (or U.L.N.A as Noctua calls it), the Low Noise Adaptor (L.N.A), a Molex to 3-pin adaptor, 4 mounting screws and 4 rubber fan mounts. Even though it is one of the more expensive 120mm fans on the market, the Noctua NF-P12 does include a whole lot for your money.


The LNA and ULNA are basically adaptors with different strength resistors built into their wires which bring down the fan from 1300RPM to 1100 and 900 respectively. I find these actually work quite a bit better than Antec’s TriCool concept since they attach directly to the 3-pin connector on the fan and you won’t have a switch hanging around your case.

The rubber fan mounts are perfect for applications where you want to install this fan against metal (like in a case) where vibration could be a problem. They install very easily where they can be pulled through a mounting hole to provide a buffer between the plastic of the NF-P12 and the metal of an enclosure.
 
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