Noctua industrialPPC Fan Series Review

Results

We took all voltage, temperature, load, speed and other outputs from this test, but due to the overwhelming amount of data, we have narrowed it down to the following,

CPU Core Max Core Max is the hottest temperature from all cores.

PCH Temperature Platform Controller Hub, basically the chipset of your motherboard, it will handle more traffic than any other individual component generally.

System Non component specific temperature within the chassis.

GPU Temperature The iron forge melting pot that is the graphics card, one of the hotter components inside the chassis.

We have included both stock and the test fan combined in this chart. What we are looking for is a slow increase in temperatures and airflow control reducing or controlling the temperature inside the chassis.

It may seem a little over the top for a fan test, but the gains can be imperceptible to the end-user, but still be an improvement over the stock fan. We don’t think we will see large jumps, just small gains.

Our Charts

We use charts to describe the benchmark results. These use colours that can often be similar or even different shades of each colour. If this becomes hard to read, you can click on any of the review samples on the chart to remove it, or add it back in.

The  NF-F12 is up first and as you would expect some good results. All temperatures are down, with the CPU getting the best airflow to allow cooling.

 The GPU is getting its fair share of the airflow as well, though it has a bit of a glitch that it recovers from. Overall the performance is better than the stock fan at worst, and at best there is a big enough delta in the outputs to really notice. All of this is then combined with much better sound performance, especially at idle, and a slight improvement at full load.