Take advantage of increased airflow and reduced noise with the brown NF-F12 PWM 120mm Cooling Fan from Noctua. Using an SSO-bearing design, this 120mm cooling fan is designed for reliability. Thanks to a 4-pin PWM connection, fan speed can be controlled directly from your motherboard. Delivering 54.97 CFM of airflow at 300 to 1500 rpm and 22.4 dBA, this fan also comes with a low-noise adapter that can reduce fan speed to 1200 rpm while also reducing operational noise. Anti-vibration rubber pads are also included, as is a 4-pin Y cable, allowing users to control 2 fans from the same 4-pin motherboard connection. The Noctua NF-F12 PWM has a lifespan of more than 150,000 hours.
Take advantage of increased airflow and reduced noise with the brown NF-F12 PWM 120mm Cooling Fan from Noctua. Using an SSO-bearing design, this 120mm cooling fan is designed for reliability. Thanks to a 4-pin PWM connection, fan speed can be controlled directly from your motherboard. Delivering 54.97 CFM of airflow at 300 to 1500 rpm and 22.4 dBA, this fan also comes with a low-noise adapter that can reduce fan speed to 1200 rpm while also reducing operational noise. Anti-vibration rubber pads are also included, as is a 4-pin Y cable, allowing users to control 2 fans from the same 4-pin motherboard connection. The Noctua NF-F12 PWM has a lifespan of more than 150,000 hours.
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The lowest price for Noctua 120mm NF-F12 industrialPPC IP52 PWM Fan (Max 3000RPM) right now is $43.26 at Quiet PC, compared across 3 retailers.
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Prices last updated 17 July 2026.
Noctua 120mm NF-F12 industrialPPC IP52 PWM Fan (Max 3000RPM)
Take advantage of increased airflow and reduced noise with the brown NF-F12 PWM 120mm Cooling Fan from Noctua. Using an SSO-bearing design, this 120mm cooling fan is designed for reliability. Thanks to a 4-pin PWM connection, fan speed can be controlled directly from your motherboard. Delivering 54.97 CFM of airflow at 300 to 1500 rpm and 22.4 dBA, this fan also comes with a low-noise adapter that can reduce fan speed to 1200 rpm while also reducing operational noise. Anti-vibration rubber pads are also included, as is a 4-pin Y cable, allowing users to control 2 fans from the same 4-pin motherboard connection. The Noctua NF-F12 PWM has a lifespan of more than 150,000 hours.
Take advantage of increased airflow and reduced noise with the brown NF-F12 PWM 120mm Cooling Fan from Noctua. Using an SSO-bearing design, this 120mm cooling fan is designed for reliability. Thanks to a 4-pin PWM connection, fan speed can be controlled directly from your motherboard. Delivering 54.97 CFM of airflow at 300 to 1500 rpm and 22.4 dBA, this fan also comes with a low-noise adapter that can reduce fan speed to 1200 rpm while also reducing operational noise. Anti-vibration rubber pads are also included, as is a 4-pin Y cable, allowing users to control 2 fans from the same 4-pin motherboard connection. The Noctua NF-F12 PWM has a lifespan of more than 150,000 hours.
Last updated at 17/07/2026 06:52:28
Noctua NF-F12 iPPC PWM 12V 3000RPM 120mm High Performance Fan
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Noctua NF-F12 Industrial PPC 120mm 3000RPM PWM Fan
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Noctua 120mm industrialPPC IP52 PWM Fan
Delivery $14
originally posted on scan.co.uk
I know their ‘industrial’ fans.. but I believe the rear design with the amount of brace fins at the rear, although look brilliant make the fans unbelievably loud @ anything over 1500rpm.. in either pull or push setting..I really want to send these back but I think it’s been to long, waste of money as the performance doesn’t match the sound they produce.Noctua is know for quiet fans, I know these are industrial so they are going to be louder but not this loud surely.
originally posted on scan.co.uk
Bought a pair of NF-F12s for the primary intake of my new build, behind the low resistance front panel of the corsair 750D airflow edition.These fans are very loud at 100%, but with the significant amount of air they move at low speeds they rarely have to run at any higher than 1000rpm, even under artificially high benchmark loads they rarely pass 1500rpm.At 750rpm the fans are barely audible, even in a quiet room and maintain an idle system at around 30C. At 1000rpm the fans are just a quiet hum in a quiet room, and will easily be lost behind any typical music, movie or game sounds. At this speed they are comfortable to sleep alongside and keep a relatively powerful system at a comfortable 35C under moderate constant load. Only under extended synthetic loads do ... MoreBought a pair of NF-F12s for the primary intake of my new build, behind the low resistance front panel of the corsair 750D airflow edition.These fans are very loud at 100%, but with the significant amount of air they move at low speeds they rarely have to run at any higher than 1000rpm, even under artificially high benchmark loads they rarely pass 1500rpm.At 750rpm the fans are barely audible, even in a quiet room and maintain an idle system at around 30C. At 1000rpm the fans are just a quiet hum in a quiet room, and will easily be lost behind any typical music, movie or game sounds. At this speed they are comfortable to sleep alongside and keep a relatively powerful system at a comfortable 35C under moderate constant load. Only under extended synthetic loads do the fans spin up to beyond 1500, at which point they do sound relatively loud but no worse than a typical fan. The only time the fans reach full potential is during startup in which they spin up to 100% for a few seconds and remind you just how loud they can be.TLDR: If you're willing to fork out the extra cost these fans make great intakes, quiet enough for everyday use and a big enough airflow at full speed to provide a safety net in case anything goes wrong.
originally posted on scan.co.uk
Perfect in use for my watercooling loop. Currently run at low RPM (1300) to reduce noise whilst maintaining airflow from my previous BeQuiet Silent Wings. Significant improvement in cooling performance.
| Mounting Hole Spacing | 105 x 105 mm |
| Cable Length | 40 cm |
| Bearing | SSO2 |
| Blade Geometry | Heptaperf |
| Frame Technology | FocusedFlow |
Noctua NF-F12 iPPC PWM 12V 3000RPM 120mm High Performance Fan
Delivery $19.79
Noctua NF-F12 Industrial PPC 120mm 3000RPM PWM Fan
Delivery between Tue – Wed $15
Noctua 120mm industrialPPC IP52 PWM Fan
Delivery $14
I know their ‘industrial’ fans.. but I believe the rear design with the amount of brace fins at the rear, although look brilliant make the fans unbelievably loud @ anything over 1500rpm.. in either pull or push setting..I really want to send these back but I think it’s been to long, waste of money as the performance doesn’t match the sound they produce.Noctua is know for quiet fans, I know these are industrial so they are going to be louder but not this loud surely.
Bought a pair of NF-F12s for the primary intake of my new build, behind the low resistance front panel of the corsair 750D airflow edition.These fans are very loud at 100%, but with the significant amount of air they move at low speeds they rarely have to run at any higher than 1000rpm, even under artificially high benchmark loads they rarely pass 1500rpm.At 750rpm the fans are barely audible, even in a quiet room and maintain an idle system at around 30C. At 1000rpm the fans are just a quiet hum in a quiet room, and will easily be lost behind any typical music, movie or game sounds. At this speed they are comfortable to sleep alongside and keep a relatively powerful system at a comfortable 35C under moderate constant load. Only under extended synthetic loads do ... MoreBought a pair of NF-F12s for the primary intake of my new build, behind the low resistance front panel of the corsair 750D airflow edition.These fans are very loud at 100%, but with the significant amount of air they move at low speeds they rarely have to run at any higher than 1000rpm, even under artificially high benchmark loads they rarely pass 1500rpm.At 750rpm the fans are barely audible, even in a quiet room and maintain an idle system at around 30C. At 1000rpm the fans are just a quiet hum in a quiet room, and will easily be lost behind any typical music, movie or game sounds. At this speed they are comfortable to sleep alongside and keep a relatively powerful system at a comfortable 35C under moderate constant load. Only under extended synthetic loads do the fans spin up to beyond 1500, at which point they do sound relatively loud but no worse than a typical fan. The only time the fans reach full potential is during startup in which they spin up to 100% for a few seconds and remind you just how loud they can be.TLDR: If you're willing to fork out the extra cost these fans make great intakes, quiet enough for everyday use and a big enough airflow at full speed to provide a safety net in case anything goes wrong.
Perfect in use for my watercooling loop. Currently run at low RPM (1300) to reduce noise whilst maintaining airflow from my previous BeQuiet Silent Wings. Significant improvement in cooling performance.
By default it runs near 3000 rpm and sounds like a jet engine. If plugged until the right headers then using your motherboards PWM controller you can bring it down to sane levels. I'm sure the extraction rate is great, but you gotta wind it down to get any work done on a desktop PC.
Great performance with high RPM and impressive airflow. I'm running an overclocked FX-6300 in a Node 605 case which doesn't allow big coolers, my Shiruken 2 was getting weak to I got this one to replace the stock fan and it did drop the idle temperature by 10-15 degrees.However keep in mind it's part of Noctua's Industrial series which are meant to be used in hard conditions such as humidity/dirt/dust. That makes this fan extremely solid but it's not a silent fan. At lower RPM I can barely hear it but at 40% and higher it sounds like a vacuum cleaner, not because of the high airflow it générâtes but because you can clearly hear the electric motor running... Not a bad point, it's just not meant to be a silent fan, just keep it in mind.
I got 6 of these to go onto my AIO and they are overkill to say the least. If you want some killer performance and don't care about RGB, these are for you.ps. my temps dropped so much that my pc went from an oven to a freezer
Very happy with the quality and capacity of the fan.Don't agree with the claimed dBa of the fan - we measured it closer to 70dBa.It is being used as an extraction fan in a special purpose vehicle, so noise levels were important.All round the best capacity in it's size, at 12V, and still the quietest that we found and tested - and visibly the best quality and most developed.
I purchased an Alpenfohn K2 mount doom air cooler, last year. Love it, great cooler. Kept my FX-8350 nice and cool between 32c-35c. Then in September I upgraded to the FX-9590 and the K2 kept it cool at 39c-42c. In January 2014, I bought a pair of Zotac 770GTX to put in SLI (ideally I wanted 2x780GTX but they were too expensive so I decided to go with these in the interim). Again, the K2 kept my FX-9590 nice and cool. However, 2 weeks ago, I found a great bargain on Amazon for the Sapphire Trix R9-290 at
I purchased an Alpenfohn K2 mount doom air cooler, last year. Love it, great cooler. Kept my FX-8350 nice and cool between 32c-35c. Then in September I upgraded to the FX-9590 and the K2 kept it cool at 39c-42c. In January 2014, I bought a pair of Zotac 770GTX to put in SLI (ideally I wanted 2x780GTX but they were too expensive so I decided to go with these in the interim).Two weeks ago, I found a great bargain on Amazon for the Sapphire Trix R9-290 at £284. So I bought two (5 months on and the cheapest 780GTX was Zotac for £340, so the 290 Trix was £56 cheaper). Problem is whilst these bad boys are very good performers, they put out a lot of heat. I found when gaming, especially crysis3 my gpu's would go to 70c and 80c, cpu would overheat to 71c and BIOS safeties ... MoreI purchased an Alpenfohn K2 mount doom air cooler, last year. Love it, great cooler. Kept my FX-8350 nice and cool between 32c-35c. Then in September I upgraded to the FX-9590 and the K2 kept it cool at 39c-42c. In January 2014, I bought a pair of Zotac 770GTX to put in SLI (ideally I wanted 2x780GTX but they were too expensive so I decided to go with these in the interim).Two weeks ago, I found a great bargain on Amazon for the Sapphire Trix R9-290 at £284. So I bought two (5 months on and the cheapest 780GTX was Zotac for £340, so the 290 Trix was £56 cheaper). Problem is whilst these bad boys are very good performers, they put out a lot of heat. I found when gaming, especially crysis3 my gpu's would go to 70c and 80c, cpu would overheat to 71c and BIOS safeties would shut down pc. I also got a lot of artefacts, stuttering, freezing when gaming with the 290's (never had any issues with the 770GTX-SLI#.No doubt summer weather has significant effect on pc temperature. I decided to go for a Coolermaster Nepton 140XL AIO liquid cooler from Amazon. Worked great for first day #Boinc/seti running in background and playing crysis 3, my cpu would hit 55c#. But the 140XL started playing havoc with my ZXR sound card and Asus Crosshair V formula Z motherboard. Spoke to CM euro tech support and the tech guy was flummoxed. He said probably electrical issue with pump. Had to RMA.I went back to my Alpenfohn K2. This time I decided to check the stock fan specs that came with the heatsink. Only 61CFM each!. No wonder my cpu was overheating. A friend told me about the Noctua NFF12-3k rpm #thanks Alex!#. Arrived today, installed.Using Asus AI suite and standard fan mode, cpu at 37c #with Boinc/seti off#. With Boinc/seti running in background, cpu was 46c #with stock Alpenfohn fans cpu was 55/56c#.With boinc running and playing crysis3, this time no crashes, no gpu stuttering or artefacts due to heat. Played 15 minutes easily and cpu was 64c, gpu1 was 70c and gpu2 was 65c.I am well impressed with these Noctua NFF12 fans. Ideally, I wanted the 14cm-3k rpm fans but no one had them in stock, so had to settle for these NFF12. But they have worked brilliantly. It goes to show, you don't need fancy and potentially fickle AIO liquid coolers. You just need a good quality heatsink and a pair of Noctua 3k-rpm fans. These fans are expensive but a very worthwhile investment bearing in mind performance and if you intend to keep them for long term use. They also come with 6 years manufacturer warranty.I have used other fans before like Akasa venom which claim to be 108CFM but when I put my hand over them, I cant feel a thing. The only two fans worth their weight in gold are these Noctua NFF12/14 #109 and 144 CFM respectively# and the coolermaster jetflo 120mm fans #95CFM) but the jetflo fans cant be fitted on a air cooler heatsink!. I am using the CM jetflo as case fans and these Noctua NFF12 as cpu heatsink fans and I can feel the turbine fan blades pushing gusts of air for both brands of fans. Highly recommend.
I bought these fans to replace the non-vibration mounted SP120 fans on my Corsair H100i. Safe to say, the installation was a hassle as I had no idea how to remove the top panel of my case as I didn't build this PC, but once I had it figured it was fine (apart from the damage I managed to do to the mounts on my H100i... oops).Once the fans were installed, they worked fine from the get go. I had no issues with plugging them in either, but the sleeving was annoying as it prevented me from tidying them away. However, this sleeving is very good quality and looks great when these are used as case fans I imagine or when they are mounted on a radiator that isn't directly above the motherboard.The fans themselves are noisy, yes, and the brown anti-vibration mounts do not ... MoreI bought these fans to replace the non-vibration mounted SP120 fans on my Corsair H100i. Safe to say, the installation was a hassle as I had no idea how to remove the top panel of my case as I didn't build this PC, but once I had it figured it was fine (apart from the damage I managed to do to the mounts on my H100i... oops).Once the fans were installed, they worked fine from the get go. I had no issues with plugging them in either, but the sleeving was annoying as it prevented me from tidying them away. However, this sleeving is very good quality and looks great when these are used as case fans I imagine or when they are mounted on a radiator that isn't directly above the motherboard.The fans themselves are noisy, yes, and the brown anti-vibration mounts do not look the best, but I am still fine with having these on show from my side panel window. The noise factor is easily reduced as the static pressure these fans provide at the RPMs of my old fans is around 1.5x as much, so they outperform them even at the same RPMs.Now onto my main gripe about these fans. The price. These fans are very, very expensive compared to others on the market. Yes, you are paying a premium for these fans as they are THE BEST on the market, but the lack of the standard accessories that Noctua normally provides and the lacklustre packaging is something that disappoints me with these particular fans.Overall, these fans are extremely good quality and perform as you would expect for the price, but the lack of standard accessories compared to other Noctua products and the lacklustre packaging mean that I have to give these fans a good rather than excellent rating for value.
| Mounting Hole Spacing | 105 x 105 mm |
| Cable Length | 40 cm |
| Bearing | SSO2 |
| Blade Geometry | Heptaperf |
| Frame Technology | FocusedFlow |
