Noctua (company)

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Noctua
Company type Private
Industry Computer hardware
Founded2005;19 years ago (2005) [1]
Headquarters
Vienna
,
Austria
Key people
Roland Mossig (CEO) [2]
Products Computer cooling
Website noctua.at

Noctua is an Austrian computer hardware manufacturer of CPU coolers and computer fans with a primary focus on the enthusiast market. The company's inception occurred in 2005 through a joint venture partnership between the Austrian company Rascom Computer distribution Ges.m.b.H., established in August 2000, [2] and the Taiwanese cooling specialist Kolink International Corporation. [1]

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The brand name "Noctua" is inspired by Athene noctua, the scientific name for the little owl, a symbol of wisdom and intelligence in Greek mythology, which is also represented in the company’s logo.

Product range

The Noctua NH-D15 CPU cooler in Noctua's brown and beige colour scheme NH-D15 with classic fans.jpg
The Noctua NH-D15 CPU cooler in Noctua's brown and beige colour scheme

Noctua offers products such as CPU coolers, computer fans, thermal compounds, solutions for industrial applications, and collaborative offerings like graphics cards.

A unique aspect of Noctua's computer fan products is their signature brown and beige color scheme. However, this color choice has elicited mixed opinions within the customer and enthusiast community. [3] The color palette has faced criticism with PC Gamer characterizing it as a "khaki-and-mud color scheme straight out of the '70s". [4] [5] [6]

Noctua has introduced more conventional color options with their chromax line. This line encompasses black editions of certain CPU coolers and fans, along with a variety of colored heatsink covers, cables, and anti-vibration accessories. [7] During Computex Taipei in 2018, [8] Noctua unveiled all-black versions of their most popular CPU coolers as part of the chromax.black series, which was formally introduced in October 2019. [9]

Noctua's redux line reissues some of their fans and coolers at a reduced cost, characterized by a light/dark gray color scheme. The redux line fans lack most of the features present in their other products, instead featuring Noctua's first-generation SSO bearing and no accessories. [10]

The industrialPPC (Protected Performance Cooling) line by Noctua comprises robust high-speed variants of their retail models, purpose-built for industrial applications. [11]

Collaborative ventures

In October 2021, Noctua partnered with Asus to release a Noctua-branded Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 graphics processing unit (GPU) featuring Noctua cooling technology. [12] This cooling solution incorporates a substantial heatsink and two full-sized Noctua NF-A12x25 PC fans, resulting in an effective thickness of five slots (actual thickness of 4.3 slots). Further collaboration between Noctua and Asus for graphics card offerings was confirmed in March 2022. [13]

In 2021, Noctua also partnered with mechanical keyboard manufacturer Drop to create a keycap set, [14] along with a desk mat and coiled aviator cable. [15]

In 2023, Noctua Partnered with Linus Media Group to release a branded screwdriver featuring Noctua's iconic color scheme. [16]

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  2. ↑ Killian, Zak (2017-06-01). "Computex 2017: Noctua reveals a new spin on classic fans". The Tech Report. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
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  4. ↑ Synek, Greg (16 October 2017). "Noctua introduces Chromax line in six colors other than brown". TechSpot. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
  5. ↑ May, Keith (2019-10-08). "NOCTUA Goes Dark With Chromax Black". Wccftech. Retrieved 2021-05-12.
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  7. ↑ "Noctua at Computex 2018". Noctua. 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  8. ↑ "Noctua introduces chromax.black CPU coolers". Noctua. 2019-10-08. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  9. ↑ "Noctua product lines". noctua.at. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
  10. ↑ "Industrial Applications". noctua.at. Retrieved 2022-06-21.
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  12. ↑ Mark Tyson (2022-03-22). "Noctua Confirms Further Asus Graphics Card Collaboration". Tom's Hardware. Retrieved 2022-04-24.
  13. ↑ Klotz, Aaron (2021-12-15). "Noctua Partners with Drop, Releases Brown Cherry MX Keycaps". Tom's Hardware. Retrieved 2023-11-11.
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  15. ↑ Face_Wad (2023-05-24). "IT'S HAPPENING! (Noctua x LTT screwdriver!)". r/LinusTechTips. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
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