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Isn’t the Lego Group incredible at this? Their parts are tiny, all different colors, and their tolerances are incredible.
This is content marketing executed perfectly :) Reading it, I learned something new and interesting and they had an opportunity to show off one of their differentiators against the competition (low leakage flow due to tighter tolerances) and then at the end they casually mention the new product that has just opened for pre-orders.
Seems a little revealing that they tout the clearance and not the difference in efficiency.
The people demanding black versions of their fans for their color matched builds already know they’re the best fans in their class.
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Does it? Not everything is a sign of deception. Even if it is the case, and not simple an omission to focus the narrative, does it matter? Case fans pull what 4 watts? 5 watts? Who cares if it pulls 200 milliwatts more than a competitor when it's cooling a GPU and CPU that consume more than a hundred times what it can consume
Tighter tolerance isn't universally a good thing. It might make the fan more susceptible to damage due to mishandling or dust. They might be selling a fan that has a shorter useful life for no real benefit.
I thought the primary gain in efficiency came from the large blades, with the blade shape the next most important factor. Gaps between the blade and housing feels like a single-digit percent effect.
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Silver is the ideal color for hiding dirt. I had a silver car once. Unless you drove it down a dirt road during a rainstorm, you basically never had to wash it.
They never did catch you riding dirty.
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I'd love more white, personally. I also don't understand the obsession with black. For me, black objects are very difficult to observe in detail, and that irks me.
I imagine a white PC fan would look terrible if not cleaned daily or used in a room with very filtered air.
If you need daily dust cleaning you should invest in a room air filter.
If you need that kind of precision, yes. But I don't think they really need that.
It's par for the course in the premium PC parts industry. It's overkill in a way that does not impact performance at all because gamers will pay for that.
Why would someone want a beige or brown fan? If it is that complicated why not only make black ones?
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I love Noctua fans and I don't care about their colour. For all I cared they could be pink as long as they are best in class on noise and reliability. They are going inside the computer where they aren't visible. The point of a computer to me is to be powerful while being as discrete about it as it can be (i.e. quiet and no blinking rgb lights). I don't have a glass side panel, I run an older Fractal case with alumin…
> They are going inside the computer where they aren't visible. Speak for yourself :) My computer is pretty open, the fans are visible through the front and through the side panel. I don't run RGB either though but I do like to style it. And of course the "form over function" is part of that market niche that really pays a lot for something like a fan. Noctua aren't that special, as others have mentioned there are mu…
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Branding, you're never in doubt when some YouTuber is building a PC using Noctua fans. There's probably some weird psychology in the colour as well. Why would anyone want a fan in such an ugly colour, unless it's really good. The weird beige and brown is highly recognizable, and even if you already don't know about Noctua you're likely to ask questions about the fan solely based on the colour. The black fans are real…
They are enthusiast targeted brand and majority of enthusiast (heck even entry level cases) have windows in it. Enthusiasts care about the details - airflow, cable management and of course aesthetics. Noctua doesn't. I respect their engineering/no bullshit approach, the price bump is worth it but they lost my money on multiple builds by sticking to their 'brand color'. They're the Soylent of the fan world - everythin…