Noctua Revealed a Prototype CPU Cooler with Active Noise-Cancellation
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Noctua has demoed a prototype CPU cooler that features active noise-cancellation technology.
Noctua has demonstrated a prototype CPU cooler that features active noise-cancellation that was co-developed with RotoSub that features the same disruptive interference technology found on headphones. The cooler is a D-type (twin-tower) heat sink with a large fan between its two stacks and speakers position along each stack.
According to TechPowerUp, Noctua placed a mic into the test chamber where visitors couldn’t hear a thing or at least anything that was “louder than the morning crowds at Nangang.”
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It quite simply might not be profitable.
This is interesting product. What I am waiting is noice cancelling GPU cooler, or cooler block from Nochua. My CPU is allready guite quiet, but the GPU... The turbine airplane would be a shame beside it...
The big issue I see is that every case is different, the size and layout of the hardware inside the case is different, the airflow through the case is different, and the room and location in the room that the box sits in is going to be different. Not saying it is impossible... just that it would be very difficult to come up with a design that can negate that many variables, and more difficult to believe that it would silence the CPU block further than what their already nearly silent fans do.
because its not practical, computers don't need to be silent, it will be expensive, will probably provide less cooling which can be done with a low rpm fan inexpensively, its a low volume market, should I go on?
because its not practical, computers don't need to be silent, it will be expensive, will probably provide less cooling which can be done with a low rpm fan inexpensively, its a low volume market, should I go on?
Have you ever used a Noctua product before? They are extremely expensive, and typically do not work that much better than other coolers that are 1/4th the cost, and they have a design aesthetic that matches absolutely nothing that is popular... and yet they sell just fine because people are more than willing to spend an arm and a leg to have a powerful machine that is nearly silent, and that is what they do best.
Personally, I just took a cheap Hyper 212Evo and slapped some high-end quiet fans on it. Looks better, performs better, and it was much cheaper. But to each their own.
This concept if made properly should make near inaudible results even with pretty good cfm / pressure fan(s). I like the idea!
because its not practical, computers don't need to be silent, it will be expensive, will probably provide less cooling which can be done with a low rpm fan inexpensively, its a low volume market, should I go on?
I see what you did there...
got to give it up to corsair and antec too... the corsair psu is too quiet to hear, and the antec case came with a 200mm fan on the top that's dead silent too. (not to mention this 900 2 case has the best airflow I've ever had for a pc case).
the basic point is that i can't hear this system turn on in a dead quiet room with no noise in it. This isn't a noise blocking cpu case either. Now i'm not gonna claim i have the best ears in the world, but it does beg the question how quiet is "quiet enough"?
got to give it up to corsair and antec too... the corsair psu is too quiet to hear, and the antec case came with a 200mm fan on the top that's dead silent too. (not to mention this 900 2 case has the best airflow I've ever had for a pc case).
the basic point is that i can't hear this system turn on in a dead quiet room with no noise in it. This isn't a noise blocking cpu case either. Now i'm not gonna claim i have the best ears in the world, but it does beg the question how quiet is "quiet enough"?
exactly
got to give it up to corsair and antec too... the corsair psu is too quiet to hear, and the antec case came with a 200mm fan on the top that's dead silent too. (not to mention this 900 2 case has the best airflow I've ever had for a pc case).
the basic point is that i can't hear this system turn on in a dead quiet room with no noise in it. This isn't a noise blocking cpu case either. Now i'm not gonna claim i have the best ears in the world, but it does beg the question how quiet is "quiet enough"?
I am not rebuilding my computer for another 2-3 years, but by the time I do I expect passive cooling options to be available for mid to high end processors and GPUs. No fans, No HDDs, and no noise at all. Once my wife stops nagging me about the cost of all of that, then my system will be quiet enough.
got to give it up to corsair and antec too... the corsair psu is too quiet to hear, and the antec case came with a 200mm fan on the top that's dead silent too. (not to mention this 900 2 case has the best airflow I've ever had for a pc case).
the basic point is that i can't hear this system turn on in a dead quiet room with no noise in it. This isn't a noise blocking cpu case either. Now i'm not gonna claim i have the best ears in the world, but it does beg the question how quiet is "quiet enough"?
I am not rebuilding my computer for another 2-3 years, but by the time I do I expect passive cooling options to be available for mid to high end processors and GPUs. No fans, No HDDs, and no noise at all. Once my wife stops nagging me about the cost of all of that, then my system will be quiet enough.
already available.
CPU Cooler: Nofan cr-95c
-I have seen it work on an overclocked i5-2500k (4.8ghz) running a prime95 burn for 3 hours, the cpu never broke 90C... I would put it in a case like this antec ninehundred two where there is some amazing and nearly perfectly silent case cooling... maybe mate it with one of the "energy efficient" haswell i7s... those have a low TDP
match it with that passively cooled HD 7850, and a passively cooled seasonic psu set the case up with some noctua fans, and connect them to a good digital fan controller on the front pannel of the case. one of those automated ones like the bitfenix commander, which has temp probes and can be controlled through software in your OS... i'm pretty sure you'll never hear a system like that.