Originally Posted by
aerial
If you compare all the high end air coolers, noctua and thermalright (not extreme version) have both superior fans, in terms of low rpm noise level. They are quietest.
Both phanteks and cryorig, while they are great performers, I wasn't happy with idle low rpm fan acoustics.
I feel like "perfect" air cooler is still missing, if we combine all factors: performance, noise level (min rpm inaudiable super quiet fans) and looks (subjective).
Noctua has really amazing quality and great fans, but stock fans color.. noctua trademark, beige.. it rarely (never) matches to color schemes of build. Sure most peopl don't care, then it doesn't matter, but it isnt something that can't be improved.
We need either noctua or thermalright anodized to several colors, or at least black, and matching fans, or phanteks/cryorig with same quality of fans as noctua/thermalright.