Tuesday, May 12th 2026
Noctua Presents NF-A12x25 G2 chromax.black 120 mm Fans
Noctua today presented the much-anticipated black version of its award-winning NF-A12x25 G2 120 mm flagship fan. Available in single-fan and speed-offset dual-fan packs, the new chromax.black variants provide the same state-of-the-art quiet cooling performance for PC cases and water cooling radiators as the regular NF-A12x25 G2, just in a sleek all-black design.
"The first-generation NF-A12x25 was one of the most successful Noctua fans of all time, so the G2 version had big shoes to fill," says Roland Mossig (CEO of Noctua). "We've been extremely pleased with the excellent response from both customers and expert reviewers, so we're excited to follow up with the chromax.black variants today."
Succeeding the iconic NF-A12x25, the NF-A12x25 G2 has quickly established itself as a new benchmark for premium quality quiet 120x25mm fans. Since its introduction in June 2025, it has received more than 70 awards and recommendations from international hardware websites, magazines and YouTube channels.
The NF-A12x25 G2's advanced aerodynamic engineering featuring a novel Progressive Bend impeller design with a Centrifugal Turbulator hub, winglets, and a record tight tip clearance of only 0.5 mm enables it to provide a significant boost in performance-to-noise efficiency over its renowned predecessor: Whether it's in low-impedance, airflow-oriented applications such as case cooling, or high-impedance, pressure-demanding scenarios such as on water cooling radiators, where its etaPERF motor with SupraTorque allows leveraging extra torque headroom, the NF-A12x25 G2 is a proven winner.
The chromax.black edition combines the NF-A12x25 G2's Sterrox liquid-crystal polymer impeller, comprehensive feature set and breakthrough quiet cooling proficiency with an attractive black design that can be customised with coloured anti-vibration pads, which are available separately.
The Sx2-PP set contains two fans that are slightly offset in speed (+/- ~50rpm) in order to avoid undesirable harmonic phenomena such as beat frequencies, which can be heard as intermittent vibrations or periodic humming due to interference. This makes it ideal for both push-pull applications and situations where two or more fans are running side by side such as in typical case fan configurations as well as on 240 or 360 mm water cooling radiators.
Topped off with Noctua's trusted premium-grade SSO2 bearing, an MTTF rating of more than 150,000 hours and a 6-year manufacturer's warranty, the NF-A12x25 G2 PWM chromax.black is the perfect choice for users who are looking for cutting-edge quality, quietness and performance in an all-black style.
Suggested retail prices
The manufacturer's suggested retail prices are as follows:
"The first-generation NF-A12x25 was one of the most successful Noctua fans of all time, so the G2 version had big shoes to fill," says Roland Mossig (CEO of Noctua). "We've been extremely pleased with the excellent response from both customers and expert reviewers, so we're excited to follow up with the chromax.black variants today."
The NF-A12x25 G2's advanced aerodynamic engineering featuring a novel Progressive Bend impeller design with a Centrifugal Turbulator hub, winglets, and a record tight tip clearance of only 0.5 mm enables it to provide a significant boost in performance-to-noise efficiency over its renowned predecessor: Whether it's in low-impedance, airflow-oriented applications such as case cooling, or high-impedance, pressure-demanding scenarios such as on water cooling radiators, where its etaPERF motor with SupraTorque allows leveraging extra torque headroom, the NF-A12x25 G2 is a proven winner.
The chromax.black edition combines the NF-A12x25 G2's Sterrox liquid-crystal polymer impeller, comprehensive feature set and breakthrough quiet cooling proficiency with an attractive black design that can be customised with coloured anti-vibration pads, which are available separately.
The Sx2-PP set contains two fans that are slightly offset in speed (+/- ~50rpm) in order to avoid undesirable harmonic phenomena such as beat frequencies, which can be heard as intermittent vibrations or periodic humming due to interference. This makes it ideal for both push-pull applications and situations where two or more fans are running side by side such as in typical case fan configurations as well as on 240 or 360 mm water cooling radiators.
Topped off with Noctua's trusted premium-grade SSO2 bearing, an MTTF rating of more than 150,000 hours and a 6-year manufacturer's warranty, the NF-A12x25 G2 PWM chromax.black is the perfect choice for users who are looking for cutting-edge quality, quietness and performance in an all-black style.
Suggested retail prices
The manufacturer's suggested retail prices are as follows:
- NF-A12x25 G2 PWM chromax.black: EUR 34.90 / USD 34.90
- NF-A12x25 G2 PWM Sx2-PP chromax.black: EUR 64.90 / USD 64.90
11 Comments on Noctua Presents NF-A12x25 G2 chromax.black 120 mm Fans
Completely changed my perspective on how quickly I thought they should be ready. And owning multiple products and having contacted them a few times over the years about mounting and their responses always being excellent, I'm inclined to believe it.
www.noctua.at/en/expertise/blog/how-can-it-take-so-long-to-release-black-fan-versions
Seeing how sensitive I am to various fan characteristics I totally understand the level of depth they go to in designing their products.
And that makes them come across more "leet".
I've seen people spray paint their beige frames black, and it looks so good with the dark brown.
For me "looking good" would be dark gray propeller + rubber corners and black frame.
All black is fine/safe, but a bit boring.
Good/tasteful color blocking is lacking in the industry, be it cases, fans, mobos etc.
A lot of people are going way too hard with a single color.
While other companies recklessly “use black plastic,” Noctua bravely entered the carbon-pigment event horizon, where polymer viscosity bends spacetime, tooling must be reborn, and several months of validation are required before humanity can safely witness a beige object become slightly more compatible with a gaming PC.
Truly, not all heroes wear capes. Some wear lab coats and discover the colour black.
I am quite curious about the offset speed dual fan pack. I used to have the Arctic P12's until I just couldn't bear the droning within specific rpm ranges.
And if you are not going for the smallest gap, you probably dont care about "pixie dust" affecting the geotmery and the creep resistance of the rotor.