Noctua sent me new mounts for my 11 year old CPU cooler for free so I could put it in my upgraded desktop.

Real MVPs there.

I mean many modern cases have circuitry in them, such as RGB controllers or PWM fan hubs.

Let me remind you the requirements for DOOM modders to get DOOM running:

• Circuitry (optional)

Noctua was expensive from the start already 😁

Fantastic fans though.

Cases are a bargain these days because no one has a use for them

Always a fan.

Noctua was never cheap. They are gloriously overbuilt in a world of rifle bearing, built-to-fail bullshit at end of warranty schlock. Pay now or pay later.

I'm a fan

Yeah because I could never afford a Noctua fan in the first place.

Maybe thats because anything from Noctua has always had stupidly high prices.

hell yeah. got myself a new case, psu and a shitload of fans to prepare for my future graphics card upgrade. when the prices drop. a few years after the bubble pops.

...yet

It's the only thing keeping me cool.

I just had to buy a replacement 9800X3D yesterday because the previous one from early 2025 fried Saturday night. I paid $10 less for the new one, was very surprising. This post caught my attention because I had to remove and reinstall my Noctua cooler.

I'm sorry to tell you but the copper for those heat exchangers just got more expensive.

Noctua coolers are already pretty expensive and not the pinnacle of cooling tech any more. If they went up in price, I think people would just go with a different brand. Like Thermalright, which "borrows" from Noctua's designs but are a fraction of the cost. You can even get them in that ugly brown and off white color scheme.

Getting Doom to run on just 3 coolers would be pretty awesome, tho.

Also peripherals like DACs, monitors and such.

these are the components that people cheap out on but give the most bang for the buck when you increase quality.

Isnt that a Noctua cooler pictured?

Shut the fuck up you little fuck. They’re gonna be upping the price to $90/ fan blade and also firing all the people who make the damn blades if this gets out.