Noctua is, and has been, one of the biggest names in the computer cooling industry. The Austrian-based company has always delivered some of the highest quality cooling products and has practically set the industry standard. They are very well known for creating cooling solutions that are exceedingly powerful and quiet at the same time. Noctua's newest offering to the fan universe comes in the form of two product lines and even though the pair are being released together, they are specifically targeting two different audiences.

The first, the redux line, is taking its naming very literally. The redux line is reaching to the back of the top shelf, dusting off all of the oldies but goldies, and re-releasing them as a baseline product to catch the attention of the more economically inclined. However, there is one twist. A brand new, and long overdue, color scheme update. The new redux models are all coming in a light/dark contrast gray, paying homage to the original light/dark contrast brown that was their roots. Now, I know what you're thinking, "why older, out of date fans?". My answer is simple: Though the models are older, they are also what put Noctua where they are today and should not be underestimated.

The second line, the industrialPPC, is like the redux in that it is, essentially, a reboot. However, it is a reboot of the latest models instead of the older ones and it has more than just a new face. This is where Noctua took their best fans off the front of the top shelf, took them out of their shiny new boxes and gave them a tune up. The industrialPPC fans are dressed in all black, and are geared for speed. Running on more than twice the amount of power that was trickled into the originals, these puppies fly. The hope is that, despite the much highers speeds, these fans will remain quieter and more efficient than the competition(and be enough to please Noctua's "fans," of course). These are much more expensive and are geared towards those who are running high performance systems in need of serious wind tunnel action. Now, on to see if the proof is in the pudding.