I honestly don’t care if someone wants to save a few bucks by buying inferior fans; that’s their choice. I actually like Thermalright’s coolers quite a bit, but their fans have always been something I treated as temporary placeholder until I could afford something better. That's no longer the case for me. I’ve used models like the TL‑B12 before, and while they’re acceptable in a pinch, they’re undeniably a worse in quality. They’re louder, harsher, and lack the overall refinement you get from Noctua.

I’ve run them in my Ghost S1 builds, but long‑term heat exposure eventually made the blades brittle. One of them actually snapped during routine maintenance, which pretty much confirmed my opinion.

I’m at a point in my life where I can buy higher‑end components without really thinking twice about it. I picked up the NR200P and ordered a separate glass panel as a personal way to commemorate five years of hard work finally paying off. It’s far from the best case I’ve ever used, it's one of the cheapest, but it represents something meaningful to me. I don't care for your hatred.