Analyzing Noctua's roadmap — new PSUs, fan-equipped mice, the elusive Thermosiphon, and disappearing prototypes

Noctua is known for building some of the world’s quietest and most reliable cooling fans. The brand is a partnership between the Austrian RASCOM and Taiwanese Kolink; RASCOM handles marketing, sales, and product management, whereas Kolink handles manufacturing, and together they handle product development. We delved into the interesting history of the brand late last year.

You most likely know Noctua for their signature brown and beige fans, but not everyone digs these colors – many of us prefer our fans in plain black, and although Noctua is happy to make these nowadays, their development isn’t something that happens overnight.

To manage expectations, Noctua keeps a published roadmap with the brand’s upcoming products, which is updated a few times per year. The most recent is from January 2026, and it details the products we can expect in Q1, Q2, and Q3 of this year.

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Reliable Fans, Unreliable Roadmap

Noctua's official website roadmap appears sparse, but more lies between the lines. (Image credit: Noctua)

Now, before we dig into the details of Noctua’s roadmap, a disclaimer: The company is notoriously unreliable when it comes to sticking to its published roadmap. This is not without reason, however.

You see, there’s something you should know about Noctua: The brand prides itself on building quality products. Inevitably, this comes with unforeseen issues, and Noctua consequently finds itself delaying the launch of products to meet its own quality standards. There's more to it than just that, of course. Noctua didn't publish a roadmap until a few years ago, after facing much criticism from the public.

Q2 2026: Noctua is getting into water cooling

Noctua just released the Flux Pro Noctua Edition in partnership with Antec in March, which we’ve already built a system into . The Flux Pro case is made by Antec, and the Noctua Edition is the first case ever built to feature Noctua branding and a host of Noctua fans. But it's in Q2 where things start to get even more interesting.

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