Noctua NH-D14 Cooler (best Air Cooler!)

[pyn]

Noctua NH-D14 Dual Fan 6 Heatpipe CPU Cooler for Intel LGA775, 1156, 1366

I've ordered from these guys before, never had a problem.

[Ender17]

Noctua NH-D14 Dual Fan 6 Heatpipe CPU Cooler for Intel LGA775, 1156, 1366

I've ordered from these guys before, never had a problem.

thanks, I got an instock notice from frozen CPU and checked SVC too since they were cheaper, just placed an order
$88.85 shipped

goodbye H50!

[alitayyab]

here's another review:

http://wccftech.com/2009/12/12/noctu...cooler-review/

shows it to be significantly better than the TR-120UE

results:
http://wccftech.com/2009/12/12/noctu...oler-review/4/

[halfwaythere]

Good review Ali. Probably a modded TRUE would be a couple of degrees better but still D14 with a 2 fan combo is comfortably better and the difference actually grows with higher rpm.

I'm glad your tests is relevant and shows how hot an i7 cpu really is even with 1.15v.

[alitayyab]

Good review Ali. Probably a modded TRUE would be a couple of degrees better but still D14 with a 2 fan combo is comfortably better and the difference actually grows with higher rpm.

I'm glad your tests is relevant and shows how hot an i7 cpu really is even with 1.15v.

Thankyou!
My experience wit lapping has not been the best. I )tried to) lapped a Thermaltake big typhoon some years ago. I still have nightmares about it at times

[halfwaythere]

Lapping usually also requires a lapped cpu . The easiest way to improve a TRUE is a pressure mod.

[alitayyab]

Lapping usually also requires a lapped cpu . The easiest way to improve a TRUE is a pressure mod.

i guess you are right. i had it on a E6400 which i think had a concave heat sink spreader.

[WiZARD_hun]

i would like to buy a NH-D14, but noctua's website sais it is not compatible, with my 1.0 P35-DQ6 mobo. I wonder if it is possible to fit it, or should I go for megahalems.

[halfwaythere]

Noctua really shines on very high TDP cpus like the i7. Megahalems, 10x Extreme, TRUE or even Mugen 2 will cope just fine with your Q6600. Here are some tests:

http://translate.google.com/translat...te&sl=ro&tl=en

[Xien16]

I was thinking the same thing...even my Ninja can beat it with those. LOL

I do also have to say that...

My Scythe Ninja 2 (two 120 fans with 1200 rpm) got my AMD 940 up to 4.2 GHz (0-5°C up under the roof last winter )

It is also one of the best for fanless Systems...

And just have a look at the price of the Noctua NH-D14
So take the good old Ninja 2

[IvanAndreevich]

Any review comparing DH14 against Corsair H50 on a high TDP CPU (Core i7 @ 4GHz+)?

[ehume]

Hmm. 3K UK's are just a tad LOUD for most of our cases, but I'll bet a 1900RPM Kaze Maru in place of an NF-P14 would have most of its noise swallowed up by the fin arrays. Then you could slap some UK 2k fans on both ends for push-pull, or a couple 25mm fans. As best I can tell without laying my hands on one, the D14 really wants a fan in its middle.

[xman01]

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum...-review-8.html

the third row of pics, notice the cooler over the second ram slot,
i need to know if reversed or rotated 180degrees, would it hamper reapers on an amd board, rig1?

edit::
http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=c...g=en#AM2+_Asus
watchin compatibility, how does it not cover some of the ram slots on m4a79 del?

[ahmad]

It will cover slots all over the place. As long as they are standard height dimms, install them before mounting.

I just got this thing and let me just say I thought my TRU was huge. THIS THING IS MAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSIVE!

16°C drop over stock cooler, so I am not complaining

[shaolin95]

Any review comparing DH14 against Corsair H50 on a high TDP CPU (Core i7 @ 4GHz+)?

I tested it with a 955 C2 and the D14 was about 6C colder than the H50 both using the same fans but the D14 had the fan in the middle as well so it was two against 3 but I did run the H50 fans harder and still was not able to compete with the D14 and that was on a phenom.
Now I got a 920 i7 (need to update sig) but no H50 though.

[LarsMarkelson]

Cogage Arrow 14 is arriving in shops on the 20th... very similar to the NH-D14 and the IFX-14. Only one review I've seen, but it shows the Arrow 14 outperforming the NH-D14:



http://translate.google.de/translate...n&hl=&ie=UTF-8

One big difference is that you can fit a 38mm fan in the middle of the Arrow 14. So the two towers are farther apart than the NH-D14.

[shaolin95]

Did they use the same fans on both?
1 C is within the margin of error though but still interesting that it fits a 38mm in the middle. :-)

[halfwaythere]

Arrow has the same issues as old TR products: lousy base finish, poor mounting system not to mention its not nickel plated. Add to that the price of 50 euro and you're better off with an IFX-14.

Heres a few pictures of Arrow's base:

http://forum.lab501.ro/attachment.ph...3&d=1263739313

http://forum.lab501.ro/attachment.ph...4&d=1263739313

http://forum.lab501.ro/attachment.ph...5&d=1263739313

[LarsMarkelson]

Arrow has the same issues as old TR products: lousy base finish, poor mounting system not to mention its not nickel plated. Add to that the price of 50 euro and you're better off with an IFX-14.

Heres a few pictures of Arrow's base:

http://forum.lab501.ro/attachment.ph...3&d=1263739313

http://forum.lab501.ro/attachment.ph...4&d=1263739313

http://forum.lab501.ro/attachment.ph...5&d=1263739313

That doesn't look that bad to me... could this be showing how Thermalright likes to make their bases a little bit concave to match unlapped heat spreaders?

Ah, poparamiro says "A new technology (revolutionary ) Processing base, convex on one axis, concave on the other "

lol. I wonder what performance will be like.

[ahmad]

That doesn't seem like much.

So far, the two coolers I know of that beat the NH-D14 and are available:

Titan Fenrir TTC-NK85TZ
Prolimatech Megahalem

Cogage Arrow 14 is arriving in shops on the 20th... very similar to the NH-D14 and the IFX-14. Only one review I've seen, but it shows the Arrow 14 outperforming the NH-D14:



http://translate.google.de/translate...n&hl=&ie=UTF-8

One big difference is that you can fit a 38mm fan in the middle of the Arrow 14. So the two towers are farther apart than the NH-D14.

[halfwaythere]

The only way the Fenrir is better than the Noctua is if the latter is mounted upside down with no paste and fanless. Please stop reading stupid stuff on the internets. Common knowledge usually does a much better job.

I have a simple question for all you HDT fans out there: if HDTs are so great why none of the big cooling companies made one?

[lkiller123]

Ah, there we go again..

[LarsMarkelson]

The only way the Fenrir is better than the Noctua is if the latter is mounted upside down with no paste and fanless. Please stop reading stupid stuff on the internets. Common knowledge usually does a much better job.

I have a simple question for all you HDT fans out there: if HDTs are so great why none of the big cooling companies made one?

Yea, I really don't think the Fenrir beats the NH-D14. I also really don't think the Mega beats the D14 either. For reference, I read a lot about heatsinks and look at reviews and forum results.

Re: HDT, it would be REALLY interesting if someone took a Venomous X and sanded off the base to the heatpipes and created a HDT cooler out of it. Of course you'd need to put a few washers on the top to get the mount working but I think it could be done. Only thing would be getting the heatpipes flat as they are very delicate and are useless if their core is exposed.

[halfwaythere]

The only decent HDT, construction wise, is this one. As you can see there is copper between heatpipes. The whole point of a solid copper base is to allow the heat to be transfered to all of the heatpipes. Thats where the HDT coolers fail because the cpu die will only come in contact with a couple of heatpipes.

[LarsMarkelson]

The only decent HDT, construction wise, is this one. As you can see there is copper between heatpipes. The whole point of a solid copper base is to allow the heat to be transfered to all of the heatpipes. Thats where the HDT coolers fail because the cpu die will only come in contact with a couple of heatpipes.

Do you know how well it performs? Didn't see anything on that link.