Noctua Launch 140mm cooler

[aztec]

What you said was that this is xtremesystems, implying that we only talk about and/or use powerful fans around here. And that was the reason that I posted what I posted. It sounded like you were saying that the Noctua fans were kind of bad, because they are not powerful enough. And that would be BS. Period! I'm sorry, but that's what it sounded like to me.

That's what it sounded like to me as well. Sorry Sadasius, but I'm with celemine1Gig on this one.

[Sadasius]

That's what it sounded like to me as well. Sorry Sadasius, but I'm with celemine1Gig on this one.

And what would be your purpose in helping him derail a thread for an absolutely useless argument? Seriously I think I know what I wrote and even explained further. Seriously let it die. Already put him on my ignore list and if anyone else wants to contribute to his useless cause in putting words and definitions in my posts over what fans I like I will gladly put them on the list with him. Keep the thread on topic!

[zalbard]

Oh FFS cut the crap already. You have PMs for it.
Seriously, getting sick of checking this thread for updates just to find more useless bickering.

[Sam_oslo]

Keeping the CPU cool, it is not the biggest challenge. You can always use some big-fat-noisy fan and get it done. But getting it cool&quiet on air is a bigger and more interesting challenge.

[Sadasius]

I would like to see some benchies with the original fans and with other more powerful fans. Also it is why we have fan controllers. You can turn them down and turn them up at your leisure and it is the reason why I like higher powered fans.

[aztec]

And what would be your purpose in helping him derail a thread for an absolutely useless argument? Seriously I think I know what I wrote and even explained further. Seriously let it die. Already put him on my ignore list and if anyone else wants to contribute to his useless cause in putting words and definitions in my posts over what fans I like I will gladly put them on the list with him. Keep the thread on topic!

Not my purpose to "help him derail a thread". I'm simply saying you shouldn't criticize a product (the Noctua fans) for something that they weren't really meant to do - like very high CFM output.

In their range of operation re CFM vs. noise, they do a fine job based on my experience. IOW, stick to the intended purpose, not what you wish they would do.

If you want to put me on your ignore list for pointing this out, well, my feelings won't be hurt.

[Sam_oslo]

I would like to see some benchies with the original fans and with other more powerful fans. Also it is why we have fan controllers. You can turn them down and turn them up at your leisure and it is the reason why I like higher powered fans.

Yeah, but there is a fine balance there. I personally have been playing with several fan-options lately, including a "higher powered" 38mm Scythe Ultra Kaze (2000 RPM).

I used it on a Prolimatech Megahalems, connected to my DFI's own fan-control (a good one with both auto and WS control). That fat-thingy was making too much noise (even on reduced speed) without effecting the temperature as much (at least compared to my 2xScythe Slipstream 1600RPM push/pull which I'm using now).

[Sadasius]

Try the Gentle Typhoons too. They are great fans in themselves for performance and silence. I do not use them myself well because I am half deaf anyway so I don't even hear my San Ace fans at 2500 rpm. I definitely hear them though at 6000 RPM.

[zalbard]

Try the Gentle Typhoons too. They are great fans in themselves for performance and silence. I do not use them myself well because I am half deaf anyway so I don't even hear my San Ace fans at 2500 rpm. I definitely hear them though at 6000 RPM.

GTs can be hard to come by, though.

[Sadasius]

GTs can be hard to come by, though.

I wonder why there is such a problem getting the 1800 rpm models? Seriously if I was a company and had an item that sold like hot cakes I would make sure that production like would get priority. It's weird. But oh well to each their own and how they run their business I guess.

[th3pwn3r]

Haha, this thread had gotten bad. Anyhow, I'm eagerly waiting reviews before spending the last $100 I'll be able to spend for a very long time. I'm wondering what kind of issues there are with clearing ram heatsinks as well.

[Manicdan]

i think its interesting to see how well this does on its own fans, and other fans of similar speeds. heatsinks are not simply the "best" in all cases. if we see one with very tightly packed fans, and needed a super high pressure fan to move any air, it could just be designed to cool an i7 in a small space with a little noise. while others could have open fins and designed for medium wattage cpus cooled with dead silent fans.

id like to see more HS/F combos built to work well together, rather than "another" tower cooler that looks like the rest

[Monstru]

"Litle" NH-D14 in the house. We will start extensive testing against IFX-14 and Triton 88 (which have similar design), and of course Megahalems. This time it will take a while, since we will be trying to test it as thoroughly as possible. The first contact is promising if you ask me

[th3pwn3r]

"Litle" NH-D14 in the house. We will start extensive testing against IFX-14 and Triton 88 (which have similar design), and of course Megahalems. This time it will take a while, since we will be trying to test it as thoroughly as possible. The first contact is promising if you ask me

How long will your "while" take =/ For some a while means months to a year, for others it means a week or so. I'm looking forward to your UNBIASED review

[To(V)bo Co(V)bo]

Try the Gentle Typhoons too. They are great fans in themselves for performance and silence. I do not use them myself well because I am half deaf anyway so I don't even hear my San Ace fans at 2500 rpm. I definitely hear them though at 6000 RPM.

I have great success with the ENERMAX MAGMA 120mm fan. It has good cfm and very silent. 69cfm and 18db at 1560rpm There isnt any bearings on this fan.

For some reason I hear people talk crap about these fans, I dont know why though. I have 3 of them in my case and 1 on my megahalem. They are the quietest fans I have heard, I have them run full blast at all times and my refrigerator runs way louder than them. I think people try to use them as a intake fan without a controller and complain that there too loud. Any fan that is intake will almost always make alot more noise because of turbulence, the rpms are more important when using a intake fan. It is really nice that the fan blades are detachable on the fan, it is really handy cleaning the heatsink.

[Monstru]

How long will your "while" take =/ For some a while means months to a year, for others it means a week or so. I'm looking forward to your UNBIASED review

Something around 4 weeks untill it is published. I will not be involved in this review. My colleague, poparamiro, will be the one that will put these heatsinks to endless torture. He is the unbiased father of heatsinks on lab501

[Origin_Unknown]

it will be curious to know what the HS performs like with 2 / 3 fans or even fanless

[Tommy_Hewitt]

You can run a Intel Core i7 920 @ 1,2V @ 1,25V QPI semi-passiv without problems. Hottest core became only 71°.

Also it performs very good with two fans, far better than with one fan.

[Sadasius]

Damn look at the size of this thing.... Thanks for the pic. I wonder how heavy this is.

[Origin_Unknown]

You can run a Intel Core i7 920 @ 1,2V @ 1,25V QPI semi-passiv without problems. Hottest core became only 71°.

Also it performs very good with two fans, far better than with one fan.

does it scale well with a 3rd fan too?

[Tommy_Hewitt]

I wonder how heavy this is.

884g without fans

does it scale well with a 3rd fan too?

I havn't tested it yet, but I guess not, 'cause the rear-fan is only 3cm away from the left tower.

[Tommy_Hewitt]

Hardware used for all tests

• Intel Core i7 920 (2,66Ghz; 1,20V VCore; 1,25V QPI)
• ASUS Rampage II Extreme
• 3x 2GB OCZ Platinium 1333Mhz
• HIS HD4870 IceQ4+ Turbo
• be quiet! Dark Power Pro P7 1200W
• Lian Li P50
• Patriot Warp V3 128GB

Fans have always been Noctua NF-P12/P14!

Results with 120mm fans





Results with 140mm fan



*U/min = RPM
**Values in Delta-k

[Origin_Unknown]

so it looks like we have a new champion then?

[Tommy_Hewitt]

[aztec]

Yay Noctua!