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This design is not a new concept for Noctua, I have used their NH-U12P 1366SE in the past and found it delivered exceptional performance with a push pull low noise design ethic.
The heatpipe design incorporates a row of six pipes fed directly to the base cooling block in the attempt to transfer as much heat as possible upwards through the fins. These are nickel plated copper pipes running right through the moulded copper base. There is still some debate as to whether direct contact heatpipes work better with groups of enthusiast user on either side protesting their specific benefits. Me? Well I think its a close call and depends largely on the rest of the cooler design.
We can see the ‘Austrian sandwich' (as I call it) with two aluminum cooling arrays and two high quality Noctua fans beside them. In an unusual move they have decided to use two different sized fans – a 120mm NF12 as the primary and a 140mm NF P14 FLX as a secondary, between the two blocks.
Noctua use highest quality SSO bearings with a focus on noise – or should I say a lack of noise. The large sizes obviously help as they can fine tune the rotation to reach low levels however if you find the rated 18.9db too high then they also offer a pair of their ULNA cables to reduce the speeds from 1,200rpm and 1,300rpm to 900rpm.
Damn, wicked review, thank you. that is one mega cooler. hugeeeeeeeeee
Holy shit, how did I miss this before? its been out a while. that is crazy performance.
Surely that puts a lot of strain on a motherboard – its well over 1kg?! I remember when 700g+ was considered heavy.
Lovely colours ! yum
I wouldnt be too concerned with the weight – some of the dual cpu socket motherboard have handled 1kg colours on each socket. its still well within safety. I just would make sure the boards are well attached to the chassis and that you dont lean on them !
Noctua are a quality company and I have loved everything they have produced. for such a small outfit they produce constantly great products.
Noctua are a quality company and I have loved everything they have produced. for such a small outfit they produce constantly great products.
It is an interesting concept to be able to rotate the cooler on Intel for different fitting positions. Shame you cant do it with AMD.
Nice nice heatsink. shame its so big as I dont think ti would work in my case.
It is very expensive, you can get the Corsair H50 for the same price, almost. I think. right?
This is actually better than the true? thats amazing, I shall order one when im paid, I like the look of it and the fitting is neat.
This is called NH-C14 not NH-D14, that aside, good review
This is the d14. We have reviewed the c14, it’s smaller.
There is even a picture of the box on page 2 with the product name on it
I hope this is compatible with Asrock Fatal1ty Professional (MoBo), CM 690 II Advanced (Case), and G.Skills Ripjaws (Memory). Anyone can confirm this? Thanks.
I love the review. 5ghz? Really! Wow..