Noctua NH-D14 review
Posted by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 12/13/2009 02:00 PM [ 0 comment(s) ]

Why the asymmetric design you ask, why not put a fan on each side of the cooler? Well, it's for practical reasons only -- placing one fan in the middle saves space/clearance which is needed for your DIMM/memory.

When we flip the cooler on it's back you'll see the six heatpipe design. Interestingly enough no copper base, instead something that looks like nickel plating-- or at least on the outside. Let's zoom in a little.

Very flat, nothing remotely mirror finished as we see with copper base plates these days. The cooling performance is tremendous though.

Two fans are installed for you -- One NF-P12 (120mm) and NF-P14 (140mm) fan, both of which feature Vortex-Control Notches, SCD technology and SSO-Bearings in order to achieve a great balance of performance and quietness.
We test and review the Noctua NH-U12S and NH-U14S CPU coolers. Both coolers have recently been introduced into the channel with kicks performance and versus some really nice airflow OWM controlled fans that are drop-dead silent. Hey, it's Noctua .. so you know it's good, let's check out the review shall we ?
Noctua NH-C14 CPU cooler review
In the long line of Noctua CPU coolers they introduced another CPU cooler, tagged with the name NH-C14, the heatpipes bent in a C shape and armed with not one, but two Noctua NF-P14 FLX 140mm fans this product is bound to keep any CPU released to date nicely cooled and chilled.
Noctua NH-D14 review
It is called the Noctua NH-D14 premium cooler -- but as I like to call it ... the Big Ben. Noctua had to go back to the drawing board and came up with the NH-D14 premium CPU cooler. It is a six heatpipe dual radiator design to improve both cooling performance and noise levels. Obviously what catches the eyes is that dual radiator uneven design with a 140mm fan sitting smack down in the middle of the cooler.
Noctua NH-U9 and NH-U12 heatpipe coolers
A new trend that started over the past two years is heatpipe based cooling. Several advantages directly come to mind as the principle is quite simple. You move heat towards another spot other than the source. That way you can get rid of that heat not directly away from that source, yet effectively can cool it down optimally on location B. This means less resources and effort is needed at the original point of heat. The less resources I'm talking about is a direct active form of heat dissipation e.g. loud fans. More cooling these days equals more noise, and don't we all hate it ?
