Noctua’s NH-D14 is one of the biggest coolers around, large enough that there is a 120mm inside the heatsink as well as a 140mm fan on the side and weighs in at 1.24kg. At 130x140x160mm you had better make sure that not only is your case big enough to fit it but that your motherboards DIMM slots are positioned in a way not to be crushed or shoved out of position by the cooler. For such a large cooler it is rather quiet, rated about 40dB of noise. [H]ard|OCP put it to the test here.
“Noctua’s new CPU cooler works with about any Intel or AMD processor still in use by enthusiasts, and packs a lot of cooling power into a huge package. Two fans, two columns of cooling fins, and six heatpipes are engineered to give the computer hardware aficionado more cooling at less decibels.”Here are some more Cases & Cooling reviews from around the web:
- Prolimatech Mega Shadow Deluxe Edition LGA 1156 Ready CPU Cooler Review @ OCIA
- Noctua NH-D14 @ PureOverclock
- Thermaltake Contac 29 Cooler Review @ DriverHeaven
- Xigmatek Thor’s Hammer Cpu Cooler @ Rbmods
- Noctua NF-P14 FLX @ OverclockersHQ
- Thermaltake Contac 29 CPU Cooler Review @ Tweaknews
- NZXT Panzerbox Computer Case @ APH Networks
- AzzA Helios 910 @ motherboards.org
- LanCool Dragonlord PC-K58W @ Overclockers Online
- SEED MA-280 Mini-ITX @ Tweaktown
- NZXT Panzerbox @ InsideHW
- Zalman MS1000-HS2 Case Review @ Hardware Secrets
- Antec P183 Enclosure and Antec CP-850 Power Supply Duo @ Futurelooks
- Thermaltake LANBOX Lite @ motherboards.org
