Design and Installation
Things are pretty standard as all-in-one liquid coolers go at first glance, but a close inspection of the radiator (which is all-aluminum) reveals a couple of differences. There are fan connectors for the internal controller to one side of the radiator:
Both ends of the sleeved hoses are attached with metal fittings, and on the radiator side these are of the standard G1/4 variety – though their removal will void the cooler's warranty (as indicated by the stickers over them).
The base of the Celsius S24 looks quite familiar, and has thermal paste pre-applied.
The twin 120 mm fans are Fractal Design's Dynamic X2 GP-12 PWM, which spin from 500 – 2000 RPM.
As to installation, there is nothing to report if you have any familiarity with modern self-contained liquid coolers like this. The mounting hardware strongly resembles that of a Corsair kit, and it installs the exact same way – except for the fan header on the radiator.
There are zero clearance issues from the CPU block/pump assembly, and overall installation was a snap.
Next we will take a look at performance from the Celsius S24 liquid cooler.
good old noctua still doing
good old noctua still doing pretty well when you factor in the noise levels
thanks for the excellent review
Yeah, having switched from
Yeah, having switched from H100i to NH-D15S, I have to agree. The few degrees one get at max RPM isn’t really that helpful for OC, but the noise level is so much higher for AIO. If I limit fan speed of H100i, the temperature is actually worse than NH-D15S.
It’s great to see S24 getting this close to NH-D14, even though single-fan NH-D15S is quieter than NH-D14 by a small margin.