Considering that the NH-D15 came out on April 8th 2014 and just in recent months mentioned coolers have surpassed it. That's over 9 years of delevopment from competing brands to beat an 9 year old cooler. Not really an huge accomplishment in that regard if you ask me, just goes to show how far ahead Noctua were back then with the NH-D15.
With this in mind, their reputation, quality, support etc in mind, I think history might repeat itself with this next gen cooler from them.
They may have finally beated the original NH-D15, but might need another 9 years to bet their next gen as well :lol: