Noctua NH-D14

[Judderman]

Hi Guys,

Just a quick topic in case anyone is interested. I cleaned my case the other day and noticed that the fan on my HSF was running very slow and i could stop it easily using my finger (not good). So as I am going to put the Noctua in my new build I thought I may as well get it now and use it on my puter until I get all the other parts.

Currently I have a Xigamatech HDT S1283 CPU Cooler, I have my AMD 955 overclocked to 3.74 ghz (220 x 17) @ 1.375v, temps as below:

Idol: 51c

Load: 71c (after 30 mins of Prime large FFT)

This is running a bit hot for my liking even thou it is stable hence getting the new cooler.

Will post back after testing tomorrow and see what difference the NH-D14 makes

 

[kilobravo]

My humble guess,would be 20c lower temps

 

[Judderman]

My humble guess,would be 20c lower temps

Hope your right I would be well happy with that, I might be able to finally push towards 4ghz :S

 

[kilobravo]

I had an amd p2 955be,folding at 54c max peak temps.

 

[Excalabur50]

I seriously doubt you will be disappointed with the Noctua!

 

[Judderman]

I had an amd p2 955be,folding at 54c max peak temps.

Wot speed were you running it at?

 

[kilobravo]

Wot speed were you running it at?

4ghz@ 1.48v if i remember correct.Its nearly 6 months since.

 

[Judderman]

4ghz@ 1.48v if i remember correct.Its nearly 6 months since.

I am looking forward to testing it tomorrow,I haven't been able to push my vcore up by much because of the heat. I am hoping I might get 4ghz with the NH-D14

Fingers crossed and will post back with results this time tomorrow.

Big ups for Aria as well gotta love that free delivery

 

[Judderman]

No post today so I will update the thread Tuesday

 

[kilobravo]

No post today so I will update the thread Tuesday

Looking forward to see some good results

 

[Judderman]

Well it arrived today

First things first, you all know what it looks like, it is big!, and probably one of the easiest installs I have carried out in a long time!

I did have a n00b out during install thou lol, in my haste to install it, like a donut I forgot to remove the plastic CPU plate cover

....then sat their wondering why my idle temp was 83c

I did chuckle at myself when I realised

Temps without the plastic cover are awesome thou, even with the ambient temperature being slightly higher the last 2 days in England I got the below results:

With Old HSF @ 220 x 17 (3.74ghz) @ 1.375v -

Idle - 52c

Load - 71c

With Noctua @ 220 x 17.5 (3.84) @ 1.52v

Idle - 42c

Load - 64c

I believe when the ambient temp is back to normal it will drop about 6c.

The temps with this are awesome but I think I have maxed out my CPU. I did get this up to voltages of 1.6v to try and get it stable but even though the temps were very good (69c), the machine was BSOD and failing prime.

I am more than happy with the cooler thou and looking forward to getting a lot higher numbers with my new build

 

[kilobravo]

You could try with 200 x 19-20 @ 1.45-48v.Ram as close to 1333mhz @ 1.64v.

 

[Judderman]

You could try with 200 x 19-20 @ 1.45-48v.Ram as close to 1333mhz @ 1.64v.

Thanks Kilobravo, I tried the above as suggested but BSOD as soon as I started Prime95, think I have maxed out my CPU now, so will have to live with 3.85 ghz until my new build

I am still well impressed with this cooler thou, I am Priming as we speak and havent gone above 60c. Considering my old cooler used to idle at 51c at a lower clock speed its very impressive!

And also very quiet

 

[kilobravo]

You could try with bios update.F5 bios is a little outdated.

Last bios F8g supports some better cpu control.Should be worth it,but if you dont want to hazzle with bios,then dont

 

[Ya93sin]

Well it arrived today

First things first, you all know what it looks like, it is big!, and probably one of the easiest installs I have carried out in a long time!

I did have a n00b out during install thou lol, in my haste to install it, like a donut I forgot to remove the plastic CPU plate cover

....then sat their wondering why my idle temp was 83c

I did chuckle at myself when I realised

Temps without the plastic cover are awesome thou, even with the ambient temperature being slightly higher the last 2 days in England I got the below results:

With Old HSF @ 220 x 17 (3.74ghz) @ 1.375v -

Idle - 52c

Load - 71c

With Noctua @ 220 x 17.5 (3.84) @ 1.52v

Idle - 42c

Load - 64c

I believe when the ambient temp is back to normal it will drop about 6c.

The temps with this are awesome but I think I have maxed out my CPU. I did get this up to voltages of 1.6v to try and get it stable but even though the temps were very good (69c), the machine was BSOD and failing prime.

I am more than happy with the cooler thou and looking forward to getting a lot higher numbers with my new build

Yeah, I found it really easy to install too, did it with the mobo outside of the case though.

I was wondering why my temps are so high, I remember watching all the initial Noctua benchmarks and reviews, but they were all done when the weather was much cooler. (In terms of raw figures rather than delta).

 

[Judderman]

You could try with bios update.F5 bios is a little outdated.

Last bios F8g supports some better cpu control.Should be worth it,but if you dont want to hazzle with bios,then dont

Thank's Kilo but that was with the latest BIOS, I have just forgotten to update my signature

I will settle with what I have for the minute but in the next couple of months (when bulldozer is released), I will make my decision and get my new build

Thanks for the tips!