OC3D Review: Noctua NH-D14

[tinytomlogan]

For the fans alone deffo, stick the spare 120 on the exhaust mate. the V8 needs the fan wanged up to even hit 78.

 

[I Hunta x]

ok ta for that tom, ill get my mate to go get it tomorow and see what we can get his chip to on wed when im over his

 

[CRAZYCAP]

Hi Tinytom, Great review yet again. Can I make a suggestion in it would be better for the subscribers/readers to see test results of a CPU cooler in a natural environment (inside a case). The testbed you are using in this review would not produce the same heat build up that we would see inside a case. Maybe recording the temps inside a HAF or ANTEC etc would be a great indication to the people interested out there in grabbing one.

 

[Bungral]

I knew it was going to be large but when I saw these two pictures, I had to say WTF!!!

Meaty!

 

[kn00b]

Would this fit on a Asus Crosshair IV Formula or would the size cause problems with the heatsinks/ram slots on the board?

 

[tinytomlogan]

If you have large ram it wont fit. If its normal height ram then it goes over the top of them fine. (got one here atm)

 

[kn00b]

Was planning on using Kingston HyperX ramsticks in my new rig, they do have a heatsink mounted but I honestly don't know if they are considered bigger then normal.

 

[tinytomlogan]

Anything that sticks up more than a few mm from the pcb of the ram itself wont fit. Kingston have a few dif heatsinks btw

 

[BoboMatrix]

I assume everyone by now has seen the Rampage III Extremem. Also the seperate NB heat sink with the fan that comes with the motherboard. It's pretty clear that it sticks up quite a bit.

Will the board be able to fit the Noctua NH-D14 without running into problems?

 

[tinytomlogan]

No mate the bigger NB block on the RE3 wont fit with the NH-D14.

 

[Steve-O-]

Get this cooler if you can afford it and your mobo is compatible! I bought this beast because of TTL's review and couldn't be happier!

 

[tinytomlogan]

Get this cooler if you can afford it and your mobo is compatible! I bought this beast because of TTL's review and couldn't be happier!

What temps you getting on the quad Steve? what clocks and vcore too?

 

[Steve-O-]

Here you go. Quite a big vcore for the speed I think but it was a bugger just getting to 3.5GHz for some reason.

Temp wasn't going any higher so I didn't complete the Burn Test. Of course Intel Burn usually gets hotter than Prime95 so keep that in mind.

I let it idle for 10 min before taking a screen shot.

Ambient temperature is 75F so about 24-25c with a closed case. Sorry but I don't have a temp reader or I would give you case ambient.

 

[tinytomlogan]

Naaa thats some good screenies there, does look like its doing its job for you fella. Need to remember you are on 65nm aswell so we would expect it to be faily warm.

Real glad you are happy though dude

 

[Kumanosuke]

Hi guys,

-newbie here, do you think this heatsink will go over my OCZ DDR3 PC3-12800 GOLD TRIPLE CHANNEL ram ?

-Prolimatech Megashadow vs Noctua NH-D14, which is better based purely on performance ?

Thanks in advance ;-)

 

[killablade]

Hi guys,

-newbie here, do you think this heatsink will go over my OCZ DDR3 PC3-12800 GOLD TRIPLE CHANNEL ram ?

-Prolimatech Megashadow vs Noctua NH-D14, which is better based purely on performance ?

Thanks in advance ;-)

You don't have hugh heatspreaders on the RAM so that shouldn't be a problem, and as far as pure performance goes, the megahalems don't even get near the D14

 

[tinytomlogan]

You don't have hugh heatspreaders on the RAM so that shouldn't be a problem, and as far as pure performance goes, the megahalems don't even get near the D14

No where near

 

[Steve-O-]

No where near

*Whispers in a dramatic tone* No where...

 

[Kumanosuke]

thanks guys

what is the recommended retail price in UK ?

btw TTL's reviews are pretty good, keep up the good work

 

[thestepster]

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