Review: Noctua NH-D14 CPU Cooler

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[drupal=506]Review: Noctua NH-D14 CPU Cooler[/drupal]

By: Shane McAnally

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[SXRguyinMA]

OMMFG that thing is massive!!

good to know it works well though, it'd be pretty bad if it was that big and didn't work well lol

Nice review!!

[Oneslowz28]

I have read a few reports that it took an intel i7 980 extreme to 5ghz at last weeks Computex show.

[SXRguyinMA]

seriously? thats insane for an air cooler!

[x88x]

5GHz on air? That's almost as ridiculous as this thing's size! Very impressive.

[Oneslowz28]

Here is the press review I was sent on the Over clocking milestones.

London / Vienna, June 1st 2010 - Allan Campbell, Founder and
Editor-in-Chief of KitGuru.com picked Noctua's award-winning NH-D14
cooler for his overclocking tests on Intel's latest Core i7 875K and
Core i5 655K processors achieving a stunning speed of 4.8GHz ... setting
a new world record for the K-series CPUs on air cooling.

"This cooler is without a doubt my favourite on the market right now and
I have achieved results very similar to good water cooling.", says Allan
Campbell. "It is a brute for sure but the results are unmatched on air
and it has a place in my heart now for every serious build I create."

Noctua's NH-D14 cooler has won more than 150 awards and recommendations
from the international press since its introduction last November and
has been chosen by first-tier websites such as Tom's Hardware for their
overclocking tests on Intel's new K-series CPUs. As KitGuru's tests have
shown, the NH-D14 can help to overclock Core i5 and Core i7 CPUs to
speeds previously thought impossible on air cooling.

In order to achieve these outstanding results, KitGuru increased the CPU
core voltage to 1.42V on the 875K and 1.46V on the 655K. Despite the
enormous thermal overhead at such high voltages and 4.8GHz, the NH-D14
managed to keep the processors rock stable at load temperatures of 87
and 79 degrees Celsius respectively. KitGuru even reached the 5GHz
barrier on the 655K but the system didn't prove entirely stable at this
speed. As Allan notes, this is "a staggering result and it shows just
how capable the Noctua cooler really is."

Links:
KitGuru.com Intel Core i7-875k and i5-655k overclocking
http://www.kitguru.net/components/cp...sors-review/4/

About KitGuru
Established in 2010, KitGuru brings a new level of drive and energy to
the technology journalism arena. With our head office in London at
Korona Solutions HQ, and our main test facility in Belfast, we're able
to source and evaluate the very latest technology as fast as any other
site on the planet. We then use our skill and experience to deliver
solid, reliable buying advice.The quality of both our investigative
journalism and our impartial reviews has seen KitGuru achieve an
exponential growth in web traffic since the site's formal launch.

About Noctua
Designed in Austria, Noctua's premium cooling components are
internationally renowned for their superb quietness, exceptional
performance and thoroughgoing quality. Having received more than 1000
awards and recommendations from leading hardware websites and magazines,
Noctua's fans and heatsinks are chosen by more than a hundred thousand
satisfied customers around the globe.

[Oneslowz28]

This cooler has done it again. A team in South America hit 5.3 GHz with it on an i5.

I am working on a front page write up now and will have it posted this after noon.

and.....................

TBCS WILL HAVE A SHOT AT BREAKING THE RECORD TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!