Noctua NH-U14S Tower Cooler Review
Published by Marc Büchel on 08.07.13Page:
Conclusion
| General | + | - | |
| With the NH-U14S, Noctua shows a perfectly manufactured and beatifully single tower cooler. The fact that it is quite slim makes it leave plenty of space for memory with huge heatspreaders. With this cooler Noctua was even able to surprise us, since it is the best single tower cooler we've tested so far. | - Dimensions - Performance | ||
| Installation | + | - | |
| Installing a Noctua cooler is usually simple and easy and there is no exception with the NH-U14S. In our case it wasn't necessary to check manual to do the installation, which is always a good indicator for an easy mounting process. Apart from the fact that there are mounting kits for most recent sockets, LGA1366 is missing. Should you own an older Nocuta cooler and upgrade with this one, then you can at least use the old mounting kit. | - Compatible with Intel and AMD sockets - Simple mounting process | - No mounting kit for LGA1366 | |
| Performance | + | - | |
| During our tests we used the fan(s), which were in the delivery. At 12 Volt the noise level is subjectively well audible. Using an adapter and regulating the voltage to 7 Volt made the noise level drop to subjectively silent. At 12 Volt and 1500 rotations per minute we've seen excellent temperatures. Driving the fan at 7 Volt and 800 rotations the cooler is still performing exceptionally good. Overall this has been the best performing single tower cooler we've had for review so far. | - Excellent cooling capacity - Cooling capacity at 7V | ||
| Recommendation | + | - | |
| If you're looking for an excellent cooler, which offers headroom for overclocking, then the NH-U14S from Noctua is a great choice. These days you can get this cooler for CHF 82.- (est. EUR 65.-). |
- Overclocker - Gamer - Enthusiast |
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Author: Marc Büchel m.buechel@ocaholic.ch
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