- Review -

03.02.2010 Pro-Clockers.com

As of right now, the Noctua NH-D14 is the best cooler we have reviewed to date performance wise. It beat out a couple of my favorites: Prolimatech Megahalems and the Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme. Each of which have been extreme performers. We can account for a lot of the performance comes in the area of weight and the dual fan setup. But when it comes to performance we don't care how we get it just get it. Just as only as it is safe for our rig's components. The SecuFirm 2 mounting hardware is more than enough to support the 1200 plus grams of aluminum and copper. I remember in the early days of the release of the D14 many felt the difference in size of the fans would be the downfall of the cooler. Wrong. The difference in size has been a big plus in the way of excellent cooling performance and the cooling of surface components of the motherboard. And asking of fans, you can't go wrong with Noctua's selection of fans. The P12 and P14 are ideal as they are extremely quiet and cools the D14 to the point where its the best cooler we have tested.

"Simple put: The D14 rocks. This probably the best cooler we have had in our lab in some time. This includes all the big boys. It showed the lowest temp readings of all the major coolers we have tested. Up to two degrees better than the next closest cooler." (Tony Walker, Pro-Clockers.com)