- Review -

24.01.2011 Tech-Kings.net

If you look at our review of Noctua's own NH-C12P SE14, you will see that it's an impressive cooler... and the NH-C14 absolutely dominates it in every respect. This is a testament to Noctua's high performance engineering, and their ability to take a great product and make it even better. The idle temps were awesomely low, and the load temperatures beat the NH-C12P SE14 by a vast 4°C. Even more impressively is that the overall load temperatures on a 25% overclock only increased by a measly 1 degree! This is 7°C better than our comparison cooler, and this cooler should be able to take an overclock to ridiculous levels for a top-flow cooler. The numbers truly speak for themselves, and not much more I can say can further how impressive this cooler has performed! I must also make note that this outstanding performance was achieved with little audible increases in the noise of the case above the case's fans. Noctua's NF-P14 fans move a ton of air over this cooler, and do so with little more than a 'whisper'.

"As I type this, I feel as though I'm rather beating the dead horse, as I have the same impression as any of Noctua's other coolers, and that is of pure satisfaction. Versatility, user-friendly design, performance, and quality make this another home-run in the cooling game, and this definitely has to usher in a retake of top flow coolers. As many of the top coolers are moving to larger tower designs, the NH-C14 pushes the limits to many of the top large tower coolers." (Evan Hiner, Tech-Kings.net)