- Review -

10.03.2011 Guru3D.com

You know, the Noctua NH-C14 CPU cooler definitely surprised me in terms of cooling performance. I mean it's hard to beat the massive dual-radiator dual-fan NH-D14, but somehow it managed to do exactly that, despite of having just one radiator. The trick here is that the Noctua NH-C14 CPU cooler makes use of the two massive 140mm fans, they suck in air at the (cooler) top side and blow it downwards and two of these fans create so much airflow that if you sit next to the PC open your hair will move. [...] The Noctua NH-C14 CPU cooler also has a lot of additional capacity, we like that very much. The result as such is that the cooler becomes even more impressive when you start to overclock. In combo with this fan we overclocked our poor little 2.67 GHz processor to 4.2 GHz @ 1.5 volts. With that added 1.5 GHz overclock on all cores we started to stress all processor cores 100% once again and we barely reached 60 Degrees C, that is very impressive stuff to witness. Mounting the Noctua NH-C14 CPU cooler is a breeze, Sure the motherboard will need to come out, but the mounting design and ease of use in installation is just great. Even a Philips screwdriver is included in the kit and you don't even have to disassemble the fans to install the cooler, just align the fan blades with the holes in the cooler and you are good to go.

"the Noctua NH-C14 CPU cooler is a truly excellent performing cooler" (Hilbert Hagedoorn, Guru3D.com)