- Review -
NH-C14
For our first test, which runs with the fans at 1200RPM we have some good thermal performance from the NH-C14 which easily beats the stock Intel 1366 cooler before outperforming mainstream liquid and a high end air cooler.
Why did we test with high fans only? Well simply because the noise level of this cooler is exceptionally low even at maximum RPM with two fans installed. As the noise videos above show there is near silence from the system... adding in the ultra-low noise wiring which drops the fans to 750rpm makes them essentially silent but we see no reason not to use maximum RPM in pretty much any scenario.
In our overclocking test we take the i7 CPU to its limit to see how the coolers handle an extreme scenario. In this case that means increasing the CPU voltage to 1.5v, bus to 135MHz and multiplier to 36x for a 4.86GHz processor speed. [...] With the overclock applied the NH-C14 again performs very well on our test, far exceeding the Coolit ECO liquid cooler which is very much at its limit and lowering the CPU temperature by 10°C when compared to the Tuniq cooler.
In our overclocking test we take the i7 CPU to its limit to see how the coolers handle an extreme scenario. In this case that means increasing the CPU voltage to 1.5v, bus to 135MHz and multiplier to 36x for a 4.86GHz processor speed. [...] With the overclock applied the NH-C14 again performs very well on our test, far exceeding the Coolit ECO liquid cooler which is very much at its limit and lowering the CPU temperature by 10°C when compared to the Tuniq cooler.
"This cooler from Noctua continues the trend of impressive products from the Austrian designer." (Stuart Davidson, HardwareHeaven.com)
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