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NH-C14
In spite of a rather dry, 21C room, the NH-C14 easily manages the temperatures, and very efficiently. The 140mm fans were also quiet and produced a very faint, yet inoffensive hum at full speed. In fact, the chances are very high that your video card will be louder. Of course, there is just no way anything we have in the labs is better than its big brother the NH-D14. But for a horizontal cooler, the NH-C14 does very well. Extra Motherboard Cooling Benefit: As far as temps go, everyone knows that INTEL X58 motherboards can get pretty darn hot at full load. The NH-C14 dropped the surrounding sensor temps at both low and high speeds. The tower coolers just don’t quite get the air where needed. That’s a very noticeable drop in temps and means it could help stabilize a potential overclocking load. If nothing else, it’ll bring down those operating temps which means that connected components won’t suffer from heat transfer either.
"This is easily the best horizontal CPU cooler in North America if not the world and easily earns our highest honor: Futurelooks’ Editors’ Choice Award." (Eric Garay, Futurelooks.com)
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