- Review -

29.08.2013 APHNetworks.com
NH-U14S
The Noctua NH-U14S is essentially a supersized version of the NH-U12S. Therefore, it is unsurprising the Intel Core i5-2405S CPU equipped with the bigger cooler performed better. This means the NH-U14S' performance is really good. As you can see in our graph above, the NH-U14S was consistently three degrees Celsius lower compared to its smaller brother. Keep in mind the NH-U14S has a bigger fan in conjunction with nearly 40% more cooling surface area -- note the law of diminishing returns. Compared to the Noctua NH-D14, the big daddy of all air coolers, it obvious did not keep up, nor did we expect it to. It slotted right between the NH-U12S and NH-D14, as it is consistently 3 degrees Celsius higher than the uber large heatsink. At the end of the day, the NH-U14S' slim single radiator proves to be a very efficient design, despite its relatively compact size.
" The Noctua NH-U14S is a highly efficient, relatively slim, extremely well built, low noise, and great performing heatsink that delivers everything it promises to do. It is no NH-D14, nor should we expect it to be. It does not defy physics. But it defies everyone else in its weight class." (Jonathan Kwan, APHNetworks.com)

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