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05.12.2013 BenchmarkReviews.com

I think it is important to point out the Noctua NH-U14S is sitting right in the middle of a pack of AIO liquid cooling units. These results were obtained with one fan; subtract one degree Celsius from the above results and that’s what you could expect from adding another Noctua NF-A15. You can read some of my other articles to discover why I don’t record noise levels, but remember that all of these results are using 100% fan levels. I don’t need a sound pressure meter to tell you the 140mm JetFlo fans were much louder than the Noctua NF-A15s at full RPM (2000 RPM for the JetFlos, 1500 RPM for the Noctuas), lending some credence to evaluating coolers on a performance/noise scale… In short, Noctua’s reputation for quiet performance (two words that are not normally used to describe one product) is intact with the NH-U14S.

"The NH-U14S shows that you don’t need to move to water to obtain class-leading performance; air cooling is not dead by any stretch of the imagination. If you’re looking for performance and aren’t willing to sacrifice a lot of noise to get it, Noctua has a great option with the NH-U14S." (Tom Jaskulka, BenchmarkReviews.com)