- Review -

17.06.2014 eTeknix.com

This next set of numbers has me completely stunned, I had to re-test a couple of extra times just to make sure it wasn’t an external factor screwing up my numbers, but what you’re seeing is real, the NH-D15 is our coolest air cooling CPU by a huge margin. Not only is it cooler than the Cooler Master Nepton 280L, Corsair H105, Corsair H75, Nepton 140Xl and Zalman Reserator 3 MAX, all of which are high-performance water cooling units, but the nearest air cooled competitor (the GamerStorm Lucifer) runs 9 degrees warmer! The NH-D15 is also one of the quietest CPU coolers we’ve ever tested, clocking in just a fraction louder than the two latest be quiet! products and operating no louder than a whisper. [...] Noctua have really out done themselves this time, the NH-D15 is a marvel in terms of performance and as you’ve seen in our benchmarks, it flattened the competition by a wide margin when it came to overclocking our CPU. 9c cooler than the nearest air cooled rival is like Lewis Hamilton coming out in a new car that shaves off 9 seconds a lap. Then there are the water coolers which were beaten by this cooler, several of which are more expensive than the NH-D15 and several of them are regarded as some of the best cooling solutions on the market.

"Overall this is easily one of the best coolers on the market and should you need a high quality cooler that looks great, performs exceptionally well even when overclocking and offers good value for money compared to the competition (in terms of price vs performance), then look no further than the Noctua NH-D15." (Peter Donnell, eTeknix.com)