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NH-D15
Noctua improved on the Gold Standard of heatsinks, which until now seemed impossible. In working with this heatsink (remember, I had this mounted and dismounted several times and did a number of tests that were not included in the final analysis) I was impressed with three things. First, how much easier the NH-D15 is to work with overall. Second, how the D15 cools a little better than the NH-D14. Finally, the D15 is a whole lot quieter than the D14. Very quiet indeed.
The sweet spot for quiet lovers is to get an NH-D15 and attach Low Noise Adapters to both fans. Set up this way, the NH-D15 cools like a champ while literally purring like a kitten. Actually, since I have raised kittens, I can tell you that they purr much more loudly than the D15.
Noctua has evolved the design of their clips while maintaining backward compatibility – no mean feat. They have also improved their already world class mounting system. They have kept the top low enough to fit into standard cases.
"The Noctua NH-D15 is the new Gold Standard of air-cooling." (Edward Hume, Overclockers.com)
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