- Review -

20.01.2020 Tech-Legend.com

The Noctua NH-D15 chromax.black is on average 10 USD or EUR more expensive than the regular NH-D15. This price increase is justified by the attention to detail that Noctua put into the NH-D15, with this color change. Starting with the heatsink, fans and the mounting system components, everything has been painted and regardless of the material or surface, all components of the cooler are the same shade of black. The chromax.black coating does not decrease the cooling performance of the NH-D15, the differences in temperatures are so small, that they fall into the margin of error. The installation process is very simple thanks to the way the Noctua SecuFirm2™ multi-socket mounting system is designed. The SecuFirm2 uses mostly solid metal components and a metal backplate with spring loaded screws. This not only ensures a solid mount over the CPU, but it creates an even spread of thermal compound over the CPU die. and the

"...the NH-D15 chromax.black is one of the best air CPU coolers available on the market today. It is not only great in terms of cooling but the two NF-A15 HS-PWM are silent and have no bearing noise present, thanks to the SSO2 bearing. " (Bogdan Manolache, Tech-Legend.com)