Noctua NH-C14S, Premium CPU Cooler with NF-A14 PWM 140mm Fan (Brown)

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You will notice that Noctua uses internal cardboard boxes to protect the heatsink, fan and all the included accessories. From the other side, the bolts go through the motherboard, through spacers, and through the two brackets. Finally, manufacturing variation can make one heatsink of the same model perform better than another.

In their long line of CPU coolers, Noctua introduced the C14-type coolers, especially made for those that require a proper cooler with a relatively low height that is silent. Our third-party advertising partners may use these cookies to build a profile of your interests and deliver relevant advertising on other sites. g. NH-D15 or NH-U14S TR4-SP3) may overhang the RAM slots and that this can cause compatibility issues if RAM modules taller than 32mm are used. As a rule of thumb, if the fan overhangs the RAM, the maximum CPU cooler height specification of the case must be at least the size of the fan plus the height of the RAM minus 7mm (accounting for the height of the socket and CPU). On the left side you will find a short paragraph with details of the cooler and some of its features in multiple languages.No turbulence nor vibration was associated with this cooler either, which means the designs of the fan array, in addition to the rubber dampeners, were effective. The above chart shows all the CPU coolers that we have in our lab sorted from highest to lowest by the amount of fin count each cooler has. There is no lack of technical details and specifications, so you can spend 5 minutes reading them, but I am keen on getting that big box opened and check out the “ingredients”. For CPU coolers, you will get at least one box containing all of the mounting accessories, and one box enclosing the CPU cooler.

We will be testing the NH-C14S with our regular system setup and that is with the 3770K overclocked to 4. When modern CPUs use their turbo modes, they can (depending on the configuration of the UEFI BIOS) dissipate much more heat than indicated by the manufacturer’s TDP (Thermal Design Power) specification. NF-A14 PWM is equipped with a frame that features AAO (Advanced Acoustic Optimisation) and Noctua’s proprietary Stepped Inlet Design and Inner Surface Microstructures, both of which further refine the fan’s performance/noise efficiency. Our CPU compatibility list helps you to choose the cooler model that is best suited for a given CPU and your individual requirements as far as turbo and overclocking headroom are concerned. Both single fan configurations were cooler than the original Noctua NH-C14 by four and two degrees for bottom and top fan placement, respectively.Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns and to track the efficiency of our advertising campaigns, both on our services and on other sites or mobile apps. There’s nothing worse than finding you’ve lost that one screw needed to mount a cooler when moving to a new socket! We will measure the noise levels for both in idle and load using a dBA meter and point it at the computer at a distance of ~50 CM.