Phanteks PH-TC14CS CPU Cooler Review

👤by Sahil Mannick Comments 📅22-04-12
Results (Grouped)

The results have been arranged in terms of the fan configuration that yields the best results for each cooler. However, it is important to take into account that many coolers come with their own fans and changing those increases the costs significantly, so the “out of the box” cooler configurations have been highlighted in red each group.

Stock


We start off by looking at how each configuration of the PH-TC14CS fares. In its default two fan configuration, the cooler yields a delta of 34.5C and reducing the fan speed to 860RPM increases the delta by a mere 1C. By switching the fans so that air is pushed upwards rather than downwards, much poorer results are achieved. In low profile mode whereby a single fan in installed below the heatsink, the delta is 36.25C whereas in high profile mode, the result is more favourable. This demonstrates than fan orientated to push air is more effective than pulling. With two Noctua NF-P12s, the result matches that of the two 140mm stock fans at 860RPM. Two NF-P14s on the other hand match the results of the two PH-F140TS fans. The best performance is achieved using the high RPM Coolink fans.

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