Noctua NH-D14 CPU Cooler Review

👤by Sahil Mannick Comments 📅08-11-09
Closer Look (The Fan)





The supplied screwdriver is long enough to access the screws at the base

Unlike the Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme, the screws on the pre-installed bracket can be easily accessed on the Noctua but removal of the NF-P14 is necessary first.


140mm fan with 120mm fan fittings

The NF-P14 is a 140mm fan acting as the middle push-pull fan. With its 120mm mounting holes, it means that they can be installed on any other 120mm fittings. The wire clips are attached to the fan through a small rubber insert.


The NF-P14 fan design

The NF-P14 is not merely a bigger version of the NF-P12, coming with a few alterations that is meant improve air flow and reducing turbulence. The fans provided come pre braided as is Noctua's fashion.


To think that you need such a massive heatsink to cool a core i7...

Once installed, the sheer size of the cooler really strikes you. The behemoth of the cooler covers a large area of the motherboard real estate, hanging above 4 of the ram slots on the Biostar T-Power X58! However there is enough clearance to not interfere with the RAM. RAM with tall heatsinks will definitely have problems so check this diagram to make sure you will have enough space. This cooler is no puny owl, that's for sure, more along the line of some mythical beast


RAM clearance may be an issue for many so check here first for compatibility

Removing those RAM won't be such an easy task anymore...Thankfully the wire clips only require a small push to unlatch easing fan removal. This is actually very similar to Coolermaster's method as we have seen previously.

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