Noctua NH-D15's size = HOLY HELL!

BobSutan

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I've been out of it for a while, so imagine my surprise when the box for my 6 heat pipe Noctua NH-D15 showed up. WOOOOOW!!!!!

When in the wide world of sports did CPU coolers get so big???!!! I laughed my ass off at the ridiculous size of the box, and again when I took it out of the packaging. It reminded me of the engine of an old dirt bike I used to have.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00L7UZMAK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s03?ie=UTF8&psc=1
 
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Holy crap that's BIG! I hope the mobo can hold that much weight.
 
BobSutan said:
I've been out of it for a while, so imagine my surprise when the box for my 6 heat pipe Noctua NH-D15 showed up. WOOOOOW!!!!!

When in the wide world of sports did CPU coolers get so big???!!! I laughed my ass off at the ridiculous size of the box, and again when I took it out of the packaging. It reminded me of the engine of an old dirt bike I used to have.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00L7UZMAK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s03?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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On the plus side it can cool the 10-Core 6950X OC'd to 4GHz :)
Not bad for an air cooler.
Cheers
 
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If you compare it with the coolers that came on the older AMD Piledriver series it is about as big as 4 of those heatsinks and then 2 walls of them ;)

Also makes it finicky getting your videocard out if your motherboard has some obstacles near..
 
I still have a Tuniq Tower in my box-o-junk. Man that thing was the biggest sink for it's time.
 
Congratulations on getting the Cadillac of Air Coolers! I have one myself. It is awesome!
 
I have an NH-D14 and I LOVE it!
I used it as a temporary replacement when my pump in my custom loop died.
I liked it so much and it does such a good job at cooling, that i decided to abandon water cooling all together and I'll stick to the large Noctua Heatsinks from now on!

Despite the recent trend of people going with AIOs or custom loops, i'm done with all that after years of running custom loops in my rigs.
IMO pumps are noisy and they die!.....I'll take a large Noctua Heatsink anyday.
 
The size of Air coolers has been ridiculous for some time. :bored:

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MTDEW said:
I have an NH-D14 and I LOVE it!
I used it as a temporary replacement when my pump in my custom loop died.
I liked it so much and it does such a good job at cooling, that i decided to abandon water cooling all together and I'll stick to the large Noctua Heatsinks from now on!

Despite the recent trend of people going with AIOs or custom loops, i'm done with all that after years of running custom loops in my rigs.
IMO pumps are noisy and they die!.....I'll take a large Noctua Heatsink anyday.
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You're doing it wrong.
I bought an Eheim 1048 pump in 2004, its still running my watercooler today, silently.
I agree with your AIO comment, wont touch them.
 
Switched from a H60 to a D14 recently, love the look and performance of the huge air cooler!

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I'm running everything at fixed RPM using the low noise adapters. Nice gently hum coming from the tower. CPU never goes over 60C while gaming or 70C running Prime 95 w/AVX.
 
there's no replacement for displacement! These are some of the best heatsinks money can buy.
 
I was using a Heligon HE-02 for a while.
Enormous, yet even fits in some ITX cases, like the Fractal Design Core 500.
 
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