Noctua NH-C14S CPU Cooler Review

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The crew at ThinkComputers have the Noctua NH-C14S CPU cooler strapped to the test bench today for a little review action.

Today we are going to be checking out the NH-C14S, which is a new revision of the award winning NH-C14 that offers better memory clearance, an offset design that gives better clearance for PCI-Express cards, and offers both a low-profile mode and a high clearance mode. Will these changes affect how well the cooler performs? Or do we have another winner on our hands?
 
So I am a bit confused, their testing shows this doing a better job that a Noctua NH-D15S. I thought this style of cooler was only for low profile needs and generally not as good at cooling as the towers, but this seems to show different.

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not really, the oldie NH-C14 was always better than the bigger NH-D14, and the NH-D14 it's better or at worse equal than the NH-D15 with the same fans, so no surprise here.
 
Araxie said:
not really, the oldie NH-C14 was always better than the bigger NH-D14, and the NH-D14 it's better or at worse equal than the NH-D15 with the same fans, so no surprise here.
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Well I guess I learned something today, I might have to try one of these out. I wonder if board temps are lower too since it is blowing air down.
 
zaniix said:
Well I guess I learned something today, I might have to try one of these out. I wonder if board temps are lower too since it is blowing air down.
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oh yes, VRM, RAM, Mosfets. etc all work considerably cooler, everything around the CPU and even the CPU socket works at significantly lower temps.
 
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