Noctua Unveils The NH-D15, The Successor To The NH-D14

[4960X]

It's finally here!!!! Noctua just unleashed the beast!

http://www.relaxedtech.com/news/2014/noctua-unveils-the-nh-d15-the-successor-to-the-nh-d14/

EDIT: This review has the majority of the premium coolers tested against the NH-D15. It shows the NH-D15 beating the TC14PE, Silver Arrow SB-E Extreme and NH-D14 by 2 Celsius and beating the H100i with 3 Celsius difference.

http://www.relaxedtech.com/reviews/noctua/nh-d15/1

 

[lehtv]

I thought the D15 was supposed to have ANC? Was this true at some point or was the D15 always going to be a "regular" cooler?

 

[PliotronX]

Is this the one with the carbon composite base? I haven't anticipated an aircooler like this since the TRUE

 

[4960X]

I thought the D15 was supposed to have ANC? Was this true at some point or was the D15 always going to be a "regular" cooler?

I thought the same thing. I was expecting the active noise cancellation thing but I guess not.

 

[DrMrLordX]

Hmm. Does the recessed base give it less overall surface area than the d14?

 

[Maximilian]

This makes me moist :awe:

Reviews will be interesting.

 

[4960X]

I'm curious to see if it beats the NH-D14 in load temp and by how much. can't wait for reviews!

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Is this the one with the carbon composite base? I haven't anticipated an aircooler like this since the TRUE

I thought it was a nano-diamond/Cu composite, just to be more specific about the carbon.

The MSRP seems reasonable at the "high end," and more reasonable if the lab reviews prove out.

So what we do here, whether you want to organize under "Bonzai's Rangers" or "the "4960X" Brigade or just "go Rogue," is to spam the hell out of Tech Report, Frosty-Tech, Anandtech, Bit-Tech and anyplace else worth the trouble to tell them "We wanna D15 Reee-Vue!! We wanna D15 Ree-Vue!!"

The repetition works effectively on the human mind, even if its engaged in publication of its own.


Pardon the double-post.

Looking closely at the publicity on the release, it touts everything but the heatsink-base. The fans, the two-speed fan-splitters, the size of the fins, the way that the heatpipes don't interfere with RAM. And the wonderful NH-1 heatsink TIM.

That's all that's being used to sell it. What that means, exactly, I couldn't say.

But I can tell you -- all this will prove out in a lab comparison review. Any worth their salt will include units already counted among earlier review comparisons. So when that happens -- a good comparison review -- we'll know what it's capable of doing. I can also bet I can get almost an extra 10C better than what the reviews prove. But either way, either I or the reviews themselves will have something to say about it.

Me -- I'm just going to wait for the data from elsewhere before I invest in one. I COULD invest in one and write my own review, or submit reviews to Anandtech for inclusion among their last big summary of a zillion coolers.

Don't count on me. We need to see some reviews -- I guess that's what I'm sayin' here.


I prefer a longer single post then a double post...
Made edits to the original Post and have deleted your double post.

Cases and Cooling Moderator Aigo

 

[MongGrel]

Looks tasty, but unless it's really radically better Ill keep the NH-D14.

Never know though, I could always put that on the one in the bedroom and sell my TRUE 120 Copper for scrap.

He he, nah.

I want to see the results on it in reviews though, yeah.

Will be popular with new builds I'm sure.

 

[DrMrLordX]

I want to see it tested with different fans. The d14 has loads of untapped potential using the stock fans. Strap 2-3 100 cfm fans to it, and it's a whole new ball game. d14 owners with tall RAM sticks are gonna like this, too.

 

[4960X]

I can see this cooler maybe having 2-3c lower temps against the D14 but I doubt it will be a game changer.

 

[SKORPI0]

$99, ouch.

Wouldn't it make more sense to buy a similar priced Water/Liquid CPU cooler? Probably get better results too. ^_^

 

[BonzaiDuck]

I can see this cooler maybe having 2-3c lower temps against the D14 but I doubt it will be a game changer.

Well, I'm with MongGrel for wanting to see the reviews. Your skepticism about the benefits of the HSF composite base is not beyond reason. And I'll wait for the reviews to see if my optimism about a ~10C improvement is . . . beyond reason. So I'm "not beyond reason" before letting go of any ducats to pay for one.

I might do better just saving the money for custom-water-cooling parts.

OF course, if they show 8C improvement over the D14, I can probably push it closer to 15C. the benchmark reviews test mainstreamer practices, and they never use mine.

 

[4960X]

I remember reading somewhere that the D15 was going to come with active noise cancellation and it was supposed to be a game changer. I mean Noctua has equipped the D15 with two NF-A15s which are a big step up from the old fans on the D14 but the a.n.c thing was supposed to be huge in terms of quietness.

 

[Maximilian]

I'm curious to see if it beats the NH-D14 in load temp and by how much. can't wait for reviews!

And the phanteks and the silver arrow! Phanteks always seemed to beat the D14 by a little bit.

 

[lehtv]

$99, ouch.

Wouldn't it make more sense to buy a similar priced Water/Liquid CPU cooler? Probably get better results too. ^_^

Just wait until reviews... Currently 140mm liquid coolers can match the D14 at higher noise levels, and 240mm and 280mm coolers can outperform it. The D14 is not as restricted case choice wise as the 240mm and 280mm coolers, and that the D15 is expected to outperform the D14 just puts it clearly ahead of any 140mm water cooler in both acoustics and performance.

Also, Noctua is famed for 6 year warranty and free brackets for next gen sockets. No liquid cooler can match that service

 

[Essence_of_War]

Also, Noctua is famed for 6 year warranty and free brackets for next gen sockets. No liquid cooler can match that service

Corsair offers 5-years on their AIO's, don't they? I mean, 6 obviously > 5, but either way, that's a pretty solid warranty backing given that Corsair's AIO's are price competitive with other brands that don't offer that same kind of warranty (CM comes to mind).

 

[lehtv]

Sure, 5 is nice. But Corsair don't give you free brackets for installing onto LGA ?? ??? in the year 2019. I didn't really value that benefit until I realized I could reuse my Scythe Mugen 2 Rev 1 heatsink on LGA1155 only if I paid for installation brackets, which I did because it was better value than buying an entirely new cooler, but it would've been nicer by Scythe to have given them for free instead

One brand that does also offer 6 year warranty though is Arctic, but alas, they don't make liquid coolers for CPUs. Silverstone offers 5 year warranty on their Tundra liquid coolers, like Corsair on the Hydros.

 

[Essence_of_War]

Yeah, I agree that the free updated mounting brackets are pretty sexy. If you factor that in long-term, that can be a nice 'rebate' in the long run if the HS can be re-used over 2-3 sockets.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

I remember reading somewhere that the D15 was going to come with active noise cancellation and it was supposed to be a game changer. I mean Noctua has equipped the D15 with two NF-A15s which are a big step up from the old fans on the D14 but the a.n.c thing was supposed to be huge in terms of quietness.

That seems to be a major concern whether with air-coolers or the AiO water units. "Noise cancellation" or other tricks, I did nothing fancy to kill everything but air turbulence with my Gentle Typhoon AP-30. I actually continue to surprise myself at how well-muffled that noise is at 3,900 RPM.

I got an e-mail from a Noctua tech-rep a couple weeks ago responding to my questions about a D15 release-date. He said you'd never capture the D15's full cooling potential with their Noctua fans. They cater to a certain customer base, and noise is at least as important as temperature.

I'm still puzzled as to why that news release didn't even mention the innovative heatsink base. Or how it touts their Noctua TIM as "great" when there are better options.

Maybe they just want to "surprise the public." Or maybe the hype about the composite base was pure bull-pucky. But I don't think they'd promote something that was just untrue.

 

[PliotronX]

That seems to be a major concern whether with air-coolers or the AiO water units. "Noise cancellation" or other tricks, I did nothing fancy to kill everything but air turbulence with my Gentle Typhoon AP-30. I actually continue to surprise myself at how well-muffled that noise is at 3,900 RPM.

I got an e-mail from a Noctua tech-rep a couple weeks ago responding to my questions about a D15 release-date. He said you'd never capture the D15's full cooling potential with their Noctua fans. They cater to a certain customer base, and noise is at least as important as temperature.

I'm still puzzled as to why that news release didn't even mention the innovative heatsink base. Or how it touts their Noctua TIM as "great" when there are better options.

Maybe they just want to "surprise the public." Or maybe the hype about the composite base was pure bull-pucky. But I don't think they'd promote something that was just untrue.

I can dig the modesty. A good product speaks for itself, time will tell

 

[4960X]

Maybe the release of the NH-D15 will lower the price of the D14. You can never have enough D14s.

 

[scannall]

$99, ouch.

Wouldn't it make more sense to buy a similar priced Water/Liquid CPU cooler? Probably get better results too. ^_^

Not everyone is comfortable running water through their case.

 

[4960X]

Not everyone is comfortable running water through their case.

My H100i leaked on me about a year ago and it was a disaster. My mobo and GPU basically went down the toilet. Good thing I was using a cheap AMD system so it didn't bother me all that much. But yeah, now I'm done with water cooling.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

My H100i leaked on me about a year ago and it was a disaster. My mobo and GPU basically went down the toilet. Good thing I was using a cheap AMD system so it didn't bother me all that much. But yeah, now I'm done with water cooling.

On the one hand, since it was an AiO cooler and I don't know your prior experience if any with custom water, I could say "you barely got your feet wet."

On the other hand -- this is news to me -- you most certainly did.

I've studiously tried to avoid resurrecting my "Gentle Typhoon" thread back to the top of the thread-pile, until I have a lot more to say about it. Every so often, like yesterday, I'll open IBT, set it to 2 iterations at "maximum" load, mute my HDMI feed while leaving Media Center running, while I wait and listen. Given what 3,900 RPM sounds like with a GT AP-30 out of the case, I give myself several slaps on the back: "Oooo! That's still pretty quiet!"

I'm really impatient to see some comparison reviews on that D15, because I can extrapolate my own results with my own tweaks and methods. Once I see the reviews, I'll pretty much know what I can do with it and whether I want to spend the extra ducats.

It could be a game changer. Then again -- maybe not. If it is, the water-block makers may be all over the composite-base technology, so -- game changer in the short-run, not so much in the long-run. If it's important to water-block manufacturers, Noctua might make a bundle with some sort of licensing arrangement. But here I am -- probably repeating myself.