Nine Big Air Coolers For Intel's Haswell CPUs, Reviewed

[Crashman]

There are various air coolers which can beat the D14, eg. the Phanteks PH-TC14PE, and at
the time the latter launched it was quite a bit cheaper.

I'm switching over to water cooling though, H80i costs less than either of the above air
coolers, works better, etc.

Ian.

But when Tom's Hardware tested the copy cooler, performance was nearly identical. And Tom's Hardware doesn't look for ways to make the newer product win the performance comparison.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I own 2 Phanteks PH-TC14PE , 1 NoctuA DH-14 , 1 Gamer Assassin , they all perform equally except the Noctua NH-D14 is a tad quieter.

Here's the Gamer ASSASSIN on my ASUS HERO build.

 

[mapesdhs]

But when Tom's Hardware tested the copy cooler, performance was nearly identical. And Tom's Hardware doesn't look for ways to make the newer product win the performance comparison.

Perhaps it depends on the configuration. I read other reviews where the Phanteks was better.
Plus, I used 3 fans with my setup.

Either way, moved on to better things. I've bought half a dozen H80s, couple of H80is, H100is,
H110 and one H100 for a P55 benchmarking rig.

Ian.

 

[AmazingWorldGW]

can i even sli if i use this cooler?

 

[Novuake]

can i even sli if i use this cooler?

Very few CPU coolers will hinder you from using SLI, can't even think of one now.

 

[Y0GI]

I realize that this test article is from 2013, but I hope that I'm not too late to ask a question?

Why the 100 degree C. temp limit? Most of what I've seen about Haswell suggests to not go over 80 degrees C., with a few brave souls (like me) saying that 90 degrees C. should be maximum.

Where did the 100 degree C. come from? Is it still current for Haswell? What about Haswell Refresh?

Thanks,

Yogi

 

[Crashman]

I realize that this test article is from 2013, but I hope that I'm not too late to ask a question?

Why the 100 degree C. temp limit? Most of what I've seen about Haswell suggests to not go over 80 degrees C., with a few brave souls (like me) saying that 90 degrees C. should be maximum.

Where did the 100 degree C. come from? Is it still current for Haswell? What about Haswell Refresh?

Thanks,

Yogi

It's the maximum before the board thermal throttles. Intel made that setting adjustable on the Haswell-E. Without that flexibility, it's impossible to test beyond 100 °C.

 

[Y0GI]

OK.

Thanks, Crashman!

Yogi

 

[charlesNguy]

Thanks for the great read, very surprised Noctua's NH-U14S came out as favourite, I just love noctua fans, very good build quality