Noctua's NH-C14S and NH-D15S Are Single-Fan Versions Of Predecessors

[N.Broekhuijsen]

Noctua has shaved a little bit off of two of its coolers and is shipping them with just a single fan. This makes them a little quieter and cheaper.

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[JackNaylorPE]

Wait ..... I can pay $99.90 MSRP for the thing with two fans or $20 less with one fan .... but if I wanna add that fan later, i costs me $28 - $32 ?

Given the economics, I'd just buy a cheaper cooler.

 

[PaulBags]

The C14's twin fans are rpm too, so a deeper fin stack & pwm make the C14S more attractive, especially if it's a bit cheaper. Damn, I have C14 in a cupboard, bought on special & haven't used it yet.

 

[firefoxx04]

A single fan D15 probably performs just was well as the dual fan during most work loads. I run my D15's fans at about 500rpm and just forget about them. Rarely see temps above 55*C on a heavily overclocked 4790k (gaming workloads). Rendering is a different animal, 800rpm for premiere pro when exporting a project.

 

[synphul]

The d15s plans to try and match performance of two fans with a single fan at a higher rpm than previously used. How does one fan spinning faster manage to be 'quieter' than 2 at lower rpm's? Sounds counter productive to me. Especially since it's planning to retail at $80 when an nh-d15 can be had for $91 free shipping from amazon right now.