Scythe Mugen 4 vs Noctua NH-D14

[Guest SkyFall]

Hey guys,

 

I currently use the Mugen 4 on my 3770K OC'd to 4.5GHz running at peak heath of 80°C.

 

Now, I got an NH-D14 for free from a colleague, so I'd like to know from you wether I should stick with the Mugen 4 or replace it with the NH-D14.

 

Thanks for your answers.

[Shaqo_Wyn]

If it's for free, why not just try it out and see if the temps are better? It's not that much work changing CPU cooler and TIM a few times..

[Guest SkyFall]

If it's for free, why not just try it out and see if the temps are better? It's not that much work changing CPU cooler and TIM a few times..

 

The reason I'm asking the communtity is because I don't really have time to get everything out of my Cooler Master K280, mount the other cooler, get everything back inside (plug HDDs im the right way, since RAID is used) just to realize that I had no benefit at all. 

[Shaqo_Wyn]

The reason I'm asking the communtity is because I don't really have time to get everything out of my Cooler Master K280, mount the other cooler, get everything back inside (plug HDDs im the right way, since RAID is used) just to realize that I had no benefit at all. 

 

Okay okay, busy man. Must be a really annoying case you have, if you can't remove the CPU cooler without having to remove everything else..

 

I'll humor you.

 

A simple "Scythe Mugen 4 vs NH-D14" search in Google found several benchmarks that show the NH-D14 consistently being 3 degrees Celcius cooler than the Mugen 4.

These were full load Prime95 temps.