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NH-D15 vs NH-C14S

pawcisq

Hi

I'm in the process of thinking through my fan setup in my future pc case I have reached a dillema that I can't find info on.

Ill have a Corsair Carbide Air 540 and I have an issue with the cpu cooler. The case is technically designed for straight airflow, so logically i should put there a NH-D15 or anything that uses this airflow and doesnt diver it anywhere. On the other hand a NH-C14S would force a dawnward air movement to quicker move air around mosfets and it also looks nices in my opinion. So which one should I get? Does it actually matter?

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no it doesn't matter. your temps will be determined more by the radiator's surface area as long as the case gets renewed air overall. also the downdraft airflow will help VRM temps but that's only something you care about if you have a B350 motherboard or x299 at this point

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Which CPU and will you do OC?

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  • 5 weeks later...

Im going to get a Ryzen 1800x and only factory XFR.

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On 11/30/2017 at 4:17 PM, pawcisq said:

NH-C14S

The NH-D15 will cool better than the NH-C14S

 

https://noctua.at/en/tdp-guide

 

 

 

 

 

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go for the KING! NH-D15! 

and no more worries when overclocking 

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