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U14S and NF-F12

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In the end, I just bought D15s and mounted F12 at the front.

 

Edit: Noctua support just replied. They state that F12 should be mounted in front of U14S.

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Hi,

 

I am planning to purchase Noctua U14S, and I have a spare NF-F12.

 

Should I mount F12 in front of the U14S or mount it at the rear of U14S? 

 

Maybe I should just buy U12S?

 

Intel I7-10700KF stock - Noctua NH-D15 - A15+A12x25 

Micron Ballistix Sport LT 4133MHz CL17-21-21-40 @1.45v

GIGABYTE AORUS 3090 Xtreme 1905MHz@0.919v/2010MHz@1.063v +900/750 memory clock

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16 minutes ago, ThiccSmough said:

Should I mount F12 in front of the U14S or mount it at the rear of U14S? 

the rear if you ask me, tho I dont think it really matters

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

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I heard NF-F12 ?

And what are you cooling with the U14S? The F12s get quite loud if you run them at higher rpms (but good lord do they move air, two on a Gammax 400 kept a hot running i7 950 in check for me), the noise tradeoff may not be worth the slight buff to cooling. 

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Main PC 

CPU: i5 12600KF

Cooler: Noctua NH-L12S

Motherboard: ASRock Z690 ITX/ax

RAM: 2x16GB 3600Mhz DDR4

GPU: Intel ARC A770 16GB LE

Storage: 1TB MP34 + 2TB P41 + 2x 1TB MX500

ODD: LG WH14NS40

PSU: EVGA 850W GM

Case: Silverstone Sugo 14

OS: Windows 11

 

Display: LG 27UK650-W (4K 60Hz IPS panel)

Mouse: EVGA X17

Keyboard: Corsair K55 RGB

 

Mobile/Work Devices: 15" M3 MacBook Air (work) - iPhone 13 Pro Max - Apple Watch S3

 

Other Misc Devices: iPod Video (Gen 5.5E, flash, running Rockbox), Nintendo Switch

 

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2 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

I heard NF-F12 ?

And what are you cooling with the U14S? The F12s get quite loud if you run them at higher rpms (but good lord do they move air, two on a Gammax 400 kept a hot running i7 950 in check for me), the noise tradeoff may not be worth the slight buff to cooling. 

Ryzen 5 1600 overclocked, soon will be upgraded to 3700x 

Intel I7-10700KF stock - Noctua NH-D15 - A15+A12x25 

Micron Ballistix Sport LT 4133MHz CL17-21-21-40 @1.45v

GIGABYTE AORUS 3090 Xtreme 1905MHz@0.919v/2010MHz@1.063v +900/750 memory clock

Seasonic PX-1000

Lian-Li Lancool II Mesh 

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Just now, ThiccSmough said:

Ryzen 5 1600 overclocked, soon will be upgraded to 3700x 

Oh it'll do the R5 1600 in its sleep, I ran one up to 4Ghz (wouldn't do 4.1 at 1.4v so I dropped it back to 4 and dialed back the voltage a bit) on a mere 120mm AIO. The 3700X will get hotter though, should still keep that in check. 

Intel HEDT and Server platform enthusiasts: Intel HEDT Xeon/i7 Megathread 

 

Main PC 

CPU: i5 12600KF

Cooler: Noctua NH-L12S

Motherboard: ASRock Z690 ITX/ax

RAM: 2x16GB 3600Mhz DDR4

GPU: Intel ARC A770 16GB LE

Storage: 1TB MP34 + 2TB P41 + 2x 1TB MX500

ODD: LG WH14NS40

PSU: EVGA 850W GM

Case: Silverstone Sugo 14

OS: Windows 11

 

Display: LG 27UK650-W (4K 60Hz IPS panel)

Mouse: EVGA X17

Keyboard: Corsair K55 RGB

 

Mobile/Work Devices: 15" M3 MacBook Air (work) - iPhone 13 Pro Max - Apple Watch S3

 

Other Misc Devices: iPod Video (Gen 5.5E, flash, running Rockbox), Nintendo Switch

 

Vehicles: 2002 Ford F150, 2022 Kawasaki KLR650

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You could just try out either configuration to see which is better.

The NH-U14S already performs about as well as the NH-U12S in push / pull. 

If you wanted to save some money, you could look for a cheaper but larger heatsink and use the NF-F12 you have on it. 

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In the end, I just bought D15s and mounted F12 at the front.

 

Edit: Noctua support just replied. They state that F12 should be mounted in front of U14S.

Intel I7-10700KF stock - Noctua NH-D15 - A15+A12x25 

Micron Ballistix Sport LT 4133MHz CL17-21-21-40 @1.45v

GIGABYTE AORUS 3090 Xtreme 1905MHz@0.919v/2010MHz@1.063v +900/750 memory clock

Seasonic PX-1000

Lian-Li Lancool II Mesh 

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12 minutes ago, ThiccSmough said:

Edit: Noctua support just replied. They state that F12 should be mounted in front of U14S.

Nice. That makes sense since the NF-F12 is aggressively optimized for push. 

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