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Noctua NH-D 15

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Any single fan AIO, most 240mm AIOs, and it is on par with 280mm AIOs so far as I know.

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yep that ^ you can see the benchmark in linus latest video on the dark rock pro

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In terms of performance? pretty much all of them. Silence? Crushes any AIO you can think og.

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Which AIO can the NH-D 15 beat?

According to FrostyTech, the NH-D15 is on par with the H100. The H100i, Cooler Master 240mm AIO's and pretty much all the 280mm AIO's beat it. None of them are as quiet as the NH-D15 with the pump usually being the loudest components. So the choice is the NH-D15 with superior noise levels and about a 3 degree Celsius high deltaT or a louder, slightly better performing AIO. AIO's do have their place tho because they're smaller and have a bigger wow factor.

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In terms of performance? pretty much all of them. Silence? Crushes any AIO you can think og.

This. The D15 is just a better choice over any AIO.

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According to FrostyTech, the NH-D15 is on par with the H100. The H100i, Cooler Master 240mm AIO's and pretty much all the 280mm AIO's beat it. None of them are as quiet as the NH-D15 with the pump usually being the loudest components. So the choice is the NH-D15 with superior noise levels and about a 3 degree Celsius high deltaT or a louder, slightly better performing AIO. AIO's do have their place tho because they're smaller and have a bigger wow factor.

 

I switched from the H90 (incl. a Noctua 140mm fan) to the NH-D15 because of the "tiny" buzz that the pump has. The NH-D15 i _really_ quiet and pretty much inaudible in anything but stress-testing. I love it. This is cooling an i7-4790K.

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I recommend it. I just picked it up and it's very quiet. It will prevent you from installing either a GPU in the first PCI-E slot or tall memory modules, depending on the way you orient it.

 

If the pump fails in your liquid cooler, your system is going to shut down quickly. If a fan fails on a D15, the other fan will keep it going. Air is more reliable, plain and simple.

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I recommend it. I just picked it up and it's very quiet. It will prevent you from installing either a GPU in the first PCI-E slot or tall memory modules, depending on the way you orient it.

 

If the pump fails in your liquid cooler, your system is going to shut down quickly. If a fan fails on a D15, the other fan will keep it going. Air is more reliable, plain and simple.

You are absolutely right about the 1st PCI-E slot. I use high profile RAM and I just moved the 2nd fan slightly upwards. This is in a Corsair 500r and fits easily.
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