Thoughts on Noctua NH-D15?

[Pooherino ツ]

Just ordered it on amazon. It was said to be good by a lot of people, and Linus review of it was good too. But idk, does anyone own it? let me know what u think about it.

[Aytex]

great, its on my father's PC quiet good temps just overall a winner (cpu is 4790)

[Oshino Shinobu]

Very good. One of the best air CPU coolers available. 

[Darkman]

Great cooler, but their fans are a bit overpriced for what they are and look awful. Other than the ugly fans on it, you should be happy with it, the mounting hardware it comes with is easy to use and put together.

[TheProfosist]

Its great but I would try to get the newer one that is offset for better compatibility.

[Rpkiller]

Just ordered it on amazon. It was said to be good by a lot of people, and Linus review of it was good too. But idk, does anyone own it? let me know what u think about it.

at that price point water cooling is a better option less bulky and better looking

[TheProfosist]

Great cooler, but their fans are a bit overpriced for what they are and look awful. Other than the ugly fans on it, you should be happy with it, the mounting hardware it comes with is easy to use and put together.

You take that back those fans are beautiful! >_<

[Rpkiller]

got to love shit brown fans

[Darkman]

You take that back those fans are beautiful! >_<

They aren't a color that can fit in with most builds though. I want to replace the ones on mine with something from Phanteks or some Fractal GP12s then put them on the evo in my other rig without a windowed side panel.

 

[TheProfosist]

at that price point water cooling is a better option less bulky and better looking

Noise wise itll be quieter. Also there is always the reliability of the the cooler. I for one have had pumps go out.

[TheProfosist]

got to love shit brown fans

What color is your poop, might want to get checked out.

They aren't a color that can fit in with most builds though. I want to replace the ones on mine with something from Phanteks or some Fractal GP12s then put them on the evo in my other rig without a windowed side panel.

 

replace all the other fans with noctua's and it would match

[WoodenMarker]

at that price point water cooling is a better option less bulky and better looking

At that price point, water cooling is either louder and/or worse performing. 

The NH-D15 is the current king of air coolers. My only gripe with it is that they didn't make it bigger and forgo the ram cutouts.

[pokechat8978]

You take that back those fans are beautiful! >_<

 

Mmm

[WoodenMarker]

Mmm

I personally prefer the original brown and beige colors and would love to get brown/beige LTT edition fans.

[Enderman]

I personally prefer the original brown and beige colors and would love to get brown/beige LTT edition fans.

then they would not be LTT edition fans...

they would just be noctua fans with an ltt sticker on them...

 

the only difference between the regular noctua fans and the LTT edition is the orange accent colours, thats all

[TheProfosist]

 

Mmm

So basically the industrial fins minus all the nice things about them? I mean ill probably still buy one or two but I was hoping they would do a bit more than change the color.

I personally prefer the original brown and beige colors and would love to get brown/beige LTT edition fans.

Confused cause wouldnt that just be a normal Noctua?

then they would not be LTT edition fans...

they would just be noctua fans with an ltt sticker on them...

 

the only difference between the regular noctua fans and the LTT edition is the orange accent colours, thats all

Well they are black too which is kinda the big thing here.

[Enderman]

Well they are black too which is kinda the big thing here.

what??

they are the same thing as the regular noctua fans just with orange instead of brown corners and mounts...

 

the black is the same on both fans, ltt edition or not

[TheProfosist]

what??

they are the same thing as the regular noctua fans just with orange instead of brown corners and mounts...

 

the black is the same on both fans, ltt edition or not

No No No

That is a NF-F12 PWM made black not a NF-F12 Industrial 2000rpm PWM with orange grommets. There are huge differences in these fans including price. Linus went with the former.

Black Noctua mean industrial which also means "Fibre-glass reinforced polyamide construction" which the LTT fans will not have.

[Enderman]

No No No

That is a NF-F12 PWM made black not a NF-F12 Industrial 2000rpm PWM. There are huge differences in these fans including price. Linus went with the former.

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/381948-ltt-fans-x106/

watch the video

 

its not the normal brown NF-F12

 

its an industrial iPPC NF-F12

[TheProfosist]

Here is the one I was speaking of the NH-D15S http://goo.gl/746wUN

[TheProfosist]

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/381948-ltt-fans-x106/

watch the video

 

its not the normal brown NF-F12

 

its an industrial iPPC NF-F12

Youd be incorrect there check out this tweet https://goo.gl/C5uJIP Ive had a lengthy conversation with him about the fans a couple time.

Also even Luke says in the video "this isnt exactly what it will look like ... this is and industrial fan..."

https://youtu.be/CY5CZHsiwe8?t=1m

[4960X]

I have the NH-D15 and it destroyes the H100i that I had before, both in noise and performance. look at this review, even the NH-D14 is right on par with the H100i while making way less noise. I never understood why people recommend the corsair AIOs when they are loud as hell.

 

http://www.relaxedtech.com/reviews/noctua/nh-d15/8

[WoodenMarker]

then they would not be LTT edition fans...

they would just be noctua fans with an ltt sticker on them...

the only difference between the regular noctua fans and the LTT edition is the orange accent colours, thats all

Same difference--the black Noctuas with rubber corners and LTT editions only differ due to stickers.

So basically the industrial fins minus all the nice things about them? I mean ill probably still buy one or two but I was hoping they would do a bit more than change the color.

Confused cause wouldnt that just be a normal Noctua?

Well they are black too which is kinda the big thing here.

The big thing is that they're LTT themed--that's it. That being said, they're still Noctuas.

http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/381948-ltt-fans-x106/

watch the video

its not the normal brown NF-F12

its an industrial iPPC NF-F12

It's a black NF-F12 but not an iPPC fan. The iPPC fans are built differently and are more robust than normal brown/beige Noctua fans. 

[Curufinwe_wins]

Rather overpriced, but one of the best ones you can get if you absolutely refuse to watercool.

[Curufinwe_wins]

I have the NH-D15 and it destroyes the H100i that I had before, both in noise and performance. look at this review, even the NH-D14 is right on par with the H100i while making way less noise. I never understood why people recommend the corsair AIOs when they are loud as hell.

http://www.relaxedtech.com/reviews/noctua/nh-d15/8

H100i is one of the worst 240 aio's on the market. There is a reason they came out with the h100i gtx. (Which still is overpriced and comes with shitty fans).

Depending on fans used and case dynamics (obviously aio's give much less shits about all other case waste heat say using a high heat gpu) a 240mm aio is on par with a nh-d15 and noise is defined by fans chosen.

Outside of the worst 280/360 rads (again h110 is really poor) they outperform the nh-d15 and when a temp target defines fan speeds it is often if not always quieter than the nh-d15 (due to the better cooling with fan scaling but then again obviously is more expensive).

The single biggest reason to go with an aio though isn't cpu temps but rather the temps of everything else in your case.