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Cryorig R1 or NH-D15?

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I very much would like the get the NH-D15 but the color throws it off for me, on the other hand, the Cryorig R1 is very aesthetically pleasing to me but I am worried about performance between the two. Is there a difference?

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The reviews I've seen still have the D15 ahead. You could slap on some black fans (like from Fractal) and be fine. The heatsink is god mode.

 

 

Be Quiet! Dark Rock Pro 3 - basically as quiet as Noctua, as efficient as Noctua - looks better.

 

There's almost a 10 degree difference between the two on load with an overclocked CPU. Dark Rock is still a good choice though.

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There's almost a 10 degree difference between the two on load with an overclocked CPU. Dark Rock is still a good choice though.

There's 1 or 2 fanboys of that cooler that promote it all the time mate.  :lol:

 

@OP, the Cryorig R1 is comparable in performance, go with whatever you prefer the look of, or whatever is cheaper for you. Personally i'd get the Noctua.

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With the Noctua you could get some of the industrial or LTT fans if you don't like the poo colour.

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The reviews I've seen still have the D15 ahead. You could slap on some black fans (like from Fractal) and be fine. The heatsink is god mode.

 

 

 

There's almost a 10 degree difference between the two on load with an overclocked CPU. Dark Rock is still a good choice though.

I would like to keep the budget to the cooler itself, because going and spending 30$ on fans for an already 92$ heatsink is not fun.

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There's almost a 10 degree difference between the two on load with an overclocked CPU. Dark Rock is still a good choice though.

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The biggest difference I've seen was 5 degrees in a specific situation. It's around 3 degrees on average. I'd still get the Be Quiet! cause Noctua stuff is ugly AF, the LTT fans excluded.

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The biggest difference I've seen was 5 degrees in a specific situation. It's around 3 degrees on average. I'd still get the Be Quiet! cause Noctua stuff is ugly AF, the LTT fans excluded.

 

The last one I saw was a 10 degree difference, but yeah now I'm seeing more of an average of 5 and 3. Didn't know it was that close. I'd still wager the Noctua would be more quiet and efficient. Though if it came down to it I would look at which is less expensive, and if you'd be able to put up with Be Quiet's horrible mounting mechanism. 

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The last one I saw was a 10 degree difference, but yeah now I'm seeing more of an average of 5 and 3. Didn't know it was that close. I'd still wager the Noctua would be more quiet and efficient. Though if it came down to it I would look at which is less expensive, and if you'd be able to put up with Be Quiet's horrible mounting mechanism. 

Yeah it was a bit tough to mount it all by myself, but mounting on my dad's X99 platform didn't require a backplate so it wasn't that hard ^^ It's dead-quiet though, seriously, you cannot even hear that thing. It was in a H440 Razer Edition, looked dope and was silent AF ^^

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Do you have an overclock running on your 5930k?

I used it when I had a 4790k On that I was at 4.8 

Now with my 5930k on the h110gt Im at 4.7

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R1 Ultimate for the win. it's basically a D15 that doesn't look like crap.

 

iirc with the fans at full tilt the R1 actually beats it, while being a couple of Db louder (but you should never be running the fans that fast anyway)

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I'm a huge fan of the R1 looks great, comparatively cheap performs just as well and installs in like a minute 

 

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It's just opinion, man. I would get the Noctua for legendary customer service and build quality, but Cryorig is also making quite the name for themselves in quality and service, and the R1 isn't ugly as sin.

The R1 also has way fewer memory issues in terms of clearance, but Noctua is also the Good Guy of the industry and will mail you new mounting hardware for new sockets.

See, I could make points back and forth like this for quite awhile, but it's easier to just tell you to get whichever is cheaper. You'll regret neither.

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With the Noctua you could get some of the industrial or LTT fans if you don't like the poo colour.

 

 

I don't believe they make industrial noctuas that fit the nh-d15.

 

It uses 140mm fans with 120mm mounting holes I believe.

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