NH-C14S VS NH-U14S

[Mike Soda]

I've tried researching both of the above choices but oddly no one has compared them directly to each other. I did find some testing the NH-U14S & the past gen NH-C14, although I'm sure improvements have been made. I've also asked Noctua & they recommended the NH-U14S, but also acknowledge that the NH-C14S would cool the VRM's better. Although I'm still a little confused as to how a fan blowing through hot fins will cool the also hot board components below with hot air. On Noctua's site I did find one thing that supports their reply but there's no details explaining why. Under their TDP guidelines it ranks the NH-U14S as "95W & OC***". While the NH-C14S is "95W & OC**". More asterisks representing more overclocking headroom. This is the last thread I'll be making related to my cooling upgrade because I'm tired of researching it & should be ready to buy one of the choices soon by the end of this month.

[Mike Soda]

Fail, I typed Q1, Q2, & A's + B's as choices, forgetting that I didn't need to because it'd auto-format that part for me lol.

[TheGlenlivet]

The design of the C14S is to let it fit in a small form factor case.  The U14S will do a better job cooling your CPU, but if you don't have the room the C14S is still a good cooler.  The VRM cooling is a side benefit of the C14S design, but good case air flow will do the same thing.

[Mike Soda]

1 minute ago, TheGlenlivet said:

The design of the C14S is to let it fit in a small form factor case.  The U14S will do a better job cooling your CPU, but if you don't have the room the C14S is still a good cooler.  The VRM cooling is a side benefit of the C14S design, but good case air flow will do the same thing.

Thanks & by the way love your pic, lol I miss Bob Ross

[LogicalDrm]

The one with more surface area cools CPU better. And air coming off from heatsink isn't that hot as you might think. Mobo components go up to 80C while used. Air coming off heatsink is maybe 40C. Still cooler than those parts.