Final testing and Conclusion
Stock speed 2.8Ghz, 2200rpm:
With same settings except a higher rpm on the fan we can see that the idle temp is still the same one degree above ambient but the full load temperature dropped down to 24.
Overclocked 3,3GHz, 2200rpm:
During load we still managed to stick around 27 celsius without any major problems. I don’t think that it is possible to go much lower with air cooling than the results we have got both during stock and overclocked speeds.
Updated 2009-12-14:
Overclocked 3,8GHz 0,6V Vcore Raise:
After some more testing and boosting the CPU we managed to get a stable setup at 3,8GHz. We can see that the gap between the coolers actually go up quite a bit the hotter the CPU gets, the NH-U12P and the Zalman stay at similar temperatures while the NH-D14 really crushes the competition.
#End of Update
Conclusion:
This is a huge cooler, but the thing is that it doesn’t weigh alot in the end. Of course it weighs more than the normal ones but it still pretty light weight for its size. Results are very good but question is if its worth having this huge cooler for 5 degrees lower temperatures.
I believe that they are aiming at the overclockers with this cooler and I’m sure it will help you get alot more from your tries than any other cpu cooler on the market. Make sure you got enough space for it in your case, it can be mounted two ways so chances are that you can squeeze it into a smaller case also. I believe that it might not be possible to get much lower results with air, since we are getting towards ambient temperatures at this rate.
Installation was a piece of cake on the Intel socket and the same goes for the AMD socket so I can’t really find much to complain about other than the size. I am going to recommend this cooler for superb performance.
Pros:
+ Superb performance
+ Silent
+ Well packed
+ Fan speed regulators included
Cons:
- Size
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