Noctua NH-D14 or corsair H50/70

nlr · 13 Aug 2010 at 13:37

I was wondering what performs the best and does that reduced 5c make a difference?

Price isn't an issue.

Blackwhite · 13 Aug 2010 at 13:41

I think Noctua will do the job with less noise.

koooowweeee · 13 Aug 2010 at 13:48

nlr said:
I was wondering what performs the best and does that reduced 5c make a difference?

Price isn't an issue.

5c can be a big difference when clocking.

if you have the money get a custom kit will knock at least another 5 off it

coughs · 13 Aug 2010 at 18:38

Blackwhite said:
I think Noctua will do the job with less noise.

Isn't H50/H70 very quiet due it being water cooling?

With the Noctua do I need to change the fans (What type?) and add a third fan for best performance?

Tealc · 13 Aug 2010 at 19:21

The H70 has two fans running at 1900rpm and the Noctua's fastest fan runs at 1300rpm. Most enthusiasts swap the fans on the H50 for 2 fans around the same speed do I'd imagine that's the same too.

I haven't heard any of them in action but I'd imagine the one that goes at 1300 would be the quieter. My Noctua at 1300rpm isn't what I'd call silent either though.

Proper liquid cooling with fans under 1000rpm us the quiter way to cool.

nlr · 14 Aug 2010 at 11:22

Why do people get H50 instead of NH-D14 when they're the same price then?

What performs better? with what setup (2,3 fans?) hows the noise?

Tealc · 14 Aug 2010 at 11:59

People are afraid to put all that metal hanging on their motherboard.

Maybe the DH-14 doesn't fit because of their RAM.

Water cooling is more elite than air.

Water cooling has a reputation for silence, although 2x 1900 fans us anything but quiet.

mrix · 14 Aug 2010 at 12:00

re:

Why do people get H50 instead of NH-D14 when they're the same price then?

Personally speaking, I no longer wish to go down the road of having a brick hanging off my motherboard lol
I used to have the Tunig Tower and they just take up all the room... I guess some people love them for some kind of bragging rights "look at the size of my cooler" how many times have we all heard something along those lines?

Huge coolers are so yesterday and I feel as time goes on they will be fazed out.
But that`s my reason for not wishing to have a NH-D14, I `ll stick with my H70.

Cheers
mrix

bulldog147 · 14 Aug 2010 at 12:51

NH-D14 win head down ! The best beauty air cooler with silent fans ! Overall a proved winner as I don't like H-50 nor H-70 because it need a very loud fans speed when overclocked 4.20Ghz but for Noctua NH-D14 can be easy overclocking at very high end and lower temperature with a very low fans speed.

simon12 · 14 Aug 2010 at 13:07

In my opinion the NH-D14 is better in every way except it may block the RAM slots. The H70 is only quieter if you put fans on that make it a poor cooler and with noisy fans on its still not a sgood cooler as the NH-D14.

nlr · 14 Aug 2010 at 13:12

How can you tell if it will block your ram without having it front of you to look?

Stromatolites · 14 Aug 2010 at 13:18

People have posted pictures of the NH-D14 and there ram which gives people a guide. I have some gskills and the NH-D14 only just clears the top. But the cooling performance it gives is top notch!

Tealc · 14 Aug 2010 at 13:19

Basically if you have anything with tall heatspreaders such as this you'll struggle:-

As you see here it overhangs a couple of slots of this motherboard.

bulldog147 · 14 Aug 2010 at 13:20

and no chance on OCZ Reaper rams too

nlr · 14 Aug 2010 at 13:21

what about these?

bulldog147 · 14 Aug 2010 at 13:27

nlr said:
what about these?

That will be fine!

Stromatolites · 14 Aug 2010 at 13:29

nlr said:
what about these?

They will easily fit

Speed · 14 Aug 2010 at 13:48

Stromatolites said:
People have posted pictures of the NH-D14 and there ram which gives people a guide. I have some gskills and the NH-D14 only just clears the top. But the cooling performance it gives is top notch!

There is also a compatibility list here for both memory and motherboards: http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=compatibility_gen&products_id=34&lng=en

jordAnwood · 14 Aug 2010 at 14:57

i recently switched from a h50 to a D14, so hopefully I can give you a little insight.

The D14 far outperforms the h50 in my system but from reading around the h70 seems to be on a even par using the stock fans, so its just a case of what suits you more.

The D14 is quieter, cheaper and more reliable (although you cant really use that as an argument).

But its pretty huge, and only really works best when you have a decent airflow running through your pc, so if those are 2 things that concern you then go with the h70.

For me personally I'd go with the D14, I'd rather pay less money and have a quieter system. Also its not actually that heavy in my opinion it looks pretty garish when you get it out the box but its surprisingly light which sort of removed all my concerns about a huge heatsink hanging off the mainboard.

Helios1234 · 14 Aug 2010 at 15:05

jordAnwood said:
i recently switched from a h50 to a D14, so hopefully I can give you a little insight.

The D14 far outperforms the h50 in my system but from reading around the h70 seems to be on a even par using the stock fans, so its just a case of what suits you more.

The D14 is quieter, cheaper and more reliable (although you cant really use that as an argument).

But its pretty huge, and only really works best when you have a decent airflow running through your pc, so if those are 2 things that concern you then go with the h70.

For me personally I'd go with the D14, I'd rather pay less money and have a quieter system. Also its not actually that heavy in my opinion it looks pretty garish when you get it out the box but its surprisingly light which sort of removed all my concerns about a huge heatsink hanging off the mainboard.

Very well said! I've come to the same conclusion as well after using both.