Anything similar or better than the D15?

[NZXT30]

Need a high performance air cooler and I don't fancy paying nearly £100 quid for the noctua and the cheaper non black one is fugly. Air cooler reviews are also a mess and inconsistent these days.

Edit: Realised I should have posted this on the cooling forum, can a moderator move it please.

 

[b00merang69]

Phanteks top model is sim same as DARK ROCK PRO 4.

Advise you Google D15 alternatives to get a list of cooler in same class.

 

[Panos]

Need a high performance air cooler and I don't fancy paying nearly £100 quid for the noctua and the cheaper non black one is fugly. Air cooler reviews are also a mess and inconsistent these days.

Edit: Realised I should have posted this on the cooling forum, can a moderator move it please.

What you plan to cool and what's your budget?

 

[b00merang69]

IMO you get what you pay for and primarily its about performance secondary aesthetics.

Your no doubt going to be able to carry it over to future builds esp as the likes of Noctua will give you a free mounting bracket if that is needed.

I have the D15S (I cant use the D15 due to ram and top PCI-E slot), it came with one fan so I bought two Chromax black fans and the Chromax Heatsink Cover kit that covers most of it and makes it look good, yes it cost more but so does any PC hobby.

 

[Joxeon]

This is only a few degrees off the noctua for half the price.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Scythe SCMG-5PCGH Mugen 5 "PCGH Edition" CPU Cooler= £46.99

Total: £55.69 (includes shipping: £8.70)​

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[NZXT30]

Thanks looks good. Anyone aware of any recent cpu air cooler performance graphs?

 

[EsaT]

Air cooler reviews are also a mess and inconsistent these days.

And that's understatement of the year.

Thanks looks good. Anyone aware of any recent cpu air cooler performance graphs?

Like you said about reviews being as rule mess, it's very hard to find good comparisons.
Most reviews don't even do much to measure noise.
And with those measuring noise it's usually unclear, if performance readings in temperature page correlate to any number in noise result page.
(Bonus points for trying to find comparison between high end heatpipe coolers and waterpipe coolers. No doubt because that would make typical AIO look very badly overpriced)

As for Mugen 5, that's itself step behind the best level cooler. (in same weight class with NH-U12A)
But PCGH's low speed fans seriously limit performance of its mid density fin stack.
Even one Arctic P12 would be performance boost:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/arctic-cooling-p12-pwm-pst-black-fan-120mm-fg-04h-ar.html

 

[oldbanana]

This is only a few degrees off the noctua for half the price.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Scythe SCMG-5PCGH Mugen 5 "PCGH Edition" CPU Cooler= £46.99

Total: £55.69 (includes shipping: £8.70)
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Not even close to D15 yes it`s quiet and cheap but it struggles when ur cpu is over 100w

 

[Joxeon]

Not even close to D15 yes it`s quiet and cheap but it struggles when ur cpu is over 100w

I don't believe that when even a hyper evo 212 is rated at 150w.

 

[Fire_fly]

Phanteks PH-TC14PE

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/phanteks-ph-tc14pe-cpu-cooler-black-hs-009-pt.html

 

[pandem0nium]

I use a couple of Be quiet dark rock 4s. Note, the non-pro.

Almost as good as the pro but it's quieter with it just having the one larger fan. And it's more than enough to cool a ryzen 3700X and a 5ghz overclocked 7600K.