Thursday, June 2nd 2011
Noctua Shows Off Top-Tier Triple Fin Stack CPU Cooler Prototype
One of the most interesting CPU coolers in the show, this prototype from Noctua is a sort of an "inversion" of the NH-D14 design. While the NH-D14 has two aluminum fin stacks with room for three fans (intake for the first stack, exhaust for the second stack and one in between the two stacks), this prototype uses three stacks, with two 120 mm Focused Flow fans in between (or any 140 mm fan). So now you have an aluminum fin stack before the first 120/140 mm fan, which conveys air onto a large central stack, from which air is drawn by the second 120/140 mm fan, and onto the third stack which is the size of the first one.
Heat is conveyed to the three stacks by eight nickel-plated aluminum heat pipes that pass through the CPU base. The heat pipes that pass through the central portion of the base pass though the central stack, while those that pass though the peripheral portions pass through the peripheral (1,3) stacks. The relatively slim central stack coupled with the high peripheral stacks leave plenty of room for RAM and VRM heatsinks, by up to 70 mm, should be plenty for Corsair Dominator modules. Noctua claims that this heatsink has 20% higher surface area than NH-D14, more surface area is always better.
Heat is conveyed to the three stacks by eight nickel-plated aluminum heat pipes that pass through the CPU base. The heat pipes that pass through the central portion of the base pass though the central stack, while those that pass though the peripheral portions pass through the peripheral (1,3) stacks. The relatively slim central stack coupled with the high peripheral stacks leave plenty of room for RAM and VRM heatsinks, by up to 70 mm, should be plenty for Corsair Dominator modules. Noctua claims that this heatsink has 20% higher surface area than NH-D14, more surface area is always better.
27 Comments on Noctua Shows Off Top-Tier Triple Fin Stack CPU Cooler Prototype
if it placed on horizontal motherboard thats nice but vertical motherboard?, i just afraid it would bend the board although it has backplate
someone should just make an air cooler so large that can also serve as a case
if this outperforms the D14 (and i think it will), this will be my next cooler
www.nofencomputer.com/eng/products/CR-100A.php
The only time you would need more that what is out there now would be if you were going to do an extreme OC that's well outside the boundaries of the processor. In cases like that, you would go with liquid over air anyway. Or more extreme with record breaking overclocks.
For a vast majority of overclockers out there, the air coolers available now are more than sufficient to keep your processor well within it's thermal range.
I will admit though, that thing does look beastly, would look killer in a large case. Even if it is major overkill. heh
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People in this thread seems to miss the point.Compact and "well performing" coolers tends to sounds like fucking jet engines ;)
Meaning the position has to be the same on all mobo types as well, hard work :laugh:
( I'm sure you know, just thinking loudly)
Fortunately, this 'market' rule does not (yet) apply to fruit and vegetables, etc.