I just bought a NH-D14 on an impulse

douglatins · Sep 25, 2010

What do yall think? Did i make a bad decision?

Kantastic · Sep 25, 2010

I would've went for the Silver Arrow but the D14 is still a good cooler.

douglatins · Sep 25, 2010

Kantastic said:
I would've went for the Silver Arrow but the D14 is still a good cooler.

I was an impulse because if would have bought the arrow would be from the US the noctua was available here

mudkip · Sep 25, 2010

The Noctua is better with 2 fans

douglatins · Sep 25, 2010

mudkip said:
The Noctua is better with 2 fans

Thanks man, i think that HSF reviews are kinda misleading, and since the silver arrow is really close to the noctua well
I would hate to ahve to buy the arrow too

Kantastic · Sep 25, 2010

The Arrow is superior both as stick and with identical fan setups as shown by xbitlabs & vortex.co.

Edit: Not that I'm saying the D14 isn't a great cooler, one of the best really and I would pick either of them depending on which was cheaper.

wolf · Sep 25, 2010

I love Noctua coolers man I think you made a good move, it will support a 4+ ghz overclock on your i7 930 all while staying whisper quiet.

Lionheart · Sep 26, 2010

I think hey are both great coolers bro, so you can't go wrong with either of em, so u made the right choice :toast:

va4leo · Sep 26, 2010

Zen_ · Sep 26, 2010

The D14 and Silver Arrow are so close in performance (about a degree at full fan speed) that the decision factor should be price. I went with the Arrow because it had free shipping at a shop with some other stuff I needed. In your case it wouldn't have been worth it to pay extra for the Arrow.

They are both great aside from the installation issues because of their size.

douglatins · Sep 27, 2010

Zen_ said:
The D14 and Silver Arrow are so close in performance (about a degree at full fan speed) that the decision factor should be price. I went with the Arrow because it had free shipping at a shop with some other stuff I needed. In your case it wouldn't have been worth it to pay extra for the Arrow.

They are both great aside from the installation issues because of their size.

Yeah at least someday i will have a display of tens of different heatsinks, quite an awesome display. They last forever after all. Also wont get outdated, at least until a freaking awesome breakthrough comes, but aluminum and copper HSF are pretty much the best they can be already

bpgt64 · Sep 27, 2010

No, you made a great choice. The Silver Arrow is a complete rip off of the D14 design, and the performance benchmarks on those sites show a 1C difference, negligible at best.

I own two D14s, one on a 1090t, and one on an i7 920, and there the best coolers I have ever had, easy installation, insane performance.

douglatins · Sep 27, 2010

bpgt64 said:
No, you made a great choice. The Silver Arrow is a complete rip off of the D14 design, and the performance benchmarks on those sites show a 1C difference, negligible at best.

I own two D14s, one on a 1090t, and one on an i7 920, and there the best coolers I have ever had, easy installation, insane performance.

Ripoff not really since the IFX came earlier, but my guess the increased mounting pressure takes the arrow to the oh so slight lead

mastrdrver · Sep 27, 2010

Noctua rip off of TR? The Silver Arrow is off Cogage Arrow which is off the old TR IFX-14.

I got a Noctua (2 now) since the mount is simple and better than what TR had out at the time. I still want to get the Silver Arrow just to see how it does with a 32nm fan though.

I was messing with my 920 again last night and I have 2 PWM Xigmateks (~1500 rpms max) on the Noctua right now. Ambient was 22C and in a closed case was able to keep the 920 under 80C running LinX full memory for 25 loops with ~1.26v core with llc.

Almost forgot how awesome it is. :rockout:

System Name	Sovereign // HTPC
Processor	i7 3770k 4.2 // i7 3770k 4.2
Motherboard	Maximus V Gene // Sabertooth Z77
Cooling	Noctua D14 // Intel HSF
Memory	16GB Samsung // 16GB VengeanceLP
Video Card(s)	Deciding // 660 DC2
Storage	OS (X25-M), Data (Seagate 1TB) // Samsung 840 120GB & bunch of drives
Display(s)	Samsung T240HD // LG TV
Case	TJ08e // Grandia GD08
Audio Device(s)	DT880 Pro 250 ohm // TV speakers
Power Supply	Seasonic Plat 1000 // Seasonic Gold 760
Software	Windows 8 Pro x64 // Windows 7 Pro x64

System Name	Dust Collector
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
Motherboard	Asus B550I Aorus Pro WiFi AX
Cooling	Alpenfohn Black Ridge V2 w/ Noctua NF-A9x14
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB DDR4 3200MHz/CL16
Video Card(s)	Power Color Red Dragon RX 5700 XT
Storage	Samsung EVO+ 500GB NVMe
Display(s)	Dell S2721DGF
Case	Dan Case A4
Power Supply	Corsair SF600 Platinum
Mouse	Logitech G603
Keyboard	Logitech G613

System Name	Sovereign // HTPC
Processor	i7 3770k 4.2 // i7 3770k 4.2
Motherboard	Maximus V Gene // Sabertooth Z77
Cooling	Noctua D14 // Intel HSF
Memory	16GB Samsung // 16GB VengeanceLP
Video Card(s)	Deciding // 660 DC2
Storage	OS (X25-M), Data (Seagate 1TB) // Samsung 840 120GB & bunch of drives
Display(s)	Samsung T240HD // LG TV
Case	TJ08e // Grandia GD08
Audio Device(s)	DT880 Pro 250 ohm // TV speakers
Power Supply	Seasonic Plat 1000 // Seasonic Gold 760
Software	Windows 8 Pro x64 // Windows 7 Pro x64

System Name	Silent allround
Processor	i5 750 @ 3,0Ghz 1.04v / 3.4Ghz 1.11v/ 3,6Ghz 1.15v
Motherboard	Gigabyte P55-USB3
Cooling	Thermalright IFX-14 + Scythe Slip Stream 140mm @ 600RPM
Memory	2 x 4GB Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 @ 2000 MHz 9-10-10-27 T1
Video Card(s)	Sapphire HD 5870 Vapor-X @ 940/1270
Storage	Intel Postville 80GB SSD & Western Digital Green 2TB
Display(s)	Dell Ultrasharp U2412M
Case	Bitfenix Merc Alpha
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar D2 with Unified Drivers
Power Supply	Nexus NX-5000 R3 530W
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium x64
Benchmark Scores	Super pi 1M : 8,549s @ 4,7Ghz (Core i7 920)

System Name	Sovereign // HTPC
Processor	i7 3770k 4.2 // i7 3770k 4.2
Motherboard	Maximus V Gene // Sabertooth Z77
Cooling	Noctua D14 // Intel HSF
Memory	16GB Samsung // 16GB VengeanceLP
Video Card(s)	Deciding // 660 DC2
Storage	OS (X25-M), Data (Seagate 1TB) // Samsung 840 120GB & bunch of drives
Display(s)	Samsung T240HD // LG TV
Case	TJ08e // Grandia GD08
Audio Device(s)	DT880 Pro 250 ohm // TV speakers
Power Supply	Seasonic Plat 1000 // Seasonic Gold 760
Software	Windows 8 Pro x64 // Windows 7 Pro x64

System Name	MightyX
Processor	Ryzen 5800X3D
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 I Aorus Pro WiFi
Cooling	Scythe Fuma 2
Memory	32GB DDR4 3600 CL16
Video Card(s)	Asus TUF RTX3080 Deshrouded
Storage	WD Black SN850X 2TB
Display(s)	LG 42C2 4K OLED
Case	Coolermaster NR200P
Audio Device(s)	LG SN5Y / Focal Clear
Power Supply	Corsair SF750 Platinum
Mouse	Corsair Dark Core RBG Pro SE
Keyboard	Glorious GMMK Compact w/pudding
VR HMD	Meta Quest 3
Software	case populated with Artic P12's
Benchmark Scores	4k120 OLED Gsync bliss

System Name	Boomer Master Race
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS APU
Motherboard	BareBones Mini PC MB
Cooling	Mini PC Cooling
Memory	Crucial 32GB 4800MHz
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon 680M 8GB IGPU
Storage	Crucial 500GB M.2 SSD + 2TB Ext HDD
Display(s)	Sony 4K Bravia X85J 43Inch TV 120Hz
Case	Beelink Mini PC Chassis
Audio Device(s)	Built In Realtek Digital Audio HD
Power Supply	120w Power Brick
Mouse	Logitech G203 Lightsync
Keyboard	Atrix RGB Slim Keyboard
VR HMD	( ◔ ʖ̯ ◔ )
Software	Windows 10 Home 64bit
Benchmark Scores	Don't do them anymore.

System Name	Hector v1.0
Processor	Intel Core i7 920 2.67GHz @ 4.209GHz
Motherboard	Rampage II Extreme
Cooling	Corsair H100
Memory	12GB Corsair XMS3 1600MHz
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 580 Vanilla under an Arctic Cooling Xtreme Plus
Storage	2x 1TB Samsung 7200 RPM RAID0 + 2x 60GB OCZ Vertex 2 RAID0
Display(s)	Acer GD245HQ
Case	HAF932
Audio Device(s)	Creative Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series
Power Supply	Coolermaster 1000W Real Power M Active PSU
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Benchmark Scores	3DMark11 P6115 http://3dmark.com/3dm11/525931

System Name	My Rig
Processor	AMD 3950X
Motherboard	X570 TUFF GAMING PLUS
Cooling	EKWB Custom Loop, Lian Li 011 G1 distroplate/DDC 3.1 combo
Memory	4x16GB Corsair DDR4-3466
Video Card(s)	MSI Seahawk 2080 Ti EKWB block
Storage	2TB Auros NVMe Drive
Display(s)	Asus P27UQ
Case	Lian Li 011-Dynamic XL
Audio Device(s)	JBL 30X
Power Supply	Seasonic Titanium 1000W
Mouse	Razer Lancehead
Keyboard	Razer Widow Maker Keyboard
Software	Window's 10 Pro

System Name	Money Hole
Processor	Core i7 970
Motherboard	Asus P6T6 WS Revolution
Cooling	Noctua UH-D14
Memory	2133Mhz 12GB (3x4GB) Mushkin 998991
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Tri-X OC R9 290X
Storage	Samsung 1TB 850 Evo
Display(s)	3x Acer KG240A 144hz
Case	CM HAF 932
Audio Device(s)	ADI (onboard)
Power Supply	Enermax Revolution 85+ 1050w
Mouse	Logitech G602
Keyboard	Logitech G710+
Software	Windows 10 Professional x64

I just bought a NH-D14 on an impulse

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