The Best High-End Air Cooler - 6 Top Coolers Tested, 1 Winner Chosen

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[@HardwareScientist]

UPDATE: NH-U12A Tested twitter.com/HardwareSci/status/1147889853524107265 Timestamps: Price 0:42 Compatibility 1:26 Installation 3:10 Appearance 5:21 Performance 8:09 Warranty 11:13 Conclusion 12:05

[@nathanielsett118]

Such a great channel, with such great content and quality you deserve more viewers and subs!

[@LawrenceTimme]

This was a good comparison, however the pricing is very different here. The phanteks is £50 which the dark rock and dh15 are over £80. This pricing here makes much more sense based on there performance. You also didn't mention that the phanteks cooler comes in 5 colours, black, red, blue, orange and gold. Which means you can buy one to match the other parts. 👍

[@dodgersfnshepard8673]

Thank you. Excellent product coverage and knowledge. Far more informative than Linus has been. This is easy for all to follow instead of only the hardcore. Definitely will check your other videos and look forward to sub notifications.

[@Science-sans-conscience]

Hello, do again with 185W like your news tests please, thanks for your job :)

[@PietroSoft]

@@Science-sans-conscience Edit: I noticed the 185W comparison with the NH-U12A on twitter, cool. Yeah, i would love to see that too, if you pay for coolers like that OC performance matters.

[@J-C8573]

This is a VERY good video. We can see he put effort a LOT of effort in it and he deserves more views.

[@TrevorLahey3]

Cooler MASTER MASTER Airmaker... Most expensive, most hot...ouch.

[@PSYCHOV3N0M]

Master HOT Air Maker indeed

[@grindererrofficial3755]

EasyModePC same it is with chicks

[@bretts7037]

That'll learn people for putting flashing lights inside a box

[@Aadilf1]

This is the one I have... ouch

[@fracturegames3046]

Cooler Master: "OH NO! We suck again!"

[@iKADAJx]

13:04 "Noctua's only weakness is its appareance" *Noctua D'15 Chromax Black enters the room*

[@ryuuseiboi950]

It looks like crap. Probably even worse than the beige colour.

[@SyncF]

@@ryuuseiboi950 Lmao speak for yourself, it looks great.

[@mrsir9337]

@Ryuusei Boi you’re chatting shit

[@jimlahey6692]

I love the Noctua beige look

[@mrsir9337]

Cthulhu size doesn’t matter

[@josejuanandrade4439]

As an user of Noctua myself, i wanna say, that after almost 8 years, my NH-D14 is still working just like new. Virtualy silent, damn effective, and needs very little to no maintenance at all. It keeps my 6700k at 4.6 ghz at under 60 celsius when gaming, and i do game for very long periods. Noctua is right on that warranty man, they realy know their stuff! Also, great video man! This is simply the best video i've ever seen on cpu cooling! Very well explained, perfectly presented, just top notch! 10/10

[@pe3ke117]

you are right. my noctua NH-D15 keeps surprisingly low temps at idle and also in gaming with my OCd ryzen 2600 to 60 celsius too , with only one fan . everything in closed case . i am very happy that someone like noctua can produce premium AIR coolers. and noctua cooler is so ugly to be nice :-))))

[@MatrixStarPlayz]

I just want to say this is very good video and really appreciate the efforts! Thank you keep them coming I just subbed for some more reviews and informative videos!

[@sixpackpilot]

Me too. My D14 cooling a 6700K OC@4,7GHz in small and quiet Fractal Nano S ITX case. No problems keeping the CPU@100% at max 67°C . I give the D14 some airflow from the front and exhaust all air out the back of the case. D14 does the rest. It also has no trouble dissipating the heat coming up from the GTX1070 underneath.

[@demon6937]

I like noctua but not the color

[@battlebrotherbernhard]

@@demon6937 Noctua NF-A15 HS-PWM chromax.black.swap, 140mm

[@cyife1452]

13:04 is when he says winner

[@johnsmith2956]

Finally someone that does an actually significant cooler test pitting the temps vs noise. Like Like Like

[@apmmasterpcapmmasterpc]

Nice vids and damn epic fail by cooler master most expensive but shit. Noctua cpu cooler a beast as always .

[@osgrov]

We reached the same conclusion I see. :) I've got the D15S in my workstation, cooling a 7940X with great ease. That machine is very silent, and cool. My gaming rig sports the Dark Rock Pro 4, cooling a heavily overclocked 8700K with no sweat. Looks sexy too. Great overview, thanks man. Makes me happy seeing people taking air cooling seriously!

[@RB-yp8qq]

What do you recommend between these two ?

[@osgrov]

@@RB-yp8qq I really like the Dark Rock Pro 4 and how it looks and sounds, so that'd be my pick. Performance-wise, they're very, very close.

[@spacecy]

Hey man. Whats the speed on your 8700k and what is the max temp u measured? is it delidded?

[@osgrov]

@@spacecy running at 4.9 @1.25V, getting around 75-80C load, tops at about 85-86C in stresstests. I could get 5.0 at 1.3-ish volts around 90C during stress, but that felt a bit too hot for 24/7 so I dialled it down one step. Boots and runs simple tests at 5.1 if I push 1.4V, but that's the limit for now. Good chip, though. Not delidded, using regular Kryonaut. I'll probably delid it and push it harder at some point, just for funsies.

[@spacecy]

@@osgrov thanks

[@KirkKreifels]

Don't let the Thermalright 2 year warranty scare you away. My Macho x2 is still going strong after 4 years. It cools my 3930k that draws about 165W. I think I got it for $65. I'd love to have a Noctua one day...but there's really need with a good cheap macho that doesn't make any noise.

[@adebowalekonstantinov404]

In Germany, DR-Pro 4 is 20€ cheaper than NH-D15 on amazon (70 vs 90)

[@vnyggi621]

Noctua is from the far far away land of kangoroos, Austria, after all :D

[@Machine_Run]

@@vnyggi621 Pepega Clap

[@resinds.p4898]

@@Machine_Run xqcL

[@vnyggi621]

@John Hooper no I dont

[@vnyggi621]

@John Hooper I live in Germany next door, the kangoroos hop over here sometimes

[@roland7565]

thank you. You helped me a lot with my buying decision. Bought the Dark Rock Pro 4 because of case and ram compatibility. Doing great with ryzen 3700x on b450 tomahawk max motherboard. Cool and most important very silent compared to wraith prism boxed cooler (sounds like a vacuum cleaner)

[@mikesmith-wk7vy]

Me too , went with dark rock as well. Builds not back from shop but unify mb and 5800x . The master air was on my list but reviews showed it was pretty loud and for its price didn’t cool well

[@ShallowDepression]

I'm here because I'm done with AIO's.

[@luigidicarp9521]

please don't tell me you gonna buy Noctua with your all black set up. haha

[@caim9986]

Could u tell more about it? Did you had any problems with AIO's, cause i have an aio too but im afraid that soon someparts might broke and damage other components and thats why im looking for a noctua air cooler.

[@luigidicarp9521]

@@caim9986 just buy it. noctua is a great cooler. the only downside for it for me is the color. my corsair h100i for 3 years now. the only problem you will get to exp on AIO is when the pump breaks down and you didnt know, ur cpu might burn. so from my personal exp, just monitor your temps each time you play. so just in case something is not right on your temp, you have idea of what happened.

[@caim9986]

@@luigidicarp9521 Ahaha i actually bought it just 5 hours ago. The nh-d15 140mm i cant't wait to throw the aio out of the window

[@swagtrinigamer]

I had 2 so far and only problems. The thermaltake extreme s died in 2 years. I think my h115i was about to die as i was getting temps in the 90s with a 6700k at stock. Now im back on my old faithful hyper 212 evo and the temps are great can even oc a bit.

[@FordGTmaniac]

Many people are overlooking the Scythe Ninja 5, which is their current flagship cooler. The thing is dead silent and priced very competitively considering its huge size.

[@HardwareScientist]

Ninja 5 will be tested in my upcoming midrange cooler roundup!

[@skotadism0s]

@@HardwareScientist You should also consider the Mugen 5 for the midrange round-up. Also it would be nice to tell people exactly what heat-load you put on these coolers, Intels "95W" TDP varies from model to model even in the same generation. A good idea would be to increase the heat-load so the differences are more apparent. 2 coolers may get the same temps at say 95W but be worlds apart at 150W due to heat-pipes being overwhelmed.

[@johnsmith-gs4qf]

The Scythe Mugen 5 is also a great cooler at a low $47.99 price! www.newegg.com/p/13C-0004-00075?Description=Scythe%20Mugen%205&cm_re=Scythe_Mugen_5-_-13C-0004-00075-_-Product

[@HardwareScientist]

@@skotadism0s Mugen 5 will be included in the budget cooler roundup! The 95W is locked in with BIOS settings, so it's a direct measurement from Intel's own sensors. I will be testing a lot of coolers at 125W after I finish this set of videos. 150W is a bit too hot for some coolers to handle at low fan speeds, so the CPU throttles making the results invalid.

[@dreadlock17]

Yeah the ninja is pretty underrated

[@Kasou01]

I'm looking for a nice air cooler at the moment to cool my 2700X. The Le Grand Macho looks most compelling to me. It's quite, pretty good performance, and doesn't block the RAM. Thanks for the video, helped a lot! Edit: Oh, and has Macho on the name. It doesn't get any manlier than that hahaha

[@SparkyOne549]

Did you get it?

[@alexspata]

I have TR Macho HR-02 since 2012 cooling my 3570k @ 4,2 Ghz in a Zalman Z11 Case, very good temps (36'C idle, 70'C full load)

[@martinw245]

And just to say... the D15S has Chromax heatsink covers and black fans for it. At extra cost of course. In addition, Noctua have an all black D15 heatsink, soon to be available, and are working on a successor to the D15.

[@WitchYuki22]

Yeah I have the white chromax heatsinks with the black AF 15 fan. It looks clean af lol

[@nuclearpcs2139]

noctua is top I like the brown color, it is like the signature that you have the rolls royce of coolers

[@rangersmith4652]

Yeah, but would you choose brown and tan for a Rolls? NOBODY builds a brown theme PC.

[@bikerboy3k]

@@rangersmith4652 I really want to contradict you, but you're right.

[@TB_SnEaKy]

They have black fans

[@hjm9586]

I love it, has a nostalgic look to it: old school hardware

[@spacecy]

yeah!

[@ph7neutral]

In Russia cost on Macho Le Grand RT ~73$; on Noctua d15s ~104$; on d15 ~110$; on Dark Rock Pro 4 ~98$ 😊 we dont have a choice ...on Scythe Ninja 5 ~81$ but i want SO MUCH order from EU cooler EKL Alpenföhn Brocken 3 White Edition

[@Melwasul94]

I would have included the Cryorig R1 universal/ultimate tbh, good work :)

[@RaimaNd]

I've the dark rock pro 4 and I love it. The Noctua are surely great aswell but I'm a full in be quiet fan. I've a case, case fans, psu and cpu cooler from be quiet and I absolutely love it.

[@gurkiratsingh8747]

So cooler master's was the most expensive and performed the worst. Feels like it was just made for their fan bois. The easy installation isn't really great if it performs worse, one of the reason could be it's fans not holding on tightly because of "ease".

[@cranky6988]

Personally have Dark Rock Pro 4 and i am extremely happy with it. I have also Noctua in other rig and its also damn good :) it has industrious look, like you said some1 like it, some1 dont.

[@ljose007]

Thanks this was very helpful in helping me to decide which air cooler to get to cool my Ryzen 9 3900x.

[@mictest1027]

Underrated channel. I watched all of your videos and its really impressive. Keep up the good work. New subscriber here. Can I request? Can you make a video comparison of best case fan 120mm and 140mm. Thank you in advance.

[@douglasvmc3]

@Mic Test UP!!

[@nielsegense]

1) This is the kind of content i subscribed for! YES! MORE! MORE! MORE! 2) Confirmation of my own choices and ideas is always nice. I run the Dark Rock Pro 4 ;)

[@EumlOriginal]

I'm still of the opinion that the Thermalright Le Grand Macho RT is the best cooler but unfortunately the fan is not very good in relation to what the competition has the fan blades have already been delivered with the later Thermalright IFX-14 ... Thermalright has to bring something new here ... a test with the same fan on all radiators would be interested in me, then you can get the best cooler and then choose the fan as needed

[@K3K900]

Very good video, finaly someone did a real video about this comparing all these models!!!

[@K3K900]

Is really nice to see a scientific comparison between these models, and not a simple showdown, what matters is the temperature performance, I would love to see a video like this with AIO water cooler of one, two and three fans, it would be really nice, most guys just compare the FPS and the frequency which is insane, besides, if the computer can'T handle that workload, it's relevant how many FPS you obtain, you need to have good temperatures, that is the most important thing in desktops in my opinion, good temperature control, so you can last really long using your pc below 70 °C and lower even

[@XemnasTM]

By far the biggest downside to my Dark Rock Pro4, is that to efficiently give it a thorough dusting, you do need to remove if from you cpu due to the placement of the middle fan. For both the Noctua and DRP4, you won’t get a significant year increase in cooling performance unless you go with a full custom water loop in your syatem. Their performance is comparable enough to NZXT Kraken AIOs that that you’re judging if 3 degrees and appearance is worth the cost of an extra $30-$40.

[@D2Kprime]

I have a Noctua cooler for my current-rig which is kinda old. When I initially bought it from a friend in 2011, I had and Intel i7 2600k Sandy Bridge Quad-Core 3.7GHz, 16GB of DDR3 RAM, and two GTX 580 cards in SLI. The i7 2600K Quad-Core (eight-threads) is probably the best CPU Intel ever made so that plays a part in it too, but my Noctua cooler has done a fantastic job for the last 10 years. Just occasional blasts of compressed air to keep dust out and that is all. I'm about to go hard with a Ryzen 9 3900X 12-core/24 thread, RTX 2070, 1TB Samsung NVMe SSD, 64GB of DDR4 3200 RAM. I decided to stick with the Noctua brand and get the NH-D15 (black-version.) Hopefully this rig will last 10 years also.

[@markp8295]

Beautifully presented content. Excellent reviews of each cooler. Thank you.

[@eug3nius]

Testing dual tower coolers at 95W is pointless. Dual towers only make sense at 200W+ loads. PS: The Noctua U14S and U12A beat all these dual towers at 95W.

[@bobbybarnes1652]

Beats? Where's you stats?

[@skrasii]

Would the NH-D15S be enough for r9 5900? Btw: Great video, thank you for the effort!

[@HardwareScientist]

Yes, definitely

[@whitebuffulo]

@@HardwareScientist do you have that setup? I was wondering the same thing, love the be quiet dark rock pro 4 but the memory clearance has been holding me back so thinking of going the NH-D15s in black as it isn't a huge change it seems with the main pro being clearance.

[@PokeAmp]

in used dark rock pro 4 in 2 builds now and its great :D and the nh-D15 is in my current PC for 2 years now and is been doing well at 5.0hz overclock, keeping it cool

[@Kallekringla3]

Yes! I bought the right cooler (NH-D15) for my 12700K. Thank you for confirm that in this great video :-)

[@m.z1979]

First i must say the warranty in the USA is very sad against Germany. We have 2 Years by Law. And the most Companies gives us much more Warranty. And i have a request, can you test Air Coolers for Semi Passiv use ? Only 50 - 70 Watt Heat but witout the Fan only Case Fans at 50 %. I think the Thermalright Macho can deal this

[@ChadKenova]

I have the le grand, dark rock pro 4 and nd-d15 and i would have to say the le grand runs the coolest and quietest on my 5820k and 2700x overclocked. Its not by much with the nd-d15 trading blows but the dark rock 4 performs the worst and the le grand quietest for sure. I fill like the thermalright macho rev. b is the best cooler for around $50 and maybe the sythe ninja 5 but it $10 more. And with 2 fans on the le grand its even better but not by much. I just hate noctua’s colors they need to get their all black nd-d15 to market. I like air coolers but on my main rigs i have a kracken x72 and a cm ml360r. Im gonna put the x72 on a 3900x. Great video though i just got different numbers than you but there’s so many different variables to testing. And noctua does have a damn good warranty, i just dont fill like thermalright gets enough credit when people thank of air coolers it’s usually be quiet or noctua.

[@ChadKenova]

just noticed i wrote nd-d15 im a burnout nh-d15

[@davidpogacar9564]

Yep macho la grand is beast of a cooler I pay 60 usd its no competition for that price

[@dhblan8591]

Sythe coolers never get any love from these KZbinrs. The Ninja and the Fumar match up well with all of these and are cheaper, quieter and generally easier to install. I have the Mugen Rev 5B which is smaller and it is a breeze to install, is quiet and keeps mu Ryzen 3600 at or below 60" C in a Fractal Design R6 case, which does not have great air flow.

[@timothykooiman9236]

Bought a used Dark Rock Pro TR4. Customer service sent me new parts to replace missing or broken pieces, rubber vibration dampeners and clips free of charge. So they may not have official warranty but will support their product. Probably wouldn't have sent a fan but they were quick and easy to deal with.

[@BelerinSulerinPulerin]

Noctua are best at price/performance but they are ugly AF. Be quiet is the winner with performance and looks and i would say even the price since is not a big difference. Phanteks is good but with those white fans you would probably spend some money buying black fans. Thermalright is ocd with that fan sticking out of radiator line. Cooler Master is just for effect. With that small rad, If you have a pentium or i3 (also money) and you care about lights and show then that's the choice.

[@Blensidi]

As someone who uses the Thermalright Macho X2 (not exactly the same as Le Grand Macho but still almost identical) for 3 years or so, all I can say is that the cooler is a badass. It might not look sexy like the Dark Rock Pro or any other RGB cooler but it's still one of my favourites when it comes to appearances. Not to mention the performance and noise level on it is excellent.

[@CrispyCuda]

Awesome video, very informative. I do have a suggestion though: If you do another video like this in the future, please test on a higher heat load. A 95W heat load is way too low for these top end coolers to show off their stuff. Not only might it exaggerate differences in design to use a higher heat load, but also the data would be more representative of use cases for overclocked CPUs.

[@HardwareScientist]

This test bench is used for all coolers, including low-end ones, so 95W load is necessary to prevent the low end coolers from overheating. Also 95W is a more realistic number for most people. But for some videos (like my last one) I will use a higher load like 125W to represent those who really push their CPU to the limit.

[@Aurummorituri]

@@HardwareScientist More please. My 9900k (DRP 4) at 4.8Ghz with an undervolt can still pull 160W during rendering, benchmarking, and editing loads. Some coolers start to fall behind past 150W due to performance or noise.

[@HardwareScientist]

Check link in the description for a new 185W test.

[@HardwareScientist]

Check link in the description for a new 185W test.

[@DeMuxy]

Great video! Ended up buying a Dark Rock Pro 4 as it looks the best and performs well. Can I make a suggestion?! Add memory compatibility. A lot of coolers won’t fit with some taller RGB memory modules.

[@captainfirst8527]

for a lazy man like general PC users, big air cooler like dark rock pro 4, it is a disaster like experience to install it, esp if u didn't read clearly to the handbook/leaflet . whatever, those type of air cooler, u have to install it from MB out of the PC case, but lazy man wouldn't do that, so i am a lazy man

[@chairman67]

Disappointing the testing did not include tests at higher heat loads up to 150W or 170W.. after all this is what these large coolers are slated for ! Doing just a single test at 95W doesn't show how each cooler performs at high TDPs to show which cooler performs the overall best.

[@dovahkiinb3970]

If you don't care about aesthetics and care only about temps and noise my pick is the Noctua NH-U12A. Pretty sure it beats all of the coolers from the video.

[@HardwareScientist]

Check pinned comment for NH-U12A test.

[@funkee05]

Another great review. Was just looking for DRP4 and NH-D15 comparison, and this is exactly what i needed. Thanks!

[@mayankdebnath9206]

This is very informative video, Thumbs up buddy for alot of hardwork to provide the best experience to the consumers who are going to buy one of these coolers. I hope you succeed on KZbin & become really big someday. Keep doing hardwork buddy. You earned my subscribe.

[@bryandiel6773]

You did not even consider Cryorig R1 Ultimate priced at $109, better choice than the Thermalwright and priced better than Master Air Maker 8.

[@emulation2369]

macho is great thou...runs perfectly fine with my 3700x

[@DanDan-li4hr]

have you tried 2 fans with it and what is your temps?

[@antmax]

I have an old Thermaltake Silver Arrow. It's been running for something like 9 years no problems. So the minimal warranty on the Grand Macho doesn't bother me. Just got a new Ryzen 3000 series CPU and Mobo to replace my old X58 Xeon system. So this cooler video has been really helpful :)

[@MRNOFILTER718]

Cooler Master Air Maker 8 is not that bad. 5Ghz OC my Temps is at 47- 50 degrees

[@TheJoey3590]

I made the mistake of installing a dark rock pro 4 inside the case a few years back. By the time it was installed, my hands were cut up and my voice was nearly gone due to all the cursing that had occured.

[@gnieves6112]

This is some interesting data, actually if you look closely at the NH-D15S you can see that at higher RPM you actually get diminishing returns. It’s hard to see but it looks like it actually increases in temp in the middle of the graph. It looks like if you could stop where the NH-D15S hit its lowest temp, you can get a quieter and better performance cooler than the Dark Rock Pro 4.

[@chaorrottai]

I'm just being a nitpicker here: For future tests of dBA vs temperature I would highly suggest placing temperature along the X axis as temperature is controlled variable and dBA is the compared variable. It would also make your chart easier to read. RIght now, the way your chart is formatted it's read like "at this loudness the cpu is this temperature" when it would make more sense to say "at this cpu temperature, the cooller is this loud"

[@HardwareScientist]

dBA is actually the controlled variable because it changes with fan speed.

[@timotmon]

Noctua is no longer the cheapest but I'll say it hardly ever loses a comparison battle. I always go with the dark rock pro because of the looks and it's typically only about 1 or 2 degrees off the noctua.. so it's really just hair splitting. Great job in this vid!

[@Ephem13]

I use Silent Wings 3 for my custom loop, they strike a great balance between acoustics and performance that paired well with my silent build. I imagine they are also why the Be Quiet! CPU cooler fairs so well.

[@OmerTheGreatOne]

Very good video. Detailed and BS free. Best of luck in your KZbin endeavor.

[@gbye007]

Fantastic testing. Very thorough data and looks etc. AAA++++

[@PyromancerRift]

The top 1 best looks goes to phanteks. I'm sorry but you have bad tastes if you put ANY noctua fans before that.

[@gabejohnston1556]

The installation of the Dark Rock Pro 4 was pretty easy. I absolutely love it. Noctua makes ugly products. Be Quiet! wins. :D

[@raz5603]

Fast forward to Q3 2021, NH-D15 is about $115 and the Dark Rock Pro 4 is less than $70

[@GreggsonWong]

Congratulations, you just broke 1K subs around 3:32am EST.

[@TedThomasTT]

dude you're giving me asmr. I'm going for the macho.

[@deViant14]

I like my Scythe Fuma 2. It's probably mid-range but punches way above its weight.

[@WoodenMarker]

Great video and I love the format! Looking forward to more from your channel.

[@williammurdock3028]

Be Quiet is my choice, performance is key but damn ugly fans with Noctua. One thing is they now Noctua has black fans it might be a choice.

[@Joszkobroda11]

Great video and good cooler picks, shame there is no Cryorig R1 Ultimate, but anyway this video helped me a lot. Thank you :)

[@hamzalaid1127]

I hate this guys who say everyone is good in it own way. That is bullshit. Thank you for giving a real answer

Hi. What Thermal paste do you use during the test? Same for all coolers? Or the paste from each manufacturer? Allegedly even paste is kind of big deal and can have big influence on the performance. Can you do test of thermal paste? Otherwise quite cool videos. Subscribed already :)

[@HardwareScientist]

I use an IC Cooling thermal pad for all coolers.

[@AirsoftAddicted]

Noctua is so ugly, I would be worried that I will puke on my PC everytime I look at it.

[@WickedRibbon]

Awesome review! This is going to be super handy for my next build :)

[@mikesmith-wk7vy]

I went with the dark rock pro the most expensive one was one of the ones i considered but it was loud in reviews

[@raulitrump460]

Dark Rock 4 PRO wins for me cheaper in my country than noctua and less noise

[@techlord5573]

Thats good work but only problem for me is which low profile memory i have to buy.

[@justvideos3216]

I suggest a test of the Noctua NH-D15 SE AM4 I think this special AM4 version will be connected with the new Ryzon and will be important!

[@justvideos3216]

@Reborn In Rationality As far as I understood, is the special version simpler to install. Everything else should be the same.

[@jugystyg2465]

you can buy a chromax version of nearly all noctua producs all black and nearly same performance

[@ebayseller6040]

NH-D15 now i regret buying this one. should have went with the S one less fan is better! looks like performance is same anyway

[@CalvinL.Stevens]

my oced ryzen 1700x @ 3,8ghz is 3 - 4 degrees cooler with the 2nd fan. you have to evaluate if it's worth it to you

[@NerdTouchingGrass]

the new black DH15 excites me more then any CPU cooler should

[@hrodebertcoad9848]

Did you forget the CryoRig R1 Ultimate and Universal, which have very similar performance to the NH-D15 and D-15S? Easily my top two coolers (especially since Noctua now has Chromax)

[@onboard3]

$73 in Finland for my PH-TC14PE (exact that color, dunno how you can say noctua brown puke looks better :D) $84 Le Grand Macho, $86 NH-D15S, $95 NH-D15, $98 Dark Rock Pro 4 and horrible silly price of $153 for MasterAir Maker 8. Also that 2000 cases compatible, nope, more like 20 :D It says height and 171mm with fans, but that's without ram, you need 180mm clearance case to fit it in. So basically only cases with 140mm rear fans, like yours. But any dual tower cooler like NH-D15 will have same issue that 140mm front fan has to go on top of ram, so it's 140mm+31-44mm=171-184mm case.

[@ed1nh0]

Why people thumb down a video like this? You talk about everything we wanna know so clearly, so easy. Thank you for taking the time to do this. It was very very helpful. Keep it up! 👍🏼

[@bobbybarnes1652]

Likely because they bought/own one of the coolers with crummy performance.

[@TigerClaw305]

Wait! So the NH-D15S beats out the rest with a single fan? When NH-D15 should've come out the winner because of the 2 fans. The NH-D15 has been highly regarded as the best CPU Cooler ever. And they weren't kidding. Its cooling my 9900k at Stock with XMP enabled just fine.

[@HardwareScientist]

NH-D15S and NH-D15 perform almost identically. NH-D15S wins overall because it has better compatibility and cheaper.

[@treefiddy727]

Agreed. I'm running a delidded 8700k @ 5.1 ghz with the NHD-15. That extra fan makes a difference on the top end Intel CPUs

[@Biskawow]

when will Noctua stop painting their coolers that way? wtf is wrong with them?

[@bobbybarnes1652]

They aren't PAINTED.

[@Biskawow]

@@bobbybarnes1652 when will noctua start painting their coolers in some cool colors?

[@bobbybarnes1652]

@@Biskawow Never. You don't PAINT fan blades this small, as it would throw off the balance. They could, however, use a different color resin when they mold the fan blades.

[@Biskawow]

@@bobbybarnes1652 go away bobby, nobody likes you

[@bobbybarnes1652]

@@Biskawow Aww, poor widdle snowfwakey. I'd tell you to go back to mommy & daddy's basement, but that's probably where you're at right now, sunshine.

[@sriranggirish3504]

Now Noctua has them available in chromax black.

[@FORZEFUL]

Not the Nh-D15s though

[@Phenodreum]

The thumbnail for this video looks like different cologne bottles

[@Ahov29]

When You put a second fan in le Grand Macho, You get the ultimate cooler Performace, beter than noctua and the actual Kong deepcool A3

[@DanDan-li4hr]

have you tried dual fan? the macho sell at very low price in my country maybe it was discontinued

[@profundisconfutatis8093]

As someone who does audio stuff THANK YOU for that graph. That's exactly what I need(a noise to degree ratio)

[@patmcintyre5086]

Ok, get a case the has great air flow. Min 3 fans, two front one back. Then add a air cpu cooler. My case has 5 fans that come with it. Results, 26 cell at idle. 69 at 100 percent.

[@Talwyn_Wize]

Awesome review. :) My only advice? Your performance/db chart was messy to read, so I'd have split them in two, one measuring temperature, and one measuring sound level. ;) Thank you for sharing!

[@synthetic144]

First ever reviewer to mention audio production .. many thanks

[@toofhuny8898]

Good review - I opted for the NH-D15S in my itx build : uk.pcpartpicker.com/b/PbCbt6 For my own aesthetic desires , I decided to sharpen up its looks with black Chromax fans and covers (admittedly an extravagance for a case without a viewing panel) yet remove the lid and it's way more visually pleasing.

[@MSJChem]

This is the best video that I have seen so far on this testing air coolers.

[@onogrirwin]

Somebody ought to do a video comparing many of the GOAT CPU coolers through the years, like the hyper 212, prolimatech megahalems, thermalright TRUE, Zalman CNPS 9900, scythe mugen, etc. as well as the current tops. Of course the NH-D14/15 is both a best of the past and a best of current day.

[@shahinmiah8910]

Beautiful review no bs! straightforward data to back your claim 💯👍

[@meteormedia7021]

Can't beat Noctua and BeQuiet

[@schlafanzyk]

Great video. The best thing about Noctua coolers is that you can replace the fans. They will last for decades.

[@Lownoise1000]

I think Thermalright Le Grand Macho RT the winner.

[@OriginalCatfish42]

Cooler Master is always budget gear, even if its priced like high-end products.

[@v1tam1ns]

Actual truth.

[@EpicGamerOfDead]

Now they made a black D15... prob numba 1 now.

[@mcu138]

Thanks so much. Great video - very informative. Do you think the ARCTIC Freezer 34 Esports Duo performance can be improved by swapping the two 120 bionix fans with 140 ones?