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[QUOTE=reapaninja;30685379]I can't wait for everyone to get over closed loop coolers already[/QUOTE] Whats wrong with them
they are overpriced and air coolers of similar price beat them
[QUOTE=Armotekma;30697843]they are overpriced and air coolers of similar price beat them[/QUOTE] I have the H50 and the NH-D14 and the H50 keeps the CPU quite a bit cooler than the NH-D14.
From what I've read, they should be pretty close in performance anyway, though prices and stuff like that may have changed since last when I checked.
I got a H60 because I adore Corsair and personally these closed loop CPU coolers look much better than traditional large fan coolers, NH-D14 is monstrously big.
NH-D14 is classy. Not that big if your case isn't tiny
Massive air coolers like the NH-D14 also puts way to much stress on the motherboard
Not at all..
They are heavy, but unless you have a cheap motherboard it's not an issue at all.
[QUOTE=David Tennant;30701701]I got a H60 because I adore Corsair and personally these closed loop CPU coolers look much better than traditional large fan coolers, NH-D14 is monstrously big.[/QUOTE] brand wanking ricer, nice D14 fits into any case with a 120mm back fan providing there's no side panel fan or other obstruction and unless you've not realised yet, big = more surface area = better cooling [editline]25th June 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Eddie;30702085]Massive air coolers like the NH-D14 also puts way to much stress on the motherboard[/QUOTE] backplate
[QUOTE=reapaninja;30703199]brand wanking ricer[/QUOTE] Just because I like Corsair enough to choose one of their products over another brand? Seems a bit harsh, I'd call it preference.
that's exactly what it is you could have gotten a better performing yet quieter cooler (and higher quality too), but instead you chose to go with corsair who I am tired of having to repeatedly tell people are good but not the best at all
[QUOTE=reapaninja;30703567]that's exactly what it is you could have gotten a better performing yet quieter cooler (and higher quality too), but instead you chose to go with corsair who I am tired of having to repeatedly tell people are good but not the best at all[/QUOTE] ok [editline]25th June 2011[/editline] I'd personally go for the H60 over a D14 because the H60 doesn't look like shit.
lol
[QUOTE=zerosix;30703795]ok [editline]25th June 2011[/editline] I'd personally go for the H60 over a D14 because the H60 doesn't look like shit.[/QUOTE] Id personally make the smarter decision
The D14 would probably look alot cleaner if it didn't have brown fans...
[QUOTE=reapaninja;30704006]Id personally make the smarter decision[/QUOTE] [img]http://img.hexus.net/v2/cooling/Corsair/H60/graph-4.jpg[/img] Nothing wrong with Corsair's coolers, in-fact the NH-D14 is more expensive than the H60 and from the reviews I can find on the H60 it outperforms the D14. Plus the H60 is sexy. The smarter decision would be to go with the H60 over the D14. Preference != brand monkey regardless.
I got my NH-D14 for cheap. When I bought it, I got it for $70, and that was when the H50 was like $80, or more.. [editline]25th June 2011[/editline] I want to see a benchmark of the NH-D14 with performance fans (e.g. 2000RPM fans or something), vs an H60 using the same performance fans
[QUOTE=Armotekma;30706389]I got my NH-D14 for cheap. When I bought it, I got it for $70, and that was when the H50 was like $80, or more.. [editline]25th June 2011[/editline] I want to see a benchmark of the NH-D14 with performance fans (e.g. 2000RPM fans or something), vs an H60 using the same performance fans[/QUOTE] But the NH-D14 comes with two fans, and the H60 can only hold one.
IMO, comparing them with stock fans doesn't really compare anything. Stock NH-D14 configuration is for silent operation, not performance cooling (which it does anyways)
[QUOTE=Goz3rr;30706529]But the NH-D14 comes with two fans, and the H60 can only hold one.[/QUOTE] The H60 comes with 8 screws and one fan meaning you can do a push/pull (I'm doing one right now) but it doesn't come with two fans so you'll need a separate fan. But it out performs the NH-D14 with one fan let alone two. For some reason people look at the NH-D14 with rose tinted glasses, I'm not saying it's a bad cooler because it's most definitely not, but there are other coolers of the same price/bit cheaper that perform the same or even better.
[QUOTE=David Tennant;30706845]The H60 comes with 8 screws and one fan meaning you can do a push/pull (I'm doing one right now) but it doesn't come with two fans so you'll need a separate fan. But it out performs the NH-D14 with one fan let alone two. For some reason people look at the NH-D14 with rose tinted glasses, I'm not saying it's a bad cooler because it's most definitely not, but there are other coolers of the same price/bit cheaper that perform the same or even better.[/QUOTE] From the videos i seen, they had to use a hyper 212+ bracket to get a second fan on a h60?
[QUOTE=Goz3rr;30707016]From the videos i seen, they had to use a hyper 212+ bracket to get a second fan on a h60?[/QUOTE] Not at all, I just mounted my 2nd fan the exact same way I mounted the 1st that comes with it except on the opposite side of the radiator, looks exactly like this: [img]http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/6471/pushpullimage.png[/img]
Ok, nice to know that
[QUOTE=David Tennant;30705991][img]http://img.hexus.net/v2/cooling/Corsair/H60/graph-4.jpg[/img] Nothing wrong with Corsair's coolers, in-fact the NH-D14 is more expensive than the H60 and from the reviews I can find on the H60 it outperforms the D14. Plus the H60 is sexy. The smarter decision would be to go with the H60 over the D14. Preference != brand monkey regardless.[/QUOTE] I don't really care what you pick, but I honestly don't believe the chart, it just doesn't make sense to me that a closed loop watercooling setup is outperforming a gigantic piece of metal. How does that even work?
[QUOTE=Shadaez;30708112]I don't really care what you pick, but I honestly don't believe the chart, it just doesn't make sense to me that a closed loop watercooling setup is outperforming a gigantic piece of metal. How does that even work?[/QUOTE] There are honestly mixed reviews of the D14 getting lower than the H60 and H60 getting lower than the D14, I don't know if the H60 reviews count in a push/pull since it doesn't come with two fans as standard but they're both extremely similar, I got the H60 because it was cheaper than the D14, looked better and at the time came with a free Akasa S-Flow fan so it was an obvious choice. Both are good though.
My dad wanted to get rid of his WinPower PSU also because it was noisy as fuck. He got a CM Silent Pro Gold 600w, and wow, it's so quiet. I cant hear it over the case fans. [img]http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5068/5870631303_3ef49d421d_b.jpg[/img] Harder to route cables in his 690 II though, less space behind mobo, and I spent a little less time on it because he isn't as bothered about it looking neat inside. Specs: CPU: AMD Phenom II x6 1090T w/ Stock Cooling RAM: 4x2GB OCZ Obsidian DDR3 1600MHz Mobo: Gigabyte GA770T UD3 GPU: Gigabyte GTX 460 OC PSU: CM Silent Pro Gold 600W HDD1: Hitachi Deskstar 1TB HDD2: Hitachi Deskstar SSD1: OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB Case: CM 690 II
[QUOTE=deano270;30709242]My dad wanted to get rid of his WinPower PSU also because it was noisy as fuck. He got a CM Silent Pro Gold 600w, and wow, it's so quiet. I cant hear it over the case fans. [img]http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5068/5870631303_3ef49d421d_b.jpg[/img] Harder to route cables in his 690 II though, less space behind mobo, and I spent a little less time on it because he isn't as bothered about it looking neat inside. Specs: CPU: AMD Phenom II x6 1090T w/ Stock Cooling RAM: 4x2GB OCZ Obsidian DDR3 1600MHz Mobo: Gigabyte GA770T UD3 GPU: Gigabyte GTX 460 OC PSU: CM Silent Pro Gold 600W HDD1: Hitachi Deskstar 1TB HDD2: Hitachi Deskstar SSD1: OCZ Vertex 2E 60GB Case: CM 690 II[/QUOTE] Do you have any vibration issues with the hard drives? Having more than 1 in my 690 II makes a pulsating vibration, I've tried jamming cardboard in the O rings in the spare slots to stop it but it still happens.
[QUOTE=David Tennant;30705991][img]http://img.hexus.net/v2/cooling/Corsair/H60/graph-4.jpg[/img] Nothing wrong with Corsair's coolers, in-fact the NH-D14 is more expensive than the H60 and from the reviews I can find on the H60 it outperforms the D14. Plus the H60 is sexy. The smarter decision would be to go with the H60 over the D14. Preference != brand monkey regardless.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/corsair_h60/4.htm[/url] [editline]26th June 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=Armotekma;30706389]I got my NH-D14 for cheap. When I bought it, I got it for $70, and that was when the H50 was like $80, or more.. [editline]25th June 2011[/editline] I want to see a benchmark of the NH-D14 with performance fans (e.g. 2000RPM fans or something), vs an H60 using the same performance fans[/QUOTE] not quite the same but [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU6W_YkqILYp[/media] without using loud fans, the d14 beats even the h70 [editline]26th June 2011[/editline] I have no problem with closed loops in a more fitting usage, like getting decent cooling in a small case that can't exhaust a lot of hot air but has at least a 120mm fan mount, or when it's important to get all heat exhausted and have less increase in ambient/case temps or when for some reason you can't fit a larger tower around the socket and so need something with a smaller size (doesn't apply as much to h70) but when I can get similar or better performance with less noise for the same price, I'd rather use that it says a lot that every manufacturer jumped on the tower cooler wagon and yet to my knowledge the only closed loop coolers are asetek (and now coolit) rebrands
I don't get it, why don't they just use two 140mm fans on the d14? [editline]25th June 2011[/editline] oh the bottom of it wouldn't have enough room due to motherboard heatsinks, huh
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