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Noctua NH-D15 Club

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Welcome to the Noctua NH-D15 Club!

Built on the basis of the legendary NH-D14 and carrying on its quest for ultimate quiet cooling performance, Noctua's flagship model NH-D15 is an elite-class dual tower cooler for the highest demands. Its expanded heatpipe layout and two premium grade NF-A15 140mm fans with PWM support for automatic speed control allow it to further improve the NH-D14's award-winning efficiency. Topped off with the trusted, pro-grade SecuFirm2™ multi-socket mounting system, Noctua's proven NT-H1 thermal compound and full 6 years manufacturer's warranty, the NH-D15 forms a complete premium quality solution that represents a deluxe choice for overclockers and silent-enthusiasts alike.

About Noctua
Designed in Austria, Noctua's premium cooling components are internationally renowned for their superb quietness, exceptional performance and thoroughgoing quality. Having received more than 3000 awards and recommendations from leading hardware websites and magazines, Noctua's fans and heatsinks are chosen by more than a hundred thousand satisfied customers around the globe.

Noctua's Website

Noctua NH-D15 Reviews

Noctua NH-D15 Specifications
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Socket compatibility         Intel LGA2011 (Square ILM), LGA1156, LGA1155, LGA1150 & AMD AM2, AM2+, AM3, AM3+, FM1, FM2, FM2+ (backplate required)
Height (without fan)            165 mm
Width (without fan)             150 mm
Depth (without fan)             135 mm
Height (with fan)               165 mm
Width (with fan)                150 mm
Depth (with fan)                161 mm
Weight (without fan)            1000 g
Weight (with fan)               1320 g
Material                Copper (base and heat-pipes), aluminium (cooling fins), soldered joints & nickel plating
Fan compatibility               140x150x25 (with 120mm mounting holes), 140x140x25 (with 120mm mounting holes), 120x120x25
Scope of Delivery               
2x NF-A15 PWM premium fan
2x Low-Noise Adaptor (L.N.A.)
Y-cable
NT-H1 high-grade thermal compound
SecuFirm2™ Mounting Kit
Noctua Metal Case-Badge
Warranty                6 Years

Fan Specifications
Fan specifications               
Model           2x Noctua NF-A15 PWM
Bearing         SSO2
Max. Rotational Speed (+/- 10%)         1500 RPM
Max. Rotational Speed with L.N.A. (+/- 10%)             1200 RPM
Min. Rotational Speed (PWM, +/-20%)             300 RPM
Max. Airflow            140,2 m³/h
Max. Airflow with L.N.A.                115,5 m³/h
Max. Acoustical Noise           24,6 dB(A)
Max. Acoustical Noise with L.N.A.               19,2 dB(A)
Input Power             1,56 W
Voltage Range           12 V
MTBF            > 150.000 h

Noctua NH-D15 Pricing and availability
The NH-D15 will be available by mid-April at suggested retail prices of EUR 89.90 / USD 99.90.

How To Join The Club
To join this club simply post a pic of your NH-D15 in this thread and I will add you to the list. You are also welcome to post any pics of your rig with the NH-D15 installed so we could see how it fits in your case and if it touches the first PCIe slot of your mobo. Don't double post and keep quoted pics with the spoiler tag so it doesn't get messy.



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Haha here I am Googling for a update on the price (because of Robilar's post about 50mins ago) and then I stumble on this.
 
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Originally Posted by doyll View Post

ehume started a thread yesterday.. like over 30 hours ago.. for NH-D15.
www.overclock.net/t/1480290/nh-d15/0_20
You even posted on it. What's this one all about?
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http://www.overclock.net/t/1480290/nh-d15/0_20#post_22082242
Now you use [Offical]
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and start another one. On what authority do you make this one more "official" than ehume's ???
Hopefully a mod will merge this one into ehume's.
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That thread is more of an announcement of the NH-D15. This thread on the other hand will be the official club of the NH-D15.
 
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Originally Posted by doyll View Post

ehume started a thread yesterday.. like over 30 hours ago.. for NH-D15.
www.overclock.net/t/1480290/nh-d15/0_20
You even posted on it. What's this one all about?
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http://www.overclock.net/t/1480290/nh-d15/0_20#post_22082242
Now you use [Offical]
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and start another one. On what authority do you make this one more "official" than ehume's ???
Hopefully a mod will merge this one into ehume's.
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That thread is more of an announcement of the NH-D15. This thread on the other hand will be the official club of the NH-D15.
Yeah. I agree with that.
 
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I stand corrected.

Capt, please accept my apology for jumping at you the way I did.
 
#11 ·
It definitely is bigger.
Specification differences:
NH-D15(with fans) = 165x150x161mm(H,W,D), 1320g, 2x NF-A15 PWM 1500rpm 140,2 m³/h 24.6dBA
NH-D14(with fans) = 160x140x151mm(), 1070g, NF-P14 / NF-P12 1200/1300rpm 110,3 / 92,3 m³/h 19,6 / 19,8dB(A

NH-D15 is 5x10x10mm bigger; 250g heavier; 200/300rpm faster; 40m³/h more air (guessing) and is almost 5dBA louder at full speed

There are 2 NF-A15 fans;
The 1500rpm version supplied with coolers.
And the 1200rpm one we can buy.
Deepor found this in NH-U14S manual there are two versions of A15
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Please note that while the NF-A15 fan included with NH-U14S runs at 1500rpm, Noctua recommends using the standard 1200rpm retal version as a rear fan in push/pull mode as the combination of 1500rpm at front and 1200rpm at the rear will provide the best balance of performance and acoustics.

If you would like to run both fans at same speed, please use the supplied Low-Noise Adaptor on the front fan to reduce the speed to 1200rpm.
See here, second page, middle column; "Adding a second fan": http://noctua.at/pdf/manuals/noctua_nh_u14s_manual_en.pdf
 
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Please note that clubs and threads in general can't be made official unless approved by staff; since this section still has no specific Editor, it falls on mega_option101 to decide.
 
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[Official] is really a joke. Fractal Design Case Club thread has over 11,000 post and is not [Official]
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[Official] is really a joke. Fractal Design Case Club thread has over 11,000 post and is not [Official]
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The [Official] Haswell thread is dead and the original post stopped updating BEFORE Haswell came out. My thread has 12,000+. Go figure.
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I want to see D15 reviews and I want to see them now! NOW!!!!
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Originally Posted by doyll View Post

Specification differences:
NH-D15(with fans) = 165x150x161mm(H,W,D), 1320g, 2x NF-A15 PWM 1500rpm 140,2 m³/h 24.6dBA
NH-D14(with fans) = 160x140x151mm(), 1070g, NF-P14 / NF-P12 1200/1300rpm 110,3 / 92,3 m³/h 19,6 / 19,8dB(A

NH-D15 is 5x10x10mm bigger; 250g heavier; 200/300rpm faster; 40m³/h more air (guessing) and is almost 5dBA louder at full speed
Doyll can you give us a rough estimate of delta t we can expect between NH-D14 and NH-D15 ? Thanks.
 
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Doyll can you give us a rough estimate of delta t we can expect between NH-D14 and NH-D15 ? Thanks.
I would guess it will perform better but really don't want to guess. Hopefully some will be reviewed soon.
 
#20 ·
First review of NH-D15
http://www.modders-inc.com/noctua-nh-d15-dual-tower-cpu-cooler-review/
Very similar performance to PH-TC14PE even though NH-D15 uses 1500rpm 82.52cfm NF-A15 Premium fans compared to first generation PH-TC14PE using 1300rpm 78.1cfm PH-F140TS fans. Current PH-TC14PE coolers come with 1300rpm 88.6cfm PH-F140HP fans. Assuming this review is accurate, with improved PH-F140HP fans now used on PH-TC14PE, it should easily be equal to, maybe even slightly better than NH-D15.
 
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Originally Posted by doyll View Post

First review of NH-D15
http://www.modders-inc.com/noctua-nh-d15-dual-tower-cpu-cooler-review/
Very similar performance to PH-TC14PE even though NH-D15 uses 1500rpm 82.52cfm NF-A15 Premium fans compared to first generation PH-TC14PE using 1300rpm 78.1cfm PH-F140TS fans. Current PH-TC14PE coolers come with 1300rpm 88.6cfm PH-F140HP fans. Assuming this review is accurate, with improved PH-F140HP fans now used on PH-TC14PE, it should easily be equal to, maybe even slightly better than NH-D15.
I added the review to the list.
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Just what I thought, it's only a few Celsius better than the NH-D14 under load. I would still like to see some reviews from more popular websites before deciding if it's worth upgrading.
 
#22 ·
I will be surprised if there is even 2-3c difference between NH-D14 & NH-D15 using same fans.
 
#23 ·
Yeah, the differences in temp between them is very little. I just had high hopes for the D15 and now I'm disappointed to see it's only 2-3c better. Hopefully the D15 will force the D14 to come down on price and I think it'd be cheaper to get a NH-D14 and just buy two NF-A15s instead.
 
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Originally Posted by Darkwizzie View Post

Why does the Noctua U14s have lower temps than the 14D, lol. (In the review)
Its single fan is great and comparing the amount of metal in the two coolers, there's not that big a difference and both have six heat-pipes. They might also have learned about something smart to do for the U14S design or its manufacturing in the years between D14 release and U14S release.
 
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Originally Posted by deepor View Post

Its single fan is great and comparing the amount of metal in the two coolers, there's not that big a difference and both have six heat-pipes. They might also have learned about something smart to do for the U14S design or its manufacturing in the years between D14 release and U14S release.
Still seems insane that a little cooler like that is beating my huge D14.

My head hurts.
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