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While water cooling has been especially popular over the last few years, there are still a lot of people who would prefer to not deal with the additional risks and installation complication. On top of that, when you are looking for really high end cooling it actually costs a lot more than you think to go water cooling. This is where companies like Noctua come in. You see cheap water cooling doesn’t always compete with air cooling, especially when it comes to noise. So Noctua continues to innovate in the air cooling market. Their top dog is called the NH-D15. Well they sent one out a while back and being the slackers that we are it ended up pushed back. Today I will finally have the chance to check out their biggest and best to see just how it compares to the completion both on the air and water cooling sides.

Product Name: Noctua NH-D15

Review Sample Provided by: Noctua

Written by: Wes

Pictures by: William and Wes

NH-D15 Specifications Socket compatibility Intel LGA2011-0 & LGA2011-3 (Square ILM), LGA1156, LGA1155, LGA1150 & AMD AM2, AM2+, AM3, AM3+, FM1, FM2, FM2+ (backplate required) Height (without fan) 160 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), aluminum (cooling fins), soldered joints & nickel plating Max. TDP LGA2011 - 140W & OC

LGA115x - 95W & OC

AM3+ - 220W

FM2+ - 100W & OC 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