The Best High-End Air Cooler - 6 Top Coolers Tested, 1 Winner Chosen
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- čas přidán 4. 07. 2019
- What's the best high-end CPU air cooler? Let's test them out and see!
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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
Such a great channel, with such great content and quality you deserve more viewers and subs!
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. 👍
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.
Hello, do again with 185W like your news tests please, thanks for your job :)
@@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.
13:04 "Noctua's only weakness is its appareance" *Noctua D'15 Chromax Black enters the room*
It looks like crap. Probably even worse than the beige colour.
@@ryuuseiboi950 Lmao speak for yourself, it looks great.
@Ryuusei Boi you’re chatting shit
I love the Noctua beige look
Cthulhu size doesn’t matter
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
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 :-))))
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!
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.
I like noctua but not the color
@@demon6937 Noctua NF-A15 HS-PWM chromax.black.swap, 140mm
This is a VERY good video. We can see he put effort a LOT of effort in it and he deserves more views.
Cooler MASTER
MASTER Airmaker...
Most expensive, most hot...ouch.
Master HOT Air Maker indeed
EasyModePC
same it is with chicks
That'll learn people for putting flashing lights inside a box
This is the one I have... ouch
Cooler Master: "OH NO! We suck again!"
Finally someone that does an actually significant cooler test pitting the temps vs noise. Like Like Like
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.
13:04 is when he says winner
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!
What do you recommend between these two ?
@@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.
Hey man. Whats the speed on your 8700k and what is the max temp u measured? is it delidded?
@@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.
@@osgrov thanks
Another great review. Was just looking for DRP4 and NH-D15 comparison, and this is exactly what i needed. Thanks!
First ever reviewer to mention audio production .. many thanks
Very comprehensible and thorough review, subscribing!
Awesome review! This is going to be super handy for my next build :)
Great video and I love the format! Looking forward to more from your channel.
I have to say ur channel have some serious potential to grow, keep up the good work and best of luck!
As someone who does audio stuff THANK YOU for that graph. That's exactly what I need(a noise to degree ratio)
Beautifully presented content. Excellent reviews of each cooler. Thank you.
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! 👍🏼
Likely because they bought/own one of the coolers with crummy performance.
This is the best video that I have seen so far on this testing air coolers.
I don't have any of these air coolers you tested but I do have a Noctua NH-D14 on a FX 9590 and a Coolermaster MA621P on a TR 1950X both with 3 fan configurations. Both do amazing jobs on cooling.
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.
Very good video, finaly someone did a real video about this comparing all these models!!!
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
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 ;)
Absolute Beauty of the video, thank you for uploading.
Very good video. Detailed and BS free.
Best of luck in your CZcams endeavor.
Thank you for the comprehensive testing. 🙂👍👍
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)
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
straight to the point and no nonsense thanks for the info!
I would have included the Cryorig R1 universal/ultimate tbh, good work :)
Really awesome review, doing consumers a great service with these comparisons.
Thanks this was very helpful in helping me to decide which air cooler to get to cool my Ryzen 9 3900x.
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.
Subscribed!! Nice job of practical factor analysis.
Fantastic testing. Very thorough data and looks etc. AAA++++
i was your 800'th subscriber! lol keep up the good work
Great video. Been looking for something like this.
SO GREAT JOB!!!!! Just doing research for my new cooler :) THANKS!!!!
I really thank you for such complete and good video. You have cleared all my doubts about what high performance cooler i need to purchase. Liked and subscribed. Thanks again.
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 :)
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 CZcams & become really big someday. Keep doing hardwork buddy. You earned my subscribe.
Great review. Subscribed. Thank you!
Beautiful review no bs! straightforward data to back your claim 💯👍
I really have to say that most of these coolers seem very cool and quiet just like this man’s voice over for his videos 🤣💪🏼
Great video and lot of info, which we can't find on big tech channels. You deserve more subs bro :)
Professional review of you without much ado... Brilliant... ✍️
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
I purchased the NHD15 back in April, i love the look of their fans. I have a i7 9700k OC'ed to 5Ghz and under 100% full load, it never goes over 72c.
Really good video. I have a Dark rock pro 4 atm but i was thinking of a noctua cooler for my next build some time. But now after some evaluation i will stick to be quiet for my cooler
Awesome video! awesome comparison! thanks for this.
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.
great video. I would love to see how the Thermalright le grand macho rt would do with a different fan
Thanks for the deep analytics.
Damm Good video for the first one of yours i have seen keep up the great work also subbed too :)
Great video and good cooler picks, shame there is no Cryorig R1 Ultimate, but anyway this video helped me a lot. Thank you :)
Thanks for this excellent, very in depth video!
Excellent review
dude you're giving me asmr. I'm going for the macho.
thanks man , you've been a lot of help
Excellent review! :)
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.
Great review !
I'd love for people to also include the Alpenfoehn Olymp into these comparisons. It has the biggest fin stack and it would be interesting to see whether it outperforms the NH-D15 and the Dark Rock Pro.
Thank you for your hard work... much appreciated buddy
extremely useful content
Can we get an updated version with 185W load, as in other videos? You did a great job with these updates!
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?
I see great potential from this channel, would be great if you could include the specs of your test system.
Congratulations, you just broke 1K subs around 3:32am EST.
High quality info. Keep it up.
thank you, sir, you really helped me. wish you the best
I'm loving your content so far! Subscribed for more! I think your vid's will be just about perfect if you edited out your inhales, though.
P.S. I think one more way to think about this comparison is to think of the NH-D15 as a near NH-D15S that comes with an Extra fan, adding to the value of the normie d15.
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.
Did I just stumble on a fan gold mine? Hype!
I watched all the vids.. really good stuff
Great review of the most important specification which help to decide. I think also important is RAM clearance which means that we need to use specific profile of RAM memory sticks usually 55 mm i suppose if CPU cooler is more robust...
Nice job on the review. For me though, I am getting the Macho. It's very quiet, not fugly, and doesn't block my ram slots.
Great review. I would love to see this test with 150 or 200 watt load.
Thanks! I need this for my intel cpu
Very Thorough, very nice
wish you tested the fuma 2 with these. great review though. i like how you graphed the temps vs noise.
Good investigation and presentation 😎👍
Very good review alot of explanation !!!
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!
Amazing video!
Wow, beautiful video. Thnx ...
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.
Yeah I have the white chromax heatsinks with the black AF 15 fan. It looks clean af lol
Good video, you got yourself a subscriber :)
Great work.
love hearting the spit LOL great video
Way back when I built my Z77 Sandy Bridge pc I purchased the Noctua down draft cooler(NH-C12) I believe it was. Back then the D15 went head to head with the Phanteks dually similar to what you reviewed here. That was around 2012. I so want another Noctua for my Ryzen build.
Great review! can you make a mid range cooler round-up? Cheers!
Budget and midrange roundups coming soon!
Great video, Would be nice to included also the scythe's ninja 5 + fuma 2 and the thermalright silver arrow t8.
Ninja 5 will be included in an upcoming video!
Good review and from the number of comments I am happy to see that so many people still prefer the large air cooler with its quiet operation and peace of mind that it offers. I am a bit puzzled though about the experience you had with the bequiet. I went immediately after watching this to bequiet ‘s channel to watch the pro 4 installation and as I currently have the dark rock 4 I have to disagree. It was the easiest and most pleasant installation of an air cooler for me. I honestly don’t know if the socket has something to do with it as I have a ryzen cpu but I doubt it.
Btw I installed the dark rock 4 without removing the motherboard.
subbed here, due to your great review sir, i decided to buy noct! thank you
Just got a NH-U12A... Its pretty sweet!
Great video
the new black DH15 excites me more then any CPU cooler should
awww, i thought i saw a Scythe in the thumbnail and got excited. i got my Ninja 4 for $40+5 AM4 adapter, and both it and the Ninja 5 ~$60 have temps within a degree or two of the D15. and VERY close to the ease of the install of my U14S
Dude, you should put your system in the description including your case. I really like the Grand Macho, it just so cool for the size like bodybuilder lol
Case is Fractal Design Define S2 with the top open.
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.
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
Did you get it?
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)