Noctua NH-C14S CPU Cooler Review

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Beneath the fan is interesting, with what amounts to a smaller heatsink and a single heat pipe of its own. This will provide some additional local heat dissipation that is still picked up by the main heatsink and fan.

Maybe even some thermal paste between the pipe and the heat sink is in order, it may fill some inconsistencies, if there are any.

The base is the standard Noctua finish, and although not mirror smooth, hasn’t given use any cause for concern in the past.

There is room to lap this base plate, it could provide some increased performance over the stock implementation.

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Here is our standard test for the finish of the CPU contact plate. Our standard advice is to rub thermal paste into the Base plate before mounting, this will fill a good number of scratches or imperfections that may cause performance issues.

Noctua NH-C14S CPU Cooler Review

Package - 9
Performance - 9.2
Price - 9.2
Consumer Experience - 9.5

9.2

The Noctua NH-C14S is another excellent cooler with a history. The improvements and up to date socket compatibility make it a class leading cooler in certain circumstances, mainly small chassis set ups or at least cooling areas with certain spacial dimensions with high performance.

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