The NH-D15 chromax.black is an all-black version of Noctua’s award-winning flagship model NH-D15 premium-quality quiet CPU cooler. Thanks to the same proven dual-tower heatsink design and NF-A15 PWM fans, it stays true to the NH-D15’s successful formula of rivalling the performance of all-in-one water coolers while maintaining superb quietness of operation. At the same time, the chromax.black version with its black fans and black coated heatsink combines these assets with a sleek stealth look. Topped off with the renowned SecuFirm2 multi-socket mounting system and Noctua’s enthusiast-grade NT-H1 thermal compound, the NH-D15 chromax.black is a deluxe choice for both overclockers and silent enthusiasts who seek an elite-class heatsink that looks just as great as it cools.
The NH-D15 chromax.black is an all-black version of Noctua’s award-winning flagship model NH-D15 premium-quality quiet CPU cooler. Thanks to the same proven dual-tower heatsink design and NF-A15 PWM fans, it stays true to the NH-D15’s successful formula of rivalling the performance of all-in-one water coolers while maintaining superb quietness of operation. At the same time, the chromax.black version with its black fans and black coated heatsink combines these assets with a sleek stealth look. Topped off with the renowned SecuFirm2 multi-socket mounting system and Noctua’s enthusiast-grade NT-H1 thermal compound, the NH-D15 chromax.black is a deluxe choice for both overclockers and silent enthusiasts who seek an elite-class heatsink that looks just as great as it cools.
The NH-D15 chromax.black is an all-black version of Noctua’s award-winning flagship model NH-D15 premium-quality quiet CPU cooler. Thanks to the same proven dual-tower heatsink design and NF-A15 PWM fans, it stays true to the NH-D15’s successful formula of rivalling the performance of all-in-one water coolers while maintaining superb quietness of operation. At the same time, the chromax.black version with its black fans and black coated heatsink combines these assets with a sleek stealth look. Topped off with the renowned SecuFirm2 multi-socket mounting system and Noctua’s enthusiast-grade NT-H1 thermal compound, the NH-D15 chromax.black is a deluxe choice for both overclockers and silent enthusiasts who seek an elite-class heatsink that looks just as great as it cools.
The NH-D15 chromax.black is an all-black version of Noctua’s award-winning flagship model NH-D15 premium-quality quiet CPU cooler. Thanks to the same proven dual-tower heatsink design and NF-A15 PWM fans, it stays true to the NH-D15’s successful formula of rivalling the performance of all-in-one water coolers while maintaining superb quietness of operation. At the same time, the chromax.black version with its black fans and black coated heatsink combines these assets with a sleek stealth look. Topped off with the renowned SecuFirm2 multi-socket mounting system and Noctua’s enthusiast-grade NT-H1 thermal compound, the NH-D15 chromax.black is a deluxe choice for both overclockers and silent enthusiasts who seek an elite-class heatsink that looks just as great as it cools.
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I recently invested into working remotely and built a new workstation PC based on the X570 chipset and an AMD 3950X. I'm an accountant so I always have far too many tasks going on at once and I am historically hard on work computers. As such, I am not an overclocker and my CPU choice was intended to facilitate multitasking without having to push the CPU too hard because it is already much more than capable out of the box. As such, I'm running on studio drivers, etc. to ensure stability of my system and that is the spirit and perspective of my review. When I began looking at my new workstation build, I noticed that watercooling had come a long way since the last time that I'd built a PC and that most recommendations for cooling that could be found were for AIO ... MoreI recently invested into working remotely and built a new workstation PC based on the X570 chipset and an AMD 3950X. I'm an accountant so I always have far too many tasks going on at once and I am historically hard on work computers. As such, I am not an overclocker and my CPU choice was intended to facilitate multitasking without having to push the CPU too hard because it is already much more than capable out of the box. As such, I'm running on studio drivers, etc. to ensure stability of my system and that is the spirit and perspective of my review. When I began looking at my new workstation build, I noticed that watercooling had come a long way since the last time that I'd built a PC and that most recommendations for cooling that could be found were for AIO watercooling solutions. I've had good luck with watercooling in the past and I think it is a very effective method, however, as a business owner and a person that needs their PC to be functional at all times, I didn't want to introduce water and new critical failure points into my new build if it could be avoided. I was definitely in the market for an air cooling solution if a reasonable solution could be had. Fast forward a few months and my 3950x has benchmarked satisfactorily in a variety of programs and I don't believe I've seen the CPU reach over 70 C. I've been using it 40 hours a week for work and I have had absolutely no issues whatsoever with cooling or noise. It is winter here and the house isn't incredibly hot but I've been impressed and the workstation has been very stable in large part due to my Noctua cooler. Noctua has a winner here for me and I'll probably always check Noctua's offerings first in future builds. Definitely recommend it if you can fit it in your case.
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NOTE: Now it comes with Noctua Upgrade Kit NM-i17xx-MP83 (LGA 1700).This particular unit I have always put into quiet builds with tons of airflow. But recently this one might have fallen out of fashion because of the sheer heat that CPUs produce nowadays.With default 13600K in Prime 95, it gets HOT. Even with airflow focused case such as Fractal Meshify.Either way I'm still gonna recommend it for people that are scared of water in their PCs and want something quiet for day to day tasks (such as gaming). For heavy CPU rendering and long workloads you have to look for AIO.
originally posted on neweggbusiness.com
It had been probably a solid 20 years since I built a computer from scratch, since then using higher-end laptops for my profession as a developer and light gaming, but that changed recently when I decided to build myself a beast of a system that could handle my workload and push games at a stunning 4k. I immediately went for the Intel i9-9900k processor, an ASUS ROG Maximus XI Hero system board and put them in a NZXT H500i case with a RTX 2080 video card and 32GB RAM. I know this isn't directly pertinent to the NH-D15, but I think it's relevant in the grand scheme of things. So I needed a cooling solution. Remember how it'd been 20 years since I did this? Well, liquid cooling wasn't around back then so the world of radiators and pumps was new to me. But after some ... MoreIt had been probably a solid 20 years since I built a computer from scratch, since then using higher-end laptops for my profession as a developer and light gaming, but that changed recently when I decided to build myself a beast of a system that could handle my workload and push games at a stunning 4k. I immediately went for the Intel i9-9900k processor, an ASUS ROG Maximus XI Hero system board and put them in a NZXT H500i case with a RTX 2080 video card and 32GB RAM. I know this isn't directly pertinent to the NH-D15, but I think it's relevant in the grand scheme of things. So I needed a cooling solution. Remember how it'd been 20 years since I did this? Well, liquid cooling wasn't around back then so the world of radiators and pumps was new to me. But after some searching around about air cooling, Noctua kept coming up with their coolers and their fans. The NH-D15 was even benchmarked to perform as well or better than many water coolers! I wasn't planning on overclocking, so I scoured specs of all the parts I wanted to make sure it would fit and decided to give it a try. When everything came in and I put the system together I was not disappointed! Getting the cooler installed was so simple with the included backplate! It came with two 140mm fans, one to clip on in the middle and one to clip on over the RAM. Because of my case's to fan placement, clipping the middle fan on was the hardest part because it was quite tight in there, but not impossible. I did end up cutting my finger on one of the cooler's fins. Woops. Now, because of my case height, I was unable to clip the second fan on the outer part of the cooler, so I decided to give it a go in single-fan mode. (I do plan on mounting the second fan on my case's front plate to supplement the cooling in the near future -- I was just too excited to try out the new system to do it during the build) So here we go... computer is built, powered on.. OS loaded and all is wonderful. So lets see how much heat we're generating. Remember, i9-9900, 8 cores at 3.6ghz, 95w. Pull up the temps.. 22-25C at no load. So I run Prime95 for an hour with the CPUs at 100% -- I never broke 45C on any core! Remember how I said I wasn't going to overclock? Well, it looks like I might have a little wiggle room to tinker. All in all I've VERY happy with my purchase. I can imagine that the NH-D15 would cover the needs of many situations just as well as other solutions, even liquid cooling. I'd imagine there's even a chance my temps will go down when I get some more fans configured in my case.
| Height (without fan) | 160 mm |
| Width (without fan) | 150 mm |
| Depth (without fan) | 135 mm |
| Weight (without fan) | 980 g |
| Height (with fan) | 165 mm |
Noctua NH-D15 Dual Radiator Quiet CPU Cooler with two NH-A15 Fans
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I recently invested into working remotely and built a new workstation PC based on the X570 chipset and an AMD 3950X. I'm an accountant so I always have far too many tasks going on at once and I am historically hard on work computers. As such, I am not an overclocker and my CPU choice was intended to facilitate multitasking without having to push the CPU too hard because it is already much more than capable out of the box. As such, I'm running on studio drivers, etc. to ensure stability of my system and that is the spirit and perspective of my review. When I began looking at my new workstation build, I noticed that watercooling had come a long way since the last time that I'd built a PC and that most recommendations for cooling that could be found were for AIO ... MoreI recently invested into working remotely and built a new workstation PC based on the X570 chipset and an AMD 3950X. I'm an accountant so I always have far too many tasks going on at once and I am historically hard on work computers. As such, I am not an overclocker and my CPU choice was intended to facilitate multitasking without having to push the CPU too hard because it is already much more than capable out of the box. As such, I'm running on studio drivers, etc. to ensure stability of my system and that is the spirit and perspective of my review. When I began looking at my new workstation build, I noticed that watercooling had come a long way since the last time that I'd built a PC and that most recommendations for cooling that could be found were for AIO watercooling solutions. I've had good luck with watercooling in the past and I think it is a very effective method, however, as a business owner and a person that needs their PC to be functional at all times, I didn't want to introduce water and new critical failure points into my new build if it could be avoided. I was definitely in the market for an air cooling solution if a reasonable solution could be had. Fast forward a few months and my 3950x has benchmarked satisfactorily in a variety of programs and I don't believe I've seen the CPU reach over 70 C. I've been using it 40 hours a week for work and I have had absolutely no issues whatsoever with cooling or noise. It is winter here and the house isn't incredibly hot but I've been impressed and the workstation has been very stable in large part due to my Noctua cooler. Noctua has a winner here for me and I'll probably always check Noctua's offerings first in future builds. Definitely recommend it if you can fit it in your case.
NOTE: Now it comes with Noctua Upgrade Kit NM-i17xx-MP83 (LGA 1700).This particular unit I have always put into quiet builds with tons of airflow. But recently this one might have fallen out of fashion because of the sheer heat that CPUs produce nowadays.With default 13600K in Prime 95, it gets HOT. Even with airflow focused case such as Fractal Meshify.Either way I'm still gonna recommend it for people that are scared of water in their PCs and want something quiet for day to day tasks (such as gaming). For heavy CPU rendering and long workloads you have to look for AIO.
It had been probably a solid 20 years since I built a computer from scratch, since then using higher-end laptops for my profession as a developer and light gaming, but that changed recently when I decided to build myself a beast of a system that could handle my workload and push games at a stunning 4k. I immediately went for the Intel i9-9900k processor, an ASUS ROG Maximus XI Hero system board and put them in a NZXT H500i case with a RTX 2080 video card and 32GB RAM. I know this isn't directly pertinent to the NH-D15, but I think it's relevant in the grand scheme of things. So I needed a cooling solution. Remember how it'd been 20 years since I did this? Well, liquid cooling wasn't around back then so the world of radiators and pumps was new to me. But after some ... MoreIt had been probably a solid 20 years since I built a computer from scratch, since then using higher-end laptops for my profession as a developer and light gaming, but that changed recently when I decided to build myself a beast of a system that could handle my workload and push games at a stunning 4k. I immediately went for the Intel i9-9900k processor, an ASUS ROG Maximus XI Hero system board and put them in a NZXT H500i case with a RTX 2080 video card and 32GB RAM. I know this isn't directly pertinent to the NH-D15, but I think it's relevant in the grand scheme of things. So I needed a cooling solution. Remember how it'd been 20 years since I did this? Well, liquid cooling wasn't around back then so the world of radiators and pumps was new to me. But after some searching around about air cooling, Noctua kept coming up with their coolers and their fans. The NH-D15 was even benchmarked to perform as well or better than many water coolers! I wasn't planning on overclocking, so I scoured specs of all the parts I wanted to make sure it would fit and decided to give it a try. When everything came in and I put the system together I was not disappointed! Getting the cooler installed was so simple with the included backplate! It came with two 140mm fans, one to clip on in the middle and one to clip on over the RAM. Because of my case's to fan placement, clipping the middle fan on was the hardest part because it was quite tight in there, but not impossible. I did end up cutting my finger on one of the cooler's fins. Woops. Now, because of my case height, I was unable to clip the second fan on the outer part of the cooler, so I decided to give it a go in single-fan mode. (I do plan on mounting the second fan on my case's front plate to supplement the cooling in the near future -- I was just too excited to try out the new system to do it during the build) So here we go... computer is built, powered on.. OS loaded and all is wonderful. So lets see how much heat we're generating. Remember, i9-9900, 8 cores at 3.6ghz, 95w. Pull up the temps.. 22-25C at no load. So I run Prime95 for an hour with the CPUs at 100% -- I never broke 45C on any core! Remember how I said I wasn't going to overclock? Well, it looks like I might have a little wiggle room to tinker. All in all I've VERY happy with my purchase. I can imagine that the NH-D15 would cover the needs of many situations just as well as other solutions, even liquid cooling. I'd imagine there's even a chance my temps will go down when I get some more fans configured in my case.
I bought this for a planned Intel 1700 build; but I still fired it up in another PC with the front panel removed out of curiosity. And as usual with a Noctua cooler the thing was so quite I had to check the fans were spinning.Not everyone likes the brown and cream livery, but it goes very nicely with my Mission speakers with walnut cabinets. And it's going to be an 'industrial look' build; so no fairy tree lights here LOL
works great as expected from Noctua. The Black colour makes this thing look menace!Using as a reliable cooling for Ryzen 9 7900x. Used this instead of a AIO because in need of long term reliability(years) and the confidence the cooling will function under several days CPU rendering for 3D softwares such as Houdini.Under maximum load and over a period of time the CPU temps are between 80-87 Degrees in 20-24 degreed Room temp. That is with all threads running full + all fans on 100%. Chassis is North XL glass, 3 included chassis fans + 1 be Quiet 140 Exhaust. The only noise I get is form the intake fans included in the chassis. Could be replaced for something quieter.
Although I had spent some time on liquid coolers, I decided to give it a try. The cooler is a real refrigerator and does its job well. Assembly is quite easy, the instructions are easy to follow. The two fans are extremely silent. Attention, however: it is very large, so check the compatibility with your case before buying.Noctua NH-D15 is currently considered the best performing cooling solution for "powerful" processors. I don't dispute because I don't have a term of comparison, but I can say that I have an i7-12700 at 5.00GHz at a maximum of 26 degrees in idle and it never jumped above 55 degrees in gaming mode in 4K.
Had not assembled a PC for 5+ years, and this is the first time I have installed a heat sink of this size. Overall this cooler is great! Cooler comes with 2 fans that are interchangeable. The fans are fastened by a pair of metal clips to the heat sink, takes some pressure to fasten the clips, but not too much trouble. Fans are marked with the direction of air travel, very convenient during installation. Should accommodate larger RAM components, although it will be difficult to access the RAM, or possible other components after installation. This cooler has multiple mounting configurations; you will need to take the back panel off your case, and must have holes available to secure the mounting hardware behind your processor and mainboard. Luckily, my case had the ... MoreHad not assembled a PC for 5+ years, and this is the first time I have installed a heat sink of this size. Overall this cooler is great! Cooler comes with 2 fans that are interchangeable. The fans are fastened by a pair of metal clips to the heat sink, takes some pressure to fasten the clips, but not too much trouble. Fans are marked with the direction of air travel, very convenient during installation. Should accommodate larger RAM components, although it will be difficult to access the RAM, or possible other components after installation. This cooler has multiple mounting configurations; you will need to take the back panel off your case, and must have holes available to secure the mounting hardware behind your processor and mainboard. Luckily, my case had the correct openings. Check the size of your case, and make sure the mounting hardware is compatible. This cooler has kept my processor cool, and was fun to install if you enjoy building PCs. Totally satisfied thus far.
I was concerned that I was not giving the Ryzen 7 1700-X the proper cooling it deserved having been sent the CPU from a different supplier to scan that on the web page said it came with fan when it didn't. I had been using an Asus Red LIon Square cooler prior to the Noctua install. I wasn't able to use the second fan due to the height of the RAM modules but it was an awful lot easier to install than the standard 'rocker-lock' that you normally expect with AMD cooling hardware! There was a delay in delivery due to waiting for the AMD mount points but I was prepared to wait. I was originally looking at what was available for the CPU and was looking at CoolerMaster. I was advised by the pre-sales Team that there was a better cooler, the Noctua but a bit more expensive. ... MoreI was concerned that I was not giving the Ryzen 7 1700-X the proper cooling it deserved having been sent the CPU from a different supplier to scan that on the web page said it came with fan when it didn't. I had been using an Asus Red LIon Square cooler prior to the Noctua install. I wasn't able to use the second fan due to the height of the RAM modules but it was an awful lot easier to install than the standard 'rocker-lock' that you normally expect with AMD cooling hardware! There was a delay in delivery due to waiting for the AMD mount points but I was prepared to wait. I was originally looking at what was available for the CPU and was looking at CoolerMaster. I was advised by the pre-sales Team that there was a better cooler, the Noctua but a bit more expensive. It is well worth the extra cost for piece of mind - I also purchased Noctua CPU cleaning wipes to remove the old thermal paste. The instructions for fitting are brilliantly clear and the hardware comes well packaged and protected from damage. I would highly recommend this fan to anyone thinking of upgrading their CPU cooler. I've never been keen on Liquid cooled CPU's after hearing horror stories. Air Cooled is bes and I can see no point in having a cooler with rainbow colours - You spend your time looking at the screen of a computer, not its innards - unless you are intending to have A CPU/PSU/Mobo rainbow disco party!
The Noctua NH-D14 has been a flagship cooler for a long, long time. When it comes to air coolers, you can pay more but I honestly don't think you're going to get better value for your money. First of all, Noctua's mounting system and hardware are simply the best when it comes to air coolers. The simplicity of the mounting system is excellent and is super well thought out. Performance of the cooler aside, the mounting system alone has won many awards for it's innovation. It's just a generally accepted truth that Noctua's mounting system is the best when it comes to air coolers. Secondly, and this is a bit more up for debate, but I feel like Noctua makes the best system fans in the game. Say what you will about the colors and the lack of (imo) juvenile and tacky RGB ... MoreThe Noctua NH-D14 has been a flagship cooler for a long, long time. When it comes to air coolers, you can pay more but I honestly don't think you're going to get better value for your money. First of all, Noctua's mounting system and hardware are simply the best when it comes to air coolers. The simplicity of the mounting system is excellent and is super well thought out. Performance of the cooler aside, the mounting system alone has won many awards for it's innovation. It's just a generally accepted truth that Noctua's mounting system is the best when it comes to air coolers. Secondly, and this is a bit more up for debate, but I feel like Noctua makes the best system fans in the game. Say what you will about the colors and the lack of (imo) juvenile and tacky RGB lighting, the fans are fantastically quiet and perform really well. They do have a line of grey and black fans now if you prefer, as well as an all black version of the cooler and included fans. I believe it's call the Chromax. Lastly and most importantly, the performance of the heatsink itself. It's definitely big with tons of big fat heatpipes. It flat out performs and despite the D14 being ancient in terms of pc hardware it still performs great. It hangs with any air cooler that might be far newer and keeps up with most aio coolers that typically cost much more. If you're able to snag one of these in good used condition like I did it presents a value that's really fantastic. I'm able to run my scorching hot 7700k at 5.0ghz (not de-lidded) at 1.34v and I never get above 75-78c while gaming and it typically stays much cooler than that. Running stress tests it does get a little hotter than that but synthetic stress tests put a load on your CPU that you just won't see in all but a very few real world applications. After I de-lid this thing I'll be seeing temps that are equal to or better than full custom loop cooling on a non de-lidded CPU. I'm super happy with this cooler and I think you will be too, especially if you can find one for $50 shipped like I did. They did finally come out with the NH-D15 model a while back and from what I can tell it's a very similar design. It's offered in all black like I mentioned earlier as well as what looks like an improved slightly heatpipe design as well as a little more clearance room for RAM with taller heatsinks. FWIW I'm running 32gb of Corsair Vengeance with the tall red LED heatsinks and I was still able to install the cooler. I don't have a ton of room but it does fit and this is definitely some of the taller RAM on the market. In short, this is a monster of an air cooler that absolutely keeps up with all the latest greatest 2019 coolers and in my opinion is a much better value than say a $150 aio cooler with a big 240mm rad. It won't cool quite as well as these high doller aio coolers but when you stack up the performance you get vs the money you spend I feel like it's a better buy, especially if you can find a good deal on a used one. A heatsink just doesn't wear out after all and of course will never leak.
Bought this to replace an ageing and flaky AIO FD cooler. I was sceptical about going from liquid cooling to old school air cooling for my hot 11900k, but I needn't have worried as this Noctua beast simply blows away anything the AIO unit could even dream of.I have gone from an average of 45-55 degrees idle on the AIO to around 30-35 on the Noctua. When using Flight Sim 2020 on mostly medium graphic settings I was hitting 75-90 degrees on the old AIO, in fact recently it had started hitting almost 95 and was making my CPU throttle down to 800Mhz to save itself from the impending, firey doom! So, I threw the AOI out to sea, where it belongs, and installed in the beautiful Noctua NH-D15 in it's place, and I am now getting temps no higher than 50 degrees with most ... MoreBought this to replace an ageing and flaky AIO FD cooler. I was sceptical about going from liquid cooling to old school air cooling for my hot 11900k, but I needn't have worried as this Noctua beast simply blows away anything the AIO unit could even dream of.I have gone from an average of 45-55 degrees idle on the AIO to around 30-35 on the Noctua. When using Flight Sim 2020 on mostly medium graphic settings I was hitting 75-90 degrees on the old AIO, in fact recently it had started hitting almost 95 and was making my CPU throttle down to 800Mhz to save itself from the impending, firey doom! So, I threw the AOI out to sea, where it belongs, and installed in the beautiful Noctua NH-D15 in it's place, and I am now getting temps no higher than 50 degrees with most settings on high or Ultra, coupled with my 4060ti.This piece of kit has been one of the best purchases I have made in my life, and I have been building PC's for about 20 of those. At around £100 you are getting an absolute bargain, given the performance of it.The packaging is brilliant and the step by step guide to installing is hands down the best I have seen in a long time. You cannot go wrong. You can believe the hype and the awards this things has won, as it is all justified.In an age of overpriced and overhyped garbage flooding the market, this beauty is a shining light. Well done Noctua.
| Height (without fan) | 160 mm |
| Width (without fan) | 150 mm |
| Depth (without fan) | 135 mm |
| Weight (without fan) | 980 g |
| Height (with fan) | 165 mm |
