Noctua Reveals New Flagship CPU Cooler NH-D15
Noctua has introduced the successor to the NH-D14: the NH-D15.
After many years of good service, Noctua has finally updated its legendary NH-D14 cooler. The NH-D14 didn't actually need updating in our opinion, but that hasn't stopped Noctua from trying to do so anyway.
The new model is called the NH-D15, and as you might have thought, it is now indeed a little bigger. Rather than having a fin stack that's 140 mm wide, it is now 150 mm wide. Also, the heat pipes have been distributed differently, which should have the heat spread across the fin stack more evenly.
"Having convinced tens of thousands of quiet cooling enthusiasts around the globe, our NH-D14 has become a reference for top-tier dual tower heatsinks," explains Mag. Roland Mossig, Noctua CEO. "In the end, it took us more than three years of continuous development, countless thermal simulations and over hundred samples to come up with a substantial improvement in efficiency. Staying true to our policy of not releasing anything we're not 100% satisfied with, we had to accept some delays in order to squeeze out the last few percent of performance, but now we're proud to finally release the NH-D15 as a worthy successor to the venerable D14."
The fans on the unit are the NF-A15 fans, which have PWM support and can spin at speeds of up to 1500 RPM, or 1200 RPM using a low-noise adapter.
Pricing for the unit is set at $99.90 with availability set for mid-April.

You respond, "Thats the Noctua. You don't need to blend in with the rest when you perform that well."
In reference to the 1st comment, I have to agree.....given the presence of these 3 coolers, I fail to see a "raison d'ĂȘtre" for AIO / CLC's other than:
a) I oft put my PC in the hands of FedEx gorillas
b) My miniITX case doesn't give me many options
I was so hoping we'd see something better in the aesthetics department .... the color scheme while excellent for a "desert theme" build, is the usual first response I get when recommending the user pick from the aforementioned 3 coolers.
In regards to the first comment too, closed loops are still good options since there is barely any weight on the socket, you can cool mini-itx cases easily, they look better, have extra features on some(H100i), and don't take up a huge portion of the interior of the case. Even if a closed loop performs 5C worse, or even 10c, and hitting a limit of 50c your processor will still last 6 to 10 years. I think the biggest plus is the UPS/FEDEX issue like Jack mentioned above, those gorillas can bring you your PC like it was just out of a blender.
You respond, "Thats the Noctua. You don't need to blend in with the rest when you perform that well."
It's been shown time again that the cooling prowess of massive air coolers can, in fact, match that of decent AIO coolers. The difference is that AIO's don't have a large mass of metal hanging from the motherboard socket. Not that has really ever been an issue, but is something to consider when transporting a LAN rig for example.
Nah I'd probably say, "Beige is the new black."
No thanks.
Same here, especially in sound to thermals, since Phanteks dethroned Noctua for quiet high CFM fans late last year in a huge way. And I hadn't heard of the brand at all until then. I'd like to see Phanteks, Noctua and some AIO coolers from the likes of Corsair pitted against each other. Between the 75 and 125USD price range.