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Luv at first HTPC IPC sight!

Looking at the review it's slighly better than a stock cooler and a little louder....Is pretty small tho.

Excited because it's a Noctua?
 
crazymonkeyzero said:
No reason to buy it unless you just love the noctua name. It's no better than this Phanteks, which is half the price lol.
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It's probably due to the design. Let me explain.

The Noctua uses a mere two heatpipes, which won't carry much heat. The Phanteks uses fins directly soldered onto the base.

Now heatpipes are great for moving heat a distance, as temperatures will equalize along the entire pipe. Fins directly connected to the base will get cooler (less heat transferred) to the tips of the fins.

This means on a big/tall heatsink you absolutely need heatpipes because otherwise not enough heat would be transferred.

On a small heatsinks either heatpipes or direct connection would work.

Then it comes down to how many heatpipes, and two is not enough for a hot CPU.
 
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