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you asked for it and we listened this could be you every time you turn on your PC super-chill CPU happy you crackin x61 ye NZXT purchase discount in the description below a few weeks back I did a video talking about my experience upgrading my systems basic air cooler to an all-in-one liquid cooler it wasn't really meant to be a real review but many of you brought some real good questions for example even though the $120 master liquid pro tip 40 provided excellent temperatures and decent acoustics the price difference compared to the $40.00 hyper tootle evo had many wondering about less expensive upgrade solutions not to us lineup was brought up again and again based on those observations I decided to make a follow-up video and of course I reached out to Noctua to see what they could provide a lot of you guys were suggesting has to compare this AIO to the knocked or d15 since that would be a fair comparison when you take the price to performance ratio into account we also decided to throw in two more coolers from Noctua with varying price points to give a good comparison now before I move on I need to get this off my chest the purpose of that video was to give you a rough idea of whether or not if it was worth upgrading to an all-in-one cooling solution generally speaking newcomers to the high-level PC cooling tend to go for a IO coolers these days that may sound odd considering these cooling solutions do look a bit intimidating but they have some notable benefits as well unlike large air coolers a iOS tend to offer a broader memory compatibility and don't have several pounds of heatsink mass hanging off your motherboard I'll be covering some of this a bit later a iOS also provide the best performance which is why at one point or another in the past both AMD and Intel we're offering closed-loop liquid coolers for their high-end processors trust me when I started building computers I was always approaching AIO all the time and experience has taught me well with that said let's start with not to us big boy in the nhd 15 this is one of the largest coolers on the market includes two NFA 15 fans and retails for around $100 when it's not on sale when compared to the a i/o motherboard compatibility will definitely be harder challenge since the D 15 is both long and very wide it is also just as expensive as some dual Bay liquid coolers that means it will overhang the memory slots and some motherboards PWM heat sinks and in some cases it could even block the top most PCI slot I'd highly recommend you check out not to us handy list that shows which Mobile's it can be used for before looking at this massive cooler moving on to the $90 D 15s and I have to say I'm intrigued this cooler is a high compatibility version of the D 15 it uses a unique offset asymmetrical layout and it's single NF a 15 fan compared to the dual fan setup found on the D 15 it is still massive when compared to an AI a water block but the UMP set design means that there shouldn't be any clearance issues with any PCI slots and the single fan layout means less problems with memory and motherboard component clearance do note that you can mount a second fan but that comes with an additional cost if you prefer a relatively small and compact yet still high performance CPU heatsink the Nhu 14s might be a solid choice priced at $80 this has become the go-to choice for premium quiet CPU coolers its design is a basic tower layout and it comes equipped with a single and F a 15 fan though another one can be added I can't wait to test it out against its Berg of others and as you can imagine the u14 SS compatibility with motherboards is much broader given its smaller footprint but depending on your board there may be some RAM height restrictions since the single fan could overhang the right-hand slots other than compatibility another thing that some people think is that installing an all-in-one liquid cooler is easier than most air coolers that may be true in some cases but not too as mounting process was by far the easiest I have seen on any cooler yet this also includes the a IO coolers I've come across so far all not two coolers share the same mounting secure forum mechanism first used all the IBT two bolts on the socket 2011 board then put the mounting bars on them you can align the coolers either for horizontal or vertical airflow I decided to opt for horizontal since that would suit the airflow inside my case the next step is to apply the included thermal paste and finally install the ginormous heatsink onto the CPU and screw it to the screw hands of the mounting bars mounting these onto Intel socket 11:51 boards follow the same process but you will need to install knock to us include backplate first I did have some trouble mounting the second fan on the D 15 due to the height of my ram sticks but that was expected the other two coolers installation went off without any problems so without any further delay why don't we check out some numbers and see how these large air coolers compare to my original hyper 212 evo and the master liquid pro 240 I used Ida 64 to monitor the CPU Thames and the sine panel open and closed and the results were interesting with the side panel open the a IO outperformed all during idle situations but the D 15 was neck to neck with the pro 240 under load I did set the fan speed profile to standard but if you blast them off I'm sure you'll get better temperatures the D 15s hangs on quite well too which is great to see given its broader compatibility what surprised me the most was the performance from the U 14s and I can explain that even with the 49 30 K overclocked at 4.15 Hertz at one point 40 volts the chip wasn't producing that much heat and I think that the D 15 is an overkill for myself now if I were to throw these coolers on a harder running CPU these results may take a quick turn and if you're interested in those results let us know in the comments down below switching to the close case scenario the results shifted a little bit the pro 240 struggled a bit and ended up between the 212 Evo and the u 14 s whereas the D 15 ran four degrees cooler than the e io with the D 15 s very close behind again that's amazing the case of choice can also affect your CPU cooling performance if you noticed I was using the Enfield locks case to test the hyper 212 Evo and the pro 240 in my previous video but recently I made the switch to the Evolve ATX tempered glass Edition and apart from the physical attractiveness of this case what I appreciate about it is its massive room inside the chassis for increased airflow there are no drive cages restricting the air coming from the front intake vents which is awesome so I ended up testing all five coolers inside this case and the results do speak for themselves both the 212 Evo and the pro 2 for you run a few degrees Celsius cooler when installed inside the Evolve ATX case let's move on to acoustics I actually expected these results some but not all air coolers can offer better acoustics since their fans are the only components making noise whereas switching to an AI oh you'll have to consider the pump noise along with the fans the Noctor coolers all sounded similar but they're dead quiet even with their low nose adapters installed you won't notice a huge difference between them so which coolers should you buy it depends on your current scenario if you're on a tiny budget and air cooler would be the best option I would recommend the two total Evo or even the Nhu 14s considering their budget-friendly price points and the fact that they don't have nearly the same amount of compatibility constraints as the larger heat sinks the D 15 and the D 15s are really targeted towards enthusiasts as viable alternatives to the a iOS not to mention they performed outstandingly well but it also depends on whether or not if you have the proper space to fit one of these guys there's also no way you're going to install these on a micro ATX or me ITX motherboard this is probably where the AIO comes into play sure they're expensive but with a low-profile CPU pump and a relatively efficient radiator this could be an alternative option now as for me am i sorry I chose the cooler master a IO for my system instead of one of these Noctua coolers not at all however I'm really happy about your comments that open my eyes towards some of these alternatives these nocte coolers really are something so which one of these coolers would you pick or are there any alternatives that you might be interested in I'm also curious to know what CPU coolers you guys are rocking and if you have any suggestions definitely leave a comment down below I'm Ebert with hurricane axe thank you so much for watching and we'll see you in the next one