**Mounting Nocto Coolers Securely**

When it comes to mounting nocto coolers, most share the same secure Farm mechanism. First, you install the ib2 bolts on the socket 2011 board, followed by the mounting bars. You can align the coolers either horizontally or vertically for air flow. I decided to opt for horizontal air flow since it would suit the air flow inside my case.

The next step is to apply the included thermopaste and finally install the ginormous heat sink onto the CPU and screw it to the screw hands of the mounting bars. Mounting these onto Intel socket 1151 boards follows a similar process, but you will need to install nocto's included back plate first. I did have some trouble mounting the second fan on the D15 due to the height of my RAM sticks, but that was expected.

**Comparing Performance with Hyper 212 Evo and Master Liquid Pro 240**

To 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 id64 to monitor the CPU temps and the sign panel open and closed. The results were interesting. With the side panel open, the nocto cooler outperformed all during idle situations. However, under load, the D15 was neck-to-neck with the Protu 40. If you blast them off, I'm sure you'll get better temperatures.

The D15's hangs on quite well too, which is great to see given its broader compatibility. What surprised me the most was the performance from the U14s. Even with the 4930k overclocked at 4.5 GHz and 1.42 Vols, the chip wasn't producing that much heat, and I think that the D15 is an overkill for my setup.

**Closing Case Scenario**

Switching to the close case scenario, the results shifted a bit. The Pro 240 struggled a bit and ended up between the 212 Evo and the U14s. However, the D15 ran 4° cooler than the AIO. The D15's performance was very close behind again.

**Case of Choice**

The case of choice can also affect your CPU schooling performance. I was using the ENOL Lux case to test the hyper 212 Evo and the Pro 240 in my previous video, but recently, I made the switch to the evolved ATX Temper Glass Edition. Apart from its physical attractiveness, this case offers a massive room inside the chassis for increased air flow.

There are no drive cages restricting the air coming from the front intake fence, 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 240 ran at a few de Celsius cooler when installed inside the Evolved ATX case.

**Acoustics**

I expected these results some but not all air coolers can offer better Acoustics since their fans are the only components making noise. However, switching to an AIO you'll have to consider the pump noise along with the fans. The nocto coolers all sounded similar but were dead quiet even with their Loos adapters installed.

You won't notice a huge difference between them. So, which cooler should you buy? It depends on your current scenario if you're on a tiny budget, an air cooler would be the best option. I would recommend the two Evo or even the U14s 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 D15 and the D15S are really targeted towards enthusiasts as viable alternatives to the AIOs not to mention they performed outstandingly well. However, it also depends on whether or not if you have the proper space to fit one of these guys.

There's no way you're going to install these on a microATX or mini-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.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enyou asked for it and we listened this could be you every time you turn on your PC super chill CPU happy U Kraken x61 by NZXT purchase discount in 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 pro2 40 provided exellent temperatures and decent Acoustics the price difference compared to the $40 hyper tutol Evo had many wondering about less expensive upgrade Solutions noct's 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 us to compare this AIO to the noctua 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 highle PC cooling tend to go for aiio 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 aios tend to offer a broader memory compatibility and don't have several pounds of heat SN mass hanging off your motherboard I'll be covering some of this a bit later aiio also provide the best performance which is why at one point or another in the past both AMD and Intel were offering Clos Loop liquid coolers for their high-end processors trust me when I started building computers I was always approaching aiio all the time and experience has taught me well with that said let's start with nocuous big boy the nhd15 this is one of the largest coolers on the market includes two NF a15 fans and retails for around $100 when it's not on sale when compared to the AIO motherboard compatibility will definitely be harder challenge since the D15 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 SNS and in some cases it could even block the topmost PCI slot I'd highly recommend you check out noctus handy list that shows which mobiles it can be used for before looking at this massive cooler moving on to the $90 d15s and I have to say I'm intrigued this cooler is a high compatibility version of the D15 it uses a unique offset asymmetrical layout and a single NF a15 fan compared to the dual fan setup found on the D15 it is still massive when compared to an aiio water block but the offset 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 not 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 heat SN the NH u14s 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 comes equipped with a single NF a15 fan though another one can be added I can't wait to test it out against its bger brothers and as you imagine the U14 s's 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 nocuous mounting process was by far the easiest I've seen on any cooler yet this also includes the AIO coolers I've come across across so far all nocto coolers share the same mounting secure Farm mechanism first you install the ib2 bolts on the stocket 2011 board then put the mounting bars on them you can align the coolers either for horizontal or vertical air flow I decided to opt for horizontal since that would suit the air flow inside my case the next step is to apply the included thermop paste and finally install the ginormous heat sink onto the CPU and screw it to the screw hands of the mounting bars mounting these onto Intel socket 1151 boards follow the same process proc but you will need to install nocuous included back plate first I did have some trouble mounting the second fan on the D15 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 id64 to monitor the CPU temps and the sign panel open and closed and the results were interesting with the side panel open the aiio outperformed all during idle situations but the D15 was neck to neck with the protu 40 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 d15s hangs on quite well too which is great to see given its broader compatibility what surprised me the most was the performance from the u14s and I can explain that even with the 4930k overclocked at 4.5 GHz at 1.42 Vols the chip wasn't producing that much heat and I think that the D15 is an overkill for my setup 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 u14s whereas the D15 ran 4° cooler than the AIO with the d15s very close behind again that's amazing the case of Choice can also affect your CPU schooling performance if you noticed I was using the enol Lux case to test the hyper 212 Evo and the pro 240 in my previous video but recently I made the switch to the evolved ATX temper glass Edition and apart from the physical attractiveness of this case what I appreciate about it is it's massive room inside the chassis for increased air flow there are no Drive cages restricting the air coming from the front intake fence 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 240 ran a few de celius cooler when installed inside the Evolve ATX case let's move on to acoustics for I have 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 aiio you'll have to consider the pump noise along with the fans the nocto coolers all sounded similar but they're dead quiet even with their Loos adapters installed you won't notice a huge difference between them so which cooler should you buy it depends on your current scenario if you're on a tiny budget an air cooler would be the best option I would recommend the two to Evo or even the u14s 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 D15 and the d15s are really targeted towards enthusiasts as viable alternatives to the aios 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 microatx or miniitx motherboard this is probably where the aiio comes into play sure they're expensive but with a lowprofile 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 AIO for my system instead of one of these nocto coolers not at all however I'm really happy about your comments that open my eyes towards some of these Alternatives these nocto 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 Eber with HX thank you so much for watching and we'll see you in the next oneyou asked for it and we listened this could be you every time you turn on your PC super chill CPU happy U Kraken x61 by NZXT purchase discount in 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 pro2 40 provided exellent temperatures and decent Acoustics the price difference compared to the $40 hyper tutol Evo had many wondering about less expensive upgrade Solutions noct's 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 us to compare this AIO to the noctua 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 highle PC cooling tend to go for aiio 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 aios tend to offer a broader memory compatibility and don't have several pounds of heat SN mass hanging off your motherboard I'll be covering some of this a bit later aiio also provide the best performance which is why at one point or another in the past both AMD and Intel were offering Clos Loop liquid coolers for their high-end processors trust me when I started building computers I was always approaching aiio all the time and experience has taught me well with that said let's start with nocuous big boy the nhd15 this is one of the largest coolers on the market includes two NF a15 fans and retails for around $100 when it's not on sale when compared to the AIO motherboard compatibility will definitely be harder challenge since the D15 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 SNS and in some cases it could even block the topmost PCI slot I'd highly recommend you check out noctus handy list that shows which mobiles it can be used for before looking at this massive cooler moving on to the $90 d15s and I have to say I'm intrigued this cooler is a high compatibility version of the D15 it uses a unique offset asymmetrical layout and a single NF a15 fan compared to the dual fan setup found on the D15 it is still massive when compared to an aiio water block but the offset 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 not 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 heat SN the NH u14s 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 comes equipped with a single NF a15 fan though another one can be added I can't wait to test it out against its bger brothers and as you imagine the U14 s's 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 nocuous mounting process was by far the easiest I've seen on any cooler yet this also includes the AIO coolers I've come across across so far all nocto coolers share the same mounting secure Farm mechanism first you install the ib2 bolts on the stocket 2011 board then put the mounting bars on them you can align the coolers either for horizontal or vertical air flow I decided to opt for horizontal since that would suit the air flow inside my case the next step is to apply the included thermop paste and finally install the ginormous heat sink onto the CPU and screw it to the screw hands of the mounting bars mounting these onto Intel socket 1151 boards follow the same process proc but you will need to install nocuous included back plate first I did have some trouble mounting the second fan on the D15 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 id64 to monitor the CPU temps and the sign panel open and closed and the results were interesting with the side panel open the aiio outperformed all during idle situations but the D15 was neck to neck with the protu 40 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 d15s hangs on quite well too which is great to see given its broader compatibility what surprised me the most was the performance from the u14s and I can explain that even with the 4930k overclocked at 4.5 GHz at 1.42 Vols the chip wasn't producing that much heat and I think that the D15 is an overkill for my setup 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 u14s whereas the D15 ran 4° cooler than the AIO with the d15s very close behind again that's amazing the case of Choice can also affect your CPU schooling performance if you noticed I was using the enol Lux case to test the hyper 212 Evo and the pro 240 in my previous video but recently I made the switch to the evolved ATX temper glass Edition and apart from the physical attractiveness of this case what I appreciate about it is it's massive room inside the chassis for increased air flow there are no Drive cages restricting the air coming from the front intake fence 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 240 ran a few de celius cooler when installed inside the Evolve ATX case let's move on to acoustics for I have 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 aiio you'll have to consider the pump noise along with the fans the nocto coolers all sounded similar but they're dead quiet even with their Loos adapters installed you won't notice a huge difference between them so which cooler should you buy it depends on your current scenario if you're on a tiny budget an air cooler would be the best option I would recommend the two to Evo or even the u14s 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 D15 and the d15s are really targeted towards enthusiasts as viable alternatives to the aios 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 microatx or miniitx motherboard this is probably where the aiio comes into play sure they're expensive but with a lowprofile 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 AIO for my system instead of one of these nocto coolers not at all however I'm really happy about your comments that open my eyes towards some of these Alternatives these nocto 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 Eber with HX thank you so much for watching and we'll see you in the next oneyou asked for it and we listened this could be you every time you turn on your PC super chill CPU happy U Kraken x61 by NZXT purchase discount in 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 pro2 40 provided exellent temperatures and decent Acoustics the price difference compared to the $40 hyper tutol Evo had many wondering about less expensive upgrade Solutions noct's 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 us to compare this AIO to the noctua 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 highle PC cooling tend to go for aiio 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 aios tend to offer a broader memory compatibility and don't have several pounds of heat SN mass hanging off your motherboard I'll be covering some of this a bit later aiio also provide the best performance which is why at one point or another in the past both AMD and Intel were offering Clos Loop liquid coolers for their high-end processors trust me when I started building computers I was always approaching aiio all the time and experience has taught me well with that said let's start with nocuous big boy the nhd15 this is one of the largest coolers on the market includes two NF a15 fans and retails for around $100 when it's not on sale when compared to the AIO motherboard compatibility will definitely be harder challenge since the D15 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 SNS and in some cases it could even block the topmost PCI slot I'd highly recommend you check out noctus handy list that shows which mobiles it can be used for before looking at this massive cooler moving on to the $90 d15s and I have to say I'm intrigued this cooler is a high compatibility version of the D15 it uses a unique offset asymmetrical layout and a single NF a15 fan compared to the dual fan setup found on the D15 it is still massive when compared to an aiio water block but the offset 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 not 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 heat SN the NH u14s 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 comes equipped with a single NF a15 fan though another one can be added I can't wait to test it out against its bger brothers and as you imagine the U14 s's 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 nocuous mounting process was by far the easiest I've seen on any cooler yet this also includes the AIO coolers I've come across across so far all nocto coolers share the same mounting secure Farm mechanism first you install the ib2 bolts on the stocket 2011 board then put the mounting bars on them you can align the coolers either for horizontal or vertical air flow I decided to opt for horizontal since that would suit the air flow inside my case the next step is to apply the included thermop paste and finally install the ginormous heat sink onto the CPU and screw it to the screw hands of the mounting bars mounting these onto Intel socket 1151 boards follow the same process proc but you will need to install nocuous included back plate first I did have some trouble mounting the second fan on the D15 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 id64 to monitor the CPU temps and the sign panel open and closed and the results were interesting with the side panel open the aiio outperformed all during idle situations but the D15 was neck to neck with the protu 40 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 d15s hangs on quite well too which is great to see given its broader compatibility what surprised me the most was the performance from the u14s and I can explain that even with the 4930k overclocked at 4.5 GHz at 1.42 Vols the chip wasn't producing that much heat and I think that the D15 is an overkill for my setup 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 u14s whereas the D15 ran 4° cooler than the AIO with the d15s very close behind again that's amazing the case of Choice can also affect your CPU schooling performance if you noticed I was using the enol Lux case to test the hyper 212 Evo and the pro 240 in my previous video but recently I made the switch to the evolved ATX temper glass Edition and apart from the physical attractiveness of this case what I appreciate about it is it's massive room inside the chassis for increased air flow there are no Drive cages restricting the air coming from the front intake fence 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 240 ran a few de celius cooler when installed inside the Evolve ATX case let's move on to acoustics for I have 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 aiio you'll have to consider the pump noise along with the fans the nocto coolers all sounded similar but they're dead quiet even with their Loos adapters installed you won't notice a huge difference between them so which cooler should you buy it depends on your current scenario if you're on a tiny budget an air cooler would be the best option I would recommend the two to Evo or even the u14s 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 D15 and the d15s are really targeted towards enthusiasts as viable alternatives to the aios 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 microatx or miniitx motherboard this is probably where the aiio comes into play sure they're expensive but with a lowprofile 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 AIO for my system instead of one of these nocto coolers not at all however I'm really happy about your comments that open my eyes towards some of these Alternatives these nocto 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 Eber with HX thank you so much for watching and we'll see you in the next one\n"