Finally! Noctua announced their new NH-D15 cooler release! News Release http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=news_list&news_id=91 Website Details http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=productview&products_id=68&lng=en Specification differences are significant: NH-D15(with fans) = 165x150x161mm(H,W,D), 1320g, 2x NF-A15 PWM 1500rpm 140,2 m³/h 24.6dBA NH-D14(with fans) = 160x140x151mm, 1070g, NF-P14/NF-P12 1200/1300rpm 110,3/92,3 m³/h 19,6/19,8dB(A NH-D15 5x10x10mm larger; 250g heavier; 40m³/h more air; 200/300 more rpm; 5dBA louder
After realizing the specs for retail model of NF-A15 are not the same as NF-A15 on coolers I was wondering what the deal was. Finally found out there are indeed two NF-A15 fans; a 1500rpm version supplied on NH-U14S and now NH-D15 and a 1200rpm version sold individually. From the NH-U14S manual: See here, second page, middle column; "Adding a second fan": http://noctua.at/pdf/manuals/noctua_nh_u14s_manual_en.pdf
First review of NH-D15 http://www.modders-inc.com/noctua-nh-d15-dual-tower-cpu-cooler-review/ Very similar performance to PH-TC14PE even though NH-D15 uses 1500rpm 82.52cfm NF-A15 Premium fans compared to first generation PH-TC14PE using 1300rpm 78.1cfm PH-F140TS fans. Current PH-TC14PE coolers come with 1300rpm 88.6cfm PH-F140HP fans. Maybe someone here will get the NH-D15 and run some comparison tests with it.
