I recently picked a silverstone RL06 GP (3x intake fans, 1x exhaust and I plan on adding 1 top exhaust fan). It appears I’m limited to 158mm cooler height i’m trying to decide between Noctua NH-U12A ($130 CAD ) vs NH-C14s ($95 CAD).
This will be cooling a ryzen 3000 or the upcoming ryzen 4000 (12c/24t to 16c/32t undecided).
The reviews I’ve read seem to give the C14s a slight edge for CPU/VRM cooling but will the downfiring airflow disrupt the GPU cooling performance? Would the use of SP fans on the exhaust/top help if this is an issue? Am i better off going with the NH-U12A?
I have the NH-C14S in a mini ITX build and can tame the 3900x . But my case cannot take a cooler taller than 148mm . If you can fit it (and afford it) go for the NH-U12A - it’s even better (better even than many AIOs) …
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Try and find U12S… It’s pretty much the same cooler as the U12A just with different fans.
I’m not 100% sure but you may be able to stuff an NH-D14 in there. The cooler is pretty much the height of 120mm cooler with 140mm fan, so there’s that.