Noctua will release NH-D15 successor in three variants within a few weeks

Noctua will release the successor to its NH-D15 cooler in the coming weeks. The Austrian cooler manufacturer confirmed this during the Computex 2024 trade fair in Taiwan. Noctua will release the first version of a new 140mm fan in the same period. The prices are not yet known.

Noctua calls its new processor cooler the NH-D15 G2. The company says it has made several changes. For example, the cooler has eight heat pipes instead of six. The distance between the fins of the heatsink has also been reduced, giving the cooler a twenty percent larger cooling surface. Still, the G2 has an asymmetrical design with a shallower depth than the regular NH-D15, which should help with memory compatibility.

The processor cooler also gets two new 140mm fans, which we will discuss in more detail later in this article. These fans each run at a different speed. The right fan, which is on the 'outside' of the cooler, spins slightly faster than the fan that is on the 'inside' of the heatsink. According to the cooler manufacturer, the G2 produces sound at a frequency that sounds more pleasant than when both fans run at the same speed.

According to Noctua, the cooler also performs better than the existing NH-D15. At a 250W load, the new cooler should cool 3.2 degrees Celsius better than the old one. The company also claims that the previous NH-D15 managed to cool a 460W heat tester to 60 degrees Celsius. According to the company, the G2 could cool a 620W heat tester to that same temperature.

The NH-D15 G2 will also be available for the first time in three different variants: a 'standard version', an HBC variant specifically intended for Intel LGA-1700 CPUs, and an LBC model optimized for AMD's socket AM5. The company reasons that the heat spreaders of the two CPU makers differ from each other. AMD's are relatively flat, while Intel's LGA-1700 processors are very slightly 'ensiled'.

Noctua has therefore provided the LBC variant, or Low Base Convexity, with a flatter base. That of the HBC variant, or High Base Convexity, is slightly curved. According to the cooler manufacturer, this provides better cooling performance for the respective AMD and Intel platforms. The standard model is in between and should perform well on all different platforms. This variant therefore has a base that is the same as other Noctua coolers.

Source: Noctua