For those who don’t know who Noctua is, they are an Austrian base company that makes high quality, nearly silent CPU coolers. About the only way to get quieter is to run passive cooling. Now we first met Noctua and their then flagship cooler the NH-U12P two years ago. The NH-U12P beat everything we had then, and for some time after. So when Noctua said they had not only improved the performance, they also kept the cooler nearly silent, I was very eager to get my hands on one. Noctua was nice enough to send us their new flagship cooler for us to take a look at. I have spent the last several days testing the cooler and… well, before I get too far and put the cart before the horse, let’s take a look at the specs for the new NH-D14.