Noctua's NH-D14 has proven to be a great cooler throughout our testing. From its great looks to its excellent performance Noctua has created an excellent product all around. With its durable nickle plated finish it looks stunning on almost any motherboard. Noctua is using a mounting system that is versatile and allows mounting the cooler on almost every current CPU socket. Thanks to the offset design, you may install it in a way that works in just about any configuration without interfering with other system components, even though we could imagine some issues with very tall memory heatsinks (which is not Noctua's fault).
Noctua has included two fans that are near silent and provide excellent airflow for the cooler itself as well as providing airflow for components around the CPU socket to keep things cool. Noctua even suggests that you can use the 120 mm fan as a rear exhaust fan for your case.

It is very hard to say anything negative about the NH-D14, however, there are a few small things that some potential buyers may dislike. Given the size of the cooler, it may not fit in smaller cases. The color scheme of the included fans may not blend well with colors in some users PC's, certainly not a problem for most, but for modders this could turn out to be a deal breaker. The price may also prevent some potential buyers from purchasing the NH-D14 but recently it has dropped a bit depending on where you find it at.

Overall, Noctua has done their homework and brought an all around excellent product to the table with the NH-D14. After some leisure testing with the cooler on an Intel Xeon X5677 I was quite pleased to see that it performs well on demanding setups too. None of the other coolers in my collection could manage the Xeon's temperatures at 4.8 GHz @ 1.42V. Anyone looking for an excellent cooler to overclock their CPU will find an excellent choice in the Noctua NH-D14.