Testseek.com have collected 128 expert reviews of the Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler and the average rating is 89%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Phanteks PH-TC14PE CPU Cooler.
November 2011
(89%)
128 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
After being surprised with the excellent performance of the Phanteks PH-TC14CS, we were expecting a great performance from the PH-TC14PE, which didn't disappoint us, showing a performance compatible with a real high-end CPU cooler. The noise level was exc...
s Well, the Phanteks PH-TC14PE certainly had a target in mind. I won’t go so far as to say it is a copycat product, but it was almost certainly inspired by the success of Noctua’s NH-D14. To me, it appears that Phanteks sought out to consider the NH-D1...
Abstract: The fans that ship with the Phanteks PH-TC14PE (orange) are 140mm in diameter and use a nine-bladed impeller with three small notches and vertical winglets on each blade. The manufacturer describes the bearings thusly; 'updraft floating balance bearin...
Abstract: The Phanteks PH-TC14PE's five, 8mm diameter copper heatpipes fan out from a thick nickel-plated copper base plate into two 115mm tall anodized aluminum cooling towers. ...
With the introduction of the PH-TC14PE, Phanteks has positioned itself in a place that is hard to move upwards from. Why do we say this? Well, when your first product to market is one of the best in a particular category it is difficult to top its suc...
After seeing the performance results, the best way to sum up the Phanteks PH-TC14PE is that it is an outstanding cooler, second to none really, knocking the vaunted Noctua NH-D14 off the throne. This should come as no surprise based on the nearly ident...
Abstract: Almost three years ago we upgraded our testbed built on an LGA 775 Intel Core 2 Extreme Q9650 processor with a new LGA 1366 platform with an Intel Core i7-920 CPU, which another 18 months later was replaced with a much hotter Intel Core i7-980X Extreme...
Well, despite this being the first product from Phanteks, it certainly looks like they already have a winner on their hands. The design of the CPU cooler is exactly what you'd expect out of a tower style cooler and it's great to see that Phanteks has incl...
