Best AM3 CPU Cooler

There are 2 products for this category, yeah for best AM3 CPU cooler label. The first CPU cooler is Thermalright Venomous X and then Noctua NH-D14. Both of this AM3 CPU cooler worked very well, I also found some AM3 CPU cooler articles on the site that contained about Thermalright Venomous X and Noctua NH-D14 and yes both of this cooler is great. So.. will both of this product called best AM3 CPU cooler? let see together. The Thermalright beat more than 10 award (read at thermalright.com) and the the Noctua NH-D14 beat awards too (read it at http://www.noctua.at) with this reality, Thermalright and Noctua is the winner and I can call it "Best AM3 CPU Cooler" so far (2011). Choosing a cooler for CPU is not easy, I mean we should better read more info about the products before we buy it.

Thermalright Venomous X

Here is Thermalright Venomous X AM3 CPU cooler informations
Thermalright Venomous X Specs / Heatsink Dimension:
Size: Length 127mm x Width 63mm x Height 160mm
Weight: 755 g (excluding fan and bracket system)
Heatpipe: 6mm sintered heatpipe x 6 units
Copper base: C1100 pure nickel plated copper base, with ultra-shine mirrored surface

Noctua NH-D14

Socket compatibility Intel LGA1366, LGA1156, LGA1155, LGA775 & AMD AM2, AM2+, AM3 (backplate required)
Height (without fan) 160 mm
Width (without fan) 140 mm
Depth (without fan) 130 mm
Height (with fan) 160 mm
Width (with fan) 140 mm
Depth (with fan) 158 mm
Weight (without fan) 900 g
Weight (with fan) 1070/1240* g
Material Copper (base and heat-pipes), aluminium (cooling fins), soldered joints & nickel plating
Fan compatibility 140x140x25 & 120x120x25mm
Scope of Delivery
1x NF-P14 premium fan
1x NF-P12 premium fan
2x Ultra-Low-Noise Adaptor (U.L.N.A.)
Y-Split Cable
4x Vibration-Compensators (for using NF-P12 as case fan)
4x Fan screws (for using NF-P12 as case fan)
NT-H1 high-grade thermal compound
SecuFirm2™ Mounting Kits
Noctua Metal Case-Badge
Warranty 6 Years

Fan specifications
Model Noctua NF-P14 & Noctua NF-P12
Bearing SSO-Bearing
Rotational Speed (+/- 10%) 1200 / 1300 RPM
Rotational Speed with U.L.N.A. (+/- 10%) 900 / 900 RPM
Airflow 110,3 / 92,3 m³/h
Airflow with U.L.N.A. 83,7 / 63,4 m³/h
Acoustical Noise 19,6 / 19,8 dB(A)
Acoustical Noise with U.L.N.A. 13,2 / 12,6 dB(A)
Input Power 1,2 / 1,08 W
Voltage Range 12 V
MTBF > 150.000 h
(* with 2 fans)

Best AM3 CPU  cooler compared - benchmark result from overclockerstech.com, as you can see that Thermalright is the best, and the followed by Noctua.

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