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Review on ๐ŸŒ™ Noctua NH-D15 SE-AM4 Review: Premium AMD AM4 Dual-Tower CPU Cooler (Brown) by Brian Evans

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Exactly what I expected

Installation was easy, no problems with the bracket on my Ryzen 7 1700x. I currently have NO OC on the chip, but am planning a 4.0 GHz OC. Installation took about 10 minutes even with the motherboard attached to my case. Installing a smaller Noctua fan in another system and an AIO H100i v2 was pretty intuitive. Speaking of temperature, Ryzen 7 processors will report 20 degrees C "HIGHERโ€ than their actual temperatures. There are many articles about it with a quick google search. This is to ensure that your computer maintains a consistent CPU fan profile as per AMD. So my idle temps are between 42/22c and 46/26c. PUBG: 45/25c to 48/28c. World of Tanks: 46/26c to 48/28c. At 52/32c, I expect temperatures to be reasonably stable even when overclocked at 4.0GHz. Oh, and of course it's damn quiet. Update 09/26/2017: I overclocked a Ryzen 7 1700x to a very stable 3.9 GHz @ 1.4 volts. Easy, sits at 30-32c. Games, approx. 45c. During a 15-minute stress test (all 16 threads at 100%), I peaked at 65ยฐC and didn't lose system stability.

Pros
  • Delivery was very fast
Cons
  • Damaged