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Review on πŸŒ™ Noctua NH-D14: Deluxe CPU Cooler with Dual NF-P14 PWM and NF-P12 PWM Fans (Brown) by Alfonso Alexander

Revainrating 5 out of 5

keeps Ryzen3900x below 92C, under extreme full load (100% cores), keeps Ryzen 45C running normally

Great product. There is a free memory warning, I found the correct fan, sits on my GSkill TridentZ, which is not a problem as you put the fan after the cooler. With the cooler in place, insert the fan and it sits on top of the memory, about 1/4 inch higher than intended, but the clip is so cool, it snaps anywhere, it snaps right there. What I'm seeing is a regular cooler, but if you look really closely you can see that the edge of the right fan is slightly higher than the rest of the cooler/other fan by that 1/4 inch. The building is still closed. Beware if you have the same case as mine, the CoolerMaster Centurion, it has no top fans and no room for a door fan for the CPU cooler clearance, leaving you only room for the rear fan you need. in EXHAUST mode and you need one up front that sucks in fresh air. As long as your case fans clean the air properly (Noctua 120mm 1700 Redux etc.) combine that with this CPU cooler and your good, no water cooling required. The above setting pushes the hot air back and up. I'm using Folding@home with thread throttling 0 (-1) which uses all 24 threads, 12 cores simultaneously. f@h 75% CPU, Boinc 24% CPU and all other processes use the rest. Then I did that, I started Prime95 at the same time for the ultimate stress test torture. The processor was already tethered, so no additional heat was generated. Running them at different tiers, I found that I could increase the heat by about 45% cpu on f@h, 45% cpu on prime95 and the rest on boinc, 100% bindings. I have a warning if you are looking for this cooler. This cooler is excellent and there is nothing better, you have to hit the water to get better, but if your case doesn't have adequate ventilation you may still need to leave the side open when folding proteins or processing ML data . . See the fan notes above for a solution.

Pros
  • Comfortable to use
Cons
  • No paint required