Review on 💡 Noctua NH-U14S TR4-SP3: Ultimate AMD sTRX4/TR4/SP3 CPU Cooling Solution (140mm, Brown) by Mario Hernandez

Pros: - Outstanding performance compared to other coolers (including industry leading water coolers) - Excellent quality parts and packaging (no cons) in high quality piping and excellent fan quality) - Including additional mounting brackets for an additional fan and including thermal fluid. - Silent Cons: - Not suitable in many cases - Restricts access to the top PCI-E port (couldn't plug my GPU into the top port, I had to move it to the next port, which now prevents me from running NV -Link/SLI ) Pro Tip: You can improve the performance of this unit by ordering 2x Noctua NF - P14r fans, which run at higher speeds (at the expense of more noise). This push-pull configuration makes a big difference, especially on high-core-count AMD processors (which "always" slow down after prolonged stress). My R7 2990wx dropped back to its base clock (3 GHz) after 10 minutes of 100% rendering load. After this update, the frequency increases from 3.6 GHz to 3.4 GHz within the first 10 minutes and never drops below 3.2 GHz even after several hours of rendering. Relevant system specifications: ASUS Zenith ExtremeAMD R7 2990wx (32 cores) Level-3 TurboMX 3 Corsair 2666MHz DDR4 Thermal Compound (Quad-Channel 64GB) Thermaltake 1200W Gold PSU