Noctua NH-D15 SE-AM4, Premium Dual-Tower CPU Cooler for AMD AM4 (Brown)

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Solved all my Ryzen 3900 thermal throttling woes

Used this on my new system to keep my Ryzen 9 5900 X cool. Works perfectly and was easy to install

This CPU cooler is an excellent non water based unit for AMD AM4 cpus. It really cools well! Things to keep in mind... This unit LARGE! it requires a lot of space in the case and around the CPU to install. The fans are large effective, but can be a bit loud when performing with CPU intense processing.

I know theres no point to get this since the 2700X comes with its stock cooler but I render a lot of videos and at 1.3V and 4.0GHz, the CPU temp would climb into the 80s Celsius and I didnt like that. With this, it only goes to 65C at the same voltage and clock speed. Wont ever get hotter than this.

I didnt like my AMD 2700X hitting 75C - 78C under load, so I was looking at upgrading the stock cooler. Initially I was interested in AIOs, but dealing with pumps in addition to fans, extra noise, possibility of water leaking onto electronics, and additional part failures ... caused me to look at alternatives. The Noctua D15 was something I looked at, but dismissed because of the price, but eventually I came back to it.

This Notuca beast is one impressive cooler. Yes it big but it does the job. No Issues with RAM slot access on my ASRock Tachi motherboard. Everything from the box packaging to of course the cooler great design of heat pipes and fans is first rate!

Noctua fans are usually top of the line, and these are no exception. Make sure your tower can fix this massive twin cooler.

Keeps my 3700x near ambient under light loads, with peaks of 57C.

The instructions were not great with respect to a couple things..