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noctua - nh-d15

Forum discussion tagged with noctua - nh-d15.
  1. J

    Question Ryzen 9 5950x: Air cooling or 240mm aio?

    I have a question regarding my ryzen 9 5950x cpu. I was wondering whether using a 240mm coolermaster aio cooler or a high end air cooler (probably a nh-d15) plus two more case fans would be more effective. I would normally just buy a 360mm aio cooler but my case unfortunately doesn’t support it...
  2. Iver Hicarte

    Question Will the Noctua NHD-15 fit the 011 Dynamic Mid Tower Case?

    Do I have enough clearance on my Lian Li 011 Dynamic case for the NHD-15? I have a Zotac 3070 Twin Edge GPU and a Kingston HyperX Fury DDR4 RAM which are installed at the 2nd and 4th DIMM slot, motherboard is the ASUS B550F Gaming ATX motherboard. PcPartPicker says that the case and the cooler...
  3. N

    Question Thermalright Silver Arrow IB-E Extreme Rev. B

    Hello everyone 😊 Does anyone here have a review of Thermalright Silver Arrow IB-E Extreme Rev. B cooling 2023 CPUs? and is it better that Noctua nh-d15? I message thermalright and they said it will cost me 107 USD. According to thermalright's website it supports am5, but i don't know if it...
  4. owsie

    [SOLVED] Loud fan rattling with Noctua NH-D15

    Currently having issues with my new Noctua NH-D15 cooler. Everything is mounted and operating as expected temperature-wise, but the fan in the middle of the radiators is making a very very loud rattling sound for some reason. It's definitely the middle fan as I unplugged it to test which was...
  5. D

    [SOLVED] Intel i5-13600k thermal throttling with noctua nh-d15 in cinebench

    Hi all, did a similar thread a couple weeks back but I recently swapped out my cooler as it wasn't keeping temps in check for the chonky noctua to d15 and idle temps have improved drastically around 35 degrees but in stress tests its shooting up to 97 to 100 degrees in under a minute. Tried...
  6. TechGreek

    Question Best aircooler for i7-13700k?

    Hello guys, I am debating between the two air coolers below for my all black build. The price in my country are the same for both at about 120$. My question is if the temperatures are identical and if they can overclock the cpu. https://noctua.at/en/nh-u12a-chromax-black...
  7. km778

    Question Is Noctua NH-D15s enough for 13700kf?

    After seeing reviews on this cpu it seems to draw a lot of power and now I'm doubting if my choice of cooler is enough. If it's not enough would the normal NH-D15 with two fans be enough? It's mostly for gaming and some photoshop / after effects, will likely try light overclocking but nothing...
  8. K

    Question Is my Noctua NH-D15 enough to cool a 13900KF at stock speeds?

    Hey! I just ordered my 13900KF and I'm planning to use my Noctua NH-D15 to cool it but the reviews have me worried a bit as the CPU seems to get hot. Gaming is the heaviest workload I use my PC for. Thanks!
  9. F

    Question Bios? MOBO? Cooler? Who's got the issue?

    First off the specs. Mobo-MSI Z490 gaming edge wifi CPU-I7 10700k Cooler-Noctua NH d15 chromax 3000rpm NEW PSU-apex gaming 750w gold Ram 16gb ballistic ddr4 GPU-MSI 3070 ti gaming trio NEW 2 3000rpm noctual fans NEW Other fans etc.... Issue-bios/afterburner not saving/abiding by curves...
  10. C

    [SOLVED] Does NH-D15 fit my setup?

    Hello, I have a Fractal Design define r6 case, and I was wondering if the Noctua NH-D15 will fit with my other components or do I have to "downgrade" to NH-D15s. My GPU is a Powercolor 5700xt Red Devil, my RAM's are Corsair Vengeance Led 16gb (2x8gb) 3200mzh cl16, and my motherboard is Asus...
  11. P

    [SOLVED] CPU Cooling - Noctua DH15 Single Fan/DH15S vs Scythe Fuma 2 with AMD Ryzen 9 5900X in NZXT H510i + concerns about whether an AOI could fit in my build

    TL;DR: Want advice on which is preferable for CPU cooling, a Noctua DH15 Single Fan vs a Scythe Fuma 2 with an AMD Ryzen 9 5900X in an NZXT H510i Case, given concerns that an AOI wouldn't fit in the case Hello, I am a bit conflicted in regards to cooling my new CPU and was wondering if I could...
  12. grismeister

    [SOLVED] What is the best airflow setup Meshify 2?

    What is the best Air flow setup for a Fractal Design Meshify 2, I am planning of buying a NH-D15 and 9 Noctua NF-P12 as case fans, I have never really cared/looked into air flow, so I dont really know anything about it, or does it even matter that much?
  13. T

    [SOLVED] NHD15 fans stop spinning momentarily

    So I bought the D15 for my system set it up, saw a pretty decent decrease in temps overall and under load, but I noticed the outer fan that I could see, would slow down sometimes. I chalked it up to the system controlling it, because I didn't adjust any of the CPU fan settings and instead left...
  14. J

    [SOLVED] one of my Noctua NH-D15 fans is emitting a buzz, even under very minimal/idle load?

    Just finished this build, only problem I've found with it is that one of my Noctua NH-D15 fans is buzzing. I'll include a video, and when I zoom out at the end of the video- it is the left fan on the cooler that creates this buzz. Wasn't aware of what cpu fan it was at the time, which is why I...
  15. ten160

    [SOLVED] Which noctua cooler to get?

    I'm picking a cooler for a 9900k. Planning on not only OC'ing it to 5 ghz on all cores, but also want to keep using the cooler when I upgrade to intel's 12th gen i9 cpu. My picks are either the NH-D15, the NH-U12A, the NH-U12s, and the NH-U14s. I've looked at every comparison benchmarks I could...
  16. V

    [SOLVED] How to power more fans than the motherboard supports?

    Hello! For my build, I am going to be getting the Gigabyte Aorus x570 Elite It has 4 fan headers: CPU_FAN CPU_OPT SYS_FAN1 SYS_FAN2 I will be using a Corsair 4000D AirFlow case, which comes with 2 of the Corsair AirGuide 120mm Fans. I am also using Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler, and 2 of the...
  17. Winn3rMaffed

    [SOLVED] Can i use CoolerMaster MasterWatt Lite 700w for this system

    Can i use masterwatt 700w lite for powering this system? System: CPU - Ryzen 7 1700x with Noctua D15 black edition GPU - RTX 2060 Asus rog strix (with 3 fans) and GTX 1050 msi gaming x Storage: 2 SSDs (1 sata and 1 nvme) 2 HDD (1TB+2TB) Ram: 32gb G.skill TridentZ 3200mhz 5x140mm fans with rgb...
  18. C

    [SOLVED] Help, are these temps normal? Ryzen 9 5950x Noctua NH D15

    Hello, first of all thanks for helping me. I just assembled my new PC: - Ryzen 9 5950X -Noctua NH D15 (One ) -x570 Aorus Master -RTX 3070 - I would like to know if these temperatures are normal, I have done the Aida64 stress test and after almost 2 hours 01:48 to be exact, it has reached 80º...
  19. BlockyPenguin

    [SOLVED] Noctua NH-D15 with LGA1200 Socket ?

    I'm a first-time PC builder, and I have bought a Noctua NH-D15 CPU cooler. The box contains instructions for AMD sockets, LGA115x sockets and LGA20xx sockets, but not for LGA1200. My CPU is an Intel i7-10700K, and my mobo is a Gigabyte Z490 Vision G. PCPartPicker says they are compatible, and...
  20. ThePitifulOcean

    [SOLVED] Calculating the compatibility of NH-D15 cooler with vertically mounted MSI Suprim X 3090 through case PCI slot measurements?

    I recently landed an MSI Suprim X 3090 and am hoping to vertically mount it because (in my opinion), it's one of the nicest looking cards. However, my CPU cooler is the Noctua NH-D15 which is notoriously massive, if an excellent performer. I haven't bought a PC case yet, but I'm trying to...
  21. KaiserPhantasma

    Question Black Screen only and a movable cursor to move when booting

    Whether in normal mode, safe mode or any, hell even in safe mode with command prompt it doesn't show the command prompt what can I do about this, tried windows memdiag, chkdsk, startup repair, even tried putting in the CD (or in this case a flash drive) windows installer to repair but it didn't...
  22. L

    [SOLVED] Need help figuring out if this CPU cooler fits this build/PC wattage question

    Making my first PC and I've come up on some new questions after having some new information brought to my attention Question 1: I previously had the Coolermaster ML360R As the liquid cooler for the build, but after many warnings and even advice saying that the noctua coolers not only are...
  23. A

    [SOLVED] CPU Cooler choice help

    so im looking to replace my cpu cooler from a prebuit. my specs rn are CPU:intel 17 8700k MB: asrck z390 Phantom Gaming 4-IB im not sure on what cooler i have since the parts dont say anything and the builder wont tell me. so im looking to replace the cooler and everywhere i look they say...
  24. KaiserPhantasma

    Question Questions About Cleaning My PC Case And It's Underlying Components

    I am about to "preliminarily" clean my PC case and it's various other parts (mobo,ram,CPU heatsink, fans etc) and I have a couple of lingering questions: 1. Can I use a material similar to a shoe brush, it's hairs are approximately 4-6 inches, will it induce an ESD shock to the component or do...
  25. P

    [SOLVED] Need Hot Noctua computer tips

    Hello! I have a temperature problem with my computer and want to ask for tips on what to do. first of all my components: CPU - Intel Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core CPU Cooler - Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU GPU - Palit GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB GameRock MB - Asus PRIME Z390-A ATX LGA1151 CHASSI -...
  26. S

    [SOLVED] Ryzen 5 3600 and noctua NH-D15

    Hi! I got a small problem. My first pc I ever build is great and all, but the temps are bad... I got a ryzen 5 3600 and a noctua nh-d15 on it, yes I do know it's overkill but hey - it should cool it down right? But it doesn't. On prime95 I get 80-83c* and I've tried a thousand things to...
  27. H

    [SOLVED] nh d15 help

    Hey everyone, I bought a bunch of new parts for a build and got a new motherboard as well which is the z390 aorus ultra. However, I also got an nh-d15 for cooling but that thing will not mount no matter what I do. In all the videos I see of it, the heatsink mounts with very little force and just...
  28. Axelrod

    [SOLVED] i9 9900k Air Cooling Help Please

    I have a question here that I've kinda been pulling my hair out for, so first of all to understand my predicament, let me just tell you that Ebay and Amazon don't deliver in my country but I can get Aliexpress products delivered just fine. I'm building an i9 9900k PC with a 2080 Ti that I won't...
  29. S

    [SOLVED] Noctua nh-d15 on asrock b365m pro4 mobo - will it fit?

    I have an asrock b365m pro4 motherboard, and im looking to get a new cpu cooler. i want to get noctuas nh-d15 but im worried that it might be too big, and there wouldnt be enough room for the graphics card. the ram is 32.7mm so its probably not a problem, but if it is, couldnt i just move the...
  30. S

    [SOLVED] Will Noctua NH-D15 fit in my case?

    I have a Rosewill Zircon M ATX Mid Tower case and I'm looking to get a new CPU cooler. I want to get an NH-D15, but I'm worried that it won't fit in my case. Can anyone out there help me out? Thanks.
  31. H

    Question Can I passively cool an i7 6700 (Non K) with a Noctua NH-D15?

    Wondering if that would be safe for my CPU, I think it's fine but I'm looking for some confirmation just in case.
  32. H

    Question Need help cooling a 10920x

    Haven’t gotten that many responses in my other post, so I’m just hoping to hear opinions on the BEST options for cooingl a 10920x CPU. I know they’re a new chip, so there isn’t that much info on them yet, but just pretend like it’s just as hot, or even a little hotter than a 9900k. I’m between...
  33. SSJ1NOT

    Discussion First build, is this good?

    Hey, This is mye first pc build, and i am Just wondering if everything went well 😅 Cpu frequency: 4601.21 mhz Cpu tmp: 27-29c Cpu voltage: 1.188v Pch: 33.0 Memory frequency: 2133.33mhz Systemt tmp: 28.0c Memory voltage: 1.188v Vrm mos: 30.0c Specs on computer: I7 9700k RTX 2070...
  34. SSJ1NOT

    Question Help!

    Many posts on forums says that the noctua nh-d15 Will fit with low profile ram as corsair Vengeance lpx (31mm they say). I bought the ram and cooler, but i still get a little preasure, when i try to close my case. I have phanteks Phanteks Eclipse P400A RGB Black. Can someone tell me what i am...
  35. F

    [SOLVED] Single vs Dual Fans NH-D15 with Ryzen 3700x + Case Airflow

    I recently set up new system, bought the noctua NH-D15 since the cpu was running hot while gaming (86c). I'm wondering if I should use single or dual fan configuration. Would the single fan be enough to keep a 3700x cool? I'm not planning on overclocking. My casing currently has 2x 140mm intake...
  36. X

    Question Noctua nh-d15 with ml140(corsair) fans?

    Hi, I got cheap but used noctua nh-d15 and I would like to use it with my brand new ml140 [mm]. Is there an easy way to attach ml140 to the nh-d15? (I ask in context of noctuas 120mm mounting holes and cooler brackets). Thanks!