Question Best aircooler for i7-13700k?

[TechGreek]

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

https://noctua.at/en/nh-d15-chromax-black

 

[bill001g]

The d15 is a larger cooler with larger fans it will provide better cooling. Most the problem with air coolers is will it fit both in your case and clear your memory and other parts of the motherboard
If they are the same price then you will get better cooling with the d15.

 

[GarrettL]

Noctua D15- top shelf, top price

Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120- amazing performer for a lot less.

 

[TechGreek]

The d15 is a larger cooler with larger fans it will provide better cooling. Most the problem with air coolers is will it fit both in your case and clear your memory and other parts of the motherboard
If they are the same price then you will get better cooling with the d15.

My case will be fractal torrent compact so from what I have read in the specs clearance is enough even for d15!

 

[TechGreek]

Noctua D15- top shelf, top price

Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120- amazing performer for a lot less.

Sadly in my country the Thermalight cooler is not available..

 

[logainofhades]

Deepcool AK620 will get you most of the performance, of a D15, for less money.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGM6FcLDckk&t=11s

 

[geofelt]

Noctua maintains a suitability list for their coolers.
Both your candidates are suitable.
The NH-D15 has a higher cooling rating,
https://ncc.noctua.at/cpus/model/Intel-Core-i7-13700K-1640

What is your motherboard?
The NH-D15 is a bit wide and some motherboards place the pcie slot too close to the cpu.
Here is the motherboard compatibility chart:
https://ncc.noctua.at/motherboards
If you have tall ram heat sinks, there may also be an impact.
The NH-U12A would be the safer bet.
Equally safe would be the NH-D15s.

 

[TechGreek]

Deepcool AK620 will get you most of the performance, of a D15, for less money.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGM6FcLDckk&t=11s

I was thinking to maybe wait for Deepcool’s assassin 4 benchmarks to come in just to compare them all.

View: https://youtu.be/f3bfiA-chKE

 

[TechGreek]

Noctua maintains a suitability list for their coolers.
Both your candidates are suitable.
The NH-D15 has a higher cooling rating,
https://ncc.noctua.at/cpus/model/Intel-Core-i7-13700K-1640

What is your motherboard?
The NH-D15 is a bit wide and some motherboards place the pcie slot too close to the cpu.
Here is the motherboard compatibility chart:
https://ncc.noctua.at/motherboards
If you have tall ram heat sinks, there may also be an impact.
The NH-U12A would be the safer bet.
Equally safe would be the NH-D15s.

Motherboard will either be strix z790 or z790 Aorus Master, it seems that noctua has not released z790 compatibility yet.

 

[logainofhades]

I was thinking to maybe wait for Deepcool’s assassin 4 benchmarks to come in just to compare them all.

View: https://youtu.be/f3bfiA-chKE

Not a terrible idea.

Motherboard will either be strix z790 or z790 Aorus Master, it seems that noctua has not released z790 compatibility yet.

Z790 uses the same socket as Z690, or are you talking in regards to clearing VRM heatsinks? I know that can be an issue with some of the big Noctua's.

 

[geofelt]

Not a terrible idea.




Z790 uses the same socket as Z690, or are you talking in regards to clearing VRM heatsinks? I know that can be an issue with some of the big Noctua's.

To my knowledge, Noctua does not have any problems with vrm's
The situation with wide coolers like the NH-D15 is that some motherboards place the first X16 slot a bit too close to the cpu socket.
There is not a standard so far as I know.
A graphics card with a thick backplate can touch or impact the NH-D15.
The NH-D15s was developed as a high compatibility alternative.
It is offset to clear the first x16 slot.
It also handles tall ram heat spreaders and it is a bit shorter at 160mm vs. 165mm.

 

[logainofhades]

I wasn't totally sure, until I saw this.

View: https://www.reddit.com/r/hardware/comments/qj61xq/asus_bad_z690_heatsink_design_means_poor_cooler/

 

[geofelt]

Good to know.
I wonder if the 700 series has changed that?
A cursory look at asus suggests that the vrm cooler has indeed changed.
That is good.