Question Noctua NH-D15S Cooler for a Ryzen 9950X3D ?

[fedefrasis]

Could this cooler handle a Ryzen 9950X3D using 2 x 32GB 6000MHZ RAM sticks on the default XMP profile?

My case has 3 intakes and 3 exhausts but has small room for air intake at all, its an nzxt h710i...i think? The design is identical to that case but maybe a liiitle bit bigger?

Anyway, would it run cool enough? The non s nh-d15 was not entirely too large for my case but offered too little room between the cooler and the GPU's backplate for my liking.

Thanks

 

[Lutfij]

https://ncc.noctua.at/coolers/NH-D15S-5/cpu/all?q=9950x3D
You should be fine...

its an nzxt h710i...i think?
though you might want to think about taking the fascia of the case off and seeing if your temps improve, if so then you need a new case, one with a well ventilated front panel.

Are you not sure about your case? Pass on images of the case for us to see.

 

[fedefrasis]

https://ncc.noctua.at/coolers/NH-D15S-5/cpu/all?q=9950x3D
You should be fine...

its an nzxt h710i...i think?
though you might want to think about taking the fascia of the case off and seeing if your temps improve, if so then you need a new case, one with a well ventilated front panel.

Are you not sure about your case? Pass on images of the case for us to see.

 

[MJS WARLORD]

I have the noctua NH-D15S in my 9 year old rig i also have a front , side , top and rear fan in my coolermaster haf-x case. If the rig did not have light strips on it i would not know it was switched on. When the rig is working hard i can only just hear the fans on the gtx 1080

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Why the Noctua? It's so expensive for what it gives.

Go for the Thermalright Peerless Assassin. It's as good if not better than the Noctua, and is a third of the price.

 

[Phaaze88]

Why the Noctua? It's so expensive for what it gives.

Go for the Thermalright Peerless Assassin. It's as good if not better than the Noctua, and is a third of the price.

Look at the picture they posted. They already have and are using the D15S.
They want to know if it's ok to carry it over to a new CPU, which, going by the link in Lutfij's post, is a yes.

The case airflow is questionable though; older reviews mention as such.

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Look at the picture they posted. They already have and are using the D15S.
They want to know if it's ok to carry it over to a new CPU, which, going by the link in Lutfij's post, is a yes.

The case airflow is questionable though; older reviews mention as such.

Missed that 😆

 

[fedefrasis]

Do i keep the case?

Look at the picture they posted. They already have and are using the D15S.
They want to know if it's ok to carry it over to a new CPU, which, going by the link in Lutfij's post, is a yes.

The case airflow is questionable though; older reviews mention as such.

 

[Phaaze88]

Do i keep the case?

If it were me, I would still wait and see how things play out, then make a move if it looks serious.

 

[fedefrasis]

Besides the case, will eveything work? I just have to update the BIOS, right?

 

[alexbirdie]

I just have to update the BIOS, right?

If your current board does have a AM5-Socket, then yes. otherwise---> no.

Exception: I do not know, if every very low-level-AM5-board will support or handle the 9950x, but every medium- and high-level-board yes.

 

[geofelt]

Noctua maintains a list of motherboard compatibility for various products.
https://ncc.noctua.at/motherboards

Some motherboards place the pcie X16 slot too close to the cpu socket for coolers like the NH-D15.
The NH-D15s was designed with an offset to fix that issue if needed.

 

[fedefrasis]

https://ncc.noctua.at/coolers/NH-D15S-5/cpu/all?q=9950x3D
You should be fine...

its an nzxt h710i...i think?
though you might want to think about taking the fascia of the case off and seeing if your temps improve, if so then you need a new case, one with a well ventilated front panel.

Are you not sure about your case? Pass on images of the case for us to see.

I see videos saying the 9800x3d and 9950x3d get melty by default and i need to manually power limit them to use them safely. is that true or would defaults work with my current config and cpu cooler

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd3iwFTadoo

 

[fedefrasis]

If it were me, I would still wait and see how things play out, then make a move if it looks serious.

do you think i will need to do any manual setting of limits with this cooler or would default be fine

 

[Phaaze88]

do you think i will need to do any manual setting of limits with this cooler or would default be fine

Currently running a 9800X3D. EXPO enabled, PBO disabled... Alphacool 360mm on it, runs fine as far as I'm concerned. I don't even bother with the Curve Optimizer stuff.

I feel some of the word of mouth is spreading needless FUD... except for what ever the heck was going on with Asrock...
Besides going into bios to enable EXPO, you should check if PBO is enabled or not, as some boards may have it enabled by default.

I say, just have a big cooler on the chips, and enable/disable PBO at your own discretion.

 

[fedefrasis]

Is Auto pbo ok? It seems to go to Auto on my mobo when i enable xmp

Currently running a 9800X3D. EXPO enabled, PBO disabled... Alphacool 360mm on it, runs fine as far as I'm concerned. I don't even bother with the Curve Optimizer stuff.

I feel some of the word of mouth is spreading needless FUD... except for what ever the heck was going on with Asrock...
Besides going into bios to enable EXPO, you should check if PBO is enabled or not, as some boards may have it enabled by default.

I say, just have a big cooler on the chips, and enable/disable PBO at your own discretion.

 

[Phaaze88]

Is Auto pbo ok? It seems to go to Auto on my mobo when i enable xmp

That doesn't specify whether it's enabled/disabled. It's going to be one or the other.
Just manually set to disabled?