[HN Gopher] Testing Noctua's NH-P1 with Ryzen 7700x and Intel's ...
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       Testing Noctua's NH-P1 with Ryzen 7700x and Intel's i9-13900K
        
       Author : walterbell
       Score  : 117 points
       Date   : 2023-01-29 09:54 UTC (13 hours ago)
        
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       | salzig wrote:
       | > Error 404 - Not found
       | 
       | > Your browser can't find the document corresponding to the URL
       | you typed in.
       | 
       | My browser? And I thought the server would search through its
       | files to serve me a page. This site seems to be included in my
       | browser.
        
       | chx wrote:
       | Very interesting. The pioneering cooler in this space was the
       | Scythe Ninja which has been shipping with fans for a while now so
       | I am not sure how well it fares in passive mode. Deepcool has the
       | GAMMAXX S40 and the REDHAT both of which mentions passive cooling
       | but it ships with fans. NoFan IMO is gone, Prolimatech doesn't
       | even have AM4 much less AM5 brackets for the Megahalem... Is the
       | space deserted save for this NH-P1??
        
         | onli wrote:
         | > _Is the space deserted save for this NH-P1??_
         | 
         | To my knowledge: Yes. The NH-P1 is the only somewhat recent
         | passive cooler I saw released.
         | 
         | Which is not all that surprising, when Intel cpus regularly use
         | 200W and more and you basically never want a completely passive
         | build. One with only an optionally used fan, sure, but then why
         | not use a cpu cooler where the fan can spin so quietly that is
         | is not noticeable, like with the NH-D15 or many AIOs?
         | 
         | (That said the NH-P1 is definitely on the list for a future
         | build of mine)
        
         | Klaster_1 wrote:
         | I used to run a first gen Mugen with a E7200 and i5 4570 in
         | passive mode, with a 12cm case fan nearby, similar to what OP
         | did. What a great product, I still regret selling it after 12
         | years of use, but it would not fit into a SFF case.
        
         | pshirshov wrote:
         | There was also Thermaltake Sonic Tower, I've used it more than
         | 10 years ago, it was a very nice cooler.
        
         | lmz wrote:
         | Thermalright still seems to sell the HR-02
         | http://thermalright.com/product/hr-02-plus/ / "Macho" family
         | which still says "fanless" somewhere in their description but
         | it's unclear how much power they can handle when fanless.
        
       | alexklarjr wrote:
       | Noctua brand is magical. You put noctua logo on any radiator and
       | it dissipate heat twice more effective. You put noctua logo on a
       | fan and it twice as silent while pushing twice more air. Noctua's
       | aluminium is not your regular aluminium, but much, much more. I
       | heard car with Noctua radiator cooled to -274 once.
        
       | indig0F10w wrote:
       | [dead]
        
       | mjh2539 wrote:
       | This is only tangentially related, but I've been using these
       | graphite-based thermal pads instead of thermal paste, and it's
       | been painless. No throttling, and no messy paste!
        
       | Havoc wrote:
       | Was looking at these yesterday since I'm contemplating using it
       | to make my desktop (3700X) quiet when retiring it to server duty
       | 
       | I saw a nice price drop on them too (30%)
        
       | meta-level wrote:
       | Have a Streacom DB4, much cooler (pun intended)
        
       | ComputerGuru wrote:
       | I somehow get a 404 for this page.
       | 
       | Archived copy: https://archive.is/ZrbgR
        
       | extasia wrote:
       | Getting a 404 error
        
       | FullyFunctional wrote:
       | The link appear dead already
        
       | jmyeet wrote:
       | Calling this fanless is one of those things that is technically
       | correct but not really accurate. Instead of the HSF having a fan
       | directly on it, you're simply relying on the case's cooling to
       | dissipate heat. Fans usually allow you to put larger fans on and
       | larger fans means more airflow and quieter operation.
       | 
       | You can design the entire system to be passively cooled but this
       | will limit the potential power. This might be fine. Having a
       | high-end GPU means this is almost impossible. For anyone wanting
       | such a system, you'll want to go with an AIO HSF and intake and
       | outtake fans on the case.
        
       | Normal_gaussian wrote:
       | Is there a good aggregation of cooler performance somewhere? I've
       | recently completed a build for the first time in a decade and was
       | pleasantly surprised by tools like PC Part Picker, the assembly
       | was a breeze (many micro improvements by everyone), and
       | everything 'just worked'.
       | 
       | Literally the only question I was out cold for was which cooler
       | is good enough? With some coolers rivaling RAM costs and cases
       | having fixings for radiators... it really leaves you thinking.
       | Then again, I left it on stock and have hooked temps into
       | prometheus and everything seems fine so far...
        
         | Trellmor wrote:
         | While not a replacement for independent reviews, Noctua
         | provides compatibility lists with rough thermal headroom
         | indicators[0].
         | 
         | They also have compatibility list for motherboards, cases and
         | RAM to see if it will physically fit[1].
         | 
         | [0]https://ncc.noctua.at/cpus
         | 
         | [1]https://ncc.noctua.at/
        
         | m463 wrote:
         | I did a lot of research for a theadripper, including AIO liquid
         | cooling and all the reviews said noctua fans were as just as
         | effective and as quiet for a fraction of the price and
         | complexity.
        
           | dogma1138 wrote:
           | The U14 or D15 cost about as much as a 360/420 AIO.
           | 
           | Whilst they can have similar performance you aren't saving on
           | costs especially when you buy a 2nd fan for the main cooler
           | which is another $25 or so if it's Noctua.
        
             | jeffbee wrote:
             | I switched from a Noctua to a 320mm AIO and was not happy.
             | The cooling capacity with the AIO is slightly higher, but
             | it makes much more sound at idle. The pump never stops and
             | unlike a loafing fan it makes a high-Q tone that is clearly
             | audible in a quiet room. That was very disappointing. All
             | the reviews said the AIO is "silent" which would have been
             | easily disproven by objective measurements, even with free
             | apps on a smartphone.
        
               | zokier wrote:
               | I'm in similar boat; my current desktop has 360mm aio
               | cooling, and it makes me wonder what is peoples baseline
               | if it can in any way be considered quiet. It feels louder
               | than any my past aircooled builds, I definitely expected
               | more from it.
        
         | caycep wrote:
         | For just Noctua, they have a numerical rating scale for all
         | their models, I think.
         | 
         | SilentPCreview?
        
         | wincy wrote:
         | The ice giant thermosiphon seems to be the state of the art
         | right now from what I've seen. To the point where that's being
         | used by the world's top overclocker instead of water cooling
         | loops.
         | 
         | If I were building a system I'd just slap one of those in, buy
         | some Noctuas for quieter fan operation and ignore it, and let
         | the CPU turbo to its hearts content.
         | 
         | Edit: link https://www.icegiantcooling.com/
        
           | Scene_Cast2 wrote:
           | The issue is that heatsinks for quiet operation are better
           | off with larger gaps between fins (smaller number of fins per
           | inch, FPI), and Thermal Siphon goes the other way for best
           | operation with powerful, loud fans.
        
           | drtgh wrote:
           | I didn't know about them, so I've checked, IceGiant ProSiphon
           | Elite vs Noctua NH-D15,
           | 
           | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0OQxbMvo80
           | 
           | At min 26:30 it's shown test results, and the performance
           | seems better with Noctua NH-D15. Less noise (less rpm) for
           | the same temperature dissipation.
           | 
           | Noctua's performance with low noise is among the main reasons
           | why I own one since several years ago ( And also why I choose
           | air-cooling over water-cooling). It would be interesting to
           | know if someone has beaten them (At same performance, less
           | weight would be something for to take in account).
        
             | robga wrote:
             | The IceGiant ProSiphon has fittings for 4 x 120mm pwm fans.
             | Fitted on my ThreadRipper, I switched the stock IceGiant
             | fans out for Be Quiet Silent Wings. A significant extra
             | cost to be sure. I'm sure some Noctua fans would fit. Best
             | of both worlds.
             | 
             | Any judgment on thermosiphon technology (where noise is
             | largely not a factor) should not be conflated with a
             | judgment on the quality of attached fans. Sold together as
             | a product, though, I suppose it remains relevant.
             | 
             | Remember to compare any noise savings against the total
             | noise. e.g. I have 8 other fans in the box. If memory
             | serves when I built it, tech websites were reporting that
             | the temperature under load with an IceGiant was lower.
        
           | MikusR wrote:
           | World's top overclockers use liquid nitrogen
        
           | robga wrote:
           | On my 32 core ThreadRipper I've been running an Ice Giant
           | since it came out. It's excellent. The only gotcha is to
           | ensure your case can fit it in.
        
             | oblak wrote:
             | How big is this thing next to something like NH-D15?
        
         | rejectfinite wrote:
         | Noctua always. For best performance on air cooling.
        
         | emn13 wrote:
         | Yeah, the ad-funded model and how that supports reviewers seems
         | to have damaged well structured and comprehensive independent
         | review sites. It's all in videos or really low-effort stuff
         | nowadays, and that makes it hard to draw conclusions without
         | significant effort - and even then, considerable risk of
         | drawing the wrong conclusions.
         | 
         | I think this affects far more than just coolers; it's simply
         | that for categories that have few options (say, CPUs) it's
         | easier to slog through all the youtube videos, and there still
         | exist a few text-based reviewers.
         | 
         | But cases, ram, motherboard AIB versions, GPU AIB versions...
         | even power supplies often - reviews are suprisingly sparse and
         | hard to compare and rarely comprehensive.
        
           | yread wrote:
           | notebookcheck.net has good written reviews (only the final
           | percentage score is sometimes weird).They do occasionally
           | review desktop hardware too
        
             | AshamedCaptain wrote:
             | They are for me the only page remaining who still do
             | decent, methodical reviews on metrics that I find of
             | interest.
             | 
             | For example, idle power consumption.
        
           | delusional wrote:
           | Can you really blame reviewers? Doing a comprehensive
           | thorough review is hard work that has to meet a very
           | aggressive deadline to maximize utility. Meanwhile youtube
           | channels like LTT are printing money on low quality low
           | effort content. Obviously you'd rather do that.
        
             | eCa wrote:
             | Some of LTT's money goes towards the not-yet-launched LTT
             | Labs, which is meant to become a serious test facility.
        
             | lhoff wrote:
             | > Meanwhile youtube channels like LTT are printing money on
             | low quality low effort content.
             | 
             | I find this statement rather snarky and it is imho quite
             | close to being against the HN Guidelines. Anyway I also
             | think it is wrong. Sure not all videos from LTT are high-
             | quality well researched and contain thorough testing but
             | when they are really reviewing a product they put a lot of
             | effort into it. They are even in the process of building a
             | decked out lab to facilitate proper testing.
             | 
             | An example of this is their review of the recently released
             | Ryzen 7000 non-X CPUs. They tested 11 different CPUs in 9
             | different games and 14 productivity benchmarks and further
             | testing with regards to thermals and power consumption. The
             | whole 18 minute video is basically Linus explaining result
             | charts for these various tests.
             | https://youtube.com/watch?v=CTiRNnSg0jA&t=9s&pp=2AEJkAIB
             | 
             | I encourage you to watch this or any of the other hardware
             | review videos and think about reevaluating your opinion. I
             | don't want to come across as a fanboy but it think your
             | under a quite outdated impression and I think it's unfair
             | with regards the investment and change LTT is undergoing as
             | of late.
        
               | rossmohax wrote:
               | Despite all the effort, benchrmak results are still not
               | consistent. The other day I wanted to check how Ryzen
               | 7600 compares to i13600k in code compilation. Ratio in
               | time between these 2 processors reported by different
               | authors were wildly different:
               | 
               | LTT: 129% GN: 160% Techpowerup: 105%
               | 
               | With results fluctuating up to 2 generational differences
               | it is hard to make sense, despite all the authors effort.
               | This leaves that kind of content more of entertainment
               | rather than informational and from that perspective low
               | effort doesn't bother me.
        
               | emn13 wrote:
               | Presumably "compilation" is such a broad basket of
               | activities that they each use a different workload. Have
               | you looked at phoronix? They tend to cover that niche a
               | little better, and will potentially have numerous
               | compilation benchmarks.
        
             | emn13 wrote:
             | I'm not blaming anyone; it's just an observation that it's
             | harder to find comprehensive reviews than it used to be.
             | 
             | I mean, stuff like
             | https://www.anandtech.com/bench/CPU-2020/2758 still exists,
             | but I get the impression they no longer have the resources
             | they once did to really fill it the way they used to; and
             | similar things goes for other sites. I think the best
             | option I know about that remains is
             | https://www.techpowerup.com/review/, but they're much less
             | in depth than what used to be available. It's still great
             | to have such a broad set of reviews, mind you, and they're
             | doing a great job. I get the impression there's much less
             | funding for stuff like this, making the last few survivors
             | all the more impressive.
        
           | mrlucax wrote:
           | The Gamer Nexus reviews are independent and extremely
           | methodical and honest. It's by far the best PC components
           | reviewer on YouTube right now.
        
             | AshamedCaptain wrote:
             | YouTube is almost completely useless for reviews. You can't
             | scroll the video, meaning you have to watch almost all of
             | it to realize they're actually not evaluating the metrics
             | you are interested in. One would think a video would make
             | it harder for a reviewer to just parrot official PR, but
             | alas...
             | 
             | The only time I ever find a YouTube review of interest is
             | when e.g you are actually showing some physical
             | characteristic of the product, which is almost never the
             | case for PC components, but maybe the case in some portable
             | devices (tablet PCs come to mind). Notice that on these
             | types of physical aspect reviews the reviewer himself
             | doesn't appear at all on the video. In most PC components
             | "video reviews" you are simply staring at the face of the
             | reviewer. They could literally do without the video at all
             | (save for a couple of still images where tables are
             | presented) and would still be as informative, if not more.
             | Some could even do without the audio...
        
               | m463 wrote:
               | yd-dl / youtube-download helps.
        
               | pohuing wrote:
               | Have you actually looked at the GN reviews or are you
               | just assuming this... I agree that text would be nicer to
               | have but man. Also there's chapters now at least, so if
               | you don't care about the analysis you can just jump to
               | the numbers.
        
               | AshamedCaptain wrote:
               | > so if you don't care about the analysis you can just
               | jump to the numbers.
               | 
               | I really disagree. See for example
               | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtVowYykviM . Does he
               | measure idle power consumption ? It's impossible to tell
               | from the chapter names. (Spoiler: he doesn't). Also
               | whether he compares the performance of the 7900 sans X
               | with the 7900X at similar power levels (Spoiler: he does,
               | albeit only for 7950X and a minority of the benchmarks.)
               | This is a video which is supposed to be about power
               | efficiency, so it catches my attention; but most of it is
               | about runtime benchmarks with only a couple
               | power/efficiency comparisons early on. And after watching
               | the full video, I cannot think of anything about the
               | visuals that helped made his point clearer. A simple
               | plain page with a couple of tables would have been at
               | least as much helpful, or even more helpful, since it
               | would have been searchable. If you disagree, can you
               | elaborate what did you feel the video/audio provided over
               | a static HTML page ?
        
               | pohuing wrote:
               | No you're right that text would be better, especially
               | when you're looking for specific things. I have a feeling
               | though that we're in the minority with that
               | unfortunately. What's sad, and what I had assumed was
               | still the case, is that GN no longer uploads transcripts
               | to their website.
               | 
               | I had the same gripe learning firebase with pretty great
               | official tutorials, which would have taken half the time
               | if I could just read them.
               | 
               | The automatic transcripts work fairly well which is how I
               | cope with it.
        
               | rom-antics wrote:
               | If youtube is not your thing, they also post results on
               | their site. Here's their most recent review:
               | 
               | https://www.gamersnexus.net/hwreviews/3635-fractal-
               | meshify-2...
               | 
               | Look at that set of tests for a _case_. What more could
               | you want?
        
               | AshamedCaptain wrote:
               | The most recent review is from more than 2 years ago ?
        
               | rom-antics wrote:
               | Oh dear you're right, I didn't look at the date. I guess
               | you're stuck with youtube then, sorry, forget everything
               | I said.
        
             | newsclues wrote:
             | "It's all in videos or really low-effort stuff nowadays,"
             | 
             | GN doesn't really update their website with written
             | reviews.
        
               | oblak wrote:
               | https://techpowerup.com is still alive.
               | 
               | I can think of a few others, including an offshoot of [H]
               | called thefpsreviews.com but I've seen a lot of crappy,
               | low effort "reviews" just in time for the "video cards
               | are finally cheap" manufactured craze last year, which
               | was last straw for me.
        
               | AshamedCaptain wrote:
               | They have degraded significantly over the last few years.
               | Up to around 2015 it was about my #1 reference source.
               | It's how I found out about the fact many GPUs used to
               | triple or quadruple their power consumption just because
               | of an extra monitor being connected, and that AMD's HBM-
               | based GPUs were at that point a surprising exception
               | (when otherwise AMDs GPUs are usually the worst at it).
               | These days however I have to take everything they measure
               | with a grain of salt, and at some point I even had a
               | discussion with a member of staff on the merits of having
               | idle power consumption measurements at all. Something has
               | definitely changed on their side.
        
               | oblak wrote:
               | The one I really miss is techreport.com
               | 
               | Now, these guys used to deliver some quality stuff,
               | including the big frame pacing thing that finally
               | convinced the masses that no, fps number is not
               | everything. One of the owners joined AMD and yeah, it's
               | been dead for several years.
               | 
               | Community was quite nice, too.
        
         | knolan wrote:
         | https://www.frostytech.com/ used to be good but I've not looked
         | in many years so I've no idea if they're still useful.
        
       | shmerl wrote:
       | I think passive cooling generally benefits from design where
       | walls of the case are themselves working as heatpipes.
        
       | neilv wrote:
       | broken link.
       | https://web.archive.org/web/20230129101252/https://boringtex...
        
         | smileybarry wrote:
         | It was probably taken down for being published before the
         | embargo dropped, since it shows the 7700X.
        
           | ilyt wrote:
           | Nope. Other links on main page also do not work, someone
           | fucked something up
        
           | amaranth wrote:
           | The 7700X came out months ago, the one supposedly coming out
           | soon is the 7700X3D.
        
             | smileybarry wrote:
             | Ah right, they just released the non-X models and the X3D,
             | not the X-s.
        
         | _dan wrote:
         | https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:z0qv4i...
         | 
         | Google's cache, for anyone else having trouble with
         | archive.org.
        
           | mckirk wrote:
           | Well, now that link is dead as well apparently, so I'm
           | starting to believe there is indeed some info here that
           | wasn't supposed to be public (yet).
        
             | branon wrote:
             | webcache.googleusercontent.com still loads for me. (edit:
             | and web.archive.org loads again now too)
             | 
             | Interesting, the NH-P1 has been out for a while and other
             | comments suggest it's not the 7700X, could it be the ASRock
             | motherboard mentioned? Also no, because there are two links
             | to reviews of it present in the article body.
        
       | prvc wrote:
       | Hope these catch on. There have been a handful passive coolers
       | for mainstream desktop CPUs that have been released over the past
       | two decades, but they never became very popular.
        
       | anthonyryan1 wrote:
       | I feel compelled to mention that this space has existed as a
       | niche community for many years now.
       | 
       | I've personally been using a NoFan CR-80EH in my workstations for
       | over 10 years. I think it's subjectively the most beautiful
       | heatsink I've ever seen.
       | 
       | You do need to plan your build to accomodate such a cooler
       | though. - Open Air case to allow free movement of air in and out
       | of your case - 65W TDP CPU
       | 
       | While a lot of people feel like 65 watt TDP is limiting, there
       | are some impressive chips you can use under that threshold that
       | don't feel like a compromise. Eg the Ryzen 9 7900 (not-X).
       | 
       | And if the rest of your office is quiet, eliminating ambient
       | background noise is a delightful improvement.
        
         | turtleyacht wrote:
         | > plan your build
         | 
         | Some more tips from a recent install of a Noctua NH-P1:
         | * If AMD, make sure you have the         backplate or contact
         | Noctua support for         assistance       * The backplate
         | will slide under the         space between the case and
         | motherboard,         with just a slight bit of anguished
         | bending       * Had to move the top-mounted power
         | supply (PSU) out of the way completely.       * 2mm is about
         | the size of a crayon tip,         when applying the thermal
         | paste       * Had to move a (Scythe) fan out too, but
         | the provided clips let me put it on top
         | 
         | The stock CPU cooler on the old AM3 was a source of coil whine,
         | but not anymore :)
         | 
         | A Thinkpad T30 idling nearby also helps mask further sounds.
        
         | bjoli wrote:
         | I always wanted to do such a project and decided to go for it.
         | I ended up hating it because it made me realize how much I hate
         | coil whine. I mean: it looks so friggin cool, and placing it on
         | your desk will probably give much better air circulation than
         | under it. No fans spinning just made me realize how much noise
         | most computers make that is hidden under fan noise.
         | 
         | I did have dedicated graphics card though, but a passively
         | cooled one. None of my friends found it bothersome, so maybe
         | I'm just sensitive.
        
           | dijit wrote:
           | FWIW Coil Whine affects some machines much more than others.
           | 
           | The sad part is, coil whine is unpredictable, two machines
           | with the same make/models can behave differently.
           | 
           | Coil whine is usually much more noticeable when you fully
           | load a system too.
           | 
           | What I would do is buy components and then fully load them as
           | much as I could, and RMA anything with noticeable whine.
           | 
           | It's not "normal", Dell XPSs for example were notorious for
           | bad coil whine where as my macbook air doesn't have any at
           | all.
        
         | cfn wrote:
         | This is a simple me too. I have had a Xeon (65W TDP) cooled
         | with NoFan 24/7 for some 5 years. It began as my main developer
         | machine and is now a proxmox server. It just works.
        
         | cout wrote:
         | I do like that design -- it reminds me of the Zalman Flower,
         | which I also find beautiful.
        
         | mjrpes wrote:
         | Interestingly, the 7900 currently costs more than the 7900x
         | (quick Amazon search). And my understanding is the 7900 is just
         | the 7900x that has its TDP defaulted to 65 watts. So you could
         | buy the cheaper 7900x and just go into BIOS and limit the TDP
         | to make it a 7900.
        
           | korv wrote:
           | _Interestingly, the 7900 currently costs more than the 7900x_
           | 
           | 7900 comes with a (supposedly decent) fan, 7900X does not.
        
         | ChuckNorris89 wrote:
         | _> this space has existed as a niche community for many years
         | now_
         | 
         | Yes, I also remember the passive cooling community has existed
         | for a long time, with it being a very big thing when PCs were
         | loud monstrosities, but I feel it has peaked sometime in the
         | mid to late '00s and has been slowly loosing momentum since
         | active cooling solutions became much quieter and better at
         | ramping up/down with load, with most CPUs, GPUs, PSUs coolers
         | nowadays even turning fully off when idling or under low load,
         | along with the shift from PCs to mobile devices, making the
         | need for passive-only PC cooling solutions a small and
         | expensive niche that not many venture into.
        
       | PufPufPuf wrote:
       | I noticed that this page published 5 reviews in total, starting
       | just three months ago. I wonder how they convinced the companies
       | to send them hardware to review (even if it's not "free" and they
       | have to return it afterwards). I always thought that these large
       | corporations only care about big reviewers / influencers.
        
         | AnotherGoodName wrote:
         | They usually spin off from forum posters on larger sites who
         | have been buying and reviewing their own gear as forum posts
         | and have enough clout from those communities that they start to
         | be sent things.
        
       | politelemon wrote:
       | This does look interesting, PC building has improved by bounds
       | and bounds in recent times, giving me better performance and
       | longevity for my money. This fanless design is worth a
       | consideration, the current go-to for people who want silence is
       | AIO liquid coolers. They aren't terrible but do affect radiator
       | placement. If this NH P1 can be prove viable for gaming setups it
       | might take off.
       | 
       | > Nonetheless, I strapped on Noctua's NF-A15 fan and tested the
       | NH-P1 again. The added fan increased the total cooling capacity
       | from 150W to 200W in long term cooling scenarios.
       | 
       | A photo of this setup would be quite useful
        
         | def_true_false wrote:
         | AIOs are far from silent.
        
           | onli wrote:
           | AIOs can be very quiet. Mine is (Corsair H90), but only when
           | the pump is not running full speed (then it is quiet, but not
           | very quiet).
        
             | layer8 wrote:
             | There can be an arbitrarily large difference between "very
             | quiet" and "silent", or more precisely, between "still
             | perceptible" and "not perceptible". This depends on the
             | environment (whether it's so silent that you could hear a
             | pin drop) and also on the individual hearing threshold and
             | accommodation. AIOs are generally more perceptible than a
             | silent build using fans.
        
       | neilv wrote:
       | This cooler itself doesn't have a fan, but it looks like the test
       | system has at least 4 large case fans, including 2 directly
       | inline with the cooler. And sounds from the text like the fans
       | were spinning.
       | 
       | I love Noctua, but a totally fanless system would be a more
       | interesting test.
        
         | Trellmor wrote:
         | Gamers Nexus have a video testing the NH-P1 fanless[0]. Without
         | fans it wont handle as much and you are probably limited to
         | about 65W TDP CPUs.
         | 
         | As a matter of fact, Noctua has a compatibility guide where
         | they list the expected performance w/ and w/o a fan[1].
         | 
         | [0]https://youtu.be/N8EjMwS2ut0
         | 
         | [1]https://ncc.noctua.at/coolers/NH-P1-68/cpu/all/AM4
        
           | topspin wrote:
           | > Noctua has a compatibility guide where they list
           | 
           | Of course they do. Noctua is an excellent company. Hard to
           | imagine how they might improve. And some credit to PC
           | builders is deserved as well; they've supported this company
           | and its products and paid the requisite price for years,
           | despite a literal horde of cheaper competition.
           | 
           | I appreciate how little regard they have for the RGB
           | blinkenlights crowd.
        
         | Havoc wrote:
         | The cooler is designed for both actually - Noctua has
         | references to it on their site both with and without
        
         | CTDOCodebases wrote:
         | In order for this to work the case has to be designed for this
         | type of cooler or there has to be airflow in the case.
         | 
         | With the right case (Fractal Define) and 3 case fans dialed
         | down it's possible to make the system basically silent. Then
         | replace HDDs with SSDs and a passively cooled gpu.
        
         | Ygg2 wrote:
         | That's fine I can stick a bit more case fans to avoid a huge
         | CPU case fan.
         | 
         | It be perfect for my DIY home NAS build.
        
         | ricardobeat wrote:
         | The case fans are larger and spin much more slowly, plus they
         | are running them at 35% speed. This should be practically
         | silent compared to any CPU fan.
        
         | ri0t wrote:
         | Well, that is.. unlikely. With a bigger CPU, you'll need to add
         | a fan to the cooler, as well. And your mainboard/ram/gpu/ssds
         | generate a lot of unwanted heat, too.
         | 
         | Might work for extremely energy efficient systems, though.
        
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