What does this mean?Pros & Cons
Pros
Cooler is dead silent and arguably one of the best air coolers available. It's super quiet and cooled down my cpu during gaming by about 10-15c. Excellent cooling, with noise levels lower than a whisper.
Easy to install, sleek and quiet. Installation is straight forward, and all the required stuff is included (including a long screw driver and thermal paste).
This was a refurbished item in very good condition and that will come in repackaged. If you want a fantastic mid/middle high end cooler without paying a ton, or if you want noctua quality without going for a larger cooler, this is exactly what you nee... Read More
Bought last aug. Its exactly as advertised. Didn't even have to take the motherboard out of the case. Price is a bit higher than a 212 evo but the performance and quality is definitely worth the premium.
Highly recommended for anyone looking for a strong aftermarket air cooling solution. I'm sure the d15 would outperform this cooler slightly, but it's also quite a bit bulkier.
Highlights
Quality
Good thermal and audio performance from a quality product
The built quality is also topnotch as expected
If possible its best to get a different thermal paste instead of using the one that was given to you with this product
I threw on a cheap fractal design silent 120mm fan to pull air off with the included noctua fan pushing and my temps dropped ab... Read More
Price
The price seems fair for its performance
Price is a bit high but thats what you expect to get a full black version
Thought id give this a try because it looks awesome and have heard good things and the price seemed reasonable
Packaging/appearance
I wish it wasnt such a pain to unbox everything but that just means noctua did a very good job at packaging
Noctua went above and beyond with packaging accessories instructions and quality
My prebuilt pc came with a really poor cooler atop the ryzen 3700x
Competitiveness
I had a noctua splitter laying around from a previous build so i went that route
Highly recommended for people with a ryzen 5 5600x or any 5000series amd processor really
Might as well return all products and get the d15 or go to the competition like be quiet
It’s a chromax cooler but doesn’t come with any other coloured bumpers for the fan which is a bit of a disappointment
Overview
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quiet, easy, idle, stock and great. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
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- This product had a total of 4,285 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 13 2022.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
And most importantly it dropped my temperature on average about 20c cooler
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
With this cooler it is approximately 28 to 29c on idle and about low to mid 50s on the same game
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The rubber bumpers on the fan was covered with dust and there was a finger print on the nickel plate
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The bag was also cut open but was taped back
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I didnt want to go through the hassle of returning it just for that but if it you are going to resell a returned unit i would expect it would be cleaned for any dust and to make sure the nickel plate is as clean as possible
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I was looking at aio water coolers but lots of ify reviews about the pump failing or leaks kinda had me looking for other options and i stumbled across lots of high praise reviews about noctua coolers
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I didnt like that my cpu would go up to 100c when doing intense work like encoding video so i bought this
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