Noctua NH-D15 SE-AM4, Premium Dual-Tower CPU Cooler for AMD AM4 (Brown)

This product is EXCELLENT. I recently built a 2700X machine, and the stock cooler was so loud and the CPU was in the high 40s and low 50s (Celsius) at idle, and saw load temps in the mid 80s under load! The most annoying part was the SOUND, the stock cooler is so loud, constantly throttling opening a browser, working in cpu intensive programs etc etc.

I will try to keep it short. I had been on laptops for 6 years because I had a need for portability that outstripped all other concerns. Recently, that requirement ended so I set out to build the best possible PC within reason. AIOs had piqued my curiosity and thought the NZXT Kraken x62 would be the best cooling solution for my 2700x. It was problematic for several reasons the biggest being noise profile. The pump noise was grating to me. Now, the computer had been built so quiet that scratching my arm at full load would overcome the noise from the pump but it was severely irritating, especially if I wasnt gaming and the video card didnt have its fan running. The long and short of it, is short of manual overclocking the 2700x manually to 4.3ghz all core which had a HWinfo reported 230w CPU and SoC draw, the NH-D15 SE-AM4 was capable of running with the x62. With Performance Enhancer Level 2 enabled, I hit the same core clocks as the x62. The only differences are:

Very good cooler - but it just barely fit into my full tower case! So, be sure to measure. My Fractal Define XL tower is 9.1 wide, and it barely cleared.

Performance and quietness as advertised

I love this cooler. It performs great and is so quite. When I place my phone running a decibel app next to my computer, it registers the same whether or not the computer is on. The ambient household noice, even late at night, is louder than the computer.

This thing is huge, but in a good way! If youre looking to buy it, ensure you have a big enough case for it. Having said that, with 150mm fans, it does move a lot of hot air and keeps the CPU cool enough. I have CPU temps at 29 degrees C idle and have been able to overclock the CPU to 3.725GHz (AMD Ryzen 7 1700) at 1.275V. My stress test in AIDA64 Extreme was running at 66 degrees C, which I ran for 4 hours. If youre not going to buy a liquid cooler (at least 240mm fans), this is the cooler to buy. Taking off one star because the fans runs at 1200rpm max. This helps keep the cooler really quiet, but may hamper reaching maximum potential from an overclocking perspective. I was really hoping to get to 3.8GHz at less than 70 degrees C after running the stress test for 40 hours, however, I cant that to happen (I do realize there are multiple reasons for that, but I would thing a good cooler should allow me to achieve that).

It was a little bit difficult to install in a fractal design meshify c case. Not much room to work with and it sits very close to the video card. I went into it thinking it would be 10 or 15 minutes to install it but it took me well over an hour. However with all that said, it is absolutely fantastic and whisper quiet. Stock heatsink on a 2600x I was getting 40c idle and around 65c full load. With the Arctic freezer 33, 35c idle 55c full load...b with this big mama Im getting 26c idle and topping out at 42c full load.

Installation was easy. Keeps my Ryzen CPU pretty chilly. Its so quiet. I really love Noctua. Im a big fan of this heat-sink. Unfortunately, no one else shared my enthusiasm for it. Whatever, they just dont understand computers.

I bought this to put on my Ryzen processor. I love it. Its quiet and keeps my CPU very cool. I would buy one of these again. Installation was also very easy with the included instructions. High quality stuff.

I got this for a Ryzen build. It keep the CPU nice and cool, and isnt too loud on top of that. Installation was a snap. I would highly recommend this for people that want to air cool their AMD CPUs.