Noctua NH-U14S TR4-SP3, Premium-grade CPU Cooler for AMD sTRX4/TR4/SP3 (140mm, Brown)

i have the i forget which model but its a threadripper 220w cpu guy at the computer shop here said i need to get a liquid cooler cuz its 220w cpu i used that liquid cooler and the temps were always more than 80 degrees i was worried about that temp so i checked and i guess 80 degrees is OK but decided to under-clock cpu for safety still going higher than 80 degrees then i saw Linus tech tips recommending this cpu cooler anyways with "Noctua NH-U14S" i have overclocked my cpu and its still only 40-50 degrees this cooler by far exceeded my expectations

I put this cooler on a Threadripper 3960X and used Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut (applied very carefully and thinly), and got an extra Noctua fan. The CPU runs at 60C under sustained full load and the fans are riddddiculously quiet. MUCH quieter than my water cooled rig! I only got this cooler, because I couldn't find a water cooling set fast enough, but in retrospect this was the better buy for sure, assuming you're comfortable using liquid metal compound on the CPU. I would give this six stars if I could.

very good and fast, thanks

Sowas ist man gar nicht mehr gewohnt bei Computerteilen. Eine in lesbarer Grösse gedruckte und perfekt illustriert Anleitung in der der Einbau genau erklärt wird. Mir war die Wasserkühlung meines PCs kaputt gegangen und ich wollte wieder mit Luft kühlen. Und das tut es jetzt auch, und zwar leiser (!) als die Wasserkühlung war. Der Lüfter ist zwar nicht billig aber definitiv oberste Qualität. Die Laufruhe ist grossartig. Der Einbau war wirklich supereinfach und toll erklärt und alles was man braucht (inklusive Wärmeleitpaste und Imbus für die Schrauben)) ist beim Produkt dabei. Die Kühlleistung auf dem Threadripper 2950X ist Ok. Im idle ca. 41 Grad. Unter Vollast wenn alle 16 Kerne dauerhaft 100% rechnen ist die Temperatur allerdings auf 62 Grad, so dass ich mir noch den Zusatzlüfter NF-A15 dazu bestelle, der laut Rezension nochmal -5 Grad bringt. Nach ausgiebigem Gebrauch: die Laufruhe ist immer noch sensationell (wobei mein gesamter Tower auf leise getrimmt ist). Das System ist definitiv viel angenehmer als mit der vorher eingebauten Enermax Wasserkühlung (die ich leider niemandem empfehlen kann, die war nach noch nicht mal 3 Jahren defekt.) Update: gerade den Zusatzlüfter verbaut. Tipp: darauf achten in welche Richtung der Luftstrom im rechner fliessen muss und den Lüfter entsprechend der Richtung konfigurieren und einsetzen. Hatte ihn zuerst falsch rum eingesetzt weil kein Hinweis in der Anleitung dazu ist. Wenn alles richtig ist gibt es ungefähr die versprochene Kühlung um zusätzliche 5 Grad, bei mir sind es 4 Grad-- und das flüsterleise. Unter Vollast bleibt das System jetzt immer deutlich unter 60 Grad trotz Übertaktung. Im idle ist die Temperatur unter 40 Grad . Perfekt.

I did not want to deal with water cooling anymore and found the Noctua NH-U14S TR4-SP3 to be one of the best options available for TR4 sockets. One month of usage and had no troubles with my 1920x.

I live in a hot place and so far using water cooling, I had to underclock my threadripper 3960x so as not to overheat it. Not anymore. The inbuilt thermal paste is also good enough. Really silent, great product 10/10. Note: Wear a glove while mounting, the fins are sharp, I nicked my hand on it.

As expected from Noctua products

I have a high-end Workstation (purchased in 2020) that has a Threadripper 3960x, 3080 FE GPU, m.2 SSD expander and 1600W power supply. When I bought the system, I really didn't consider the fans/ cooling because the cooling for the CPU was a ENERMAX solution which came with fans as well as the case a Lian Li Mesh Cool II and used those. This was the first desktop I've had since early 2000's and had been using laptops (workstations) for the past 8 years +/- since I graduated college/ grad school. Last week the ENERMAX cooler gave signs it was dying, had the pump ramped up to max and all fans to max and my CPU was still hot at 70-90C... Because I remember the attendant at Micro Center saying ENERMAX AIO had issues, but it was the only cooling solution in store that would be adequate with the CPU, I rolled the dice. It lasted me 3 yrs, I honesty thought it would have died earlier, so I wasn't caught off guard completely. So I decided to go all out with air coolers and found that the best was a Noctua NH-U14S TR4-SP3, Premium-Grade CPU Cooler for AMD sTRX4/TR4/SP3 (140mm, Brown) which brought me to research the Noctua NF-F12 iPPC 3000 PWM, Heavy Duty Cooling Fan, 4-Pin, 3000 RPM (120mm, Black) for the case as I wanted new and better ones that had no RGB. I considered the NF-F12 over the other Noctua alternatives for the sheer power, 3000 RPM and the volume of air it pushed just was un matched. I rather have the power and not needed than need it and not have it. So my biggest concern was that to keep all this hot hardware cool, all fans would have to run at high speeds and this would mean noise. To my delight after installing them, the entire system runs at 40C and below and the noise is not an issue as I can run these at 1k RPM and no real noise. I have 6 of these fans, 3 at the front (push-config - 800-1200 RPM +-300), 2 on top (push-config- 800-1200 RPM +-300) and 1 at the back (pull-config - 700-1000 RPM +-300) as well as having the NH-U14S with a 2x fans push-pull config 1500/1200 RPM. I probably get temps even further down if I tweak it further. But as it is... I'm very happy with the results in terms of both performance and noise levels. Yes if you run these at full 3000 RPM they are loud (not as bad as I feared either, but obviously loud) but the volume of air is also incredible. One little difference is because these are "industrial" the fans only come with 4 screws and that's it. I believe it was a good investment, specially because this machine is my daily driver for work (I'm a Data Scientist & Developer for SAS solutions). I got reliability and simplicity of air cooling as well as the brute power of massive air-flow if I need. I will definitely consider using Noctua cooling solutions on my next build when I decide to upgrade this machine sometime in the next couple of years.