Noctua air cooler or Liquid?

[Legend27]

Is the noctua CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-U14S TR4-SP3 140.2 CFM CPU Cooler any better than the kraken 62 I was wanting a kraken but I saw noctua. What would be better for the thread ripper.

[Bananasplit_00]

think the X62 is a little better, doubt its a lot and its almost certainly noiseier

[TheGlenlivet]

The Noctua is better all around for TR4.  If you want an AIO for TR4 then get the Enermax.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835214080&ignorebbr=1&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Liquid+%2F+Water+Cooling-_-N82E16835214080&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1pqt--vL2AIVhl5-Ch3VwQ6GEAQYAiABEgKXW_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

I have this and it works well.  Covers the entire chip, unlike the x62.

[Nazim Pasa]

X62 is better with a very little difference. If you have money you can go with X62. But if you want to save more money for other components go with Noctua.

[Legend27]

1 hour ago, TheGlenlivet said:

The Noctua is better all around for TR4.  If you want an AIO for TR4 then get the Enermax.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835214080&ignorebbr=1&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Liquid+%2F+Water+Cooling-_-N82E16835214080&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1pqt--vL2AIVhl5-Ch3VwQ6GEAQYAiABEgKXW_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

I have this and it works well.  Covers the entire chip, unlike the x62.

What are your temps idle then full load?

[TheGlenlivet]

4.1Ghz, 1.3V. prime 95 small for 1 hour will max out at 81C.  Under normal work loads it stays under 75C.  Idle is in the high 30s.

[MatsNorway]

Noctua is never wrong

[LogicalDrm]

What case? U14S is fairly tall.

[Legend27]

53 minutes ago, LoGiCalDrm said:

What case? U14S is fairly tall.

Cosmos 700p

[Nazim Pasa]

It will definetly fit.

[Legend27]

1 minute ago, Nazim Pasa said:

It will definetly fit.

I heard the thermals are bad tho 

[Nazim Pasa]

Noctua's? No. It is definetly a good bang for the buck. It performs very similiar with most of 240 mm AIO liquid coolers. If you won't gonna buy 360 mm or 280 mm AIO air coolers are generally better and much cheaper.

[LogicalDrm]

23 minutes ago, Legend27 said:

I heard the thermals are bad tho 

With U14S? Nope. Its probably best 140mm single tower. When D15 is best overall. Easy to install, quiet, excellent performance. Only downside is colors, if you are for those.

[Nazim Pasa]

If you want better colors you can get a PH-TC12DX or even better a PE-TC14PE.

[WoodenMarker]

3 hours ago, LoGiCalDrm said:

With U14S? Nope. Its probably best 140mm single tower. When D15 is best overall. 

I'd argue that the NH-U14S is the better cooler overall when it fits. Its form factor makes working around the motherboard and installation easier while delivering much of the same performance. That being said, I'm just using a NH-U12S with an additional NF-S12A in pull since it doesn't block the view of my ram. The NH-U14S I was going to replace my NH-D15 with is just sitting on my shelf since it won't fit in my S340 waiting for a new case.

[LogicalDrm]

2 minutes ago, WoodenMarker said:

I'd argue that the NH-U14S is the better cooler overall when it fits. Its form factor makes working around the motherboard and installation easier while delivering much of the same performance. That being said, I'm just using a NH-U12S with an additional NF-S12A in pull since it doesn't block the view of my ram. The NH-U14S I was going to replace my NH-D15 with is just sitting on my shelf since it won't fit in my S340 waiting for a new case.

I bought U14S because it happened to fit in previous case and I didn't want dual tower. There wasn't much option when changing case when I needed 165mm of space. R-series to rescue.