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Talon1984
By Talon1984
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Budget (including currency): N/a   "Rich guy"

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Games from 2012-2023

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Alienware AW3423DW QD OLED *2K*

 

Would a Noctua CPU Cooler be enough for a Ryzen 9 7950X 3D????  Does Noctua make liquid coolers prebuilt for the 7950X 3D? Please let me know

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19 minutes ago, Talon1984 said:

Budget (including currency): N/a   "Rich guy"

Even if you are, remember rule 0 of asking someone about PC advice: never give a blank check to anyone to fix it.

 

Anyway about your question, some rationale to think of:

  1. 7950X3D is slower and hotter just purely for gaming, compared to the higher boosting under load 7800X3D. All AM5 CPUs are currently affected by the overvolt issue, so no, going higher end is not going to save you.
  2. Noctua doesnt have any AIO designs. They stubbornly design everything in house and with the AIO market being dominated by 2 ODM (Original Design Manufacturer) brands of COOLiT in the server space and Asetek in commercial space, theyd rather not. And besides, reliability is their name of the game and AIO will always have more points of failure compared to aircooling.
  3. Also, it depends on how you look at it. NH-U12 is pretty much enough for the X3D in games, but for long term heavy workload like CPU-only rendering youll need something beefier like NH-D15, their flagship aircooler. But if you look outside of Noctua bubble, the competition is pretty tight with many options thats enough for half or even 25% of the price.

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Well, as far as I know, Noctua only make exclusively Tower-style air cooler

I have linked a week old LTT video, even though it's not the exact CPU that you are asking for (they cover Ryzen 7950X and i9-13900K for the high end), Noctua does able to tame these beasts compared to more budget tower style Thermalright PA120 which is the CPU cooler that I use

 

Even though Noctua is the most expensive tower-style air cooler, and we're not made of money, I am kinda agree with Linus talking point at the mid-section of the video

If you are willing to spend on the high-end CPU/built, adding Noctua CPU cooler may seem expensive but it only adding around 2-3% cost of the total built (assuming all other component is 'equally' high end to prevent bottleneck on the performance) and ease of maintenance for long term instead of AIO

 

 

My System: Ryzen 7800X3D // Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX // 32GB 6000MHz DDR5 Silicon Power Zenith CL30 // Sapphire Pulse AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT OC with mod heatsink on the metal plate  // Phanteks P300A  // Gigabyte Aorus GEN4 7300 PCIE 4.0 NVME // Kingston NV2 Gen4 PCIE 4.0 NVME // 

Seasonic Focus GX-850 Fully Modular // Thermalright Frost Spirit 140 Black V3 // Phanteks M25 140mm // Display: Bezel 32MD845 V2 QHD // Keychron K8 Pro (Mod: Gateron black box ink; Tape mode on PCB and Keycaps) // Razer Cobra Wired Mouse // Audio Technica M50X Headphone // Sennheiser HD 650 // Genius SP-HF180 USB Speaker //

 

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