AMD Ryzen 5 & 7 CPU Cooler Round Up
Noctua NH-D15 S
Noctua is easily one of the most respected names in the PC cooling market, with their iconic brown and beige fans and mounting kit designs that have been a constant inspiration for competing solutions for many years.
The NH-D15 is easily one of the best air coolers on the market, though a lot of recent competition has arrived from Cryorig and other cooling manufacturers.
Specification:
– Compatibility: Intel LGA2011-0/1155/1156/1150 and AMD FM1/FM2/FM2+/AM3+/AM3/AM2+/AM2
– Max TDP: All
– Installation Method: Intel and AMD – backplate, requires motherboard removal
– Height (without fan): 160 mm
– Width (without fan): 150 mm
– Depth (without fan): 135 mm
– Height (with fan): 165 mm
– Width (with fan): 150 mm
– Depth (with fan): 135 mm
– Weight (without fan): 980 g
– Weight (with fans): 1150g
– Material: Copper (base and heat-pipes), aluminium (cooling fins), soldered joints & nickel plating
– Fan compatibility: 140x150x25, 140x140x25, 120x120x25 (with 120mm mounting holes)
– Fan Model: One Noctua NF-A15 PWM
– Fan Bearing: SSO2-Bearing
– Fan Rotational Speed (±10%): 1500 RPM
– Fan Rotational Speed with L.N.A. (±10%): 1200 RPM
– Min. Rotational Speed (PWM, ±20%): 300 RPM
– Max. Airflow: 82.5 CFM
– Max. Airflow with L.N.A.: 67.9 CFM
AM4 Compatability
Noctua currently offers AM4 ready versions of their NH-D15 cooler with an AM4 mounting kit, though older versions of this cooler do not offer AM4 support. A mounting kit upgrade is available for most Noctua Coolers for £10 on Amazon, though Noctua does provide this kit for free for users who fill out this form.
Right now the AM4 ready version of the NH-D15 comes with dual 140mm fans, offering slightly more cooling potential than the NH-D15s that we have tested today.
Owners of Noctua CPU coolers can obtain the NM-AM4 Mounting-Kit free of charge via this form. A proof of purchase (electronic version, photo or scan of the invoice) of both a Noctua CPU cooler and either a socket AM4 mainboard or socket AM4 CPU are required.
