threadripper cooling report

[smogsy]

so i got a 2950x cpu that was running a bequiet 360mm Aio (small IHS), it was very noisy (pump noise) and didn't have great temperatures so bought a noctua TR4 cooler

real-bench max temperature after 1 hour
Bequiet AIO 72C - (90% fan speed!)
noctua TR4 NH-U14S -51C (1200Rpm) around 70%?

Noctua at 50% realbench 1 hour 57C

 

[andy_mk3]

That's an impressive reduction in temps there.

 

[kitfit1]

so i got a 2950x cpu that was running a bequiet 360mm Aio (small IHS), it was very noisy (pump noise) and didn't have great temperatures so bought a noctua TR4 cooler

real-bench max temperature after 1 hour
Bequiet AIO 72C - (90% fan speed!)
noctua TR4 NH-U14S -51C (1200Rpm) around 70%?

Noctua at 50% realbench 1 hour 57C

The clue is in the first part of your post smogsy. "small IHS". The Bequiet was never designed to run with your 2950X in the first place. The Noctua TR4 NH-U14S on the other hand was only designed to run on TR. If your Bequiet had the interchangeable connectors you could have just bought the TR4 head for it anyway.

 

[smogsy]

The clue is in the first part of your post smogsy. "small IHS". The Bequiet was never designed to run with your 2950X in the first place. The Noctua TR4 NH-U14S on the other hand was only designed to run on TR. If your Bequiet had the interchangeable connectors you could have just bought the TR4 head for it anyway.

It had the interchangeable head on

 

[kitfit1]

It had the interchangeable head on

You said "small IHS" So did you actually change it for the TR4 head ?

 

[smogsy]

You said "small IHS" So did you actually change it for the TR4 head ?

Yes, just put that as that how it ships

 

[MaXxBoulton]

what size radiator dose the Bequiet have?

tbf most AIO's are not cracking at sustained load, there only good for keeping temps down over varying load like in games and so on, ones the load is sustained and the coolant warms up they do tend to be hotted than a good air cooler

 

[DarrenM343]

Great result. I used the noctua cooler with a 1950X. Pretty awesome and only single tower cooler and fan too. They make great air coolers. Will get getting one for whatever CPU I use next in main build.

 

[vanpeebles]

I'm the same, Noctua on a 1950X, really pleased with it.

 

[BongoHunter]

I have the same Noctua cooler on my 1950x - adding a second fan reduced load temps by an extra 4 degrees for me

 

[arc@css]

I'm only running the 6600K at the mo but I've been extremely impressed with my Noctua cooler. Even in the summer when rendering temps rarely go above the mid to high 50s.