Expected temperatures for a Noctua D15 and Ryzen CPU?

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To those of you who have the Noctua D15 paired with a Ryzen CPU (eg 3600X), what are your load temps?
 
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I have a D15 cooling my 3700 (not X)

Any particular software you want me to load it with? I have Prime95, happy to give you the results.

Though mine is an ITX build with sub par airflow.

Edit - Here's 10 minutes of Prime 95, I opened HWMonitor with the test running
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Not all Ryzen CPUs have same wattage TDP, so that's the first thing making your question hard to answer.
Then we have the differences in flat IHS is vs flatness of cooler base .. again they are not all the same.

I tried NH-D15 and several other coolers on my 3600. Ended up sticking with Thermalright ARO-M14O (same as ARO-M14G Gray top but with Orange top). Not hard to find but very good and quiet. It's 1-2c warmer than D15, but 3dB quieter and £20 cheaper is good enough reasoning for me. ;)
 
doyll said:
I tried NH-D15 and several other coolers on my 3600. Ended up sticking with Thermalright ARO-M14O (same as ARO-M14G Gray top but with Orange top). Not hard to find but very good and quiet. It's 1-2c warmer than D15, but 3dB quieter and £20 cheaper is good enough reasoning for me. ;)
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Is the ARO-M14O the same as the Macho 140 revB but just a orange top? Loved my Macho, such a quiet cooler and almost half the price of the Noctua!
 
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Is the ARO-M14O the same as the Macho 140 revB but just a orange top? Loved my Macho, such a quiet cooler and almost half the price of the Noctua!
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I know answer is over a year late, but here it is.
ARO-M14O and ARO-14G are basically same as Macho 140 rev. B, but base of ARO's is specifically made for AM4 application. It only works on AM4 CPU.
 
So Ryzen 3600 runs +15C hotter than my 2600, no wonder you have to mount a Noctua on it while any budget single tower cooler that performs similar to the 212 is pretty good for Zen+.
 
While both 2600 and 3600 claim to be 65w TDP chips in specs, 3600 does run warmer. Think it has to do with 65 watt rating being somewhat inaccurate, but also how spikes make temp look higher than they really are. While simple 212 will do the job, a little better cooler does help. ;)
 
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