NoctuaNH-D15S chromax.black, Premium Dual-Tower CPU Cooler with NF-A15 PWM 140mm Fan (Black)

This thing is a beast. It's big sure, but if your machine is under a desk, you'll never see it, and more importantly, you'll barely even hear it. Even at full speed this thing is quiet, and a whole lot quieter than your GPU fans will be.It has a sensible, easy to use mounting system, and includes a long screwdriver to reach the retention screws. It also includes extra fan mounting springs, a fan splitter, and a low noise adapter. Includes noctua thermal paste enough for 2 or 3 applications.It outperforms most AIO systems, including the 280mm nzxt x73 I had before this. And it does it whisper quiet. Having it as the chromax variant means it's not all brown and shiny behind your window case.My only minor gripe is that attaching the fans to the heatsink is fiddly in smaller cases due to clearances. Also if you plan on fitting a 2nd fan to it, forget RGB ram. With a single center mounted fan it has clearance for even the tallest or ram, but adding a 2nd fan over the ram slots will foul. Though I never bothered. Would buy again.

Ive been a Noctua fan for many years.When I switched over to a Ryzen build they even supplied me an AM4 mounting kit for my cooler free of charge to reuse my old cooler. Top class company this.So, after I upgraded to a 5800x the cpu is a little power station and has some temperature issues which is fine. I decided to buy this cooler as I was overdue an upgrade anyway.Comes very well packaged and with clear instructions. Included also is their world class thermal paste and brackets for additional fans.I chose this one as all four ram slots are full on my board and it gives maximum compatibility.Fitting could not have been easier. IN fact only way it could be easier was if I was fitting as part of the pc build. For AM4 theres is a back plate, 4 stands off and the brackets which you assemble. The cooler then screws onto the bracket and you add the fan. Simple simple simple.Performance is phenominal. my 5800x idles around 30c but it is in the attic, warmest room in the house even with the heating off. Max temp I have seen it reach gaming is 72c. Thats with PBO on etcWith some voltage tweaking or offset temps would probably drop even lower, especially at load. Absolutely love this. And being only 160mm tall it fits my case with ease.

After about 2 years of the stock intel cooler it was starting to wail like a reversing bin lorry, to the point that I would cringe if turning on my PC at night in case it woke the kids up.For some reason it took me ages to consider changing it, and now I'm so annoyed I didn't just do it the moment I got the PC. This cooler is epic. Little more than a very faint hum whereas before it sounded like someone was trying to drill through the wall.I've been using NZXT Cam to monitor temps the past few days and in general desktop use I've never seen the CPU go over 32C. I've also been reliving my 20s playing Half Life 2 and it's never caused anything over 45C. Looking forward to properly challenging it with Alyx soon.Depending on your case it could be an easy install or a hassle as you need to put the bracket on the back of the motherboard - my case has a cutout to allow access so the complete remove and install took under 10 minutes. The fact that it is offset means it doesn't foul PCIe or RAM slots which is amazing. It is also massive so you need to check your case dimensions - my case is big and it's a tight fit and required practically dislocating my wrist to clip the fan back on at the top edge.In summary: Just buy it. It's amazing.

I bust my 5 year old EK water block trying to fix a squeaky fan. Stumbled across a BLACK Noctua - WHAT - where has that "nice" two tone brown gone. Decided on this computer to go back to air. No room to run the full D15 over RAM so tried this.So far very happy. It shifts a lot of air. It is very quite and it looks great in my black rig. When silicon gets back to the market, and I build the next PC. I might buck the trend and stay with this. It really is good. The build quality of the fan and the fitting is excellent. Even the box it comes in is a work of art. This screams quality....... and it keeps everything very cool.. and very quiet.

I purchased this to replace a very elderly Prolimatech cooler that could not keep up with a recent replacement CPU. The cooler arrived with Noctua's typically excellent packaging, adequate additional accessories, and clear installation instructions.The process of installing the backplate and mount was straightforward and not fiddly in the least, the cooler mounts securely to the motherboard without feeling as though it is placing undue stress on the board. One thing to suggest is to install the board back into the case once the mount is fitted, as the cooler itself covers some of the screw positions that hold the motherboard to the case.In terms of performance, I've had temperatures drop from ~100C to ~70C with the fan barely ever going above a near-silent 50%. I am amazed with how well this thing performs in the very cramped SilverStone FT03. As an added bonus I've noticed the M2 SDD mount next to the CPU has lower temperatures as well.It's worth the price for having a cooler that's this easy to install, and performs this well.