• Welcome to TechPowerUp Forums, Guest! Please check out our forum guidelines for info related to our community.

Noctua NH-D14 with Ryzen 3900x

Joined
Jun 24, 2020
Messages
4 (0.00/day)
Processor Ryzen 3900x
Motherboard Aorus x570 elite
Cooling Noctua NH-D14
Memory Crucial Balistic 2x8GB 3200mhz
Video Card(s) RTX 2070 super
Storage 1TB Crucial P1 and 2TB HDD
Display(s) AOE 32" 1440p
Case Nfortec Krater White
Power Supply Thermaltake 650W gold
Hey!
So I've been running my 3900x with stock cooler due to running out of funds when I build this PC last year. Its been fine but so noisy and where I live it gets super hot in the summer (I don't have air conditioning in my office at the present time) so the temperatures are getting pretty high. Anyway I've been researching coolers, my case supports up to 160mm so NH-D15 and be quiet dark pro are out of running due to height of 165mm and 162.8mm respectively but I found this great deal on open new stock on NH-D14 for 50 euro with six-year warranty and all that good stuff. My question is what type of performance could I expect as D14 in an older design and I can't find any numbers on it also I've heard that some coolers from that era perform better with Intel CPUs? What do you think guys? Do you have any other recommendations?

Edit. for more info AM4 bracket for NH-D14 is included
 
Joined
Mar 18, 2015
Messages
2,960 (0.90/day)
Location
Long Island
The Scythe Fuma 2 is cheaper, queiter cools better the the DH-14 or DH-15 and it fits

Overall Dimensions:
137 x 131 x 154,5 mm (including fan)

Socket AM2
Socket AM2+
Socket AM3
Socket AM3+
Socket AM4
Socket FM1
Socket FM2
Socket FM2+


 
Joined
Jan 5, 2006
Messages
17,693 (2.66/day)
System Name AlderLake / Laptop
Processor Intel i7 12700K P-Cores @ 5Ghz / Intel i3 7100U
Motherboard Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master / HP 83A3 (U3E1)
Cooling Noctua NH-U12A 2 fans + Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Extreme + 5 case fans / Fan
Memory 32GB DDR5 Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 6000MHz CL36 / 8GB DDR4 HyperX CL13
Video Card(s) MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Trio / Intel HD620
Storage Samsung 980 Pro 1TB + 970 Evo 500GB + 850 Pro 512GB + 860 Evo 1TB x2 / Samsung 256GB M.2 SSD
Display(s) 23.8" Dell S2417DG 165Hz G-Sync 1440p / 14" 1080p IPS Glossy
Case Be quiet! Silent Base 600 - Window / HP Pavilion
Audio Device(s) Panasonic SA-PMX94 / Realtek onboard + B&O speaker system / Harman Kardon Go + Play / Logitech G533
Power Supply Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 750W / Powerbrick
Mouse Logitech MX Anywhere 2 Laser wireless / Logitech M330 wireless
Keyboard RAPOO E9270P Black 5GHz wireless / HP backlit
Software Windows 11 / Windows 10
Benchmark Scores Cinebench R23 (Single Core) 1936 @ stock Cinebench R23 (Multi Core) 23006 @ stock
The Scythe Fuma 2 is cheaper, queiter cools better the the DH-14 or DH-15 and it fits

Overall Dimensions:
137 x 131 x 154,5 mm (including fan)

Socket AM2
Socket AM2+
Socket AM3
Socket AM3+
Socket AM4
Socket FM1
Socket FM2
Socket FM2+



 
Joined
Jun 24, 2020
Messages
4 (0.00/day)
Processor Ryzen 3900x
Motherboard Aorus x570 elite
Cooling Noctua NH-D14
Memory Crucial Balistic 2x8GB 3200mhz
Video Card(s) RTX 2070 super
Storage 1TB Crucial P1 and 2TB HDD
Display(s) AOE 32" 1440p
Case Nfortec Krater White
Power Supply Thermaltake 650W gold
The Scythe Fuma 2 is cheaper, queiter cools better the the DH-14 or DH-15 and it fits

Overall Dimensions:
137 x 131 x 154,5 mm (including fan)

Socket AM2
Socket AM2+
Socket AM3
Socket AM3+
Socket AM4
Socket FM1
Socket FM2
Socket FM2+


Thanks for the chart and info! Where I live Scythe Fuma 2(71,80 €) was about 32€ more expensive than noctua nh-d14(49.99€) I've decided to go with Noctua due to price to performance ratio
 
Joined
Feb 20, 2019
Messages
7,194 (3.86/day)
System Name Bragging Rights
Processor Atom Z3735F 1.33GHz
Motherboard It has no markings but it's green
Cooling No, it's a 2.2W processor
Memory 2GB DDR3L-1333
Video Card(s) Gen7 Intel HD (4EU @ 311MHz)
Storage 32GB eMMC and 128GB Sandisk Extreme U3
Display(s) 10" IPS 1280x800 60Hz
Case Veddha T2
Audio Device(s) Apparently, yes
Power Supply Samsung 18W 5V fast-charger
Mouse MX Anywhere 2
Keyboard Logitech MX Keys (not Cherry MX at all)
VR HMD Samsung Oddyssey, not that I'd plug it into this though....
Software W10 21H1, barely
Benchmark Scores I once clocked a Celeron-300A to 564MHz on an Abit BE6 and it scored over 9000.
I've used the NH-D14 on a handful of 3900X builds.
I used to use Cryorig H7 Ultra for smaller cases before it caught the RGBLED disease and gained €20 whilst getting a worse fan.

Honestly, you'll be getting damn near full PBO+ performance from an NH-D14 at low noise levels, as long as your ambient temps aren't silly. It's the not the last word in air-cooling performance but you'd need to be anal about minutiae to really care about the difference.
 
Joined
Jun 24, 2020
Messages
4 (0.00/day)
Processor Ryzen 3900x
Motherboard Aorus x570 elite
Cooling Noctua NH-D14
Memory Crucial Balistic 2x8GB 3200mhz
Video Card(s) RTX 2070 super
Storage 1TB Crucial P1 and 2TB HDD
Display(s) AOE 32" 1440p
Case Nfortec Krater White
Power Supply Thermaltake 650W gold
I've used the NH-D14 on a handful of 3900X builds.
I used to use Cryorig H7 Ultra for smaller cases before it caught the RGBLED disease and gained €20 whilst getting a worse fan.

Honestly, you'll be getting damn near full PBO+ performance from an NH-D14 at low noise levels, as long as your ambient temps aren't silly. It's the not the last word in air-cooling performance but you'd need to be anal about minutiae to really care about the difference.
Thanks for this reply that what I was hoping to hear. My case ventilation is good but ambient temperature can get to up to 28C in my office. In the future, if funds allow aircon installation is on priority list :). Anyway, the cooler has been purchased and at 50 euro I think it was a steal
 
Joined
Feb 20, 2019
Messages
7,194 (3.86/day)
System Name Bragging Rights
Processor Atom Z3735F 1.33GHz
Motherboard It has no markings but it's green
Cooling No, it's a 2.2W processor
Memory 2GB DDR3L-1333
Video Card(s) Gen7 Intel HD (4EU @ 311MHz)
Storage 32GB eMMC and 128GB Sandisk Extreme U3
Display(s) 10" IPS 1280x800 60Hz
Case Veddha T2
Audio Device(s) Apparently, yes
Power Supply Samsung 18W 5V fast-charger
Mouse MX Anywhere 2
Keyboard Logitech MX Keys (not Cherry MX at all)
VR HMD Samsung Oddyssey, not that I'd plug it into this though....
Software W10 21H1, barely
Benchmark Scores I once clocked a Celeron-300A to 564MHz on an Abit BE6 and it scored over 9000.
Even the NH-U14S is fine.

The 3900X is only a 105W processor and on most boards, PBO+ will push about 140-150W through it. That really isn't difficult to cool and matches the real-world power draw of most "95W" Intels from the 8th and 9th gen.

Everyone will have a different opinion on overclocking but IMO current boost algorithms and PBO+ (motherboard power-delivery awareness) mean that a "stock" Ryzen 3900X is already like 97% of the way there. Throwing a whole bunch more power, heat and noise at it really doesn't achieve much for most people.
 

tabascosauz

Moderator
Supporter
Staff member
Joined
Jun 24, 2015
Messages
7,457 (2.33/day)
Location
Western Canada
System Name ab┃ob
Processor 7800X3D┃5800X3D
Motherboard B650E PG-ITX┃B550-I Strix
Cooling PA120+T30┃AXP120x67
Memory 64GB 6000CL30┃32GB 3600CL14
Video Card(s) RTX 4070 Ti Eagle┃RTX A2000
Storage 8TB of SSDs┃1TB SN550
Display(s) 43" QN90B / 32" M32Q / 27" S2721DGF
Case Caselabs S3┃Lone Industries L5
Power Supply Corsair HX1000┃HDPlex
Ryzen doesn't behave like Intel. Soldered Intel chips draw a lot of power, but run surprisingly cool for that power draw. Leave it at idle, and it'll keep behaving like it's at idle.

Ryzen 3000 is constantly giving you near-total single-thread boost on every launch of an application or click of the mouse, on demand, within milliseconds. That, and the thermal density of the process, are where the unpredictable idle behaviour comes from. On light load and idle, your max Tdie temperatures might only be a few degrees, if at all, cooler than your max Tdie temperatures in a heavy stress test. Ryzen 3000 will only ever [safely] draw so much maximum power (either 95W or 142W) and create so much maximum heat, but "idle" just isn't really idle anymore if you come from something older than Kaby Lake.

With air coolers, current boards aren't currently smart enough to tie CPU fan speeds to any sensor other than Tdie, which reflects that unpredictable behaviour. The only real way outside of fixed frequency is to mitigate the noise on air coolers is to move to a large air cooler with a large 120mm/140mm fan that doesn't spin up as much, and moves more air at lower speeds for lower noise. The D14, D15 and DRP4 already represent the best you can already get on air.

If you are very sensitive to noise and find even these coolers unbearable (the Dark Rock Pro 4 that I have is hands down the quietest high end air cooler), then it's time to move to AIO or custom water cooling, which will allows you to tie fan speed to a stable, nearly static reading like water temp that doesn't correlate to constantly fluctuating CPU temperature. Quite honestly, beyond 8 cores, Ryzen belongs under water for full performance and consistent noise.

If you have LNA or VLNA adapters with your Noctua fans, you can use them to reduce max fan speed, but your load temperatures may be affected.
 

phill

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Jun 8, 2011
Messages
15,861 (3.39/day)
Location
Somerset, UK
System Name Not so complete or overkill - There are others!! Just no room to put! :D
Processor Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
Motherboard Asus Zenith 2 Extreme Alpha
Cooling Lots!! Dual GTX 560 rads with D5 pumps for each rad. One rad for each component
Memory Viper Steel 4 x 16GB DDR4 3600MHz not sure on the timings... Probably still at 2667!! :(
Video Card(s) Asus Strix 3090 with front and rear active full cover water blocks
Storage I'm bound to forget something here - 250GB OS, 2 x 1TB NVME, 2 x 1TB SSD, 4TB SSD, 2 x 8TB HD etc...
Display(s) 3 x Dell 27" S2721DGFA @ 7680 x 1440P @ 144Hz or 165Hz - working on it!!
Case The big Thermaltake that looks like a Case Mods
Audio Device(s) Onboard
Power Supply EVGA 1600W T2
Mouse Corsair thingy
Keyboard Razer something or other....
VR HMD No headset yet
Software Windows 11 OS... Not a fan!!
Benchmark Scores I've actually never benched it!! Too busy with WCG and FAH and not gaming! :( :( Not OC'd it!! :(
I currently run a D14 on a 3900X sadly without the AM4 clips but it's sat on the top of the CPU behaving itself very well. After realising and tweaking the CPU voltage in the bios (AMD Master software didn't do a thing for me) I can now run my 3900X @ 4.20GHz around 50C to 65C depending on the air temp around me. Today its been bloody hot, the temps have spiked a little towards 65C. I do however use this for WCG Crunching, so it's pegged at 100% load as soon as Windows loads. It has been rock solid.
The only downside I think, is that when you are running gaming or FAH as an example, the GPUs push up the CPU temp a little due to the heat coming off of it.. Bit of a shame but there's nothing much we can do there really.. I do have fans placed all over the system just to try and remove/push the heat off the system.

IMG_20200420_142206.jpg


1593041532256.png


Just for verfication :) Oh for power usage with the rest of the hardware in the system, under full load its roughly 160w for the system. According to MSI Afterburner, the CPU power is around 70w.

I am however, aiming to get this beast under water as soon as I can.. It really needs it! Even more so in this 31C+ heat we are having in the UK right now! :)
 
Joined
Jun 24, 2020
Messages
4 (0.00/day)
Processor Ryzen 3900x
Motherboard Aorus x570 elite
Cooling Noctua NH-D14
Memory Crucial Balistic 2x8GB 3200mhz
Video Card(s) RTX 2070 super
Storage 1TB Crucial P1 and 2TB HDD
Display(s) AOE 32" 1440p
Case Nfortec Krater White
Power Supply Thermaltake 650W gold
I currently run a D14 on a 3900X sadly without the AM4 clips but it's sat on the top of the CPU behaving itself very well. After realising and tweaking the CPU voltage in the bios (AMD Master software didn't do a thing for me) I can now run my 3900X @ 4.20GHz around 50C to 65C depending on the air temp around me. Today its been bloody hot, the temps have spiked a little towards 65C. I do however use this for WCG Crunching, so it's pegged at 100% load as soon as Windows loads. It has been rock solid.
The only downside I think, is that when you are running gaming or FAH as an example, the GPUs push up the CPU temp a little due to the heat coming off of it.. Bit of a shame but there's nothing much we can do there really.. I do have fans placed all over the system just to try and remove/push the heat off the system.

View attachment 160114

View attachment 160113

Just for verfication :) Oh for power usage with the rest of the hardware in the system, under full load its roughly 160w for the system. According to MSI Afterburner, the CPU power is around 70w.

I am however, aiming to get this beast under water as soon as I can.. It really needs it! Even more so in this 31C+ heat we are having in the UK right now! :)
Your build looks great! 2x 1080Ti in SLI, nice! I will be sticking with air cooling for now partly due to funds and to reliability. I'm sure the temps will go up while gaming I just don't want the cooler to sound like a jet taking off :banghead:. Not sure if you know it but from what I've been reading depending on the situation you can request mounting kit from Noctua for free so that is something you may want to try!

Ryzen doesn't behave like Intel. Soldered Intel chips draw a lot of power, but run surprisingly cool for that power draw. Leave it at idle, and it'll keep behaving like it's at idle.

Ryzen 3000 is constantly giving you near-total single-thread boost on every launch of an application or click of the mouse, on demand, within milliseconds. That, and the thermal density of the process, are where the unpredictable idle behaviour comes from. On light load and idle, your max Tdie temperatures might only be a few degrees, if at all, cooler than your max Tdie temperatures in a heavy stress test. Ryzen 3000 will only ever [safely] draw so much maximum power (either 95W or 142W) and create so much maximum heat, but "idle" just isn't really idle anymore if you come from something older than Kaby Lake.

With air coolers, current boards aren't currently smart enough to tie CPU fan speeds to any sensor other than Tdie, which reflects that unpredictable behaviour. The only real way outside of fixed frequency is to mitigate the noise on air coolers is to move to a large air cooler with a large 120mm/140mm fan that doesn't spin up as much, and moves more air at lower speeds for lower noise. The D14, D15 and DRP4 already represent the best you can already get on air.

If you are very sensitive to noise and find even these coolers unbearable (the Dark Rock Pro 4 that I have is hands down the quietest high end air cooler), then it's time to move to AIO or custom water cooling, which will allows you to tie fan speed to a stable, nearly static reading like water temp that doesn't correlate to constantly fluctuating CPU temperature. Quite honestly, beyond 8 cores, Ryzen belongs under water for full performance and consistent noise.

If you have LNA or VLNA adapters with your Noctua fans, you can use them to reduce max fan speed, but your load temperatures may be affected.
Thanks for all the info, super interesting! Even if some of it went over my head. Anyway, due to founds and some reliability concerns, I won't be switching to water cooling for now and I hope the noise level will improve with the NH-D14 as the stock cooler right now sounds like a jet. Thanks again! DRP4 and NH-D15 weren't an option due to case height restriction of 160mm
 
Last edited:

phill

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Jun 8, 2011
Messages
15,861 (3.39/day)
Location
Somerset, UK
System Name Not so complete or overkill - There are others!! Just no room to put! :D
Processor Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
Motherboard Asus Zenith 2 Extreme Alpha
Cooling Lots!! Dual GTX 560 rads with D5 pumps for each rad. One rad for each component
Memory Viper Steel 4 x 16GB DDR4 3600MHz not sure on the timings... Probably still at 2667!! :(
Video Card(s) Asus Strix 3090 with front and rear active full cover water blocks
Storage I'm bound to forget something here - 250GB OS, 2 x 1TB NVME, 2 x 1TB SSD, 4TB SSD, 2 x 8TB HD etc...
Display(s) 3 x Dell 27" S2721DGFA @ 7680 x 1440P @ 144Hz or 165Hz - working on it!!
Case The big Thermaltake that looks like a Case Mods
Audio Device(s) Onboard
Power Supply EVGA 1600W T2
Mouse Corsair thingy
Keyboard Razer something or other....
VR HMD No headset yet
Software Windows 11 OS... Not a fan!!
Benchmark Scores I've actually never benched it!! Too busy with WCG and FAH and not gaming! :( :( Not OC'd it!! :(
Your build looks great! 2x 1080Ti in SLI, nice! I will be sticking with air cooling for now partly due to funds and to reliability. I'm sure the temps will go up while gaming I just don't want the cooler to sound like a jet taking off :banghead:. Not sure if you know it but from what I've been reading depending on the situation you can request mounting kit from Noctua for free so that is something you may want to try!


Thanks for all the info, super interesting! Even if some of it went over my head. Anyway, due to founds and some reliability concerns, I won't be switching to water cooling for now and I hope the noise level will improve with the NH-D14 as the stock cooler right now sounds like a jet. Thanks again! DRP4 and NH-D15 weren't an option due to case height restriction of 160mm
I had the cooler second hand so I'm doubting they'd cover it for free but never hurts to ask :D

Well the temps there are some 20C+ lower than me using Ryzen Master and a full 1.1GHz faster as well... It's amazing when you use the right tool for the job.... :) Generally the gaming temps are no different as whilst I'm gaming, I'm crunching as well :D

It'll hopefully look better when I have it in the case in the pic, water cooled and running with a little less of a worry with fans all over the damn desk!! :laugh: I'd like to get it out the way of my little ones fingers.. She's 16 months now, she likes to grab everything :( lol
 

freeagent

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Sep 16, 2018
Messages
7,421 (3.67/day)
Location
Winnipeg, Canada
System Name Altered Beast
Processor AMD R9 5900X/5800X3D
Motherboard Asus Crosshair VIII Dark Hero
Cooling Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO, 1x T30
Memory 2x8 G.Skill Trident Z Royal 3200C14, 2x8GB G.Skill Trident Z Black and White 3200 C14
Video Card(s) Zotac 4070 Ti Trinity OC
Storage WD SN850X 2TB, SN850 1TB, SN770 1TB - Asus Hyper M.2, 2x SN770 1TB
Display(s) LG 50UP7100
Case Fractal Torrent Compact RGB
Audio Device(s) JBL 2.1 Deep Bass
Power Supply EVGA SuperNova 750w G+, Monster HDP1800
Mouse Logitech G502 Hero
Keyboard Logitech G213
VR HMD Oculus 3
Software Yes
Benchmark Scores Yes
If you ever get sick of running the D14, but love the performance, check out Thermalrights True Spirit 140 Power. It has all of the cooling capacity, and its just a skinny cooler that is soo easy to work with in comparison. But its tall at about 170mm. And its only 50 usd.
 

phill

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Jun 8, 2011
Messages
15,861 (3.39/day)
Location
Somerset, UK
System Name Not so complete or overkill - There are others!! Just no room to put! :D
Processor Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
Motherboard Asus Zenith 2 Extreme Alpha
Cooling Lots!! Dual GTX 560 rads with D5 pumps for each rad. One rad for each component
Memory Viper Steel 4 x 16GB DDR4 3600MHz not sure on the timings... Probably still at 2667!! :(
Video Card(s) Asus Strix 3090 with front and rear active full cover water blocks
Storage I'm bound to forget something here - 250GB OS, 2 x 1TB NVME, 2 x 1TB SSD, 4TB SSD, 2 x 8TB HD etc...
Display(s) 3 x Dell 27" S2721DGFA @ 7680 x 1440P @ 144Hz or 165Hz - working on it!!
Case The big Thermaltake that looks like a Case Mods
Audio Device(s) Onboard
Power Supply EVGA 1600W T2
Mouse Corsair thingy
Keyboard Razer something or other....
VR HMD No headset yet
Software Windows 11 OS... Not a fan!!
Benchmark Scores I've actually never benched it!! Too busy with WCG and FAH and not gaming! :( :( Not OC'd it!! :(
If you ever get sick of running the D14, but love the performance, check out Thermalrights True Spirit 140 Power. It has all of the cooling capacity, and its just a skinny cooler that is soo easy to work with in comparison. But its tall at about 170mm. And its only 50 usd.
I reckon that'll be worth a look then!! :) I might consider moving around my Freezer 34 Duo's to another system, as the temps at the moment are getting a bit warm but with 32C heat and 100% load on 16 threads, I'm not surprised!!
 

freeagent

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Sep 16, 2018
Messages
7,421 (3.67/day)
Location
Winnipeg, Canada
System Name Altered Beast
Processor AMD R9 5900X/5800X3D
Motherboard Asus Crosshair VIII Dark Hero
Cooling Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO, 1x T30
Memory 2x8 G.Skill Trident Z Royal 3200C14, 2x8GB G.Skill Trident Z Black and White 3200 C14
Video Card(s) Zotac 4070 Ti Trinity OC
Storage WD SN850X 2TB, SN850 1TB, SN770 1TB - Asus Hyper M.2, 2x SN770 1TB
Display(s) LG 50UP7100
Case Fractal Torrent Compact RGB
Audio Device(s) JBL 2.1 Deep Bass
Power Supply EVGA SuperNova 750w G+, Monster HDP1800
Mouse Logitech G502 Hero
Keyboard Logitech G213
VR HMD Oculus 3
Software Yes
Benchmark Scores Yes
We should be getting that heat soon.. not looking forward to it! :D
 
Joined
Mar 18, 2015
Messages
2,960 (0.90/day)
Location
Long Island
Thanks for the chart and info! Where I live Scythe Fuma 2(71,80 €) was about 32€ more expensive than noctua nh-d14(49.99€) I've decided to go with Noctua due to price to performance ratio

If you put your location in your profile and responderss will be able to address costs in your specific location
 

arkantos91

New Member
Joined
Jun 25, 2020
Messages
2 (0.00/day)
Ryzen doesn't behave like Intel. Soldered Intel chips draw a lot of power, but run surprisingly cool for that power draw. Leave it at idle, and it'll keep behaving like it's at idle.

Ryzen 3000 is constantly giving you near-total single-thread boost on every launch of an application or click of the mouse, on demand, within milliseconds. That, and the thermal density of the process, are where the unpredictable idle behaviour comes from. On light load and idle, your max Tdie temperatures might only be a few degrees, if at all, cooler than your max Tdie temperatures in a heavy stress test. Ryzen 3000 will only ever [safely] draw so much maximum power (either 95W or 142W) and create so much maximum heat, but "idle" just isn't really idle anymore if you come from something older than Kaby Lake.

With air coolers, current boards aren't currently smart enough to tie CPU fan speeds to any sensor other than Tdie, which reflects that unpredictable behaviour. The only real way outside of fixed frequency is to mitigate the noise on air coolers is to move to a large air cooler with a large 120mm/140mm fan that doesn't spin up as much, and moves more air at lower speeds for lower noise. The D14, D15 and DRP4 already represent the best you can already get on air.

If you are very sensitive to noise and find even these coolers unbearable (the Dark Rock Pro 4 that I have is hands down the quietest high end air cooler), then it's time to move to AIO or custom water cooling, which will allows you to tie fan speed to a stable, nearly static reading like water temp that doesn't correlate to constantly fluctuating CPU temperature. Quite honestly, beyond 8 cores, Ryzen belongs under water for full performance and consistent noise.

If you have LNA or VLNA adapters with your Noctua fans, you can use them to reduce max fan speed, but your load temperatures may be affected.

I registered for the single purpose of saying that is one of the most insightful post I've read so far in a forum about how the whole Ryzen 3rd gen behaves.

And also because I find out all of this by myself the hard way upgrading from a 2700X to a 3900X.

Adding my info here since I've been using for less than a week now so I can share some thoughts, and of course because my cooler is indeed the NH-D14.

The temp/voltage spikes are indeed very aggressive, more than they were with the 2700X.

At the beginning I was scared because I don't think I've never heard before the D14 fans making noticeable noise... in almost 10 years I own it they've never probably reached over 1000 rpm, unless maybe in some Cinebench.

I'm still finding the optimal configuration here because I haven't had much time cause work, but with a Gigabyte X470 Aorus Gaming 7 I experienced very high peak temperature (78° was the highest I've seen) and core voltage (highest so far was 1.487 V). And all of this with a big ass case (Thermaltake X5 TG with a 200mm Noctua fan as intake and a Cooler Master 140mm as rear exhaust) .

PBO on (unlike auto or off) gave me better results. A little over 7000 score in Cinebench R20 with 71° as peak temp and 1.369 V as peak voltage. Some cores did boost to 4.525 which was the highest I've seen during that test.

I still haven't touched the voltages, so far all of these were auto. But I still have to figure out which I should touch and which I shouldn't because there is a crap ton of them, with similar names too. Some people say it's best to leave the voltage on auto and let the cpu do its thing, however I'm afraid it may draw too much voltage, hence the high temps.

Also hw info reports Power Reporting Deviation at 76% which seems to be bad, meaning the cpu is drawing more power than it needs, again hence the high temps.

I need to figure out if PBO is best on or not.

The first tests I did really scared me to the point I was thinking that air cooling it's not enough...especially while having to deal with fan revving up (even if are Noctuas) considering my case sits on the desk next to me. However setting PBO on (and not auto, as it was at default BIOS settings) already showed much more acceptable temps/voltages.
 

phill

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Jun 8, 2011
Messages
15,861 (3.39/day)
Location
Somerset, UK
System Name Not so complete or overkill - There are others!! Just no room to put! :D
Processor Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
Motherboard Asus Zenith 2 Extreme Alpha
Cooling Lots!! Dual GTX 560 rads with D5 pumps for each rad. One rad for each component
Memory Viper Steel 4 x 16GB DDR4 3600MHz not sure on the timings... Probably still at 2667!! :(
Video Card(s) Asus Strix 3090 with front and rear active full cover water blocks
Storage I'm bound to forget something here - 250GB OS, 2 x 1TB NVME, 2 x 1TB SSD, 4TB SSD, 2 x 8TB HD etc...
Display(s) 3 x Dell 27" S2721DGFA @ 7680 x 1440P @ 144Hz or 165Hz - working on it!!
Case The big Thermaltake that looks like a Case Mods
Audio Device(s) Onboard
Power Supply EVGA 1600W T2
Mouse Corsair thingy
Keyboard Razer something or other....
VR HMD No headset yet
Software Windows 11 OS... Not a fan!!
Benchmark Scores I've actually never benched it!! Too busy with WCG and FAH and not gaming! :( :( Not OC'd it!! :(
I registered for the single purpose of saying that is one of the most insightful post I've read so far in a forum about how the whole Ryzen 3rd gen behaves.

And also because I find out all of this by myself the hard way upgrading from a 2700X to a 3900X.

Adding my info here since I've been using for less than a week now so I can share some thoughts, and of course because my cooler is indeed the NH-D14.

The temp/voltage spikes are indeed very aggressive, more than they were with the 2700X.

At the beginning I was scared because I don't think I've never heard before the D14 fans making noticeable noise... in almost 10 years I own it they've never probably reached over 1000 rpm, unless maybe in some Cinebench.

I'm still finding the optimal configuration here because I haven't had much time cause work, but with a Gigabyte X470 Aorus Gaming 7 I experienced very high peak temperature (78° was the highest I've seen) and core voltage (highest so far was 1.487 V). And all of this with a big ass case (Thermaltake X5 TG with a 200mm Noctua fan as intake and a Cooler Master 140mm as rear exhaust) .

PBO on (unlike auto or off) gave me better results. A little over 7000 score in Cinebench R20 with 71° as peak temp and 1.369 V as peak voltage. Some cores did boost to 4.525 which was the highest I've seen during that test.

I still haven't touched the voltages, so far all of these were auto. But I still have to figure out which I should touch and which I shouldn't because there is a crap ton of them, with similar names too. Some people say it's best to leave the voltage on auto and let the cpu do its thing, however I'm afraid it may draw too much voltage, hence the high temps.

Also hw info reports Power Reporting Deviation at 76% which seems to be bad, meaning the cpu is drawing more power than it needs, again hence the high temps.

I need to figure out if PBO is best on or not.

The first tests I did really scared me to the point I was thinking that air cooling it's not enough...especially while having to deal with fan revving up (even if are Noctuas) considering my case sits on the desk next to me. However setting PBO on (and not auto, as it was at default BIOS settings) already showed much more acceptable temps/voltages.
Welcome to the forum :)

This is why I run my 3900X with just 1.0vcore and it still boosts to 4.20GHz even under 100% load :) It's an amazing CPU :)
 

HTC

Joined
Apr 1, 2008
Messages
4,601 (0.79/day)
Location
Portugal
System Name HTC's System
Processor Ryzen 5 2600X
Motherboard Asrock Taichi X370
Cooling NH-C14, with the AM4 mounting kit
Memory G.Skill Kit 16GB DDR4 F4 - 3200 C16D - 16 GTZB
Video Card(s) Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 480 OC 4 GB
Storage 1 Samsung NVMe 960 EVO 250 GB + 1 3.5" Seagate IronWolf Pro 6TB 7200RPM 256MB SATA III
Display(s) LG 27UD58
Case Fractal Design Define R6 USB-C
Audio Device(s) Onboard
Power Supply Corsair TX 850M 80+ Gold
Mouse Razer Deathadder Elite
Software Ubuntu 19.04 LTS
I had the cooler second hand so I'm doubting they'd cover it for free but never hurts to ask :D

Well the temps there are some 20C+ lower than me using Ryzen Master and a full 1.1GHz faster as well... It's amazing when you use the right tool for the job.... :) Generally the gaming temps are no different as whilst I'm gaming, I'm crunching as well :D

It'll hopefully look better when I have it in the case in the pic, water cooled and running with a little less of a worry with fans all over the damn desk!! :laugh: I'd like to get it out the way of my little ones fingers.. She's 16 months now, she likes to grab everything :( lol

From their AM4 mounting kit request page:

We strictly require a valid proof of purchase (electronic version or scan/photo of the invoice) of both a Noctua CPU cooler and either an AM4 motherboard or AM4 CPU in order to process your request. In case you've lost the invoice of your Noctua CPU cooler, please write your full name and the current date on a piece of paper, take a photo of the paper next to your CPU cooler and upload it as proof of purchase. Please note that your name has to be clearly readable and that we can't process requests without proper proof of purchase.

How i asked for mine:

20170805_100640.png

I covered in white my full name and my e-mail address (required).

NOTE: mine isn't 2nd hand so i had no problems. Because your cooler is 2nd hand, dunno.
 

phill

Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Jun 8, 2011
Messages
15,861 (3.39/day)
Location
Somerset, UK
System Name Not so complete or overkill - There are others!! Just no room to put! :D
Processor Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
Motherboard Asus Zenith 2 Extreme Alpha
Cooling Lots!! Dual GTX 560 rads with D5 pumps for each rad. One rad for each component
Memory Viper Steel 4 x 16GB DDR4 3600MHz not sure on the timings... Probably still at 2667!! :(
Video Card(s) Asus Strix 3090 with front and rear active full cover water blocks
Storage I'm bound to forget something here - 250GB OS, 2 x 1TB NVME, 2 x 1TB SSD, 4TB SSD, 2 x 8TB HD etc...
Display(s) 3 x Dell 27" S2721DGFA @ 7680 x 1440P @ 144Hz or 165Hz - working on it!!
Case The big Thermaltake that looks like a Case Mods
Audio Device(s) Onboard
Power Supply EVGA 1600W T2
Mouse Corsair thingy
Keyboard Razer something or other....
VR HMD No headset yet
Software Windows 11 OS... Not a fan!!
Benchmark Scores I've actually never benched it!! Too busy with WCG and FAH and not gaming! :( :( Not OC'd it!! :(
I've no box with my cooler so, it's what it is sadly.. I'm not that bummed about it.. Works fine without :D :D

@LpoolTech Did you need anything further info/help?? :)
 

HTC

Joined
Apr 1, 2008
Messages
4,601 (0.79/day)
Location
Portugal
System Name HTC's System
Processor Ryzen 5 2600X
Motherboard Asrock Taichi X370
Cooling NH-C14, with the AM4 mounting kit
Memory G.Skill Kit 16GB DDR4 F4 - 3200 C16D - 16 GTZB
Video Card(s) Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX 480 OC 4 GB
Storage 1 Samsung NVMe 960 EVO 250 GB + 1 3.5" Seagate IronWolf Pro 6TB 7200RPM 256MB SATA III
Display(s) LG 27UD58
Case Fractal Design Define R6 USB-C
Audio Device(s) Onboard
Power Supply Corsair TX 850M 80+ Gold
Mouse Razer Deathadder Elite
Software Ubuntu 19.04 LTS
I've no box with my cooler so, it's what it is sadly.. I'm not that bummed about it.. Works fine without :D :D

You don't need the box: the cooler alone should suffice. I had the cooler's box, so i used it.
 
Joined
Jun 22, 2018
Messages
9 (0.00/day)
I have received several Noctua mounting kits; for when I changed format...and going to Ryzen just last week, am in the process of doing it again...all that was necessary was; proof of ownership of the motherboard/CPU and Noctua as well as proof of identity and address...I achieved it by a couple of photos; 1st of my tower with the side off, and my Driver's Licence sitting on top of the PSU...that showed my I.D. + address and the Noctua NH-D14 as well as the mobo. Also sent them a scanned copy of the receipt for my new CPU and motherboard...their shipping is very slow; but that may be just simply because of the 'Rona rubbish we are all dealing with! But the kits arrived...well the 2011 one did [twice] still waiting on the AM4...shipping now 31 working days...but I'm hopeful!
 
Joined
Feb 20, 2019
Messages
7,194 (3.86/day)
System Name Bragging Rights
Processor Atom Z3735F 1.33GHz
Motherboard It has no markings but it's green
Cooling No, it's a 2.2W processor
Memory 2GB DDR3L-1333
Video Card(s) Gen7 Intel HD (4EU @ 311MHz)
Storage 32GB eMMC and 128GB Sandisk Extreme U3
Display(s) 10" IPS 1280x800 60Hz
Case Veddha T2
Audio Device(s) Apparently, yes
Power Supply Samsung 18W 5V fast-charger
Mouse MX Anywhere 2
Keyboard Logitech MX Keys (not Cherry MX at all)
VR HMD Samsung Oddyssey, not that I'd plug it into this though....
Software W10 21H1, barely
Benchmark Scores I once clocked a Celeron-300A to 564MHz on an Abit BE6 and it scored over 9000.
I have received several Noctua mounting kits; for when I changed format...and going to Ryzen just last week, am in the process of doing it again...all that was necessary was; proof of ownership of the motherboard/CPU and Noctua as well as proof of identity and address...I achieved it by a couple of photos; 1st of my tower with the side off, and my Driver's Licence sitting on top of the PSU...that showed my I.D. + address and the Noctua NH-D14 as well as the mobo. Also sent them a scanned copy of the receipt for my new CPU and motherboard...their shipping is very slow; but that may be just simply because of the 'Rona rubbish we are all dealing with! But the kits arrived...well the 2011 one did [twice] still waiting on the AM4...shipping now 31 working days...but I'm hopeful!
That sounds like COVID delays. I've never had to wait more than a week for mine.
If you're in a hurry you can usually buy the Noctua mounting kit you need on Amazon next-day for about €10-15 but obviously then it's not free anymore!
 
Joined
Jun 22, 2018
Messages
9 (0.00/day)
The first time around it took several months...and was last year before any of this CoVid19 crap...default setting is them sending without tracking...after 7 weeks with no show; they resent the kit via Courier with tracking...arrived within 10 days...
 
Joined
Jun 3, 2012
Messages
1,735 (0.40/day)
Location
Denmark
Processor ryzen 7 5700x
Motherboard MSI B550 a-pro
Cooling Thermalright Aqua Elite 240 V3 White ARGB
Memory 2x16gb 3600mhz cl 16 corsair vengeance lpx
Video Card(s) GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 WindForce OC
Storage 1x2tb KC3000 & 2tb samsung 970 evo plus, 2 x 2 tb external usb harddrives
Display(s) LG 32GP850, IIyama G2470HSU-B1
Case Corsair 5000D airflow tg
Audio Device(s) Yamaha R-N600A Dynaudio Emit m10
Power Supply Corsair RM850X White
Mouse Logitech G PRO Superlight
Keyboard Corsair K70 RGB TKL Champion
Software Windows 11 64 bit, Free bitdefender
If you ever get sick of running the D14, but love the performance, check out Thermalrights True Spirit 140 Power. It has all of the cooling capacity, and its just a skinny cooler that is soo easy to work with in comparison. But its tall at about 170mm. And its only 50 usd.

Look at the graph in #2 + 4c and in #3 6c hotter than a Scythe Fuma 2, that's not good performance when it matters (when it get's hot)
 
Joined
May 12, 2006
Messages
1,554 (0.24/day)
Location
The Gulag Casino
System Name ROG 7900X3d By purecain
Processor AMD Ryzen 7 7900X3D
Motherboard ASUS Crosshair X670E Hero
Cooling Noctua NH U12A
Memory 64Gb G.Skill Trident Z5 neo RGB 6400@6000mhz@1.41v
Video Card(s) Aorus RTX4090 Extreme Waterforce
Storage 990Pro2Tb-1TbSamsung Evo M.2/ 2TbSamsung QVO/ 1TbSamsung Evo780/ 120gbKingston Now
Display(s) LG 65UN85006LA 65" Smart 4K Ultra HD HDR LED TV
Case Thermaltake CoreX71 Limited Edition Etched Tempered Glass Door
Audio Device(s) On board/NIcomplete audio 6
Power Supply Seasonic FOCUS 1000w 80+
Mouse M65 RGB Elite
Keyboard K95 RGB Platinum
Software Windows11pro
Benchmark Scores [url=https://valid.x86.fr/gtle1y][img]https://valid.x86.fr/cache/banner/gtle1y-6.png[/img][/url]
i run a Noctua U12A with my 3900x. my cpu sits at 3766 -4265mhz @ 50c idle and 83c under prime95.
 
Top