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29.11.2017 PCTechReviews.com.au

NH-U12S TR4-SP3,NH-U14S TR4-SP3,NH-U9 TR4-SP3

For people wanting to keep it simple, air cooling is about as simple as it gets. All three coolers from Noctua are very capable and allow flexibility for different case constraints, noise or overclocking. Some of the AIO water coolers appear to have smaller water blocks consistent with other sockets, perhaps more generic, which limits the heat transfer of the dual die Threadripper CPU. These Noctua coolers all have the larger purpose-built CPU plate designed specifically for AMD’s Threadripper CPU series to maximise the heat transfer CPU to the heat pipes and fins. These are not coolers simply adapted to fit a 180W high-end CPU but rather new coolers based on tested production designs to get optimal heat conversion.

"After testing these fans my pick would be the U14S installed with a 3mm offset, and for a personal build, I would choose this over a water-cooler unless I planned to do some serious overclocking." (Phil Carroll, PCTechReviews.com.au)