Jim Roseberry Posted May 26, 2020 Posted May 26, 2020 FWIW, There's no way you're going to want to run a 3970x with a Noctua NH-U14S. Even in push/pull (two fans), it's just not enough to dissipate 280w of heat (and especially not under any type of heavy load). In fact, you don't want to run a NH-U14S with socket 2066 i9 CPUs (much lower TDP of 165w)... for the same reason. Under load, you'd have thermal-throttling of the CPU... which kind of kills the whole point. For the 3970x, I wouldn't consider anything less than a top-quality 360mm AIC. When you're dealing with an active-cooled chipset (small high-RPM fan), to me that doesn't equate to "Whisper Quiet". BTW, the 3950x (Ryzen 9) has much lower TDP of 105w. It'll run just fine with the NH-U14S.
Digital AudionetworX Posted May 26, 2020 Posted May 26, 2020 5 hours ago, Jim Roseberry said: I haven't seen a single 10980xe actually in-stock anywhere in the US/Canada. Here in EU they are available in small amounts. I just started, but at least in Cuendo it seams that the 3970X is not that much better, like +35% or so.
Digital AudionetworX Posted May 26, 2020 Posted May 26, 2020 4 hours ago, Jim Roseberry said: FWIW, There's no way you're going to want to run a 3970x with a Noctua NH-U14S. Forgett Noctua, there is only one Option from Thermalright, that at least works, not Quiet but it works at least. I beleive its calssified at 320TDP.
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