Pros & Cons
Pros
Idle is 35-40 with pbo, and 75 max with prime and pbo. For motherboard at 33c. Overall 51c. Temperature is stable at a consistent 65 degree celsius on load.
The cooler looks sublime in my minimalistic case setup. The install is painless. My only real complaint is the base machining.
Highlights
Quality
Cools very well and quiet, very happy with the purchase.
Build quality is amazing, easy to install, came really well packed with everything included and more.
Fortunately it still just barely fit in my case with the fan higher up.
Same noctua quality without the brown and beige.
Price
Long term failure costs are 2 replacement fans, and thermal paste versus an entire aio at 2-4 times the cost.
The price difference for being black, though - yikes.
Packaging/appearance
Amazing packaging, and it was roughly a million times easier to install than the stock cooler.
It is the best quality product and even packaging i've seen.
I strongly suggest to go on the noctua website for specs.
Competitiveness
Going from a 360mm aio to a 2 fan air cooler may seem like a bad plan, but i'm going to be honest here and tell you, its the be... Read More
I'm running a ryzen 3600 and she gets toasty in my inwin303 case even with 7 case fans.
I used to use evga's closed loop dual 140mm liquid cooling.
Le plus bruyant c'est la fan de mon power supply miantenant.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I forgot to and had to mount the front fan higher up on the heatsink
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Fortunately it still just barely fit in my case with the fan higher up
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The sandwiched fan fits well but keep in mind that the fan on the outside can prevent you from closing your case because of the ram sticks pertruding and preventing the fans from being installed lower
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
When gaming only after 34 hours i saw 7476c once
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The setting was on ultra for overwatch
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Afterwards i set it at medium instead
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
On average was at around 5565c even after 2 to 3 hours of gaming
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
On idle i get 35°c and under full load it maxes out at 65°c