Noctua NH-P1 Passive CPU Cooler Review: Benchmarks, Schlieren Photography, & Mechanics

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Reviewing Noctua's NH-P1 passive CPU cooler, including thermal benchmarks on various CPU heat loads. Testing includes Schlieren photography, benchmarks vs. stock coolers, and more.
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Testing is done FULLY PASSIVE. There are no case fans for this testing. It is completely passive testing unless otherwise stated. Reviewing the Noctua NH-P1 required some changes to our testing setup. It's simply not capable of sustaining our normal heat loads, which were designed largely for higher-end liquid and air coolers, so we had to introduce a ~68W heat load in the form of an R5 3600. This data would transplant to the R5 5600X fairly cleanly, as they're similar in heat load. The NH-P1 has large 1.5mm thick fins, or more appropriately called "plates," that have wide gaps between them. These gaps help ensure that natural convection isn't impeded by the heatsink itself. Schlieren photography proves useful in here for visualizing the air patterns. We also finally tested some of the AMD stock coolers, so you'll see the AMD Wraith Prism vs. Spire vs. NH-P1 vs. Scythe FUMA2 (for a baseline or control). We still show our 200W and 123W heat loads for perspective, but remember that this cooler isn't advertised as being capable of handling those.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Noctua NH-P1 Massive Passive Mass of Copper
04:47 - Mechanical Features of the NH-P1
09:00 - Schlieren Imaging of Noctua NH-P1 (Active vs. Passive)
11:52 - Installation Guide for AMD & Intel
13:33 - Compatibility Challenges with Cases & CPUs (NH-P1)
15:11 - Pressure Map & Analysis
16:15 - Surface Flatness
16:44 - 200W Heat Load
17:45 - 120W Heat Load
19:02 - AMD R5 68W Heat Load (New Cooler Benchmark)
21:34 - Time-to-Max & Steady State
22:01 - VRM Thermals
22:40 - Conclusion
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@GamersNexus 3 года назад

Support our extensive testing efforts & equipment purchases while getting something in return via the GN store -- like our Wireframe Mouse Mats, which are in stock and shipping now: store.gamersnexus.net/products/gn-wireframe-mouse-mat To see a cooler that’s almost the exact opposite of the NH-P1, check out our EK AIO Elite review: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TTRFkYJMf9Y.html CPU cooler testing methods: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fmTOJP4KOyk.html

@Dtr146 3 года назад

How much sheer girth would it take for a motherboard to be flexed enough That the traces inside the board break.

@AAULTEN 3 года назад

It'd be nice to compare this to 'no cooler'

@ErgonomicChair 3 года назад

Could you stop doing acoustics in all tests? It's wasted fucking time, it's almost as bad as how you used to take 5 minutes to slowly explain that "standardised fan testing isn't valid." Where Standardised fan tests have A LOT of merit, these noise tests are completely fucking worthless.

@znoozi 3 года назад

Would love to see how the Scythe Orochi Rev.B does compared to this.

@Blubbstock 3 года назад

This noctua cooler is nice for a quad-core APU streaming box setup for the living room. A fanless pico PSU can be used as well as the integrated vega graphics. 0 fans.

@jacobplyler3470 3 года назад

You should have just done a sound test, just to mess with everyone lol

@ulrichkalber9039 3 года назад

this would have demonstrated how much noise in the test is backround noise...

@tardvandecluntproductions1278 3 года назад

@@ulrichkalber9039 Maybe even some coil whine

@jacobplyler3470 3 года назад

Could have plot it against the noise from a H1 running hot

@elninobro1550 3 года назад

room with pc off - 40db, turns on pc, 35db... noctua wtf :D

@squigglyspaghetti8690 3 года назад

Noise normalised comparisons with fans means passive cooler is infinitely better?

@CarthagoMike 3 года назад

My Father ordered one for the pc in his hobby workshop. Less airflow means less sawdust going into the pc, so it is perfect for that.

@GamersNexus 3 года назад

Excellent fit!

@gunnar6674 3 года назад

I wonder if he could run a water cooling loop through a wall into a dust free room for the radiators. Just make sure never to let the loop fall too much under ambient temperature in either of those spaces, or there could be a condensation issues.

@DeadNoob451 3 года назад

@@gunnar6674 That seems like 10x more effort than a simple shop-computer is really worth. Not to mention the maintenance that would probably be just as bad, if not worse than just using normal fans that require cleaning often.

@gunnar6674 3 года назад

@@DeadNoob451 Oh, definitely - it's only something you would do as a hobby project. It's not something you do to save money or time.

@DeadNoob451 3 года назад

@@gunnar6674 From that perspective, i have to admit it sounds kinda awesome in an over-the-top kinda way.

@squelchedotter 3 года назад

I remember seeing my first passive PC in a calibration room for hearing aids at an ear care center, so that's another class of use-cases.

@Z4KIUS 3 года назад

places like these will probably get something like Airtop 3 to not rely on aftermarket parts and complex warranties

@Yasokuhl35 3 года назад

@@Z4KIUS OEMs can also buy stuff from Noctua..

@GamersNexus 3 года назад

Makes a ton of sense!

@HydroKyl240COG 3 года назад

Yeah, I’ve gravitated from Noctua because of their prices recently, but this cooler can certainly be clutch in niche situations.

@HappyBeezerStudios 3 года назад

It's surprising how many known brands do OEM stuff. I got a 450 MHz Pentium 3 that came with a stock Cooler Master cooler. Seasonic and FSP are some of the few companies that actually build PSUs, most others order from them and slap their own sticker on. Same for OEM motherboards.

@DankestJedi 3 года назад

The lines referencing the dimensions was a nice touch, liked that a lot.

@GamersNexus 3 года назад

Thanks! Will let Keegan and Andrew know!

@javierortiz82 3 года назад

Yeah, many thanks for that, that's always something many reviewers omit, as a result, I ended up buying a NR600 (ODD version btw, it does exist Steve!) but it won't fit my NH-D15's second fan because of ram clearance.

@fl0pit 3 года назад

I totally agree ! For non-native english speakers, having the numbers displayed on screen is always appreciated.

@CommentConqueror 3 года назад

You guys make the most thorough product reviews on RU-vid. Thanks!

@Ayane13b 3 года назад

@@GamersNexus Could you possibly also give Keegan and Andrew a kiss on the forehead for the exceptional idea? I'm sure it's well deserved.

@NiborLhats 3 года назад

From now on I'll exclusively refer to this as the Passive Massive Cooler™

@Nakna_ankaN 3 года назад

The Noctua Pass Mass for short.

@Apollo-Computers 3 года назад

got it backwards :P Massive Passive Cooler

@Nakna_ankaN 3 года назад

@@Apollo-Computers But mass pass sounds like some kind of pass that will get you into a lot of different venues or something.

@HappyBeezerStudios 3 года назад

Look at the NoFan coolers. Then you know what passive massive really is

@Tautolonaut 3 года назад

I'm sure we could fit "cooling tool" in there somewhere.

@thaddeuscosse9527 3 года назад

I love the imaging and the mounting pressure tests. This channel has come such a long way.

@GamersNexus 3 года назад

Thanks! They're really fun.

@rpm10k. Год назад

@@GamersNexus have you guys ever done pressure testing at operating temperature to see if there's any difference?

@cts006 3 года назад

Steve: Buys a super expensive custom fan tester. Noctua: Bout to ruin his whole career.

@kenabi 3 года назад

plot twist; noctua knows and released this cooler just to yank the GN teams chain.

@gpiludu 3 года назад

@@kenabi double plot twist: the fan tester has an attachment to test fanless coolers

@aleksazunjic9672 3 года назад

Sorry, but this thing is practically useless, especially at this price point. Dedicated servers have their own cooling, especially if they use multiple racks with several processors in each. For a gaming computer you would still need GPU with its own ventilator and possibly case vents. Only theoretically useful application would be some dedicated science computer with weak passively cooled graphics card, that needs to be as quiet as possible. In that case PSU would need to be cooled quietly as well.

@m-w-y7325 2 года назад

@@aleksazunjic9672 actually this type of Cooler if PERFECT for places where a lot of dust and debris can end up clogging normal fans (happens a lot where I live where you can literally see an 2 cm dust appear in just a day on any surface) sure its weak and not useful for heavy and high end stuff but for a normal computer its perfect.

@aleksazunjic9672 2 года назад

@@m-w-y7325 Frankly, 2cm of dust would appear only if you live on factory floor :) Industrial computers usually employ different strategy, strong fans that blow dust out of the PC case. They do not care much about sounds for obvious reasons. Passive coolers do not need fans, but they would be covered with dust like anything else, and that would reduce thermal convection.

@Nakna_ankaN 3 года назад

It would have been kind of interesting to see it compared to a massive air cooler like the NH-D15 also run passively, just to see how much better this design is compared to something not designed to run passively.

@martir.7653 3 года назад

+1 This.

@simoSLJ89 3 года назад

I tried my U14S with no fan and a R5 2600, and after a couple of mins pc was off (I was just in the bios)

@Nakna_ankaN 3 года назад

@@simoSLJ89 A NH-D15 is more comparable in mass to the NH-P1 though and has a lot more surface area than a U12S. I'm not saying that it will do well, but when running passively, more heatpipes and more surface area makes a big difference. Open bench vs. inside a case makes a huge difference too, unless the case fans are going very fast, then it might not matter as much.

@simoSLJ89 3 года назад

@@Nakna_ankaN thanks to your comment I realized I wrote wrong: I have a U14S. But yes, the D15 and D15S are way bigger anyway, and maybe they will be better even without a fan.

@seth094978 3 года назад

Yeah I'd love to see that. I run my NH-D15 passively most of the time, since it can keep my 1700X cool just fine under low load. (The case does have a 200mm fan exhausting out the top, which helps a lot)

@Isplodethings 3 года назад

The Noctua NH-P1: For those with enough space to fit a whole Gamecube over their CPU.

@play3rthr339 2 года назад

Not that it would cool the cpu down enough to emulate some GameCube games, especially something like SSBM online.

@thomasgiles2876 3 года назад

Why isn't it brown?

@canaconn2388 3 года назад

So it doesn't look already burnt? lol

@pihermoso11 3 года назад

this one requires time to grow to become a true noctua... after years when rust takes over it will reveal its final noctua form you can fast forward this process with some help from vinegar or saltwater

@suntzu1409 3 года назад

@@pihermoso11 i recommend concentrated HF or HCl for this tho

@muhammadtaufiqhailkhairila2790 2 года назад

Because the brown goes for the fan, not the heatsink. The joke prob flew over my head.

@MrKeefy 2 года назад

Is brown the new black? I saw a brown car the other day. Not seen one since the 80s

@Ravenousjoe 3 года назад

16:45 Love the "~0RPM" for the cooler. It's technically not wrong, but it's also not right, and it just got me for some reason.

@GamersNexus 3 года назад

Haha, thought it was funny to do it that way!

@AstralS7orm 2 года назад

As many RPM as times you rotate the case. There will be many zeroes.

@Mostlyharmless1985 2 года назад

Isn't it closer to 0.00069444420027778 RPM? Earth spins...

@Anvilshock Год назад

@@Mostlyharmless1985 But Earth doesn't spin under its atmosphere. The atmosphere spins with it. Otherwise you'd have global storms with speeds across the ground of up to about a third faster than the speed of sound.

@Mostlyharmless1985 Год назад

@@Anvilshock I don't see how that's really a concern, you still rotate.

@msqrt 3 года назад

As an opposite point of comparison, it'd be interesting to see how some of the active coolers would fare without fans to see how much of a difference it makes to actually design for passive.

@pkennethv 3 года назад

Yes! I was hoping to see this. And also, how low an RPM would an NHD15 need to be run at before it makes sense to get the NHP1. 400rpm, perhaps?

@Kholaslittlespot1 2 года назад

I always wonder how my old scythe mugen would fair with that. It's a fair old hunk of metal.

@davidcobra1735 Год назад

Man I'm still using an old Artic Cooling 64 Pro without the fan. Yes, from way back in the days of the Athlon 64s. This was a pretty cheap 35$ cooler and it's still absolutely fine for something like a "65W" CPU even without the fan. The only problem these days is that the listed CPU TDP numbers mean almost nothing with all the boosting crap so things are a little bit more confusing for consumers. Back in the day the 64 Pro was recommended for up to 125W CPUs, 160W max (I think), with the fan on of course, something like that. Taking the fan off raises temp under load by about 12 degrees Celsius, in an old Cooler Master case with 4 case fans. You can get a replacement fan to this day for like $3 if you live in Germany or you can stick an 80/90mm fan on with some wire or zip ties or something but I've given up on that. You only need to put a fan on it for "90W"ish CPUs. Oh and BTW there's a new semi-passive version of this cooler and it's also under $40. Maybe it's called the Pro Rev2 or something like that, I can't remember. So there's your answer over a year later. You don't need a giant $110 radiator for a normal CPU unless you have a case with no fans or something really weird like that and I'm rather disappointed Gamers Nexus didn't clearly mention this in the video. Now I believe them that a bigger gap between the fins is better convection, if you're not going to have a fan on at all anyway but it doesn't make that big of a difference. I'd personally rather get a new Artic cooler and just remove the fan than buy something so big and expensive as the product from Noctua. And yes, the new Artic Pro cooler also has a little more space between the fins, it's like in between the old 64 (and other normal tower coolers) and this monstrosity presented here. Lastly I'd mention that I don't care about overclocking or anything else like that these days. For me those days are in the distant past. Cheers.

@MrMaxusy 3 года назад

The schlieren imaging is sick, great work!

@bruiserdotcom 3 года назад

It's actually far better for this situation than watching air being blown around. The lack of turbulent flow from a fan makes for awesome clarity

@alexmar4252 3 года назад

Thanks Steve! My CPU heard you calling it low end and now it's crying...

@Dracossaint 3 года назад

It knows what it did

@uss_liberty_incident 3 года назад

Thanks for putting this review together guys!

@MrGamezWatch 3 года назад

I’m trying to figure out a way to fit this in a silent itx build 🤔

@mumar100 3 года назад

Use one of this really tiny ITX-cases with a pico-PS and cut out the cover and let the massive cooler stand out

@alanalb1449 3 года назад

Just make it like a hot rod

@lordpyron3934 3 года назад

It will fill the case and there will be room for nothing else 😉

@kreechrr 3 года назад

same. I have that silverstone case and had the same idea in the LTT video, replacing the same cooler too lol

@betarayfil 3 года назад

want to try it with 3400g + inwin chopin without mesh)))

@nikolapetrov5808 3 года назад

Steve, you just can't wait for an opportunity to destroy the Abkoncore Ramesses 780.

@GamersNexus 3 года назад

Hey now. That one was the editors!

@nikolapetrov5808 3 года назад

@@GamersNexus I see what you mean Steve Burke - Editor-in-Chief

@JD-tl4zs 3 года назад

@@GamersNexus I was thinking about that case recently. Did you know that fans are frequently credited with supernatural capabilities in Korean culture? Do a search and some reading on "korean fan death" (and the proposed theories as to how fan death occurs in korea) and you'll understand the case's design, and why it is named after a pharaoh.

@Teh-Penguin 3 года назад

Timestamp? :D

@purplegill10 3 года назад

@@JD-tl4zs Note that part of why "fan death" was so spread was it was sometimes used to cover up less "honorable" means of dying as well. For many people, Fan Death is about equivalent to the american saying "To spend more time with my family" when talking about a politician who stepped down due to a legal or personal scandal.

@thomasoleson2651 3 года назад

Been waiting Steve! Thanks man.

@WoLpH 3 года назад

There’s another reason for having a fanless system actually. In operating rooms and such the computers are required to be fanless because dust and other debris could have disastrous consequences.

@santinojoshuatorre1695 3 года назад

Noctua needs to make more products so we can see "Happy Steve" more often.

@akselipollanen5036 3 года назад

Clicked faster than the fan in this cooler spins

@akselipollanen5036 3 года назад

@Dr. Hibbs Yes indeed

@sethf2258 3 года назад

The amount of raw information givin by you guys is unmatched, literally the best tech channel on YT keep it up!

@lancelefevre351 3 года назад

The new testing methods are so awesome, guys. You guys are setting the bar for tech channels

@Illindi 3 года назад

So not only do Noctua do great fans, coolers and such, they have good manuals and marketing. It is a nice change of pace to hear&see Steve&Co have a good time with a product :)

@kenzieduckmoo 3 года назад

I think this makes the most sense in an airflow case where you’re not planning to watercool it, or something like Linus did with a SFF case and the side panel cut to have the fins sticking out. Strapping exhaust fans to the top of a case instead of a front to back or all positive build seems the way to go with this

@seanclarke4061 3 года назад

Steve! Just gotta say thank you guys so much. Just got my wire frame mouse mat, and I feel like it's one of the best things I've ever spent money on PC wise! Absolutely love it. Great job!!!

@bloodybucket213 3 года назад

I was really looking forward to this since your tease, thanks for the short wait time. I don't know why but; Mike's no no no finger for the grey stand-offs cracked me up.

@SwedishDeathLlama 3 года назад

Thank you GN for indulging my neuroses about silence. Such a great review of a fanless cooler.

@jean-paulpitman2172 3 года назад

Great to see the 3600 load testing with stock cooler and reasonable alternatives. Can make some amazing display office pc with this new passive cooler.

@GinsuChikara 3 года назад

Yessssssss. Been waiting for y'all's test on this since I first saw Noctua show the concept off at Computex 2019.

@prestigious0 3 года назад

The schlieren photography is so cool! i'd probably blow away so much time just messing with cooler and fan configurations just to see what happens. Thanks for including it in video.

@fenrir7969 2 года назад

Silverstone always did a good fanless cooler, pretty massive too. The HE02 is rated to 95W fanless or higher with case fans and up to 150W with a fan on the cooler itself. They made it compatible with AM4 as well through new parts. Would be nice to see a modern day comparison.

@alanmorgan6642 3 года назад

"Today we're doing some really cool stuff" - I see what you did there lads, nice.

@benwp4179 3 года назад

Awesome review! It is good to see this type of product go out to the market.

@mauricebottomley7623 3 года назад

Thank you for all the great work you put in GN!

@Aggrofool 3 года назад

I admire how GN can hold the cooler fins like that without getting minor cuts.

@Andystuff800 2 года назад

Noctua engineering means the edges aren't sharp.

@PittasJ5252 3 года назад

Imagine being confident enough in your product to actively send it free of charge to GN 🤔😂

@abdulmuhaimin9787 3 года назад

Noctua is probably one of the only companies that can do that.

@markjacobs1086 3 года назад

There's not much to fear when you're honest about your product though 🤷🏻‍♂️

@sladewilson9273 3 года назад

It's not like this product has much competition, also it doesn't have much to prove. All it has to do is properly cool low end CPUs and it achieves it's goal/purpose. My question would be the price, quite expensive, considering what, extra aluminum but cutting the fan. Wonder the margins.

@bluelabel222 3 года назад

@@sladewilson9273 don't forget R&D. ✌️

@sladewilson9273 3 года назад

@@bluelabel222 I thought about that, and still. Like it was already known that you need less fins but them thicker and better spaced out. It's sad it took so many years for such a product but it's noctua, it's taken them years to make a black version of their fan.

@jtland4842 3 года назад

Can’t wait for the fan testing! Love the current content too.

@EthyrielY 3 года назад

Been waiting for this one! Really curious to see how it performs in the benchmark suite.

@firnekburg4990 3 года назад

This cooler is made for audio recording studios. Very cool!

@chukah9484 3 года назад

If only it could handle high tdp high core cpus

@Am3r1knu 2 года назад

After this review it is not cool. I would give it a "Very warm" instead :)

@enmass90 3 года назад

That would be perfect to cool the VRAM on a 3090

@dustinc.h.8143 3 года назад

Loved the review Steve, you guys did a great job! I didn't know there were 'fan-less' coolers like this, but I'm glad to know now. I might consider this for my next build with an i5 11400, plus I can always add a fan on it if I need extra cooling. I'm still looking forward to your fan testing machine in the future, and your new office! :)

@gavin5861 Год назад

Excellent review! Got exactly what I needed out of it!

@CaffeinatedOctane 3 года назад

My favorite looking thing Noctua makes. The sound of silence, so sweeet.

@informitas0117 3 года назад

And not just that, the "tone" of their fans are low and nice.

@Kholaslittlespot1 2 года назад

And they have very nice boxes

@eso210 3 года назад

You could get some nice grill lines on this one... I might have to retire my Quadro M4000 backplate

@JeKramxel 3 года назад

Really thorough review, btw. Great job!

@darreno1450 3 года назад

Great video! Was looking forward to seeing how this performed.

@BrandonBrungardt 3 года назад

You should do a test where you remove the fan from the active coolers, effectively making them passive, just to show exactly why the NH-P1 is designed the way it is.

@quintoblanco8746 3 года назад

Here's the result of that test: all heatsinks will fail at cooling the CPUs without a fan. Some heatsinks will work with Intel T models at the cost of low performance.

@Z4KIUS 3 года назад

@@quintoblanco8746 Ninja will work quite fine with 60W probably, but everything else will fail and P1 can go higher and higher

@quintoblanco8746 3 года назад

@@Z4KIUS I doubt it. 60W generates a lot of heat and if the fins are close together, without forced airflow even a big heatsink gets saturated quickly. Also most CPUs with a TDP of 60W use a more power than 60W under stress.

@tomkocur 3 года назад

@@Z4KIUS SilverStone HE02 > Ninja, just not sure if you can still buy it. I've had both and while Ninja (3) did pretty good passively (used it on A10 APU), HE02 is in a different class. P1 is definitely my next cooler, though.

@Z4KIUS 3 года назад

@@quintoblanco8746 I never did proper testing of my Ninja in passive to be exactly sure but it definitely can handle more than just a T, and if you're not going for sustained load it'll work flawlessly too, though I definitely don't recommend that

@Dtr146 3 года назад

I've always wondered how heavy a cooler could be before it puts so much stress on the motherboard that it just slowly breaks all the traces inside the board over time with its sheer girth.

@Lolwutfordawin 2 года назад

Considering my kg of Thermaltake macho was fine for over 5 years and several moves - seems to be more than one can reasonably stuff in a normal case!

@Hirnlego999 2 года назад

If the motherboard sits firmly in place and the case is not "thrown down" on the floor it should be absolutely fine.

@Hirnlego999 2 года назад

@Ádám Bezzegh Which I would say is still not a lot considering how tough motherboards are.

@ccmps 3 года назад

It's nice to open their website and check CPU compatibility and its limitations in a very organized way.

@-DeScruff 3 года назад

The Schlieren photography was really interesting! It really does help give some perspective of how much air/heat is actually moving

@spikex8 3 года назад

kudos on them for making something with such a limited market i guess? Hopefully they can use what they learned during R&D to benefit their other product lines.

@jirivegner3711 3 года назад

Noctua sells same products for very long time, they don't need too many sales per year to for R&D.

@gothik33 3 года назад

I'd be really curious to see how this passive cooler would hold in a "true tower" type case where air intake would be at the bottom and exhaust at the top if such a case exists on the market of course. I'd argue that it would do pretty well as it could use the full extent of heat movement physics.

@themodfather9382 3 года назад

they tested this with rv02 by putting it on its side and it made no difference.

@Vegemeister1 3 года назад

Best I think, would be to wall mount and put a chimney on it.

@jurrich 2 года назад

I'm using one of these in a nature streaming machine, keeping an i5-11400 to

@TilSkywalker 3 года назад

The fancy airflow shots are beautiful to look at!

@exarkunn69 3 года назад

I know people that run audio recording studios and quite is the name of the game. This works perfect for them

@hansdietrich83 2 года назад

Having a high power PC running in the same room as your Audio recording is probably not the best idea anyways

@exarkunn69 2 года назад

@@hansdietrich83 you don’t need crazy amounts of processing power to record or even master music. Also you don’t need dedicated graphics as well cutting you’re moving components down even further.

@MisterJulius 3 года назад

y'know, I think it would be really neat if another company were to roll with this and try to make a really artsy lookin' passive cooler. Not like plastic shrouds and RGB LED nonsense, I mean crazy heatpipe bends and fancy shiny fins. Kinda like how coolers in the early 2000s got all whacky with their designs to draw eyes. Make a showpiece out'a the thing. It'd more than likely be a market failure, but it sure would be neat

@alexanderdiogenes8067 3 года назад

Great rundown! I think something like this would be ideal for people who do a ton of audio recording and are using sensitive condenser mics in cramped situations.

@Tidonius Год назад

This is so cool! Thanks for the review.

@kasimirdenhertog3516 3 года назад

I bought one and so far loving it, being one of those people who relishes absolute silence. When the CPU is hit with some load, I sometimes do hear a metal ‘twang’ like you hear when you have a pan heating on the stove. Kind of weird and discomforting to hear inside a PC, but I think that makes it special 🙂

@wotertool 3 года назад

may I ask how you passivly cool your GPU or is it a low power one for home entertainment and not screaming-your-lungs-out shooter sessions?

@grasthube 3 года назад

That sound alone kinda defeats the whole purpose of "absolute silence", especially when better and cheaper active cooler are barely audible anyhow

@kasimirdenhertog3516 3 года назад

@@wotertool 90% of what I do on it is work, and that's when I want it to be quiet. I've got a RTX 3090 FE and the fans stay off when I'm working. When I fire up a game, of course the 3090 comes alive, though it has such big fans on it you can barely hear it, and games have sound + music so you can't hear the fans anyway.

@kasimirdenhertog3516 3 года назад

@@grasthube it's occasional, really, not every single time the CPU boosts, that would be annoying. But I agree it's not 100% quiet, perhaps 99% ;-)

@grasthube 3 года назад

@@kasimirdenhertog3516 ah ok. I though it was a constant sound due to heat exchange and thermal deformation

@ulrichkalber9039 3 года назад

can you try putting a funnel over that cooler? the chimney effect might raise airflow and improve performance.

@gmayuk 3 года назад

the Schlieren Photography is badass! love it

@parasecglenkwyst4835 3 года назад

Good content, was waiting for this one. The circel animation is nice, but I'd prefere static lines for the dimensions :)

@martir.7653 3 года назад

How does this perform in an actual case, however? I have doubts that the air movement created by convection is strong enough to overcome dust filters for example. So the hot air would have to pass its heat on to the case surface, which would itself be cooled by convection with the ambient air? Or am I missing something?

@andreewert6576 2 года назад

Like every cooler, performace scales with the temperature differential. That said, dust filters pose no big resistance to slow moving air, it's the turbulence at higher airspeeds that creates most of the resistance. Lastly, with such a cooler you'd need next to no dust filtering in many environments, this thing won't ever clog up.

@Atilolzz 3 года назад

But is it better than the Thermalright HR-22?

@GamersNexus 3 года назад

We can try to get one in to test it out! Looks like that one can't be oriented any direction, unlike Noctua's. We could test vertical and horizontal on it.

@MiGujack3 3 года назад

@@GamersNexus Please do!

@Atilolzz 3 года назад

Finally A GamersNexus review of the BFG under the CPU coolers

@Lazarosaliths 3 года назад

Nice product from noctua, lets hope we see more of these. Like that one big-massive cooler that goes to the opposite side of the motherboard, and can work passive

@thebamfordman 3 года назад

I built a passively cooled PC years ago using a Noctua cooler with the fan pulled off. Worked like a dream.

@mc88dx 3 года назад

Excited to see silent pc builds with this.

@PersianImm0rtal 3 года назад

Imagine a cooler, that used the entire case a heat sink.

@NicincM 3 года назад

www.kickstarter.com/projects/1489140137/nsg-s0-worlds-first-fanless-chassis-for-high-perfo/posts/3171901 The project has taken over three years I think, and still no actual cases. But the company is legit in the server cooling space, so it's not a scam. It's just taking years of delays. The design has changed a few times as well.

@ThatLaloBoy 3 года назад

Didn't LTT already do something like this?

@Z4KIUS 3 года назад

there are many of these but somehow they don't really do better than this

@egalanos 3 года назад

The Streacom db4 is exactly that.

@martinw245 3 года назад

I recall Zalman had a case like that

@aqualargesse 3 года назад

I've been waiting for this one!

@misfit4816 2 года назад

I've just been rocking a Cooler Master T4 for the last 10 years. been through AM3, 1151, and AM4 and god I love big ol tower coolers

@Veiss7 3 года назад

This will eliminate the need for a radiator heater in the winter!

@maximedaneau3397 3 года назад

At 65 watts, I hope your apartment is a literal shoe box.

@-eMpTy- 3 года назад

Honestly hoped you'd include a NH-D15 without a fan on it for comparison.

@martinw245 3 года назад

I was hoping they would orient the cooler the same way as a D15 and install the same D15 fans, to see what the diference in temp was.

@TheGroundedCoffee 3 года назад

I like how totally redundant the schlieren photographe is but it remains so friggin cool to see in action!

@LegendaryGauntlet 3 года назад

Thanks for mentioning the specific fin spacing for passive coolers - there are actually engineering calculations for passive cooler fin spacing (depending on heat load, overall cooler size, etc.) and this is quite common in industrial applications. Of course yeah no fan means no intake of saw dust, metal particles.. I would add that usages for totally silent PCs include sound studios, where any parasitic noise is unwelcome, test chambers, and of course quiet homes (no street noise, no A/C...) where you do hear even those Noctua fans very clearly. This would be perfect for a home theater PC as the power requirement for those is quite below the 65W limit, allowing for iGPU and passive PSU, and i'd certainly use this for a non-power user build as it means it's zero maintenance.

@ReclusiveEagle 3 года назад

Thank god Noctua hasn't found a way to create brown aluminum

@ChucksSEADnDEAD 2 года назад

There's anodization but I have no clue how it affects thermals.

@Z4KIUS 3 года назад

"you'll see how heat rises... which is a known thing" but seems to be unknown for most of case manufacturers, and I guess whoever designed ATX standard too

@PorscheRacer14 3 года назад

AT and ATX standards were designed around desktop computers, not tower cases. It would be hugely rare to see a motherboard on its side at that time. 10 years later, sure that would be the norm.

@morromeyer 3 года назад

As Steve also says, as long as you have just a single fan, the heat will go whatever way you point the fan...

@Z4KIUS 3 года назад

@@morromeyer it's better to run fan slowly and quietly to assist convection than to run it fast and loud to fight it

@MiGujack3 3 года назад

ATX is ancient, PCs had like 60mm fans at the time and, as someone pointed out, true desktops were more popular back then. BTX tried to address cooling but failed horribly. These days it doesn't really matter since cases allow you send air straight up if you want.

@Z4KIUS 3 года назад

@@MiGujack3 barely any cases do and most active coolers are designed for horizontal airflow, and that's not even weird seeing how all the expansion cards block convection anyway

@raumikinan8322 2 года назад

The best tech reviewers on the platform by a mile. Fantastic review!

@karthikeyanb7920 3 года назад

It would be nice if you could also do a test in a well ventilated case with the P1 getting some airflow from just the case fans and compare it with other coolers by measuring noise levels.

@peyton_uwu 3 года назад

holy heckle

@cweaver4080 3 года назад

Technical point: at ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-N8EjMwS2ut0.html I think you meant "hot air rises". Heat can go in any direction.

@kingplunger6033 3 года назад

Thank you for your no bullshit content. I feel like you are the only reviewer I can trust because you instantly call out shitty products and flaws

@Vidz0022 3 года назад

Interesting product and great video. Thank you.

@Mostlyharmless1985 3 года назад

I feel like "Not incompetent" is the best possible score you can get out of a passive cooler with todays watt hungry CPUs

@backupplan6058 3 года назад

I’m going to be installing on of these passive coolers for my friend, he’s a police officer though he can be a bit too political correct sometimes. When I install this PC in his PC he’s going to be one happy PC, PC.

@DeadNoob451 3 года назад

Man, a PC cop ? that sounds like an identity crisis coming down the line.

@bruiserdotcom 3 года назад

boooo

@EmergencyChannel 3 года назад

You need a backup plan for that joke.

@mistywalters 2 года назад

Perfect fit for low load usage No dust buildup or noise are big bonus too

@stephanematis 3 года назад

This is why I love to support GN. Years I lived in an open loft, with my computers needing to remain on 24/7, yet any noise needing to be bearable. In that era, Zalman was the only "creative" choice along with under-volted fans, thankfully CPUs were far less power hungry too. Then came Noctua to rule the roost. Now we have GN to do the analysis we can all trust and you can buy with confidence. Aces!

@puokki6225 3 года назад

25:02 "What do they mean "not suitable for passive cooling", adding a passive cooler to case that comes with 12 fans preinstalled is a brilliant idea!" -The designer of the Ramesses 780, after spending the night inside his case and suffering from asphyxiation-induced brain damage

@GamersNexus 3 года назад

It's true! It has so many fans that they can create extra-dimensional air traversal!

@slizgi86 3 года назад

Well, this is Noctua, do they have anything bad, besides colors maybe :P

@GFFrankJaeger 3 года назад

Price?

@slizgi86 3 года назад

@@GFFrankJaeger if you consider quality, price is adequate TBH. What is better, buy one more expensive cooler for 10+ years with possibility to buy extra mounts if necessary, or buy cheaper and worse without that possibility? But I am not saying that N is cheap, I myself buy something bit cheaper, and almost that good.

@AndresUffert2 3 года назад

@@slizgi86 i would say price is bad, but think of the reliability. and its good. leave it running for 10 years straight and dont think you will have issues. and that is the thing that costs. same for business and enterprise things, yes there are cheaper and better things, but you need to have it and leave it running for maby 10 years, and you expect it to run it. as for home use stuff. 5 years if you are lucky

@matuzaato 3 года назад

Yay I'm all in for 3600 cheap coolers comparisons!

@yourstrulyjohnnydollar8775 3 года назад

Steve seems so happy in the intro.

@ferdinandbardamu3945 3 года назад

Undervolted 5700G analysis with this heatsink, soon?

@Richies_Beer_n_Gear 3 года назад

THIS! Yes please!

@NotAnAlchemist_Ed 3 года назад

that would be an awesome setup

@nogravitas7585 3 года назад

Either of the APUs and this in an matx or itx cube would be neat at least until/if mid range GPUs return to 2013~2015 prices.

@Richies_Beer_n_Gear 3 года назад

@@ferdinandbardamu3945 I have no interest in Gaming, my use case is a general purpose / video streaming / HTPC. I'm looking at the Silverstone FARA H1M case as it has good airflow, fits a 160mm CPU cooler and fits in the furniture under my TV.

@ferdinandbardamu3945 3 года назад

@@Richies_Beer_n_Gear If you want to go ITX, I suggest the Silverstone LD03. The case structure is well suited for convection cooling with a heatsink like this NH-P1.