Testing Noctua’s NH-P1 with Ryzen 7700x and Intel’s i9-13900K • Hacker News Board

Re: Testing Noctua’s NH-P1 with Ryzen 7700x and Intel’s i9-13900K

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Post by albert-thomas » Mon, Jan 30, 2023, 4:59 AM UTC

mckirk wrote: post #47

_dan wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:z0qv4i... Google's cache, for anyone else having trouble with archive.org.

Well, now that link is dead as well apparently, so I'm starting to believe there is indeed some info here that wasn't supposed to be public (yet).

Author here - Nothing NDA here, the answer is much simpler:

I'm new to hosting my own platform, and it looks like one of the plugins I had installed started causing some problems. (At least, that's what I think it was)

Anyways, it should be fixed now.

Re: Testing Noctua’s NH-P1 with Ryzen 7700x and Intel’s i9-13900K

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Post by albert-thomas » Mon, Jan 30, 2023, 5:05 AM UTC

PufPufPuf wrote: post #68

I noticed that this page published 5 reviews in total, starting just three months ago. I wonder how they convinced the companies to send them hardware to review (even if it's not "free" and they have to return it afterwards). I always thought that these large corporations only care about big reviewers / influencers.

Author here - while I'm not big by any stretch of the word, I'm not new to cooling reviews. I've published cooling reviews to Tom's Hardware and other platforms.

When it comes to review samples - I'll say this : It depends on the product you're reviewing (and how expensive it is), and the history you have of reviewing similar products. The cheaper an item is, the more likely the companies will send it to smaller reviewers.

Re: Testing Noctua’s NH-P1 with Ryzen 7700x and Intel’s i9-13900K

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Post by albert-thomas » Mon, Jan 30, 2023, 5:06 AM UTC

def_true_false wrote: post #59

politelemon wrote: post #9

This does look interesting, PC building has improved by bounds and bounds in recent times, giving me better performance and longevity for my money. This fanless design is worth a consideration, the current go-to for people who want silence is AIO liquid coolers. They aren't terrible but do affect radiator placement. If this NH P1 can be prove viable for gaming setups it might take off. > Nonetheless, I strapped on No…

AIOs are far from silent.

That really depends on the AIO. Fractal's Celsius+ coolers have a mode where they run virtually silent, and Arctic's Liquid Freezer coolers run very quietly too.

Re: Testing Noctua’s NH-P1 with Ryzen 7700x and Intel’s i9-13900K

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Post by merpkz » Mon, Jan 30, 2023, 7:37 AM UTC

I find it amusing that this huge hunk of metal made to dissipate heat costs as much as state of the electronic marvel CPU underneath it.

Re: Testing Noctua’s NH-P1 with Ryzen 7700x and Intel’s i9-13900K

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Post by uni_rule » Mon, Jan 30, 2023, 11:09 AM UTC

Trellmor wrote: post #13

neilv wrote: post #10

This cooler itself doesn't have a fan, but it looks like the test system has at least 4 large case fans, including 2 directly inline with the cooler. And sounds from the text like the fans were spinning. I love Noctua, but a totally fanless system would be a more interesting test.

Gamers Nexus have a video testing the NH-P1 fanless[0]. Without fans it wont handle as much and you are probably limited to about 65W TDP CPUs. As a matter of fact, Noctua has a compatibility guide where they list the expected performance w/ and w/o a fan[1]. [0] https://youtu.be/N8EjMwS2ut0 [1] https://ncc.noctua.at/coolers/NH-P1-68/cpu/all/AM4

Seems like a neat heatsink to slap on a 5700x if you wand absolute silence without risking leaks.

Re: Testing Noctua’s NH-P1 with Ryzen 7700x and Intel’s i9-13900K

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Post by fsociety » Mon, Jan 30, 2023, 1:42 PM UTC

korv wrote: post #76

mjrpes wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interestingly, the 7900 currently costs more than the 7900x (quick Amazon search). And my understanding is the 7900 is just the 7900x that has its TDP defaulted to 65 watts. So you could buy the cheaper 7900x and just go into BIOS and limit the TDP to make it a 7900.

Interestingly, the 7900 currently costs more than the 7900x 7900 comes with a (supposedly decent) fan, 7900X does not.

I would bet that the 7900X chips are binned for higher quality Silicon though. Makes you wonder if an underpowered 7900X outperforms a 7900 and by how much.