Sunday, June 6th 2021
Noctua NH-P1 Fanless CPU Cooler Released for $100
Noctua's ambitious 100% fanless CPU heatsink, the NH-P1, was briefly listed on Newegg for $100. The heatsink offers clearance for standard-height memory and VRM heatsinks of most motherboards; and completely fanless cooling due to the sheer amount of surface area on offer to dissipate heat without the need for an active airflow. The design of the NH-P1 involves a nickel-plated copper base, from which six heat-pipes emerge passing through a gargantuan aluminium fin-stack.
Noctua claims that the cooler can handle mainstream desktop CPUs without the need for fans. These include the Core i9-9900K, Ryzen 7 2700X, etc., which should mean that most non-K 10th Gen and 11th Gen Intel processors; as well as Ryzen 3000 and Ryzen 5000 chips up to 8 cores should run perfectly fine with this heatsink. Among the CPU socket types supported are LGA1200, LGA115x, LGA2066, and AM4. For higher TDP chips, particularly HEDT chips in the LGA2066 package, the heatsink supports the mounting of a pair of 120 mm fans.
Source:
FanlessTech
Noctua claims that the cooler can handle mainstream desktop CPUs without the need for fans. These include the Core i9-9900K, Ryzen 7 2700X, etc., which should mean that most non-K 10th Gen and 11th Gen Intel processors; as well as Ryzen 3000 and Ryzen 5000 chips up to 8 cores should run perfectly fine with this heatsink. Among the CPU socket types supported are LGA1200, LGA115x, LGA2066, and AM4. For higher TDP chips, particularly HEDT chips in the LGA2066 package, the heatsink supports the mounting of a pair of 120 mm fans.
37 Comments on Noctua NH-P1 Fanless CPU Cooler Released for $100
As i mentioned before, i can clearly hear the NF-A15 on my D15.
I've read on the Noctua reddit, that's because of those 2 flat sides, which means the stepped inlet design does actually function, if the fan was to be completely round.
NF-A15 Design Shortcoming : Noctua (reddit.com)
That's a BIG BOY COOLER! :)
I'm most definitely NOT running it passive. I'll reuse my NF-A14 2000rpm industrial fan, just lay it on top - ie: professional gravity mount. lol :laugh:
I'm trying to buy it, but that Newegg page is gone. grrrrrrr, waited 2years for this cooler to drop...finally! :peace:
I had a Socket A Thoroughbred-B with a non-trivial overclock running fanless back in the day. probably 70-80W using a Zalman CNPS passive cooler maybe 2001 or 2002. FYI there will be very little point running a fast fan on this. The fin spacing is already close to diminishing returns at air speeds close to heat convection speeds. Adding a 400rpm fan will make a significant difference, adding a 6000rpm fan will add very little more.
If you can tolerate even an 600rpm fan, this is the wrong heatsink for you. Get something with more surface area and shorter heatpipes - like an NH-D15; It'll take up less space and even with a 600rpm fan it'll vastly outperform this NH-P1 as a cooler.
Trust me, as an engineer with a masters covering fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, and acoustics, this is not the best solution for absolute cooling performance. It's very much a tuned compromise that targets a deltaT at an extremely low ambient airflow velocity, just like a Toyota Prius' 1.5L atkinson-cycle engine was tuned specifically for highway cruising cruising efficiency at 80-120km/h. It was pretty shit outside that singular purpose with abysmal low-speed torque and no scaling of horsepower at higher speeds. You can use this NH-P1 with a fan, just like you can drive a Prius at over 160km/h but it's far from the best tool for the job and cheaper, better solutions exist if that's your goal.
3.3lbs
120w fanless
180w with fans in case
www.pcmag.com/news/noctuas-fanless-passive-cpu-cooler-slated-to-arrive-soon