Noctua Presents CPU Coolers for Intel's LGA-4677 Xeon Platform

[TheLostSwede]

The new NH-U14S DX-4677, NH-U12S DX-4677, NH-U9 DX-4677 and NH-D9 DX-4677 4U are dedicated, customised solutions for Intel's professional LGA4677 platform (Sapphire Rapids), which makes them an ideal fit for both 4th generation Xeon Scalable CPUs (Platinum, Gold, Silver or Bronze) and W-3400 or W-2400 series Xeon processors for workstations such as the w9-3495X, w7-3465X or w7-2495X. Whereas the large 14 cm NH-U14S DX-4677 and 12 cm NH-U12S DX-4677 are an excellent choice for tower-style cases and thus lend themselves to use in high-performance quiet workstations, the smaller NH-D9 DX-4677 4U and NH-U9 DX-4677 fit 4U cases, which makes them perfect for more compact workstations as well as 4U class rack-mount servers that need to run as quietly as possible.

While the NH-U9's direction of airflow is perpendicular to the long axis of the LGA4677 socket, the NH-D9's direction of airflow is parallel to the long axis of the LGA4677 socket. Depending on the orientation of the socket(s) on the motherboard, choosing either the NH-U9 or de NH-D9 enables system builders to align the airflow of the cooler(s) with the exhaust fans of the chassis and thereby ensure optimal system performance. Thanks to their compact footprint, both models are ideal for building dual socket setups with motherboards where larger coolers may interfere with each other.




Integrating standard Intel parts such as the anti-tilt mechanism, Torx T30 PEEK nuts and the CPU-specific carrier frames (included with boxed retail CPUs and available separately for tray CPUs), the coolers' mounting system is fully compliant with Intel's installation guidelines and provides a familiar mounting procedure for experienced LGA4677 users. A Torx T30 mounting tool is included.

In addition to the new DX-4677 coolers, the NM-i4677 mounting kit allows Noctua DX-4189, DX-3647 and TR4-SP3 series coolers to be installed on LGA4677.

Suggested retail prices
The manufacturer's suggested retail prices are as follows:

• NH-U14S DX-4677: EUR 139.90 / USD 129.90
• NH-U12S DX-4677: EUR 139.90 / USD 129.90
• NH-U9 DX-4677: EUR 129.90 / USD 119.90
• NH-D9 DX-4677 4U: EUR 129.90 / USD 119.90
• NM-i4677: EUR/USD 29.90

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[AnarchoPrimitiv]

Can something as small as these adequately cool these? Based on the specified power consumption of the higher tier chips, I would think not.

 

[Denver]

What kind of alien air cooler can cool a CPU that exceeds 300w of TDP? lol

 

[Chaitanya]

What kind of alien air cooler can cool a CPU that exceeds 300w of TDP? lol

400W for many of those Intel SKUs.

Can something as small as these adequately cool these? Based on the specified power consumption of the higher tier chips, I would think not.

If the heat generating area is sufficiently spread over large area(like in case of threadrippers) it should be relatively easy to cool

 

[Avlin]

you need manly cooling for this cpus, not noctuapple iFan

 

[freeagent]

What kind of alien air cooler can cool a CPU that exceeds 300w of TDP? lol

TRUE Spirit 140 Power – Thermalright

Although I am not sure how it would do with modern Intel CPUs. It handled a hard clocked X5690 with no trouble. It doesn't like 7nm very much, none of my old coolers do.

 

[Crackong]

Can something as small as these adequately cool these? Based on the specified power consumption of the higher tier chips, I would think not.

I am using a U12 SP3 on my 280W TR PRO and there is no problem keeping it around 70C
The smaller sized U9 might get up to 80C

But these server grade CPUs are rated to work at high temps for a very long time, 24/7
It should be fine.

 

[dj-electric]

People in this thread forget that larger dies are easier to cool

 

[zo0lykas]

What kind of alien air cooler can cool a CPU that exceeds 300w of TDP? lol

2x 24 pins
5x 6 pins on board,
...you mean 300W on idle?

 

[matar]

I think the minimum is great quality 360mm AIO for intel LGA-4677

 

[The Von Matrices]

Can something as small as these adequately cool these? Based on the specified power consumption of the higher tier chips, I would think not.

As you said, most of the chips have semi-reasonable TDPs and can be cooled adequately. For the chips with the high TDPs, unless you are running something that is hitting 100% of CPU cores all the time, a smaller cooler can work. When the chip gets a 100% cores workload it will reach its temperature limit and begin to clock down, which will sacrifice some performance in multi-threaded scenarios but won't damage the CPU.

 

[trsttte]

Can something as small as these adequately cool these? Based on the specified power consumption of the higher tier chips, I would think not.

What kind of alien air cooler can cool a CPU that exceeds 300w of TDP? lol

Fan speed goes brrrrrrrr! (when the cpu is hit harder, maybe not very frequent, otherwise it's fine). The "entry" level xeon 24xx also top out at 225w (270 boost on the 24core version), the mcm 34xx versions are the ones to go above 300w in the higher core count configs

 

[lightning70]

Even though the cooler is Noctua, the CPU will definitely reach 100 degrees.
It's also a huge processor. 4677 pins.

 

[HTC]

Even though the cooler is Noctua, the CPU will definitely reach 100 degrees.

Doubt it, or they wouldn't have 92mm fan variants.

I noticed they offer a mounting kit to convert from AMD's TR4-SP3 platform to this one: are there any cooler performance reviews of these in the AMD platform? Just to have an idea of their potencial performance in Intel's platform.

 

[sLowEnd]

What kind of alien air cooler can cool a CPU that exceeds 300w of TDP? lol

A very big and very loud one.

 

[Upgrayedd]

I'm curious as to why the 120mm fans have such different blades? And why don't they make a 140mm version like that? If it's a pressure fan I'd love to see those in a 3000rpm industrial version.

 

[Avlin]

whatever the fan, a heat pipe is limited in terms of power he can transfer

 

[Minus Infinity]

Bet they cost $50 to make, and costs are in proportion to the cpu price. Same cooler on 3xxx series starts at $1K, on 2xxxx series starts at $500. Same cooler for desktop, $100.

 

[claes]

That is odd… You’d expect some increased cost due to the larger baseplate, but the threadripper version of the u14-s was announced at $90 and is only slightly smaller than lga4667

Edit: didn’t notice these come with two fans rather than one. Not that that explains a >$30 price increase, but does explain $30

 

[johnspack]

Wow, the exact same cooler I just bought for my ancient 1920x... where's the d15 replacement?

 

[tabascosauz]

I'm curious as to why the 120mm fans have such different blades? And why don't they make a 140mm version like that? If it's a pressure fan I'd love to see those in a 3000rpm industrial version.

Because the A12x25 is the only new generation fan that Noctua has, and we're still waiting on them to come out with the next gen 140mm. It's noctua so you'll be waiting a long time, most of their roadmap has just been delayed further. The point is to provide better performance/noise, if you want all-out then just grab a 3000rpm A14

Phanteks is in the same boat, waiting to release their 140mm T30. Thermaltake and Be Quiet both have 140mm versions, but not really as the blade geometry is very different (much more generic) and only the 120mm versions are actually modern.

They already had a last gen Xeon "U12S" with the A12x25, this one is just updated for the new socket. Curiously, they don't make one for TR4, only one with the ancient F12s.

 

[Ferrum Master]

My five pesos...

 

[efikkan]

People in this thread forget that larger dies are easier to cool

For sure. It's far easier to cool a ~300-400W large die than e.g. i9-13900K which burts into ~250W with most of it concentrated in a tiny part of a small die.
The larger Noctua coolers should be able to cool a sustained ~250-300W (on "small" mainstream sockets), and I have no problem believing they can reach ~400W on the much larger HEDT/workstation/server variants.

I think the minimum is great quality 360mm AIO for intel LGA-4677

I seriously doubt it. The larger air coolers can compete with 240/280mm AIO water coolers on mainstream sockets, and they tend to do even better on larger dies.
Keep in mind that this platform is for workstation/HEDT use, not open air test benches, and when you put a good air cooler in a case with decent air flow, it will work far better than you think. AIO water coolers doesn't really get much of an advantage unless you have a special case design to take advantage of it, otherwise they are usually bottlenecked by case air flow, making them kind of pointless. And if you want something that extreme, then it's usually better to go custom loop, but then again, this isn't very relevant for this market.

 

[JustBenching]

For sure. It's far easier to cool a ~300-400W large die than e.g. i9-13900K which burts into ~250W with most of it concentrated in a tiny part of a small die.
The larger Noctua coolers should be able to cool a sustained ~250-300W (on "small" mainstream sockets), and I have no problem believing they can reach ~400W on the much larger HEDT/workstation/server variants.

Αctually teh 13900k is pretty easy to cool. u12a + 13900k = 95c @ 330watts running ycruncher