Hello.
Is Noctua u12a enough for i7 14th? I’m a little bit scared of aio, never had one, and I dont like idea of liquid in my pc:x PC will be used usually as gaming centre, and maybe once a time streaming centre for friends. Is AIO must have for 14th generation intel? Or for my purposes(gaming in 1080p at 100-160fps) is more than enough?
There is no cpu that needs an aio. I have a U12A on a 14900k runs great.
Liquid cooling is safe. The liquid they use is non-conductive, so even if it leaks it won’t hurt anything.
I run AIO on my rigs, 9900k and 14900k, works great. Much quieter than air.
yea, but my pc case don’t have much space for aio :/ I wanted to change only my GPU, but ended with mobo, cpu, gpu, cooling and power supply xD And I like design of my case xD
The U12A is awesome. Had it on my 13700k and kept temps nice and cool.
I was using a u12-a on a 14900k. Throttled out of the box at 5.7ghz.
Underclocked to 4.8ghz to keep temps at 80-85c under sustained load.
Put a Liquid Freezer ii AIO in last week and now I can push clock up to 5.3ghz and get the same 80-85c under sustained load.
Haven’t tested fps in games or anything, but the added 500mhz feels nice :)
I switched from the NH-D15 to the same AIO. I regret not doing that from the beginning but lesson learned.
had a U12A on my 12900K for a while actually. thermals were fine but the fan noise can be a bit much at higher RPMs. that will come up in gaming unless you set a custom fan curve or power limit the proc. tried fan curve first and it gutted my R23 but ymmv. simple power limit of 250W was good for 90-95% of liquid-cooled performance in my limited testing.