Cooling ID-Cooling IS-47K 47mm 6-heatpipe cooler with 92x15mm fan - Black Ridge alternative?

birdsliveoutthere

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I purchased this cooler on Amazon for use in my Dan A4 v1/Ryzen 3700x build to replace the Noctua L9a (with shroud) I have been using. I used the Noctua backplate and swapped the fan to a spare NF-A9x14 PWM, oriented to blow towards the motherboard (the included fan can not be flipped, the blades will hit the fins). Temps rose quickly to +90C in prime95, which I attributed to the picture above. The bracket stripped when I was securing it, not allowing adequate pressure against the CPU. The mounting screw wasn't cross threaded, I think I received a dud.
 

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I purchased this cooler on Amazon for use in my Dan A4 v1/Ryzen 3700x build to replace the Noctua L9a (with shroud) I have been using. I used the Noctua backplate and swapped the fan to a spare NF-A9x14 PWM, oriented to blow towards the motherboard (the included fan can not be flipped, the blades will hit the fins). Temps rose quickly to +90C in prime95, which I attributed to the picture above. The bracket stripped when I was securing it, not allowing adequate pressure against the CPU. The mounting screw wasn't cross threaded, I think I received a dud.

Yikes. If you're in USA, give me a PM and I can hook you up with a fix.

Here is a sample of the IS-60 EVO.

Fan looks sweet.

 

billabong2606

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Yikes. If you're in USA, give me a PM and I can hook you up with a fix.

Here is a sample of the IS-60 EVO.

Fan looks sweet.

Iirc, the fan in this is supposed to be ARGB, isn't it? Would you be able to take a pic of it when turned on? Kinda thinking of getting just the fans to replace my non-RGB ID-Cooling NO-12015 fan that I used on my deshrouded GPU.
 

Thehack

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Iirc, the fan in this is supposed to be ARGB, isn't it? Would you be able to take a pic of it when turned on? Kinda thinking of getting just the fans to replace my non-RGB ID-Cooling NO-12015 fan that I used on my deshrouded GPU.

Yes it is argb. Unfortunately I don't have my desktop available at the moment. It is in storage while I deal with some stuff.
 

Poblopuablo

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Iirc, the fan in this is supposed to be ARGB, isn't it? Would you be able to take a pic of it when turned on? Kinda thinking of getting just the fans to replace my non-RGB ID-Cooling NO-12015 fan that I used on my deshrouded GPU.
Silverstone has a slim argb 120mm fan. Not as sexy as this one, but still an option. Or maybe go with a phanteks halos argb ring.
 

billabong2606

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Silverstone has a slim argb 120mm fan. Not as sexy as this one, but still an option. Or maybe go with a phanteks halos argb ring.
Did you mean this one? Seems a good alternative to the ID-Cooling ARGB fan, but I don't think it's available where I'm from, at least when I searched for it the last time. Thanks for the suggestion tho :)
 

birdsliveoutthere

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Yikes. If you're in USA, give me a PM and I can hook you up with a fix.

Here is a sample of the IS-60 EVO.

Fan looks sweet.


Thanks for the offer, I would have taken you up on that but I returned it to Amazon. If I had enough room in the case to do a push/pull configuration and the bracket wasn't broken, I think this cooler would have been a good option. I've decided to go the FormD T1/liquid CPU cooling route.
 

soyboy

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As someone who is swapping out my Noctua L9A for the IS47K - what would every suggest my set up be in terms of mounting? I'm already going to try and reverse the fan direction but not sure if I should use the stock mounting solution or the hardware from my L9A setup. Would appreciate any help as I have a K39 case and it is very annoying to have to undo everything so I would prefer to do only have to take it apart once! Thanks
 

scatterforce

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As someone who is swapping out my Noctua L9A for the IS47K - what would every suggest my set up be in terms of mounting? I'm already going to try and reverse the fan direction but not sure if I should use the stock mounting solution or the hardware from my L9A setup. Would appreciate any help as I have a K39 case and it is very annoying to have to undo everything so I would prefer to do only have to take it apart once! Thanks
Use the Noctua back plate. The IS47K has issues with proper mounting pressure; using a good backplate will help fix the problem.
 

Tuscany

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When you finish the change, please do tell what is the outcome.
Currently wondering between staying with Wraith Stealth, the Noctua and the IS47K. So any additional hands-on feedback will be valuable.
 

soyboy

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Jul 27, 2020
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When you finish the change, please do tell what is the outcome.
Currently wondering between staying with Wraith Stealth, the Noctua and the IS47K. So any additional hands-on feedback will be valuable.

I did not do any stress testing on my noctua as I was in a rush but running the IS47K is about 28-30C on idle and 60C on prime95 - so looks good so far!
 

soyboy

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Jul 27, 2020
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I also decided to use my Noctua fan as when I flipped the stock fan there seemed to be interference between the fans and the heat fins.
 

soyboy

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Jul 27, 2020
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After about 30 minutes of Prime95 on Small FFTs it got to a maximum of 69 C according to HWInfo and 35 C minimum.
 

Valantar

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After about 30 minutes of Prime95 on Small FFTs it got to a maximum of 69 C according to HWInfo and 35 C minimum.
It's great that you're posting results as you're testing, but please use the edit button rather than posting five times in a row in the same thread. It's down next to the Report button on the lower left of the post, or hidden behind the [...] menu in the same spot if you're on mobile.
 

archagon

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To be fair to soyboy, I don't think I actually had an Edit button until my first few posts... or maybe I just suck at looking. (I really looked!)
 
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Tuscany

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What is your setup, actually? What CPU and what case?
This will put the results in perspective.