This Noctua D14 is from 2009.... How Well Does it Perform in 2020?
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- When I pulled a Rusty Old Noctua D14 from an X58 old build a while ago, I thought I would sideline it until the right opportunity came up. and well looking at it the other day I decided to give it a bath overnight and it came up really nice. And since the original fans work (still 10 years later), I thought... how well does it stack up against new coolers...? The results may shock you vs the D15 / Deepcool 3 and H115i RGB Platinum with a i9-9900KS.
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This is the advantage of air coolers. All AiOs will be dead in 10 years.
I prefer air cooler, because the only thing that broken with air cooler will be the fans only. AiO in the other hand...
Frank you are wrong ... your 2nd Aio would be dead in 10 years ..not just the first !
I'm pretty sure my air cooler will outlive me
@@venix20 2nd? You are being way too optimistic, I think most people will be running their third/fourth AIO.
I have an AIO that's been cooling my Haswell i5 4670K for the last 6 years. In four years, I'll be sure to let you know how it's doing. Ok?
I have been using my D14 for over 10 years now. Everytime I do a new build I think that maybe it is time to upgrade the cooler but so far I haven't seen anything that gives compellingly better performance. It even still has the original fans.
how do you control fanspeed if your cpu gets higher temps, if the fans dont have the 4th pin / PWM?
Me too..this cooler is amazing since you can easily purchase mounting kits for all new sockets..just changed mine from socket 1150 to socket AM4..
@@MrEmotional33You don't have to purchase them, if you have the original receipt they will literally mail it to you for free.
It performs awesome, I just pulled my 2010 D14 out of my old gaming rig and put it into my brand new build. As for fan quality, My rig was running around the clock for a decade, almost never shut off and not a single one of my 6 Noctua fans have failed as of yet.
I'm about to Do the same, with a. 370z moard, what memory have you use that clears this cooler just fine? I'm reading the corsair lpx is the goto
Have both the D14 and D15 and they are solid. If you have dust filtration there is almost no maintenance except changing the thermal paste every few years.
I use D14 today on my 9700k. Used it since 3770k and 7700k era. Is a great cooler!
The D14 still is a great option only need to change that old fans and you see the temperatures going down, im using this whit 2 grand flex PWM 2400RPM and still kickling
That thing is a legend, not as popular as the 212 EVO but more powerful.
Well yeah, it was twice the price of a 212 Evo, and most of the gamers were still using Intel I5's which never produced that much heat.
@@Orcawhale1 we used to put 212's on core 2 duo extremes lol
@@Orcawhale1 used to be, I remember that. 212 Evo competed very well at its price. Other cooler master products rarely felt as good of a value. I ended up with 2 for 2 different computers that had very noisy stock coolers.
Had one on my 6600k OC'd to 4.5, max temp never made it past 80 even with 35C room temps. That thing had a single fan too. Best 35$ spent.
@@MiGujack3 the noctua or 212 Evo?
I am still using my noctua nh-u12p that I bought new for my x58 system in 2010. Now its doing the business on a Ryzen 2600x. Does a GREAT job!
I bought a used dark Rock pro 4 on Amazon last year, saved about 10-20$ and works just about new. It's super quiet. And seeing this last 10 years. I might not have to upgrade for a long time
Cool Video ! I STILL LOVE MY NH-D15 ! Still Running Like Clock Work 4-5 Years Later !
Still using my d14 from like 8 years ago, I have it installed on my 9600k and it performs perfectly fine, even with overclock, I got 2 noctua 120mm pwm chromax fans though so that it looks better, got them open box for a great deal.
I’m still using an old evo 212 I’ve passed on through a few builds . Still using it on my 6700k at 4.6 stress test floats around 75
Noctua for the win!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Rockin a D15 here for 3 years!)
im gonna have trouble sleeping knowing that ram is pushed by the cooler.
I physically recoiled from the screen.
Me too, he has balls leaving the ram like tower of pisa
My old nhd 14, was the first cooler i bought, and it's still going strong. And with 2 semi dead fans, it still keeps a lightly oc'ed 6700k cool.
Dont even need to watch, lemme guess, just fine. Thats why I own 3 D15s at the moment.
Same thought I had. Have one D15. Glorious, beastly cooler. I'll never sell it.
@@dumkopf I would if I somehow just had a bunch dropped on me. Though yeah, they're great heat sinks.
What are you doing with 3 d15's?
@@Zubayer_Islam_Rezoan I'm curious too. We need answers from him
@@TheMan00007 he won't answer.
I just replaced R5 2600 stock cooler with NH U9S (92mm) fan and it is absolutely silent and cools the CPU better and I can only hear the air hitting the fan. And I'm happy happy happy 😎
I was shocked... i expected it to be within ~4 degrees of the D15. Maybe the older fans are letting it down. D14's are usually pretty close to the 15's(12 degrees hotter is really bad). I bet a 212 EVO/LED wouldn't be much hotter than that D14.
Definitely a greaty cooler. I have two Noctua coolers (NH-C14 and NH-U12S) that I've used for several years without any problems. When I put together my 3900X build a few months ago I opted for another Noctua cooler, the NH-D15 Chromax Black.
It also has the slightly cut bottoms to reduce problems with high profile RAM. In addition to being able to adjust the fan placement like on the DH-14 in the video. It also came with the Linus Tech Tips orange highlights(rubber corners) on the fans, which I am using.
One of my PC's whih I built in 2011 is still rockin' a D14, with zero issues 9 years later.
I'm gonna guess that, if taken care of, metal should be as good as it was in terms of thermal performance.
@@Maxtraxv3 mmmm no I don't think so. If it doesn't escape under expansion then I think it's okay.
@@Maxtraxv3 if it's physically damages then yes
@@LastExile1989 Nothing is made perfect, flaws in production happen but most coolers with those flaws will work for few years before any noticeable difference. Factory seals on heatpipes can go bad if they are not done properly (on cheaper coolers).
Chances of air cooler failing on you are way smaller than aio, since they usually don't have that much factors (like pumps, fluids, connection points). I've never had any heatpipe related problem yet, i even had few of them bent and they still worked fine with minimal differences. I did try cutting them and cooler was trash after that (couldn't even handle 65w cpu), so coolers should be handled properly to avoid any damage.
@@cekpi7 yea I'm sure in the sheer hundreds of thousands of coolers sold. On top of that dry thermal paste probably plays a bigger part.
The problem with RAM clearance is easily fixable with bending or cutting the corresponding lamels against
At least in the southern hemisphere at the moment we can 'quarantine' ourselves in nice weather and good internet while living at home- just shows that having a PC is more versatile than only a game console to while away the days and nights...
Love my d15 and it's worth every penny.
With any of these Heatpipe designs, the important factors are the number and size of the heat pipes along with the material of the CPU contact area and heatsink surface area combined with airflow volume. That means a cooler designed for a 65-95 watt CPU is not going to work well with a 125-200 watt CPU.
i ran into the ram problem with my d14 when i bought new ram,i solved it by trimming the bottom 5 plates off with a dremal and moved the ram side fan to the other side
Blows air since " *year model* "
If you have a similar older cooler that cannot be used on another PC, if you have a 3D printer, you can rig up a case for a raspberry pi and use the tower cooler on your raspberry pi. even if left passive , they still cool those SOCs down pretty well.
Use old underwear with some TechYesLovin'
Somehow that sounds a bit weird Bryan.
I bough one of those coolers new recently for an i7 7700k. Very good cooler!
What a bargain!
Cheers, Mon from Brisbane
Hey man where did you get it? I'm looking it for my i7 7700k too
@@DanijelTomic1 MSY Brendale, North Brisbane 6 months ago.
@@SilviuIulianWINNING yeah Intel really messed up with the thermal paste situation there. Some people had very high temp spikes with stock settings, I remember.
my exp is thermalright tend to be pretty kickass as well... i know people running more then decade old thermalrights that have moved system to system for all that time... that they got 2nd hand...
I keep telling everyone building a PC for work to stay away from water (esp. AIOs), and get a Noctua cooler. In terms of long term reliability and maintenance requirements, nothing beats the D15, and it cools as well as a midrange AIO.
I bought one back in 2011, still using it works fine. I will never buy any other brand.
Noctua 4 lyfe
Thats the Problem of Noctua. You never have to.
These things are lasting to long.
Perfect engineering does not matter.
Nobody makes Money when Products last almost forever.
Try D14 vs D15 with new noctua fans to see the difference between towers themself.
I use ethanol to clean coolers. Works even with dust vom smoker houses.
Come on mate, we all know you do Tech Yes Loving going commando and put those undies back on afterwards. XD Theres no shame... ;)
I didn't see the link for the video what one was it. Love this kind of video your still my go-to channel for tips and my next upgrades
Hello Bryan!
When you will drop the xeon 2678 v3 video?
Eagerly waiting for that!
I should send you a Thermaltake True Black 120 for comparison.
I got this cooler on my x5780 at 4.4ghz
1:43 Blink and you miss the application of thermal paste.
ram compatibility is the reason i hate big tower cooler, even if they don’t make contact it completely obstruct the rgb view
if you’re not into rgb maybe that’s ok, but good ram nowadays are all rgb and rather tall
for fun you should of put a third fan on it.
Thanks
very informative
I'm thinking about this one for my future i7 9700k.
I just want to know if it will get beyond 80c when gaming without OC
Why are you going Intel?
@@GummyBearRacing because i trust them and i prefer to stay with Intel.
i have this cooler with 9700k at stock its not goint to hit over 80 never bro, i have 50-60 Max while gaming dependes on a case airflow too
@@CFCFaNBoY thanks. I bought the ryzen 7 3700x, using the stock cooler
Try North South instead of East West. :)
If you need more cooling performance, you could replace the stock fans with newer ones. Noctua itself suggests the NF-P14r redux 1500 PWM (middle) and NF-P12 redux-1700 PWM (front). Both are compatible with the fan clips of the NH-D14 and combined they have around 50m³/h more airflow than the stock fans (at max rpm). Ofcourse they can get louder at max rpm, but they are PWM so you can control them as you see fit ;-)
How does the NH-D14 performs in 2020?
Me: Turns head slightly to the right, then opens hardware monitor, sees i7-6700k overclocked at 4.7 ghz, at 61 celsius while both gaming and watching youtube... I say it performs well :)
lmaoed reading this
My nh-d14 while i play on an 9700k oc at 5ghz the temps are under 65c
xeler 8 I have a 1600af running at 1.45v (4.2) and my 5/6 year old h80 kept it under 80 degrees. Also handled a 1055t @1.425/4.5ghz
Was also cheaper than a d14, if you can believe that
Same here but with a 2600k, 16gig vengeance LP mem and EVGA rtx2080 in a HAF-X with Cooler Master Silent Pro M2 720W PSU.
Still going strong although the CM 200mm fans are crapping out ish. Bearing is a bit worn of the upper rear fab, but when the case is level it doesn't act up.
Ha! My d14 started out on my 3570k at 4.5 (second hand at the time) and is still kicking plenty hard on my current 3600 on original fans. Takes the heat and quiet as. Get one!
Talk about price/performance for Bryan's underwear. First he wears them until holes appear AND THEN for some Tech Yes Lovin' ;)
Ive got two D15's and a D14 reused them so many times over many upgrade cycles such a good investment.
Bryce Cutting same with my evo 212 I’ve had it near 10 years now
D15 have the ram height problem or not?
@@CommanderTato nah the d15 was redesigned, its more the Fans that get in the way now days lol. Especially with the big Heat sink VRM shrouds On modern Mobo's lol. My side panel just fits on and the glass is sitting against the fan.
@@edgelordcutting ,
Only the second, 140mm, fan is problematic. If your fan is the same height as the middle fan (165mm case clearance needed) then you've got up to 32mm for the DDR4 memory with the NH-D15... the Corsair LPX memory is 31mm so should work and of course you can move the second fan UP if you have the room but a lot of cases aren't taller than 165mm for CPU cooler clearance. If your case lists 170mm then you have up to 37mm DDR4 clearance... also, note that the NH-D15s exists which has one fan in the middle only and slightly shifts the cooler away from the top, x16 slot... if the NH-D15s was $20 cooler I'd recommend it but if the price is closer I'd get the NH-D15 then just use the 2nd fan as a case fan if you don't need the extra cooling.
thanks for suggestion...i have to change my cpu cooler but i don' know... now using thermaltake armor 2009 silver anda cosmos 25 anniversary tha seems a tie fighter at my eyes
Still using the D14 myself, performs amazingly still :)
Are you cheating on the Snowman? :) Good video mate, thanks!
I am waiting on a batch to come.... 50 days and counting now :(
Tech YES City yeah I ordered a couple of m-T6 dual fan RGB ones and they took over 2 months to arrive.
@@techyescity just got my 3 fan 6 hps happy on 2700x so far thanks to you, thing is it took less than a month to arrive in france, even in the current human malware situation
@@techyescity They probably closed the factory because of corona. I'd assume that most people in China are now making facemasks, since there is a REALLY high demand for them in Europe right now. There are government institutions that literally order millions of facemasks from China every day.
D14 rules! It is high rise and may have clearance issues in narrow cases. Low profile memory is a bit of a challenge but I manage. It's HARD to clean but works very well when half choked with dust.. Noctua fans do not seem to suffer wear as do most fans. There are 6 Noctua fans in my PC, none younger than 8 years, most older. Periodic cleaning is needed to reduce noise and keep efficiency up. Otherwise completely dependable. I may refit my D14 with new Noctua black turbine CPU fans as they are very groovy looking but it's not needed..
God i hate high profile memory, leave it to corsair to make RGB ram even more of a PiA to deal with.
They expect you to use one of their AIO's. Its dumb but they definitely recommend their whole ecosystem for compatibility.
Just FYI their mainline Vengeance RAM is low profile.
They make RGB-infused memory because they were asked to. Dunno what people expect when they then go around and complain said memory is too high.
Especially since the heatspreaders do nothing.
I mean, if you can afford RGB memory, I'm sure you can afford flashy RGB AIO's
@@MrBangijal RGB memory doesn't cost that much more though
I've still got my old D14 boxed up. When I moved to a 6700K there were rumours going around about the substrate not being strong enough to withstand big air coolers, so I got a smaller Noctua cooler to be on the safe side. FWIW Noctua fans have a MTBF rate of 150,000 hours and I believe them. That's just over 17 years running 24/7. I'm still using the same NF-P12 case fans I've had for about a decade with no issues at all. I have to clean them every now and then, but that goes for all PC components.
Would Noctua NHD-14 Be good on i9 10900k? i assume i wont be able to overclock, which it doesn't bother me.
How is Dad Man? Time to go full Bogan and also time to let Dad Man make some calls. That would be hilarious.
Didn't think of that, I will get him to call up on gumtree, bammmmmmmmmmmm
Love you Bryan and Dad Man is awesome!
Still rocks as hell on my 9900k at all core 5ghz at 55c at full load🙂
Iconic cooler,had them for years,never let me down-Untill I got the 9900ks and spun it up to a simply unbelievale 5.38Ghz@1.37V(Guess I won the lottery).Had to grab a 360 kraken AIO and it keeps it under 100c(just).
Might be time to think about going custom loop. My CPU never gets over 55c. XEON E5-1680-V2 @ 4.7GHz all core @ 1.315v. And with some work, I will make it hit 5GHz. Probably at 1.335-1.345v @ 580MHz VRM frequency. And still be around 55c.
@@mattsmechanicalssi5833 Well your cpu has soldered ihs and 9900k is with tim...
@@keijokojootti7790 And a 135W TDP, that uses 260+ watts. I'm sure I can pull 300+ at 5GHz. My 4820K pulls 230w at 5GHz @ 1.335v. TIM or solder, that's a lot of heat to get rid of.
@@mattsmechanicalssi5833 Also way bigger surface area. Anyway. Missing The point a little bit. My point is not to dismiss custom loop or Premium AIO water cooler heat absorption capacity. Culprit of the problem is that TIM. No matter what the heat load is.
Jesus that's not a processor, it's a geothermal power plant.
Using Nhd 14 on ryzen 3600 ( 61-64°celsius) while gaming.
I want to upgrade soon to 5800x3d.
I hope it will cool it enaugh and i will not be forced to buy d15.
Some guy on comments sugested noctua advice on replacing fans with new ones,
I will see how it goes.
Still rocking my NH-D14 on my Ryzen 3700X, on an ITX board :D
Here's a few pics
photos.app.goo.gl/KTavWyDdyMk5s2RHA
I just got the FREE mounting hardware upgrade kit from Noctua for my D-14 that has been used on an overclocked FX-8350 Black Edition (overclocked to 4.5GHz) since that CPU came out.
It is now used on a Ryzen 3600X with zero issues. PWM fans aren't THAT important as my Motherboard supports fan profile tuning via voltage adjustment as well as PWM.
still use it until now..cooled X5680 @4.4Ghz with max temp 70C.
and still ok for cooling Ryzen 3600@4.5Ghz.
The key to this cooler, is low profile RAM :D
hey sir brian have you tried lanshou twin towers 6 heatpipes on aliexpress? slap some 2500-3000rpm fan on it. i wonder how well it goes compared to the snowman cooler.
Dad man with an angle grinder.
Me: interesting...
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I find your results hard to belive, since the nh d15, 14, and the assassin should be all within 5°C difference. I would understand if the nh d14 somehow aged and falls behind because of that, but considering the assassin results, pretty sure you fucked up somewhere rather than the nh d14 having aged.
Do you know what 10 years of daily use has done to my d14? Nothing at all. It's a tank and I'll keep using it until it's no longer compatible.
Great Vid.
Have you heard about compressed Air?
Cleaning a Cooler is 30sec. Job.
I'm sorry I just do not Trust your temperature data after watching Gamers Nexus video on it
Still rocking this beast cooler and am planning on keeping it when I upgrade in the future.
Amazing thing is, you can contact Noctua with a picture and timestamp of your cooler (or receipt if you still have it) and a receipt for a new platform you bought that has a different socket and they will send you mounting brackets FOR FREE.
I'm so glad I went with this giant brick instead of an AIO, because that pump would have been dead for sure, but this monster was cooling my 2500K back in 2011, it's cooling my 3770K still and will cool whatever I get in the future, probably more than 1 upgrade as well!
Investing into a good air cooler is the best decision you can make if you're a budget oriented gamer.
My old noctua D14 work right now with ryzen 5 3600. An they even send me mounting kit for free!
I first used my D14 to cool my 4690k in 2014. The same D14 is now cooling my 3600.
You mounted it wrong way, it has asymmetric design. Then it should'nt touch the 2nd ram slot.
Please do the same test with the old cooler but place new Noctua fans. And place annotation in the same video for comparison if you dont want to do another video. Many thanks!
Good air coolers are a thing of beauty. AIO's are just garbage in comparison.
I'm still using CM 212+ i purchased 9 years ago. With a better fan though! Fins+heatpipes design is so good that it's not going anywhere any time soon. Little to no point of upgrading if it works.
I've had one of these bad boys since they came out, and apart from the insane size factor and problems it has caused with some other components, it has been absolutely amazing. When I bought it at a suggestion of a review, I had no idea what a quality device it was compared to other coolers, until I was considering upgrading it a few years ago. All these newer sexier solutions I was wanting to upgrade to, just didn't seem worth it at all.
Eventually a few years later, I did get a water-cooled system for my newest computer, and left the D14 mounted into my older rig due to mounting issues (the same memory spacing issue visible here), but tbh. the D14 properly setup was way better than this current liquid cooled one.
Noctua have lifetime free mounting support. I emailed them after 15 years and they posted the LGA1700 kit to make it fit. 😄
@@changeagent228 Funnily enough, I have switched the Noctua back to my main rig, since posting this comment when I upgraded my computer to latest gen. It is just so freaking efficient and quiet!
Yeah 250w of dissipation with 12dB of fan noise what's not to love. When the 14th generation releases next month I'm going to try a 14700k on it and see how it fairs. 😁😁@@Songfugel
15 years still going. Just about to put it on a 14700k.
mine 5900x reaches 80° with nhd14. If I would upgrade to nhd15 would l be better or not? henlp me thx
80 and voltage ?
LOL using your old underwear to rub down the PC parts gives a whole new meaning to "Tech Yes Lovin" lol
It seems that Brian has psychic powers
first i bought a xeon 1680 v2 back in december 2018, he published a video about it a day or two later
second i bought a hp prodesk 600 with a 4th gen i5 for $100 AUD. he published a video on it a few days later
now, i picked up an old x79 system with an i7 3930k and that same cooler for $180 AUD just yesterday. He makes a video on it and publishes it
They say that great minds think alike....
just sayin.
@@MarcoGPUtuber But the timing can not be just a coincidence🤔
On that build, I would have no problem just trimming off a few of the fins over the ram so you can clear it without touching, Not going to hurt the cooler or decrease the cooling ability.
The D14 is still a rock solid cooler, Noctua knew what they were doing when they designed it
I'm still using my Noctua D14 from 2010! Great cooler.
I'm so glad this video exists, when I saw this cooler in the other video, this is all I ever wanted out of it. Cheers, fam.
I've used them in 3 builds now over nearly 10 years and feel like I've become addicted. Quality build and quiet fans. I read the reviews on coolers but when it comes time to buy, I crave a new Noctua!
Still rocking my nh-D14 in 2020, fans and all! It has been through a few builds and its ready to move onto my next Ryzen build. Noctua is an awesome company. They've sent me mounting kits in the past free of charge, and are sending me a new AM4 mounting kit right now. Noctua coolers are great investment in the long run.
Someone is just now noticing the underwear. The yes man has been using that underwear for like years now, I just thought it was one of those things we don't talk about.
I'm rocking a D14 in my system. It did an excellent job cooling my old i7-8700, and it's also doing a great job of keeping my 3700x nice and cool. I'll definitely be using this cooler for years to come!
I bought my nh-d14 once I got i5 2500k back in 2011. Now I just installed it on my amd 7800x3d couple weeks ago, just used a kit from noctua to fit new socket.
I'm really happy for this I love my D14. Long overdue, I upgraded in Feb to a Ryzen 7 from a Q6600. I had to get the AM4 kit to install my Noctua D14. I do find it a bit comical to have a giant fan and GPU on a tiny mATX board. Funny note, while putting on the D14, I didn't realize I was looking at D15 pictures and so I put the fans in the wrong order. Thankfully, the heat sink did note protrude my ram slots. Great video wished it came out earlier in Feb. Thanks man!
Guys, I have the following question: my PC produces 120 watts of heat. At the same time, the heat pipes on the Noctua NH-D14 are barely warm, although the processor heats up to 90 degrees. This is fine ???
I just got a d15 and I absolutely love this thing its keeping my ryzen 3800x at a cool crisp 30 C under load 50-55 C using there thermal paste too. Sometimes depending on what i'm playing I see it hit near 60 C
My only grip is god damn this thing is huge and I installed it on my board before mounting the mobo, regretted that big time as plugging everything in around this beast was a nightmare but I got it done.
Shannon Giasson The classic fingertip grip.
I'm still using the NH-D14 in my Ryzen 2600 + B450 build. Got the free AMD mounts from Noctua.
Reichter Aguilar I literally just bought this as an upgrade from the stock
@@TheMortzCanberra if I recall correctly I used my NH-D14 on my Z68 with a i5-2500k. Still going strong all these years!
I got rid of my Doms for regular Gskill Ripjaws, Doms are way overpriced and to tall. I love my Chromax D15 I love Noctua products in general.
Guys, I have the following question: my PC produces 120 watts of heat. At the same time, the heat pipes are barely warm, although the processor heats up to 90 degrees. This is fine ???
I'm using a D14 from 2016 (came with pwm fans, plus Noctua offer free mounting kits👍) on a 3950x, and it works excellently unless trying to overclock it and push 200watts (it's pointless). I have changed the fans for Arctic Cooling P12 PWMs which does bring a nice improvement (the 1350rpm noctua fans are a little weak in my opinion).
Speaking if which, I had a recent issue of coil whine that got to the point of being unbearable without closed headphones (all fans are either off or ~500rpm at normal use). I took out the GPU as that was the 1st suspect, then the chipset fan, then tried stopping fans and I couldn't find the source. Skipped the Noctua fan from the D14 in the front of my case as it couldn't be that... I've never seen a fan fail that way before (still works the same mechanically). So it turns out that even Noctua fans fail occasionally.
I like Noctua fans, just a shame they're so f'ing expensive (seems pointless bundling speed reducing cables with PWM fans). Maybe I could afford them if I didn't spend so much on a CPU.🤔
Not first, but still happy to get a good ol' YES video before bed! 🙌🙌
Never been so early. Thanks for the regular content! Great vid as always!
Fun fact, Noctua will send you in AM5 and LGA 1700 adapters if you show them you have one of there old coolers and proof of purchase
Well you know, 10 years ago there were 130W TDP processors like the Core i7 970, 980 and their X versions. Cooling those while overclocked was not easier as cooling a 9900K. The thing was needed back then.
TL;DW: It's just fine. I haven't watched but I'm guessing it's less than 5% worse than whatever air cooler Noctua releases now, since the fans are 11 years old if you got them used.
An 11 year old heatsink doesn't matter. 11 year old fans does.