The upcoming AMD Ryzen 7000 series CPUs use the AM5 socket (LGA 1718), so you must be wondering about CPU cooler support. Luckily many of the current Noctua CPU coolers are either AM5 ready out of the box or come with mounting kits. In this article, we are going to go over the Noctua CPU coolers that are AM5 ready for Ryzen 7000 series and include links for you to buy them.
All Noctua AM5 Ready CPU Coolers
In short, all Noctua coolers and mounting kits that support AM4 are upwards compatible with socket AM5, except the NH-L9a-AM4 and the NM-AM4-L9aL9i. All Noctua AM4 mountings except the ones of the NH-L9a-AM4 and the NM-AM4-L9aL9i attach to the threads of the standard AM4 stock backplate. Since these backplate threads and their pattern are identical on AM4 and AM5, our AM4 mountings that attach to the standard AMD backplate also support AM5.
All SE-AM4 models as well as all Noctua multi-socket coolers purchased since 01/2019 already support socket AM5. Multi-socket coolers purchased before this date that have already been upgraded to AM4 using the NM-AM4 or NM-AM4-UxS kits also require no further upgrades. Older multi-socket coolers that have been purchased before 2019 and have not yet been upgraded to AM4 can be made compatible with AM5 using the NM-AM4 or NM-AM4-UxS upgrade kits.
The following are all the Noctua AM5 ready CPU coolers for AMD Ryzen 7000 series CPUs:
- NH-C14S (Mounting kit included since 2019)
- NH-D12L
- NH-D15 (Mounting kit included since 2019)
- NH-D15 SE-AM4
- NH-D15 chromax.black
- NH-D15S (Mounting kit included since 2019)
- NH-D15S chromax.black
- NH-D9L (Mounting kit included since 2019)
- NH-L12 Ghost S1 Edition
- NH-L12S
- NH-L9x65 (Mounting kit included since 2019)
- NH-L9x65 SE-AM4
- NH-P1
- NH-U12A
- NH-U12A chromax.black
- NH-U12S (Mounting kit included since 2019)
- NH-U12S SE-AM4
- NH-U12S chromax.black
- NH-U12S redux
- NH-U9S (Mounting kit included since 2019)
- NH-U9S chromax.black
CPU Coolers That Require AM4/5 Mounting Kits
Some of the existing coolers do need AM4/5 mounting kits but they can be claimed for free. The following are the CPU coolers that require AM4/5 mounting kits:
- NH-D9DX i4 3U (AM4/5 mounting kit required)
- NH-U12DX i4 (AM4/5 mounting kit required)
- NH-U14S (AM4/5 mounting kit required)
- NH-U9DX i4 (AM4/5 mounting kit required)
These are all the AM5 ready CPU coolers from Noctua for the AMD Ryzen 7000 series CPUs.
