Noctua has up to date its public roadmap for upcoming merchandise. The Austrian PC cooling agency’s October replace to the roadmap is critical for introducing a few new merchandise and shifting a number of cooling equipment additional into the long run. Nevertheless, we must always contemplate ourselves fortunate because the oft-delayed Subsequent Gen NH-D15 CPU cooler stays on schedule for launch in Q1 2023.
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At the beginning of the roadmap, slotted into This fall 2022, is the NA-TPG1 thermal paste guard, which we mentioned yesterday. This AM5 chip and socket safety accent will ship in December. On the identical time, we are going to see AM5 editions of the NH-H1 and NH-H2 thermal pastes in 3.5g tubes — these are merely the prevailing pastes bundled with an AM5 CPU thermal paste guard. Lastly, the final merchandise within the new roadmap’s This fall 2022 slot is a next-gen 140mm fan, which we’re comfortable to see is ‘on time’ when referenced with the earlier roadmap (April).
Noctua’s up to date roadmap for Q1 2023 contains a new product, the NH-L9a CPU cooler for AMD AM5. If you happen to keep in mind the information about Noctua CPU cooling compatibility with regard to AM4 and AM5 sockets, chances are you’ll recall the one troublesome cooler that couldn’t be mounted with a brand new mounting equipment was the NH-L9a-AM4 low-profile cooler. The brand new NH-L9a CPU cooler for AMD AM5 is the reply for these wishing to make use of this type of low-profile cooling answer on the most recent AMD platforms.
Additionally value mentioning in Q1 2023 is that the fan grills, which ought to already be with us, are actually anticipated by this date. The identical goes for the 24V to 12V voltage converter and 8-way fan hub. Final, the often-delayed Subsequent Gen NH-D15 CPU cooler (initially deliberate for a 2021 launch) stays on schedule for launch in Q1 2023.
The slim 60mm followers and 24V 40mm followers from Noctua have been shifted to a Q2 2023 launch window, although they had been initially penciled in for the present quarter. So that they may very well be so far as six to eight months from launch. Different merchandise pushed again by roughly half a yr embody the Noctua Desk Fan and White followers – now penciled in for Q3 2023. Which means the Desk fan will in all probability overshoot one other summer season within the northern hemisphere.
