I’d get a 3900x instead as since OP lives on an island, shopping would be a pain if he wants to upgrade (albeit unnecessary) and because it’d be more future proof.

If he wants to get a 9900k, then the NH-D15SE AM4 r is better as it’s a very hot chip.

OP I’d get this for your heatsink aswell to make it look nice.

If you want a shroud, you could always fabricate one. 3 flat surfaces is a world of difference to painting fans. A million ways you could make a shroud and fasten it into place.

3d print as someone mentioned, cut from an existing piece of plastic or metal, re-shape from sheeting of various materials, etc etc.

One novel thing you could do is use a block of wood or a thicker plastic chunk for the top, drill holes exactly where the heat pipes come up and use those to fasten(making sure to not block any screw access holes so you'd have what looks like one access hole and a divot at the back). Hot glue or epoxy in the pipe-holes, and you don't have to worry about clips or bands or zipties to fasten it to fins(or damaging said fins).

>>Disclaimer: Fan/heatsink shrouds can mess with air-flow in counter-intuitive ways. Sometimes the engineers really do know what they were doing...

>>You can jury rig with card-stock or similar cheap materials and tape to test temps before you decide on a final design or if it's worth doing at all.

>>I've done this with case fans as well as making my own shrouds, and the temp differences can sometimes be improved, or very much decreased, depending on specifics.

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Those covers are for a completely different size/shape heat-sink.

Cromax:

https://www.amazon.com/Noctua-NA-HC4-chromax-white-heatsink-NH-D15S/dp/B076575LND

For cooler:

https://www.amazon.com/Noctua-NH-D15-heatpipe-NF-A15-140mm/dp/B00L7UZMAK

Thinner 140mm wide heatsinks (2x)

Your cooler:

https://www.amazon.com/Noctua-NH-U9S-Premium-Quality-Cooler/dp/B00TBHYYFK

A single fat 95mmx95mm heatsink.

At which point, you're modding the fuck out of them, may as well start from scratch in true maker fashion, from the ground up for your specific need.



Painting the top of the cooler would be easy and not affect performance much, if any, slide some sheets of paper in underneath the topmost layer(no need to paint the whole thing, imo) for over-spray, spray lightly, don't drench anything, let dry even if it's not complete, repeat as necessary. Ten "too thin" coats adds up to a better finish than 1 complete coat with runs and globs and dried in wrinkles....If you miss a spot, hit it next time, repeat. Patience is a god-send when painting. (All that provided you've completely removed the cooler, otherwise you'd need a lot more than just a sheet of paper for overspray.)


I wouldn't paint the fan blades. It can be done, but it can be done very badly and mess with balance or even airflow, not to mention if you ever touch them by accident or something, even when not running, say if you're wiping dust off or moving/removing to replace cooling paste, etc, it could flake off because fan blades are a bit flexible usually.

Fans are the one thing I wouldn't mod, unless you're talking about painting the exterior frame only or you seriously know what you're doing.

Yeh I bought the two black ones separate and I also got some Noctua chroma covers to complete the look.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B076575LND/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07654B9MR/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I used one of the two beige/brown fans on the bottom of the case blowing air up. The other one is in a box as a spare.

It's on Amazon.

How about this combo

https://www.amazon.com/Noctua-NA-HC4-chromax-White-heatsink-NH-D15S/dp/B076575LND

https://www.amazon.com/Noctua-NF-A15-HS-PWM-chromax-Black-swap-Premium-Grade/dp/B07654B9MR/ref=sr_1_1?s=industrial&ie=UTF8&qid=1541995142&sr=1-1&keywords=D15s

https://www.amazon.com/Noctua-NH-D15S-Premium-Cooler-NF-A15/dp/B00XUVGLEU/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1541995166&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=Noctua+NH-D15s

https://www.amazon.com/Noctua-NA-HC4-chromax-White-heatsink-NH-D15S/dp/B076575LND

Some of the best experiences sons can have are putting together a project with their dad so kudos to you; he will always remember it! Things like that are priceless.

Secondly, as mentioned by others, look into the Noctua Chromax heatsink covers: they have many colour options - https://www.amazon.com/Noctua-NA-HC4-chromax-White-heatsink-NH-D15S/dp/B076575LND/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=noctua+chromax&qid=1562636438&s=gateway&sr=8-6

I love the brown fans myself but they're not for everyone.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type|Item|Price
:----|:----|:----
CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor | $328.90 @ OutletPC
CPU Cooler | Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler | $89.95 @ Amazon
Motherboard | ASRock X570 Taichi ATX AM4 Motherboard | $269.89 @ OutletPC
Memory | Team T-Force Delta RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory | $76.99 @ Newegg
Storage | Crucial MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive | $64.99 @ Amazon
Storage | Toshiba P300 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive | $64.99 @ Best Buy
Video Card | EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER 8 GB XC ULTRA GAMING Video Card | $549.89 @ OutletPC
Case | Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case | $89.99 @ Walmart
Power Supply | Corsair RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply | $79.99 @ Newegg
Keyboard | Corsair K55 RGB Wired Gaming Keyboard | Purchased For $0.00
Mouse | Corsair Harpoon RGB Wired Optical Mouse | Purchased For $0.00
Custom | Sceptre 27" Curved 144Hz Gaming LED Monitor Edge-Less AMD Freesync DisplayPort HDMI, Metal Black 2019 (C275B-144RN) | Purchased For $0.00
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts |
| Total (before mail-in rebates) | $1725.58
| Mail-in rebates | -$110.00
| Total | $1615.58
| Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-10 06:25 EDT-0400 |

Seems like a pretty good PC although you could quite easily fit a 2080 or maybe even a 2080 SUPER if you were to cut back on the motherboard. Not sure how much you care about the looks but the NH-D15 supports Noctuas Chromax covers and fans so if you want, you can make the cooler look much nicer by adding 2 of these fans (https://pcpartpicker.com/product/sWM323/noctua-nf-a14-pwm-chromaxblackswap-825-cfm-140mm-fan-nf-a14-pwm-chromaxblackswap) and the chromax covers (https://www.amazon.com/Noctua-NA-HC4-chromax-White-heatsink-NH-D15S/dp/B076575LND). Note that the covers are available in other colours.

It's a Noctua NH-D15S. It normally has a brown reddish/beige fan and uncovered heatsinks.

I bought a second fan to replace it and bought the heatsink covers as well.

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Links for you:

Heatsink covers (there's different color styles too):

• Manufacturer info
  
• Newegg
  
• Amazon
  
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  Replacement fan:
  
  
• Manufacturer info
  
• Newegg
  
• Amazon