Ryzen 5 3600 with MSI B450 TOMAHAWK - cooler suggestions pls

[PowerPie5000]

I have a thermaltake versa h18 case with two 120mm fractal fans in the front as intake and two CM master fans at the back and top for exhaust.

Its the 2600 but i dont think the 7nm 3600 would be hotter than this. It does a pretty good job. The stock cooler goes to about 75 so this brings it down a lot on load. I can test any particular application as well if you would like like 3D Mark or PC Mark.

The Ryzen 3000 series does run a bit hotter than previous chips from what I can tell after reading various posts to do with heat, voltage and boosting. My i7 6850k (14nm 140W) ran cooler than this chip, and Broadwell-E isn't exactly known for it's low temps.​

I am using a Nocuta NH-D15S with my 3600, it never dropped from max boost clock at any load and stay below 60c even in stress tests.

May be a bit overkill?

I'm definitely thinking about buying a new cooler now. I'll be sticking with an air cooler though. I was looking at various Noctua models and the Dark Rock series from Be Quiet! The Scythe Mugen 5 looks like quite a substantial cooler for the price too. Basically I want an air cooler that will do a better job than the Alpenfohn Matterhorn Pure without costing more than say £80 or so. It's the first time the Matterhorn has let me down as I've used them with the i7 4790K, i7 6850K and a Xeon E5 1660v2... It never broke a sweat keeping these chips under control and that's with a low'ish fan speed tooo (around 1000rpm compared to 1500rpm with my Ryzen).

My Intel chips never went crazy hitting max boosts and voltages when just opening the browser or a new window either. I wouldn't be surprised if my Ryzen is hitting [email protected]+ just typing this.... .

 

[MegaPinches]

Can't decide between the Thermalright macho and the AF 34 esports, is the Macho overkill for 3600? looks posh though but huge.

 

[NinjaCool]

A new Scythe Fuma 2 Twin Tower CPU Cooler has come out recently so that might be another one worth looking into.
http://www.scythe-eu.com/no_cache/e...u-kuehler-fuer-anspruchsvolle-pc-systeme.html

 

[R3v4n]

If youre open to an AIO I have an X62 Kraken and would recommend it, keeps CPU cool as a cucumber haha. And actually really helps keep air flow in the case good

 

[theoneofgod]

I am using a Nocuta NH-D15S with my 3600, it never dropped from max boost clock at any load and stay below 60c even in stress tests.

May be a bit overkill?

Maybe a bit only slightly. Dual fan?

 

[fastwunz]

hey guys just resurecting this - the standard cooler is so loud and throttles up and down so im looking for something better.

Any surggestions for 2020? same spec as OP

 

[montymint]

esports duo is still a great coooler and can be order directly from the manufacturer if stock is low in the uk.

They come from Germany but the last one I ordered took about 3 days via DHL with no customs.

 

[Grimley]

I'm getting same setup and looking at Mugen 5 the edition with 2 fans, Dark rock 4 or Thermalright Macho all looks pretty decent between 40-55£

I ended up getting the Thermaright Macho SBM, its one of the few air coolers thats short enough to fit inside a Lian-Li Pc011D.

 

[fastwunz]

any recommendations for something i can order form OCUK?

 

[Grimley]

What case is it going in?

 

[michty_me]

I've got a dark rock pro 4 on my 3600. For full on stress tests, It barely gets to 60-65deg. I got on here as open box for £50-£55

 

[EsaT]

hey guys just resurecting this - the standard cooler is so loud and throttles up and down so im looking for something better.

Any surggestions for 2020? same spec as OP

For 6/8 core Arctic Freezer 34 is bang per buck choise at "expensive" £21.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/arctic-freezer-34-cpu-cooler-120mm-hs-077-ar.html

Alpenfohn Brocken 3 would be good step up for higher models.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/alpenfohn-brocken-3-cpu-cooler-140mm-hs-05a-al.html

Scythe Mugen 5 would be also well priced near top level cooler and especially nice compact.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/search?sSearch=mugen+5
But its optimized for monolithic die/centered heat source and oward concave heatspreader Intels and has convex base, which isn't good fit for Zen2's off center heat sources chiplet design and AMD's flattish/even smidge convex from center heatspreader.
Though that could be solved with some lapping.
https://www.igorslab.de/en/kuehlerb...amd-and-conkav-reader-test-and-picture-story/

 

[Joxeon]

I'm using the wraith prism on my 3600 and temps don't go above 67c under full load.

 

[fastwunz]

Thank you everyone mega helpful

 

[EsaT]

I'm using the wraith prism on my 3600 and temps don't go above 67c under full load.

Too bad it just won't come bundled with CPU...

 

[fastwunz]

Went for the Dark Rock Pro 4 - will let you know how I get on

 

[michty_me]

Went for the Dark Rock Pro 4 - will let you know how I get on

At least it should cope if you upgrade the processor in the future.

 

[fastwunz]

At least it should cope if you upgrade the processor in the future.

Indeed - it’s got to be better than the standard blower too!

 

[michty_me]

Indeed - it’s got to be better than the standard blower too!

Absolutely, It is. It is a fair beast of a unit by the way.

 

[fastwunz]

Absolutely, It is. It is a fair beast of a unit by the way.

Lol I bet it wont fit now