3700X Cooler Suggestion

Andromeda1983 · 12 Jul 2019 at 01:00

Seems that my NH-U14S cannot keep my 3700X under 70oc with the acoustics level I desire so I figure I will have to switch to a dual fan cooler setup. Any suggestions for a dual tower quiet cooler that's going to be able the 3700X's toasty running?

Jumper118 · 12 Jul 2019 at 13:20

Nh d15?

doyll · 12 Jul 2019 at 18:14

What case and what case fans are you using? Many cases come without enough fans and often the included fans are not much (if any) good. I've also found removing all PCIe slot covers from back of case almost doubles rear vent area and greatly increases front to back airflow around GPU when case fans are moving needed air though case. Also, what motherboard do you have? Helps determine what coolers will clear GPUs.

keyser · 12 Jul 2019 at 19:39

Try removing/reinstalling as I was looking at https://www.anandtech.com/show/14621/the-noctua-nhu12a-cpu-cooler-review/5 under 100W load which is more than a 3700X the NH-U14S should be ambient+14c @ 7V. So unless your room temp is 56C something went wrong.

keyser · 12 Jul 2019 at 20:01

OK so maybe about right. https://www.techpowerup.com/review/amd-ryzen-7-3700x/19.html

Noctua NH-U12
i9-9900K 57C
3700X 66C

err

https://www.kitguru.net/components/...en-9-3900x-ryzen-7-3700x-zen-2-cpu-review/11/

240mm Corsair H100X all-in-one liquid cooler with its two fans running at their 1700 RPM maximum
i9-9900K 88C AIDA64 / 82C Cinebench
3700X 72C AIDA64 / 63C Cinebench

Those results sound more believable.

So on low RPM the NH-U14S could get to 70C - which is fine btw.

Andromeda1983 · 12 Jul 2019 at 23:30

Yeah gonna try reapplying paste, see if that helps