Hi all.
I've got my 3970x up and running (thanks for getting it in stock early ocuk!). It's on an MSI Creator TRX40 with 64GB of 3200 Corsair Vengeance CL16 running @ 3400
I'm getting good Cinebench scores and everything is stable at stock. It reaches 4.5 Boost on single core and stabilizes at about 3.9/4.0 on all cores which is bloody amazing. System is mega stable and hasn't crashed once since setting it up and running benches etc. It's punting intel processors out of the park on the cinebench table!
At the moment I'm cooling it with a Noctua U14s TR4-SP3 with a second Noctua NF-A15 on a Y connector. I've got a load of case fans but currently running it with the side off.
My temps on a 1hr stress test are reaching 71 and almost 72 degrees, I've read that AMD recommends not exceeding 68. I've been shying away from AIOs because very few of them have heat spreaders big enough to cover all of the TRX40 socket and those that do are of questionable quality, people on the AMD reddit are getting almost identical temps to me on similar HSF coolers like the WraithRipper. Even people with AIOs are getting temps around the 69/70 range. I do a fair bit of rendering so I'm going to be reaching these temps daily for hours at a time.
My question is really, is 72 degrees acceptable? should I not worry about it? ...It seems really high to me, am I going to shorten the life of my chip?... I don't want to have to do a custom loop (but I will if i have to) because I'm freelance artist and have to cart my computer around from studio to studio so the vibration and general bumping around in my car might add too much stress to the fixings. Not to mention I've never done watercooling before and it looks a bit overwhelming.
Thanks for any input
I've got my 3970x up and running (thanks for getting it in stock early ocuk!). It's on an MSI Creator TRX40 with 64GB of 3200 Corsair Vengeance CL16 running @ 3400
I'm getting good Cinebench scores and everything is stable at stock. It reaches 4.5 Boost on single core and stabilizes at about 3.9/4.0 on all cores which is bloody amazing. System is mega stable and hasn't crashed once since setting it up and running benches etc. It's punting intel processors out of the park on the cinebench table!
At the moment I'm cooling it with a Noctua U14s TR4-SP3 with a second Noctua NF-A15 on a Y connector. I've got a load of case fans but currently running it with the side off.
My temps on a 1hr stress test are reaching 71 and almost 72 degrees, I've read that AMD recommends not exceeding 68. I've been shying away from AIOs because very few of them have heat spreaders big enough to cover all of the TRX40 socket and those that do are of questionable quality, people on the AMD reddit are getting almost identical temps to me on similar HSF coolers like the WraithRipper. Even people with AIOs are getting temps around the 69/70 range. I do a fair bit of rendering so I'm going to be reaching these temps daily for hours at a time.
My question is really, is 72 degrees acceptable? should I not worry about it? ...It seems really high to me, am I going to shorten the life of my chip?... I don't want to have to do a custom loop (but I will if i have to) because I'm freelance artist and have to cart my computer around from studio to studio so the vibration and general bumping around in my car might add too much stress to the fixings. Not to mention I've never done watercooling before and it looks a bit overwhelming.
Thanks for any input