5900X: AIO or...?

mike_t

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Hi all,

I'm looking at getting a 5900X, and it will (hopefully) eventually be in a be quiet Silent Base 601, but I'm wondering about whether a 5900X works best with an AIO like a NZXT Kraken or whether one of be quiet's air cooler heatsink/fan type affairs would be sufficient.

It's going to spend most, if not all, of its time running Prepar3d.

Any tips/ideas?
 
I can see why on a workbench an air cooler might be equal or even better performing than an AIO, however once you stick it into a case, I think it's much better to get all that heat pumped and exhausted straight out the case. Top mounted AIO ftw.

Plus, it frees up the area around your CPU nicely.
 
The heat on an air cooler generally just shoots straight out the back of the case anyway.

Saying that I have a 360 AIO at the top of my case venting the heat. :p
 
Bug One said:
I can see why on a workbench an air cooler might be equal or even better performing than an AIO, however once you stick it into a case, I think it's much better to get all that heat pumped and exhausted straight out the case. Top mounted AIO ftw.

Plus, it frees up the area around your CPU nicely.
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But does this also mean having less airflow around the VRMs?
Not that tower CPU coolers are any better (unless there are some which direct a fin or two downwards), but aren't all AMD and Intel stock coolers blow-down air coolers possibly with this consideration?
 
AIO will be slightly better, and you can discount the fans that you would use for top venting as the AIO will serve that purpose.
 
KompuKare said:
But does this also mean having less airflow around the VRMs?
Not that tower CPU coolers are any better (unless there are some which direct a fin or two downwards), but aren't all AMD and Intel stock coolers blow-down air coolers possibly with this consideration?
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I wouldn't count the stock coolers as they're all pretty rubbish (AMD's less so). All of the top performers have the standard front to back design.

VRMs should get air from the front and bottom fans, otherwise something like the Arctic Liquid Cooler 2 has a VRM fan on the heatsink element.
 
Mesai said:
I wouldn't count the stock coolers as they're all pretty rubbish (AMD's less so). All of the top performers have the standard front to back design.

VRMs should get air from the front and bottom fans, otherwise something like the Arctic Liquid Cooler 2 has a VRM fan on the heatsink element.
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I was more thinking of slimline cooler which do seem to go out of their way to cool everything around the CPU too.
Like those low-profile Noctua (one of theirs even fits into those tiny ASRock DeskMini X300 NUC type things). Those aren't absolute top performers but very useful for some small cases.
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