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Best CPU for easy cooling/low heat with a 1070

jigger said:
The 1260L I use could be passively cooled no problem, and the 1230 I have is at almost 4.8Ghz with a low profile jelos HSF and some ancient AS5. That heatsink and 1260l will go into a HTPC build, similar to the one your planning when I get around to it. I'm using a half high Milo case that has full length PCI slot sitting directly above the CPU. I plan to use a single slot RX 465 or 460.

The 1260L v5 is pretty much a cooler running 45 watt 6700k. Obviously at 45 watts it's not going to match 7700k at 4.2Ghz, but those chips are putting out double the heat and loading up the VRM's. The desktop chipset also pulls a little more power too.

I don't think you would notice much difference in frame rate. You will take a small hit on performance between a 1260L and a 7700K, but that would depend on the resolution of the monitor. I'd say the 1260L v5 with a C236 board will run a hell of a lot cooler than a 7700K with a desktop chipset will be faster. If that makes sense.
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Thanks, that sounds like a potential solution then... if power draw and heat output is that much less, it should definitely pose less issues given the limited space and air flow. So the 1260L would be the one to go for? I've not had much experience with Xeon's myself.


jigger said:
You'd need to flip the fans too. Might work, but the voltage regulation on the Pascal cards isn't good at all. I'd go with a founders card.
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The problem is space... the GPU we were looking at is the Gigabyte Mini 1070... there is no FE card that size.
 
Legend said:
Thanks, that sounds like a potential solution then... if power draw and heat output is that much less, it should definitely pose less issues given the limited space and air flow. So the 1260L would be the one to go for? I've not had much experience with Xeon's myself.




The problem is space... the GPU we were looking at is the Gigabyte Mini 1070... there is no FE card that size.
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The 1260L V5 and C236 is a great setup for a confined case. Currently nothing can touch it on performance per watt, well not at this kind of performance level anyway. Ryzen might, but we'll have to wait and see how the 4c 8t versions and the X300 chipsets shape up.

It looks like a lot of the heat will be directed outside of the case with the mini 1070 anyway so you'll probably be OK.
 
jigger said:
The 1260L V5 and C236 is a great setup for a confined case. Currently nothing can touch it on performance per watt, well not at this kind of performance level anyway. Ryzen might, but we'll have to wait and see how the 4c 8t versions and the X300 chipsets shape up.

It looks like a lot of the heat will be directed outside of the case with the mini 1070 anyway so you'll probably be OK.
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Thanks. No M.2 on that board I notice, which is a slight pain, but obviously the PPW seems excellent and ideal for confined space as you say. I can't see any board like this that does have M.2 actually.
 
You'll want to look at the workstation versions. The server side of the E3/C230 market is pretty specialised.

Edit: Yeah the ASRock server boards drop the audio for more Gigabit LAN ports.
 
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Sounds like a nice project.

It will work, but it's missing audio. You might be able run the sound over the graphics card, but I'm not sure about that.
 
jigger said:
The 1260L V5 and C236 is a great setup for a confined case. Currently nothing can touch it on performance per watt, well not at this kind of performance level anyway. Ryzen might, but we'll have to wait and see how the 4c 8t versions and the X300 chipsets shape up.
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I'm just wondering, with the 1260L at 45W and the 7700(non K) at 65W, is there an argument that swings back in favour of the 7700 there? Does that extra 20W translate to that much higher temps?
 
I've never used a 7700, but the 1260L is sub 45 watts and very cool running. So is the C236 chipset. Kaby Lake seems a very hot running chip and needs a big heatsink from what I've seen.
 
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