cheapest silent cooler for 2700x?

easyrider · 18 Dec 2018 at 07:08

Ive been reading up on Ryzen and it seems overclocking is not really worth it. In the defence of noise and stock what’s the cheapest cooler for Ryzen 2700x that doesn’t throttle but is quieter than the stock prism cooler?

Please don’t quote me a noctua D15 at 80 as that makes the 2700x £400 so might aswell go 9900k and go all out...

Cheers

Unseul · 18 Dec 2018 at 08:04

Except the 9900k would need a new cooler too, whereas at least the 2700x can comfortably run on the stock (albeit noisily).

Thermalright aro m14. It's a am4 mount, around £40-45 that I've seen, but tricky to get hold of in the UK. It's only a degree or three worse than the n15, but potentially quieter.

You need to make sure your case is well supplied with fresh air as well, no point in blowing hot air around and around. Good case fans will overcome the resistance from grills, meshes, filters etc, most stock fans don't cut it.

easyrider · 18 Dec 2018 at 08:13

Unseul said:
Except the 9900k would need a new cooler too, whereas at least the 2700x can comfortably run on the stock (albeit noisily).

Thermalright aro m14. It's a am4 mount, around £40-45 that I've seen, but tricky to get hold of in the UK. It's only a degree or three worse than the n15, but potentially quieter.

You need to make sure your case is well supplied with fresh air as well, no point in blowing hot air around and around. Good case fans will overcome the resistance from grills, meshes, filters etc, most stock fans don't cut it.

I’ve got some gentle typhoons from another build...but I’m still no closer to an air cooler for the 2700x that will cool it it silence for around 40

Minstadave · 18 Dec 2018 at 08:15

Why not get the 2700 and whatever cooler you fancy? Overclocked the 2700 and 2700X are almost identical as best I'm aware.

EsaT · 18 Dec 2018 at 09:16

easyrider said:
I’ve got some gentle typhoons from another build...but I’m still no closer to an air cooler for the 2700x that will cool it it silence for around 40

40 isn't really something high end coolers aim at.
Cryorig H7 has one of the best performance/price ratios
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cryorig-h7-single-tower-heatsink-with-120mm-fan-hs-008-cy.html
(dual fan version is £42, but fin stack is rather loosely spaced and likely doesn't benefit much from second fan)

But it's one step below Thermalright ARO-M14, which along with Scythe Mugen 5 are step behind top coolers.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/scythe-scmg-5100-mugen-5-cpu-cooler-hs-046-sy.html
Could see Mugen 5 getting extra performance from second fan at least at lower fan speeds.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/scythe-scmg-5pcgh-mugen-5-pcgh-edition-cpu-cooler-hs-047-sy.html

All three are fully memory compatible with offset fin stack, and except for ARO-M14 give also full clearance for all PCI-e slots.

Not sure if older Mugen Max performs similarly to Mugen 5
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/scythe-mugen-scmgd-1000-max-cpu-cooler-140mm-hs-042-sy.html
(AM4 mounting kit available if it hasn't been changed to include it)

This is certainly cheap for its size, but AM4 isn't mentioned anywhere.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/alpe...ion-dual-fan-cpu-cooler-140-mm-hs-05f-al.html
And with two fans actual weight of heatsink itself (related to surface area) isn't greatest and max 700rpm fans certainly don't generate much pressure.
Though would be certainly quiet.

easyrider said:
might aswell go 9900k and go all out...

That needs going all out also in cooling.
If BIOS/motherboard chases advertised boost clocks (and temps don't limit boosting) instead of strict following of advertised TDP, you can double that TDP for full load heat output.

easyrider · 18 Dec 2018 at 09:42

Minstadave said:
Why not get the 2700 and whatever cooler you fancy? Overclocked the 2700 and 2700X are almost identical as best I'm aware.

I was thinking about this. But I'm in a bit of a rock and hard place. I either build cheap or build high. Part of me wants to build a a cheapRyzen 2600 gaming mobo combo as I have all the bits apart from Chip , mobo and ram and plonk zen 3 in down the line. But then I have to buy expensive ram to make it worthwhile.

Or do I just build a mammoth 9900k mobo combo and be done with it for a few years....The ram i need for ryzen is £200 and the ram i need for intel 9900k is like £100

decisions , decisions

EsaT said:
40 isn't really something high end coolers aim at.
Cryorig H7 has one of the best performance/price ratios
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cryorig-h7-single-tower-heatsink-with-120mm-fan-hs-008-cy.html
(dual fan version is £42, but fin stack is rather loosely spaced and likely doesn't benefit much from second fan)

But it's one step below Thermalright ARO-M14, which along with Scythe Mugen 5 are step behind top coolers.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/scythe-scmg-5100-mugen-5-cpu-cooler-hs-046-sy.html
Could see Mugen 5 getting extra performance from second fan at least at lower fan speeds.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/scythe-scmg-5pcgh-mugen-5-pcgh-edition-cpu-cooler-hs-047-sy.html

All three are fully memory compatible with offset fin stack, and except for ARO-M14 give also full clearance for all PCI-e slots.

Not sure if older Mugen Max performs similarly to Mugen 5
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/scythe-mugen-scmgd-1000-max-cpu-cooler-140mm-hs-042-sy.html
(AM4 mounting kit available if it hasn't been changed to include it)

This is certainly cheap for its size, but AM4 isn't mentioned anywhere.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/alpe...ion-dual-fan-cpu-cooler-140-mm-hs-05f-al.html
And with two fans actual weight of heatsink itself (related to surface area) isn't greatest and max 700rpm fans certainly don't generate much pressure.
Though would be certainly quiet.

That needs going all out also in cooling.
If BIOS/motherboard chases advertised boost clocks (and temps don't limit boosting) instead of strict following of advertised TDP, you can double that TDP for full load heat output.

Great post thanks

Grandmaster Fap! · 18 Dec 2018 at 11:33

Thermalright Macho Rev B, i have one on a 2700x, 65c in benches (4.1 all core) and it never gets above 60c gaming in Shadow of the TombRaider etc. The fan is ridiculously quiet, at idle its 300rpm so silent and even at 1300rpm its the quietest fan i have in my case!

chroniclard · 18 Dec 2018 at 11:45

Just put a Cryorig H7 on the boys 2600 build and its pretty decent. Its not silent but its very quiet and cooling performance seems very good. Sub 60 degrees, stock settings, 1 hour real bench stress test. Got it a few weeks ago for £27, for that price its almost unbeatable.

Unseul · 18 Dec 2018 at 11:47

Grandmaster Fap! said:
Thermalright Macho Rev B, i have one on a 2700x, 65c in benches (4.1 all core) and it never gets above 60c gaming in Shadow of the TombRaider etc. The fan is ridiculously quiet, at idle its 300rpm so silent and even at 1300rpm its the quietest fan i have in my case!

The aro m14 is basically the am4 version.

easyrider · 18 Dec 2018 at 12:25

Unseul said:
The aro m14 is basically the am4 version.

http://www.thermalright.de/en/cooler/73/aro-m14-grey

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?296242-Thermalright-ARO-M14

Grandmaster Fap! · 18 Dec 2018 at 12:46

easyrider said:
http://www.thermalright.de/en/cooler/73/aro-m14-grey

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?296242-Thermalright-ARO-M14

Fantastic cooler, doubt you'd be disappointed with it. Just bare in mind you are locked to AMD with the ARO, with the REV B you can use it on intel as well

doyll · 19 Dec 2018 at 13:54

What Unseul and others are saying. While I have not used ARO-M14 because I don't have AM4 system everyone who has is very pleased with it. It is basically the same cooler as Macho rev.A/rev.B with a base that has crossbar case into it .. and Macho are same basic cooler as original HR-02 .. a long history of giving great cooling at low noise levels.

LeMson · 25 Dec 2018 at 13:15

2700 and d15