CPU cooler advice needed please

darrenkarp

darrenkarp

darrenkarp

Associate
Joined
16 Apr 2010
Posts
323
Hi All,

I've an MSI Z790 mobo with Intel 13600KF processor currently being cooled by a Corsair H100i and was thinking about cooling with a heat sink and fan instead. Any recommendations?

Cheers
Daz
 
darrenkarp said:
Hi All,

I've an MSI Z790 mobo with Intel 13600KF processor currently being cooled by a Corsair H100i and was thinking about cooling with a heat sink and fan instead. Any recommendations?

Cheers
Daz
Click to expand...
What's already been said. Thermalright coolers are as good or better than any of the competition and cost significantly less .. like 1/4-1/2 as much
 
Spudgun said:
Noctua nh-d15 if it is compatible with your board and case
Click to expand...
NH-D15 are still good coolers, but came out over 11 years ago and still cost £89.99-109.99, Newer NH-D15 G are £127.99.
That's 3x (or more) money than Thermalright coolers with near identical performance. Thermalright similar performance twin tower coolers are £29.99-39.99 with some having digital displays showing CPU temp, etc.
 
another example of a relevant thread
ive got to get a cooler for a build were doing as a present for a mate so its looking like the peerless assassin or the phantom spirit or one of the variants of
ive got a nh-d15 in my system and yeah i do prefer it to the cheaper ones,

but the performance is about either the same or so close its yeah...........

so any preference from me is mostly completly irrational and just a i like it type thing lol

i love my noctua but the premium is only worth it if you really like that kinda thing
if your not a noctua whore like I am then from what ive seen both in actual person and in various graphs and charts
and stuff the two cheaper ones mentioned above are perfectly good enough and theres actually more effective aircoolers to the noctua as well
 
doyll said:
NH-D15 are still good coolers, but came out over 11 years ago and still cost £89.99-109.99, Newer NH-D15 G are £127.99.
That's 3x (or more) money than Thermalright coolers with near identical performance. Thermalright similar performance twin tower coolers are £29.99-39.99 with some having digital displays showing CPU temp, etc.
Click to expand...

Yup I have a noctua d13/d14 good colour and used it for two builds and maybe next one. But if I was buying new cooler I'd get thermelright
 
What about the Arctic Freezer 36? I picked up the CO version for £16 a while ago it's been keeping my 5700X below 85c at the peak of summer.
 
Brackish said:
it's been keeping my 5700X below 85c at the peak of summer.
Click to expand...
FWIW, a 5800X is 105W TDP and runs as hot as a furnace stock peaking at 85-90C in games under load...
So just below 85C for a 5700X, is not very good :cry:

A 5700X is a 65W TDP CPU that shouldn't even be going past the mid 70's under Cinebench...
A friend had one with a Peerless Assassin 120SE, and it rarely went above 65C gaming in the summer heatwave, in his budget case which came with 3 cheap fans and wasn't very good airflow wise.
In Windows, just browsing the web, and watching YT, it was around 48-54C.

I'd consider repasting with less paste, or a different HSF, if that's the temps you're getting with a 5700X.
 
Last edited:
hornetstinger said:
what temps should I get on my 7700 and noctua D14, overclocked +200mhz?
Click to expand...
It depends if it's actually a 7700 or a 7800X3D that identifies as a 7700 ;) :P

I was merely helping our dearest @Brackish as the 5700X is known to run cool as a cucumber, so those temps were rather alarming, until he realised he'd made a typo and it was actually a 5800X in disguise ;) Then it made perfect sense temps wise and all was well in the world once more :)
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom