CPU Cooler Upgrade

airbusA346 · 26 Mar 2020 at 08:06

Hi

I was playing Race Room Racing Experience last weekend. My PC was having no issues playing it, apart from the CPU fan going probably 100%. It's only the stock cooler.

I'm after upgrading to a much quieter cooler/fan or would just a heatsink do the job?

Current spec is:

- Corsair Carbide Series 300R case
- AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Desktop CPU
- Stock AMD CPU Cooler
- ASUS PRIME B350-PLUS
- EVGA SuperNOVA 650W PSU
- 64GB Crucial Ballistix DDR4 2400 MHz
- Palit GTX 760 2GB GDDR5
- 480GB SanDisk Ultra II Performance, 2.5" SSD
- 3x SATA HDD's
- Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit

Thanks

Joxeon · 26 Mar 2020 at 08:32

airbusA346 said:
Hi

I was playing Race Room Racing Experience last weekend. My PC was having no issues playing it, apart from the CPU fan going probably 100%. It's only the stock cooler.

I'm after upgrading to a much quieter cooler/fan or would just a heatsink do the job?

Current spec is:

- Corsair Carbide Series 300R case
- AMD Ryzen 5 1600 Desktop CPU
- Stock AMD CPU Cooler
- ASUS PRIME B350-PLUS
- EVGA SuperNOVA 650W PSU
- 64GB Crucial Ballistix DDR4 2400 MHz
- Palit GTX 760 2GB GDDR5
- 480GB SanDisk Ultra II Performance, 2.5" SSD
- 3x SATA HDD's
- Windows 7 Ultimate 64 Bit

Thanks

You can adjust the fan curve in the bios so it doesn't run full speed till the CPU gets very hot, what temp is your CPU at when gaming?

If you want cool and quiet then this is a very good option and will be fine for an upgraded CPU in the future.

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Scythe SCMG-5PCGH Mugen 5 "PCGH Edition" CPU Cooler= £46.99

Total: £55.69 (includes shipping: £8.70)

airbusA346 · 26 Mar 2020 at 08:59

Joxeon said:
You can adjust the fan curve in the bios so it doesn't run full speed till the CPU gets very hot, what temp is your CPU at when gaming?

I'm not sure on temps yet (haven't looked).

Joxeon · 26 Mar 2020 at 09:03

airbusA346 said:
I'm not sure on temps yet (haven't looked).

If you install HWINFO it will show temps aswell as CPU fan speed.

airbusA346 · 26 Mar 2020 at 09:05

Joxeon said:
If you install HWINFO it will show temps aswell as CPU fan speed.

Does that show the info while playing the game?

Quartz · 26 Mar 2020 at 09:11

airbusA346 said:
Does that show the info while playing the game?

Plug in a second monitor.

Joxeon · 26 Mar 2020 at 09:18

airbusA346 said:
Does that show the info while playing the game?

No but it will show you the maximums so you can see how hot the CPU got and how fast the fan spun.

Quartz · 26 Mar 2020 at 09:37

airbusA346 said:
ASUS PRIME B350-PLUS

The good news is that you can easily upgrade the CPU to even a 3950X. You'll need to update the BIOS first, mind.

airbusA346 said:
Palit GTX 760 2GB GDDR5

That's a very poor GPU for modern games. Are you sure it was the CPU fan and not the GPU fan? Take a look at the GTX 1660 Super.

EsaT · 26 Mar 2020 at 09:45

Bundled HSF are rarely any good or even just decent.
Already £21 Arctic Freezern 34 would be far above stock HSF.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/arctic-freezer-34-cpu-cooler-120mm-hs-077-ar.html

Quartz said:
The good news is that you can easily upgrade the CPU to even a 3950X. You'll need to update the BIOS first, mind.

That's basically half too much CPU for board's VRM, which is basically designed to be good for 50-60W CPUs.

Quartz · 26 Mar 2020 at 10:53

EsaT said:
That's basically half too much CPU for board's VRM, which is basically designed to be good for 50-60W CPUs.

I too would not recommend it but per the manufacturer, it will work.