fan help

[nerdshack888]

Hi building a new pc and i think i prefer a air cooler over water cooling for my cpu, looking at the thermalright pretor 130 or the thermalright royal knight which helps with the ram clearance, has anything got any experience of either.

expected build :
9800x3d
9070 xt/5070 ti
msi b850 edge ti
64 gb ram

 

[pastymuncher]

Just like the excellent Peerless Assassin and Phantom Spirit they have been recieving excellent reviews plus the Royal Knight has offset towers to clear the ram, what's not to like. Just remember that on the Pretor 130 only the fan between the two towers is 130mm, the other is 120mm.

 

[adrichardson81]

I'd go Phantom Spirit - I'm running mine with Noctuas and getting better performance than the Royal Pretor with stock fans (sounds better too).

 

[nerdshack888]

i just wonder about ram clearance thats why i am leaning to the royal knight. i have seen people on the other thermalright fans just slighty move the fan upwards to avoid the ram but i wonder if this will keep the cpu as cool as not moving it.

 

[pastymuncher]

It doesn't seem to make any difference because I had to do it with my Peerless Assassin but still got excellent temps on my 7800x3d. I would have preferred not having to do it though because it looked weird with the fan sticking up a inch or so higher than the cooler. I would be tempted with the Royal Knight also as it solves the problem altogether although the front fan is only 15mm and the front tower is thinner than the rear but it still manages to do well in reviews. It's probably behind the Peerless Assassin and Phantom Spirit when it comes to cooling performance but not drastically so.