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nheather

nheather

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I'm going to be adding a 5800X3D to my B450 board, the current air cooler will have to go.

I've never done liquid cooling before, but I see that I can get an Arctic Liquid Freezer III 240mm for about £55. That price will buy me a lower end air cooler, such as the Be Quiet Pure Rock 3 or a Cooler Master Hyper 212, I don't think I will have room for a dual fan equivalent.

So the air cooler will be cheaper but I'm assuming the AIO will do a better job of cooling - is that correct?
 
What is your current cooler, are you using an old AMD stock HSF or something?

While the 5800X3D does inherently run warm, it doesn't necessarily need an extreme cooling solution. I ran one just fine for awhile on a £15 Thermalright Assassin King 120SE, which is a single tower five heatpipe design.

That was alongside a - 30 offset, which can help a fair bit.

What case are you using exactly?
 
My current HSF is not stock but not far off, it is the uprated stock, an AMD Wraith Max, which claims to support TDPs up to 105, so the 5800X3D with a TDP of 105 is right up at the limit. So, I am expecting to change the cooling solution.

The case is an old midi tower that will support a top mounted 240mm AIO radiator.
 
nheather said:
My current HSF is not stock but not far off, it is the uprated stock, an AMD Wraith Max, which claims to support TDPs up to 105, so the 5800X3D with a TDP of 105 is right up at the limit. So, I am expecting to change the cooling solution.

The case is an old midi tower that will support a top mounted 240mm AIO radiator.
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Air cooler that is a top performane can be had for £30 as an alternative.

Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE

www.tomshardware.com

Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE Review: Incredible, Affordable Air Cooling Performance

Shockingly cool and quiet, less than $40!
www.tomshardware.com www.tomshardware.com
 
yeah certainly not a lower end air cooler for £55
any tamzzy said
or if it fits thermalright royal pretor is under £40
anything thermalright is great performance for great price
owning your own factories and tooling really cuts costs

just wish they had spelled it properly
as in praetor though
 
I must be doing something wrong... I had an assassin king, which with my 5950x was getting a bit toasty, but still within spec. Replaced with a Phantom Spirit, it's a bit cooler, but a lot louder, so much so that I'm not sure it was actually an upgrade or I would have been better just strapping another fan on the back (although part of it may be that the front fan is riding about an inch high as it doesn't clear my RAM - which means it also won't clear my side panel)

Either way, I'd expect that a 240mm AIO should be plenty, the only downside being more moving parts = higher chance of failure (but my first gen H50 lasted 5+ years as a main and a few more on other systems... it may still be working now for all I know)
 
Arctic Liquid Freezer III's are good for the price when on a discount, if a little louder than some like. And in some cases MB fit needs checked. Certainly worth looking at a few Youtuber reviews for comparisons.

As for customer support, like most retail it depends on the mood of the child they have employed replying to the email, the majority seem to get a great response, but in my instance I wanted to cool a 4770K with the Arctic Freezer 36, was told I can if I buy the LGA1200/115* bracket, so I bought the bracket and the the cooler, and it turned out they had long since changed the cooler mounting bracket with an unadvertised revision that was not compatable, even though their own Qr Scan link showed the old revision I needed in the fitting video.
Support was about as much use as a chocolate watch in a Sauna, not interested, I was basically told tough luck by Arctic support, advised to go and try getting an early revision of the cooler second hand. Three coolers later I finally got the bracket.

So for basic low cost and aesthetics I am happy to use the fans and Freezer 36 on cost effective builds, I ended up with three Arctic Freezer 36 and have their fans in various cases, but but due to supports response I bought two BeQuiet AIO's for builds here, and would probably buy the Noctua AIO for myself despite Arctic case fans.
 
sastusbulbas said:
Arctic Liquid Freezer III's are good for the price when on a discount, if a little louder than some like. And in some cases MB fit needs checked. Certainly worth looking at a few Youtuber reviews for comparisons.

As for customer support, like most retail it depends on the mood of the child they have employed replying to the email, the majority seem to get a great response, but in my instance I wanted to cool a 4770K with the Arctic Freezer 36, was told I can if I buy the LGA1200/115* bracket, so I bought the bracket and the the cooler, and it turned out they had long since changed the cooler mounting bracket with an unadvertised revision that was not compatable, even though their own Qr Scan link showed the old revision I needed in the fitting video.
Support was about as much use as a chocolate watch in a Sauna, not interested, I was basically told tough luck by Arctic support, advised to go and try getting an early revision of the cooler second hand. Three coolers later I finally got the bracket.

So for basic low cost and aesthetics I am happy to use the fans and Freezer 36 on cost effective builds, I ended up with three Arctic Freezer 36 and have their fans in various cases, but but due to supports response I bought two BeQuiet AIO's for builds here, and would probably buy the Noctua AIO for myself despite Arctic case fans.
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thanks for the reply and info.
 
I was originally an air cooling fan, and I’m still not entirely convinced that an AIO failure doesn’t undermine the case for one. Since the cooling capability is so close, it was the sheer amount of space it frees up that ultimately won me over. Especially if you’re building a fish tank and aesthetics are part of the consideration.
 
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