NR200 Owner's Thread

Sorryimhigh said:
Hey guys, long time lurker, first time poster. Opened this account since Im building my nr200p in upcoming days.


Could you specify which motherboard you are using? Looks like aorus ax b550? What did you have to cut?

My biggest headache up untill now is what Im going to use to cool off my 5800x thats bound to come in upcoming week.
Currently I ordered 4mm standoffs. Dont own a mobo yet, torn between rog strix b550i and aorus b550i, my choice will depend on CPU cooler, as price difference for me is barely noticeable. I will run CPU cooler in intake orientation.

My choices are:

- Scythe mugen 5 with whichever mobo will allow me to install 2x p12 on mugen (hence the question above)
- Cryorig h7 ultra with asus b550i which I know fits 2x p12, but with slight offset of rear 120mm towards glass panel (got pics from reddit of such installation)
- Fuma 2 with 4mm standoffs and asus b550i - but I seem to notice that I might run into RAM clearance issues (standard height rams) - and I dont want to use kaze slim fan, going for 25 mm big bois.

Im honestly torn between them, as all the reports I am getting are conflicting, and now Im panicking seeing how hot 5800x is.
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Cuts as in cuts to my hands and knuckles from the heatsink. I had to flip the heatsink the other way (ram clearance side facing back of case).

I’m using the gigabyte b550i.

From what I’ve been reading the temps are normal. When gaming it’s fine, don’t see it too more than 65C with fans set to silent.

need to do more testing but I’m kinda happy with it. If you’re planning to do the same, make sure have lower profile rams, will make it a bit easier. The hardest part is getting the fan above the ram slot in.
 
Updating my list of results for CPU coolers as I'm returning the NH-U9S and will try something else with more of a focus on silence and then update again with the results for that. For noise comments bear in mind I am very sensitive to and irritated by fan noise

30 minutes of Heaven in an NR200P with Glass panel CPU = 3600 -

Noctua NH-U9S Chromax
Ambient = 19C
Peak temp = 69C
Noise = Loud

Noctua NH-U9S Chromax x 2 Fans
Ambient = 20C
Peak temp = 72C
Noise = Very loud

Scythe Mugen 5
Ambient = 19C
Peak temp = 72C
Noise = Silent

Wraith Prism
Ambient = 20C
Peak temp = 69C
Noise = Extremely loud

Wraith Stealth
Ambient = 20C
Peak temp = (Untested will update later)
Noise = Very Loud

Alpenfohn Brocken Eco Advance
Unable to install with Gigabyte B550i Pro AX in this case
 
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tony888 said:
Cuts as in cuts to my hands and knuckles from the heatsink. I had to flip the heatsink the other way (ram clearance side facing back of case).

I’m using the gigabyte b550i.

From what I’ve been reading the temps are normal. When gaming it’s fine, don’t see it too more than 65C with fans set to silent.

need to do more testing but I’m kinda happy with it. If you’re planning to do the same, make sure have lower profile rams, will make it a bit easier. The hardest part is getting the fan above the ram slot in.
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What is your ram?
Is there any way I can find RAM dimensions for rotated mugen 5? I have not bought those yet, but I was thinking of either G.Skill Ripjaws V (42 mm) or Crucial Ballistix (39.17 mm).
Up untill your post today, I was going for Cryorig with asus b550, but thanks for revolutionizing my build <3
 
Sorryimhigh said:
What is your ram?
Is there any way I can find RAM dimensions for rotated mugen 5? I have not bought those yet, but I was thinking of either G.Skill Ripjaws V (42 mm) or Crucial Ballistix (39.17 mm).
Up untill your post today, I was going for Cryorig with asus b550, but thanks for revolutionizing my build <3
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Crucial ballistix.
BL2K8G36C16U4B

Good luck with the build. It's a bit challenging doing what I've done but worth it. Generally it's pretty easy to build in.
 
tony888 said:
Crucial ballistix.
BL2K8G36C16U4B

Good luck with the build. It's a bit challenging doing what I've done but worth it. Generally it's pretty easy to build in.
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Aesthetically your build is one of the nicest I've seen so far, and Im lurking nr200p for two months now. I think I am going with your build. Tell me please one last thing, I will order ram right now, but I see ballistix being currently unavailable, do you think it will clear with 42mm instead 40? Maybe you can slide something thick between?
Sorry to bother you that much, but this literally would solve all my concerns.
Thanks again mate!
 
I don't think 42mm will work, the fan is basically sitting on the ram. Any I don't think you can close the TG panel fully. You might be able to get shorter motherboard standoffs.
 
Relentless81 said:
Updating my list of results for CPU coolers as I'm returning the NH-U9S and will try something else with more of a focus on silence and then update again with the results for that. For noise comments bear in mind I am very sensitive to and irritated by fan noise

30 minutes of Heaven in an NR200P with Glass panel CPU = 3600 -

Noctua NH-U9S Chromax
Ambient = 19C
Peak temp = 69C
Noise = Loud

Noctua NH-U9S Chromax x 2 Fans
Ambient = 20C
Peak temp = 72C
Noise = Very loud

Scythe Mugen 5
Ambient = 19C
Peak temp = 72C
Noise = Silent

Wraith Prism
Ambient = 20C
Peak temp = 69C
Noise = Extremely loud

Wraith Stealth
Ambient = 20C
Peak temp = (Untested will update later)
Noise = Very Loud

Alpenfohn Brocken Eco Advance
Unable to install with Gigabyte B550i Pro AX in this case
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Looking at this, I am glad I went with the Mugen 5. The noise is my biggest concern for a CPU cooler, and I value the silence.
 
Updated with the Wraith Stealth Peak Temp, WTF is going on here! I even forgot about the test so it was running for over an hour so thats double the time of the other tests and the smallest cooler is one of the coolest coolers!

Noctua NH-U9S Chromax
Ambient = 19C
Peak temp = 69C
Noise = Loud

Noctua NH-U9S Chromax x 2 Fans
Ambient = 20C
Peak temp = 72C
Noise = Very loud

Scythe Mugen 5
Ambient = 19C
Peak temp = 72C
Noise = Silent

Wraith Prism
Ambient = 20C
Peak temp = 69C
Noise = Extremely loud

Wraith Stealth
Ambient = 20C
Peak temp = 69C :confused:
Noise = Very Loud

Alpenfohn Brocken Eco Advance
Unable to install with Gigabyte B550i Pro AX in this case
 
Relentless81 said:
Updated with the Wraith Stealth Peak Temp, WTF is going on here! I even forgot about the test so it was running for over an hour so thats double the time of the other tests and the smallest cooler is one of the coolest coolers!

Noctua NH-U9S Chromax
Ambient = 19C
Peak temp = 69C
Noise = Loud

Noctua NH-U9S Chromax x 2 Fans
Ambient = 20C
Peak temp = 72C
Noise = Very loud

Scythe Mugen 5
Ambient = 19C
Peak temp = 72C
Noise = Silent

Wraith Prism
Ambient = 20C
Peak temp = 69C
Noise = Extremely loud

Wraith Stealth
Ambient = 20C
Peak temp = 69C :confused:
Noise = Very Loud

Alpenfohn Brocken Eco Advance
Unable to install with Gigabyte B550i Pro AX in this case
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Very interesting results. Have you decided which you're going to stick with?
 
tony888 said:
Very interesting results. Have you decided which you're going to stick with?
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No I'm even more confused with the standard coolers outperforming or matching the much larger coolers I've no idea what to do next, I don't want to keep the standard coolers due to the noise so next test would be a larger top down cooler

I think what's happening is the top down coolers pull in air from the rear, exhaust more easily out of the top and don't suck as much heat off the GPU than a tower cooler does

Either that or the base of the OEM coolers is much better suited to the Ryzen IHS or a combination of both

At this point I've pitched two tower coolers against two top down coolers and the results are repeated, smaller top coolers perform the same or better at a higher noise level
 
Relentless81 said:
At this point I've pitched two tower coolers against two top down coolers and the results are repeated, smaller top coolers perform the same or better at a higher noise level
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Just to rule it out, when you are doing your comparisons - have you been monitoring clockspeeds and so on? Wondering whether it could be that the aftermarket coolers are cooling better, but due to that extra cooling overhead your CPU is boosting to higher clocks at a higher voltage because of it? The fact that such vastly different coolers are all hitting the same max temperature (within reason) seems hard to believe in a level playing field.
 
PinkFloyd said:
Just to rule it out, when you are doing your comparisons - have you been monitoring clockspeeds and so on? Wondering whether it could be that the aftermarket coolers are cooling better, but due to that extra cooling overhead your CPU is boosting to higher clocks at a higher voltage because of it? The fact that such vastly different coolers are all hitting the same max temperature (within reason) seems hard to believe in a level playing field.
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Good point and someone has brought it up before, all cores always hit the same boost clock of 4192MHZ - I've never once seen it go over that exact figure regardless of cooler

Also if that was the case wouldn't the temperature scale with boost clocks, so its like saying the CPU would be seeing higher not lower temperatures with a larger cooler because its boosting higher when its almost always the opposite except in this case, that's why the results are so strange

Take my old 2600X for example, the bigger the cooler I put on it the cooler the peak temps were exactly as you would expect, if I remember rightly it was mid to high 70's with the Wraith Spire, low 70's with a Dark Rock 4, Mid 60's with a Dark Rock Pro 4 and D15-S
 
Could there be a difference with the average temperatures? The 3600xt I had did like to jump around a lot, which makes it more likely to peak occasionally at ~70c, perhaps regardless of the cooler.

Also, it is possible for the smaller coolers to match the cooling performance of the bigger ones, but this comes at the expense of higher fan rpm and noise to compensate. Agree though that the total surface area of the cooler has a bigger impact than the fan, but it is still a factor.

A peak at just over 70c is very good at the end of the day. I am interested to hear how you get on with different coolers, but I certainly don't have the patience to keep swapping when I already find the Mugen silent with good temperatures.
 
Relentless81 said:
Updated with the Wraith Stealth Peak Temp, WTF is going on here! I even forgot about the test so it was running for over an hour so thats double the time of the other tests and the smallest cooler is one of the coolest coolers!

Noctua NH-U9S Chromax
Ambient = 19C
Peak temp = 69C
Noise = Loud

Noctua NH-U9S Chromax x 2 Fans
Ambient = 20C
Peak temp = 72C
Noise = Very loud

Scythe Mugen 5
Ambient = 19C
Peak temp = 72C
Noise = Silent

Wraith Prism
Ambient = 20C
Peak temp = 69C
Noise = Extremely loud

Wraith Stealth
Ambient = 20C
Peak temp = 69C :confused:
Noise = Very Loud

Alpenfohn Brocken Eco Advance
Unable to install with Gigabyte B550i Pro AX in this case
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Surely the best cooler here is clearly the Mugen 5. I get the U9S and Wraith Stealth/Prism were 3C cooler (who cares?!) but they were all significantly louder which can't be ignored. If you noise normalised the performance by reducing the fan speeds on those coolers or put a higher RPM fan on the Mugen, I'd expect to see the Mugen 5 to pull ahead.

I'd take a quiet cooler over 3C any day.
 
@JClarke

Average always seems to be in the mid high 50's and low 60's

Thee NH-U9S had a 2000rpm fan, 5 heat pipes and more mass than the OEM coolers

You might be right though, might be a case of no matter what cooler is put on this CPU the temps will always be similar
 
b0rn2sk8 said:
Surely the best cooler here is clearly the Mugen 5. I get the U9S and Wraith Stealth/Prism were 3C cooler (who cares?!) but they were all significantly louder which can't be ignored. If you noise normalised the performance by reducing the fan speeds on those coolers or put a higher RPM fan on the Mugen, I'd expect to see the Mugen 5 to pull ahead.

I'd take a quiet cooler over 3C any day.
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You're right yeah in terms of noise but for such a big cooler compared to the others you have to admit it's a bit weird

Anyway, I'll have a think about what I'm doing next, I want to aim for quiet now and stop obsessing over temperatures so I might get something small that takes a 120mm fan and be done with it
 
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