Suggested cooling for the 5900x?

q974739 · 8 Oct 2020 at 19:52

So I was going to buy the 5900x, and I still am.

But now I'm stumped - what cooling to buy? Was only going to use the stock wraith, but now it doesn't come with one. What would people recommend for a low end cooler?

Alternatively, how much more performance would you get out of a middle of the road cooler? At what sort of cost?

Illuminist · 8 Oct 2020 at 19:55

Any aio around 80 to 100 quid will do the job, very well

q974739 · 8 Oct 2020 at 19:57

Illuminist said:
Any aio around 80 to 100 quid will do the job, very well

It'll do the job, but is it worth 20% of the card, Vs something further down the range? (Also have a moderate fear of water in my PC. It killed a P3 that was dear to my heart...)

Illuminist · 8 Oct 2020 at 20:04

q974739 said:
It'll do the job, but is it worth 20% of the card, Vs something further down the range? (Also have a moderate fear of water in my PC. It killed a P3 that was dear to my heart...)

There is no water inside, its also non conductive for that very reason. Another good solution would be a 50 quid noctua fat boy Air cooler

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/noctua-nh-u12s-chromax-pure-black-cpu-cooler-hs-03n-nc.html

For example

4K8KW10 · 8 Oct 2020 at 20:08

q974739 said:
So I was going to buy the 5900x, and I still am.

But now I'm stumped - what cooling to buy? Was only going to use the stock wraith, but now it doesn't come with one. What would people recommend for a low end cooler?

Alternatively, how much more performance would you get out of a middle of the road cooler? At what sort of cost?

q974739 said:
It'll do the job, but is it worth 20% of the card, Vs something further down the range? (Also have a moderate fear of water in my PC. It killed a P3 that was dear to my heart...)

Grab this while it's still in stock - only 2 left:

My basket at Overclockers UK:

1 x Arctic Freezer 34 eSports 120mm CPU Cooler - Black / Grey= £29.99

Total: £38.69 (includes shipping: £8.70)

crazy8s · 8 Oct 2020 at 20:09

Scythe Fuma 2 could suit at the £50 range

geekyadz · 8 Oct 2020 at 20:17

q974739 said:
So I was going to buy the 5900x, and I still am.

But now I'm stumped - what cooling to buy? Was only going to use the stock wraith, but now it doesn't come with one. What would people recommend for a low end cooler?

Alternatively, how much more performance would you get out of a middle of the road cooler? At what sort of cost?

Well, here's what I'm planning to do:

At the moment I have a 2700X using the "stock" Waith LED cooler that came with it. However I'm now toying with the idea of fitting my Noctua NH-D14 (with newer fan) that I used for my 970BE for the 2700X (the TDP is lower on the 2700X than on the 970 which I have just found out). The cooling by the Noctua D14 was pretty good on the 970: I seem to recall I plugged the fans into the CPU header and sys_fan1 header of the board I was using and set the fans speed to 1200RPM: it was mostly silent (at the time, I was also using a CoolerMaster HAF, and I'm sure I had more noise from that than the CPU cooler).

Link to the D14: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/noct...8UvZvm2_ylIEpL-LLJwCwH3Ms_gudIXoaAjnJEALw_wcB With this said, I suspect that the D15 may do even better. I would say both Noctua coolers are more mid to high end CPU coolers. The D14 also quite big so please double check your CPU cooler clearance before even thinking about hitting that "buy" button, and therefore I would also urge caution with the D15 as well.

will13 · 8 Oct 2020 at 20:19

My BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro 4 keeps my 3700X cooled with barely any fan speed, if push comes to shove I'll just up fan curve slightly on 5800X

q974739 · 8 Oct 2020 at 20:21

Illuminist said:
There is no water inside, its also non conductive for that very reason.

Wait, what?? Shows how out of touch I am.

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4K8KW10 · 8 Oct 2020 at 20:36

will13 said:
My BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro 4 keeps my 3700X cooled with barely any fan speed, if push comes to shove I'll just up fan curve slightly on 5800X

The 3700X is a 65-watt CPU. Technically, you can put it in a tight notebook chassis and still pursue not very high temperatures.

q974739 said:
Wait, what?? Shows how out of touch I am.
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Stick with cheap air cooler. The Arctic Freezer for just £30 is rated for 200-watt CPUs

KungFuSpaghetti · 8 Oct 2020 at 20:42

Why would you spend £500 on a CPU and put a cheapo cooler on it?

CPU's boost higher and for longer with better cooling, moving from my old noctua d14 to a 360m AIO I felt was well worth it.

q974739 · 8 Oct 2020 at 20:57

KungFuSpaghetti said:
Why would you spend £500 on a CPU and put a cheapo cooler on it?

CPU's boost higher and for longer with better cooling, moving from my old noctua d14 to a 360m AIO I felt was well worth it.

Because I had planned to upgrade the cooler later, once I'd recovered from the sticker shock - and when games were using more of the available performance.

I'm happy sitting on crap cooling while The Beast quietly games at a load of 50% or so. Upgrades to cooling are something i could take more slowly.

Edit, double quote

COYS · 8 Oct 2020 at 21:01

cchaos said:
Well, here's what I'm planning to do:

At the moment I have a 2700X using the "stock" Waith LED cooler that came with it. However I'm now toying with the idea of fitting my Noctua NH-D14 (with newer fan) that I used for my 970BE for the 2700X (the TDP is lower on the 2700X than on the 970 which I have just found out). The cooling by the Noctua D14 was pretty good on the 970: I seem to recall I plugged the fans into the CPU header and sys_fan1 header of the board I was using and set the fans speed to 1200RPM: it was mostly silent (at the time, I was also using a CoolerMaster HAF, and I'm sure I had more noise from that than the CPU cooler).

Link to the D14: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/noct...8UvZvm2_ylIEpL-LLJwCwH3Ms_gudIXoaAjnJEALw_wcB With this said, I suspect that the D15 may do even better. I would say both Noctua coolers are more mid to high end CPU coolers. The D14 also quite big so please double check your CPU cooler clearance before even thinking about hitting that "buy" button, and therefore I would also urge caution with the D15 as well.

Remember you'd also need to get the AM4 mounting kit for the D14

/\ndy · 8 Oct 2020 at 21:33

You won't be able to get it until at least November, just relax and won't for gamers nexus to tear it down and give you some idea on thermals.

Smiffy-UK · 8 Oct 2020 at 21:37

Noctua nh-d15 chromax.black is what I have and will be using it with a 5900x

q974739 · 8 Oct 2020 at 21:43

/\ndy said:
You won't be able to get it until at least November, just relax and won't for gamers nexus to tear it down and give you some idea on thermals.

Waiting is hard. My last machine was fried by lightning and I'm surviving on the craptop

geekyadz · 9 Oct 2020 at 11:14

COYS said:
Remember you'd also need to get the AM4 mounting kit for the D14

Already obtained - though I want 4 pin fans for it rather than the stock 3 pin fans (which I've already decided on which ones I'm getting) but thank you for the reminder

phil-k · 9 Oct 2020 at 11:45

cchaos said:
Already obtained - though I want 4 pin fans for it rather than the stock 3 pin fans (which I've already decided on which ones I'm getting) but thank you for the reminder

How did you get that, don't you have to send them copies of receipts for the original and new processors to get a different mounting kit

geekyadz · 9 Oct 2020 at 11:50

phil-k said:
How did you get that, don't you have to send them copies of receipts for the original and new processors to get a different mounting kit

That's if you want to go with Noctua for getting the kit. The requirement is AM4 CPU/motherboard invoice and your Noctua cooler invoice or photo with your address on the Noctua cooler.

Alternatively, OC sell it themselves (this is for the D14 and other coolers, so please ensure that you choose the right kit as there are multiple kits): https://www.overclockers.co.uk/noctua-nm-am4-mounting-kit-hs-037-nc.html

rn2 · 9 Oct 2020 at 12:19

Deepcool assassin 3 or Noctua NH-D15 if you want to go air cooling. they are on par and nothing beats them for air cooling at the moment.