Upgrade time - AM5 block advice

[dark_hag666]

Hi,

Looking to upgrade to a new AM5 chip. What's the lay of the land with AM5 blocks now? My loop is all EK currently, but with the recent shenanigans, I'm looking outside my own box.

 

[teejay73]

Hi,

Looking to upgrade to a new AM5 chip. What's the lay of the land with AM5 blocks now? My loop is all EK currently, but with the recent shenanigans, I'm looking outside my own box.

I have the Alpha cool core that I use on my 13700k, and they have it available for the AM5 system too. It's a good block that ranks pretty high for the money - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/alphacool-core-1-aurora-argb-cpu-water-block-silver-wc-0dj-ac.html

 

[im4gine3]

Theres a few good blocks out there.. Alphacool Core being one of them. I've heard Optimus blocks are good too as well as NTech i believe

 

[teejay73]

Theres a few good blocks out there.. Alphacool Core being one of them. I've heard Optimus blocks are good too as well as NTech i believe

I looked at the optimus blocks, but they are pretty pricey, at least for the signature v3 ones anyway.

 

[newuser]

I have the Alpha cool core that I use on my 13700k, and they have it available for the AM5 system too. It's a good block that ranks pretty high for the money - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/alphacool-core-1-aurora-argb-cpu-water-block-silver-wc-0dj-ac.html

Also have one on a 13700k, been pleased with it. Mine is black though because black WC stuff is cool.

 

[Parsley]

This reminded me to check if Watercool have released a Heatkiller V Cpu block.

Nope... still the 4 Pro!

 

[R.C.Anderson]

I went with a Barrow block (direct from China) for my 7800X3D. Fraction of the price of the big names, but performs great.

 

[im4gine3]

I like the look of the AC Core Aurora block with the performance kit. May buy this to replace my Magnitude block.

Edit: Scratch that, i went ahead and bought it already... though was tempted to buy the Carbon edition, but decided against it in the end since it'll look weird with one carbon part and everythign else normal.