What would you do in this situation?

Azure101 · 30 Oct 2017 at 23:49

Hi guys,

Recently bought a full build to replace my old i7 920 build, delighted with the new PC - running a Ryzen 5 1600 at 3.8GHz at the moment, would love to try and push it further but I need to ramp the voltage up way too high to get past the 3.8GHz mark.

I bought the new system with a Cryorig H7 air cooler, my old system has a NZXT Kraken X61 watercooler inside. My old PC was rattling and I assumed the cooler pump was at fault and was dying, turned out to just be a case fan that needed reseating and now there's no rattling inside my old machine.

I plan on selling the old i7 920 build but I'm not sure whether to swap the coolers over? I'm not getting poor temps with the Cryorig but I obviously have a (some would say) better cooler in my older machine.. Do you think I should swap them?

Cheers!

MissChief · 30 Oct 2017 at 23:51

Yes. I would.

jaffveyda · 31 Oct 2017 at 08:43

Azure101 said:
Hi guys,

Recently bought a full build to replace my old i7 920 build, delighted with the new PC - running a Ryzen 5 1600 at 3.8GHz at the moment, would love to try and push it further but I need to ramp the voltage up way too high to get past the 3.8GHz mark.

I bought the new system with a Cryorig H7 air cooler, my old system has a NZXT Kraken X61 watercooler inside. My old PC was rattling and I assumed the cooler pump was at fault and was dying, turned out to just be a case fan that needed reseating and now there's no rattling inside my old machine.

I plan on selling the old i7 920 build but I'm not sure whether to swap the coolers over? I'm not getting poor temps with the Cryorig but I obviously have a (some would say) better cooler in my older machine.. Do you think I should swap them?

Cheers!

Only some of the chips can push further than 3,8Ghz, whats your current voltage? Get a bracket for Kraken and try it on, you should get lower temps.
How old is the X61?

Azure101 · 31 Oct 2017 at 10:37

I bought the X61 in November 2014, so just coming up to 3 years!

doyll · 31 Oct 2017 at 16:10

I wouldn't trust a 3 year old CLC to last much longer .. and I doubt it will cool much if any better then H7. As long as H7 is doing the job why change?

BongoHunter · 6 Nov 2017 at 09:13

If your CPU is not a great clocker (they can't all be!) Maybe get something to mount your AIO cooler to your GPU instead (I'm sure there are Kraken mounts available, not sure about H7 though)