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Which CPU Cooler For Your Ryzen 5000?
5800X with this
Looks huge! It may just be the photo perspective but I'm wondering if that'll fit in my Fractal Meshify C...
5800X on its way, coming tomorrow/Friday. I thought I'd placed a ghost order with a competitor but they updated me today, looks like it was actually in stock (£450).
I need to shift into gear and get a suitable cooler.
Been looking at BQ Pure Rock 2. May be a bit too low-range though..
I need to shift into gear and get a suitable cooler.
Been looking at BQ Pure Rock 2. May be a bit too low-range though..
Nice. I'm waiting for my dark rock slim to arrive, tomorrow hopefully.
I haven't managed to sort RAM out yet so I picked a cooler that wouldn't limit my choices
It doesn't overhang the RAM at all. Completely eliminates having to think about it.
Not at all impressed with my BQ Dark Rock Slim. Need suggestions for another cooler as this one is getting sold. I had my Mystic light setting to suit CPU temps and noticed it went red (80+ degC). I had CAD running idle, Factorio just doing stuff in the background, a Google Meet on the go and a few tabs. Spotify and Excel sat idle.
Had it running NiceHash overnight and HWInfo64 says max CPU temp was 92.5 degC
Surely that's not right...
Had it running NiceHash overnight and HWInfo64 says max CPU temp was 92.5 degC
Surely that's not right...
I went with the Asus Ryuo 240, it is keeping my current 3600 cool and never going about 70 Degrees, When my 5800X arrives will do some more tests....
Even managed to mount it in correctly
How does this hold up when the 5800X is under load?
That might just be enough to convince me to buy one and sell my dark rock slim
just keep in mind your experience may be different, slight difference in PBO settings or even same settings on different board and your CPU will flat out to 90C under load, also definitions of full load are kind of fluid
Surely it can't be worse than what I've got?
My dark rock slim was around that in Cinebench. For games I believe it hovers in the low 70's. I'll check this morning what it's like just running Zoom... I think I'm at the lower limit of air cooling for a 5800X
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That is interesting. I'm all over the place with my opinion on my Dark Rock Slim. I have had my PC on all day. It's currently running a batch export with Autodesk Task Scheduler while I'm looking at a decent sized model on Inventor and my temps are sitting in the mid-60s with a maximum of 75C according to HWInfo64. It could definitely be tested more but as an example of my average usage I think I'm happy with that.
I found my temps during Cinebench - 80.5C.
So for today I'm happy with the Slim. I'll just need to read a couple more posts before I'm determined to sell it for an AIO again though
Is this eco mode using Ryzen Master? So just enable that and run cinebench and see what comes of it? I don't mind trying it out if it helps your research. It may have to be toward the weekend when I get some free time though if that's OK?
This was the experience I had when temps went unusually high:
I still haven't got round to the experiment Gregl suggested but I have just ran an experiment of my own.
The only real situation where my PC/workstation (see sig) will see intense CPU load is when I render images of 3D models in Inventor. I decided to try and render an image from a fairly complex model and just let it keep rendering until I stopped it. My results (5800X / BQ Dark Rock Slim):
After running all day and using CAD the CPU was sitting around 45-50ish. Then I started the render and Task Manager showed CPU usage ramped right up to 100%. Heard my silent PC start making whirry fan noises. I checked the temperature with HWInfo64 every minute for 6 minutes:
01:00 - 83 degrees
02:00 - 84.4 degrees
03:00 - 85 degrees
04:00 - 84.9 degrees
05:00 - 85.1 degrees
06:00 - 85 degrees
A longer run would be better but I need to get some work done. Within 20 seconds of stopping the render it dropped to 50ish and sits in the mid-40s at the moment while everything idles.
Maybe that's useful. Maybe not.
The only real situation where my PC/workstation (see sig) will see intense CPU load is when I render images of 3D models in Inventor. I decided to try and render an image from a fairly complex model and just let it keep rendering until I stopped it. My results (5800X / BQ Dark Rock Slim):
After running all day and using CAD the CPU was sitting around 45-50ish. Then I started the render and Task Manager showed CPU usage ramped right up to 100%. Heard my silent PC start making whirry fan noises. I checked the temperature with HWInfo64 every minute for 6 minutes:
01:00 - 83 degrees
02:00 - 84.4 degrees
03:00 - 85 degrees
04:00 - 84.9 degrees
05:00 - 85.1 degrees
06:00 - 85 degrees
A longer run would be better but I need to get some work done. Within 20 seconds of stopping the render it dropped to 50ish and sits in the mid-40s at the moment while everything idles.
Maybe that's useful. Maybe not.
That's a huge difference compared to my temps. I think I'm going to get that cooler and sell mine on
Dear me, this thread keeps pulling me in different directions. Now I feel the need to sell the Dark Rock Slim and get one of those
!Spotted this, not a bad price - https://www.overclockers.co.uk/b-grade-be-quiet-dark-rock-pro-4-cpu-cooler-bg-116-bq.html
Reviving this as I've been thinking too long of replacing my Dark Rock Slim. I've noticed the performance in my PC being a bit funny at times and could probably do with improving CPU temps.
Are these bad for a 5800X and should I get a better cooler? Max temp in red suggests (to me) yes to both.
Are these bad for a 5800X and should I get a better cooler? Max temp in red suggests (to me) yes to both.