So after watching about 5 hours worth of reviews and seeing reviewers with numbers very different than each other and coming to similar but different conclusions, I have started to wonder if the deviation in testing comes from the selected coolers?
Ryzen 3000 is very off center as far as the heat considerations. There is actually no chip in the middle of the heat spreader. AiO's and most water blocks heavily favor the center of the Heat Spreader as traditionally this has been where the considerations of heat was, but after watching Paul's Hardware get some of the best Ryzen 3000 results with a Noctua air cooler (actually getting better sustained clocks 3700X with XFR than der8auer said was possible with manual OC), i started to wonder if the increased thickness of the Air Coolers copper plate and evenly distributed heat pipes might make more sense for a off center chip like Ryzen 3000.
I am also wondering if maybe AiOs need to be optimized for this new off center heat distribution in order to get the best performance out of the Ryzen 3000 Cores.
I would love to see someone test this theory sooner than later... As i plan on upgrading over the next 3 months to 3900X.
TL;DR The second law of thermodynamics says, "Stick with a regular cooler."
I'll copy what I commended when someone asked about this last night.
And to add:
The biggest benefit that regular waterblocks have over this design is the jet plate. There is a need to get that heat away from the waterblock quickly to prevent heat soak because over time heat will be retained in the larger mass of the "waterblock" and not cool as efficiently. I think that the reason he saw really low temps is due to the ice and not the "waterblock."
clandestine8 got a reaction from Origami Cactus in Ryzen 3000: Off Center Cooling - AiO vs Air Cooling? New Designs Needed?
