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The Alpenföhn didn't fit on my board and isnt officially supported on AM5. It should work though...most AM4 coolers should. My ASUS B650E-I has too much stuff on it and gets in the way of that cooler. The best option is probably (!) a 92mm AIO, but then you need custom shorter and perfectly measured cables and even then there is very little space to work. The A4 is an amazing case and I totally get what you are saying. I want to still use it as my secondary PC to take to a friends house and for LANs (we just started to do that again as we are reaching our 40s). However there will only be my 3600 and an RTX 2060 and the CPU undervolts beautifully. There I won the silicon lottery as it overclocks or undervolts great. Anyways, if you want I can shoot you a message when I get the system running. I love just building PCs And the decision to get the new case was just because it was sooo noisy and I sit at my desk everyday for multiple hours... I need a fairly quite environment to work.

I tried undervolting and got it to bearable temps. My advice would be to set the target temp lower, lower the curve by as much as possible and hope for the best Nevertheless, for me that still meant noise levels that were noticeable through my open-back headphones. The axp90-x47 copper is apparently a good choice if you want to improve the cooling performance in your build, but I decided against it and I now have an almost silent build in a fractal define 7 nano. The DanCase will likely hold an AM4 system soon as I kept my old stuff. That can be cooled with the Alpenföhn black ridge cooler, which was specifically designed for this case. I am hoping that that will go better. Oh and if you really want to stick to this, pick up a 9600 or 7500f. Those are supposed to be cooler than my 7700 or other 7xxx parts.

Interesting. Now that's just not a very classy move. ...saying we can't read after editing one's post. Anyways, a friend bought a pre-built recently. Also a good place to shop sadly, because prices may be better there. You never know. We both love pc building, but we couldn't deny the much better value.

m.2s are getting more expensive and have already risen in price. Who knows what the development will look like there.

True I was super tired and in my head switched it to basically 90%% not gaming.... Anyways, don't go ASROCK and check for actual cooler compatibility, that's the takeaway.

I would not get an X3D chip unless you are actually a gamer, as the non X3D chips are better for productivity and cheaper. I also advise against such an expensive GPU for just a little gaming, but you obviously can spend your money however you want. Additionally, watch out with that cooler if it is really AM% compatible. Many say they are, but then they are not offset or the mounting is not even really safe for AM5. One example is the NH-L9a, which can even damage your motherboard or CPU in the process of mounting, because Noctua screwed up the update. ALSO: ASROCK and X3D chips can be a mess. Most of the reports of AM5 chips frying are from X3D chips and most of those have died on ASROCK motherboards....so, despite my decade-long love for ASROCK boards, I have now left their brand for this upgrade.

Short: 7700 in Dan Case A4 sfx runs hot, correction: throttle hot, with the NH-L9a although it should be enough. Long: What up? I have "finally" upgraded and gotten stuff that fits in my brother's Dan Case A4 SFX4.0 he had put away. I love that Case, but I apparently can't really cool my 7700 in it. The NH-L9a let's temperatures rise to 90 degrees and more quite frequently while gaming or downloading Steam games., which I don't consider heavy tasks. I know, it's ITX and small etc.. Was I so crazy to assume that a 65w CPU could be cooled with a cooler that says it is compatible and suitable for 65w? I already used PBO and adjusted with curve optimizer -10. Unfortunately I couldnt go any lower. Now, the NH-L9A does have a super $#!tty mounting, especially considering that it is a noctua product. The NH-U12S I had on it before kept temperatures very, very low.

Perfect. Thank you. Works like a charm

Hi. I saw this and was wondering what mcr does? I just built my new am5 system.

That is great choice BUT it isn't available here. I actually checked out Hardware Unboxed and they recommended it, but we only got the cheapo Gigabyte motherboards in Germany, which aren't great. I was thinking about the b650e-i from asus, but someone wrote that asus also has problems.

I have always been somewhat of an ASRock fan and only my last mainboard was something different, because I got it used for a good deal. I am upgrading right now (black friday had no deals for boards or cpus here) and now I am looking into an ITX motherboard. It seem like a) there aren't a bunch out there, b) many are quite expensive and c) my lovely asrock might kill a cpu? I want to buy a 7700 for my system, because I need cores and speed and at roughly 200 bucks that is the best offer. I am wondering what to do now? I read that asrock and asus have trouble with killing cpus. Some say it is only 3d, some say it's all cpus. Suggestions? Thoughts?