bartmazur

Thanks ShrimpBrime! 6. H115i came with thermal paste applied already on the plate. 5. Would an air cooler with huge plate covering the whole chip be a better solution? 1. Would you say constant, long hours rendering without PBO could damage CPU?

Hi guys, Please help me out. I've got a Threadripper 3960x cooled with Corsair H115i Platinum RGB and while on heavy load temperatures reach 88C and 93C with PBO turned on (max temp according to AMD is 95C; CPU doesn't switch off after reaching that level). By heavy load I mean 3D rendering using Arnold (CPU-based renderer). Idle temps are oscillating around 60C. Is that normal? I am not sure whether I'm experiencing throttling. All cores work steadily around 3.8-3.9GHz and render times per frame are stable as well. I guess that means no throttling? All drivers, including chipset drivers, are up to date as well as Windows is where it should be too. Here is the complete spec and let me know if you need more info. AMD Threadripper 3960x Corsair H115i Platinum Aorus TRX40 Xtreme Corsair CMK64GX4M4C3200C16 Corsair 680X GeForce RTX 2080Ti Samsung Evo Pro m2 1TB Segate HDD 4TB 5400 RPM Windows 10 Pro 64 Shall I consider switching to a bigger cooler like Wraith Ripper? Shall I invest in better cooling paste? Shall I not worry at all? Thanks a lot, Bart