Which cooling for a ryzen 1700X?

MachineLearning · January 6, 2019

Which cooling solution should go for to pair up with a Ryzen 1700X? Currently the build I am going for has an "ARCTIC - Freezer 13 CO 4 CFM Ball Bearing CPU Cooler". If it´s inadequate, can you find one that is compatible with my motherboard? -

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 7 1700X 3.4 GHz 8-Core Processor	$189.89 @ OutletPC
CPU Cooler	ARCTIC - Freezer 33 eSports ONE (Black/White) CPU Cooler	$32.12 @ Newegg
Thermal Compound	Arctic Silver - 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5 g Thermal Paste	$6.49 @ Newegg
Motherboard	MSI - X370 GAMING PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.90 @ OutletPC
Memory	G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$234.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Silicon Power - S55 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$54.89 @ OutletPC
Storage	Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	$59.89 @ OutletPC
Video Card	EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8 GB GAMING Video Card	$364.98 @ Newegg
Case	DIYPC - Zondda-B ATX Mid Tower Case	$42.97 @ Newegg
Power Supply	EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply	$59.89 @ OutletPC
Case Fan	Thermaltake - CL-F011-PL12BL-A 40.99 CFM 120mm Fan	$5.49 @ SuperBiiz
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$1206.50
	Mail-in rebates	-$40.00
	Total	$1166.50
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-01-06 10:55 EST-0500

FloRolf · January 6, 2019

The 1700X is surprisingly easy to cool. I run mine with only a Cryorig C7, which is tiny. As long as it says "AM4 compatible" somewhere on the cooler it's alright. Just use a tower cooler, the arctic is fine iirc.

You don't need to buy Thermal paste separately though as coolers always come with paste that is more than adequate.

Also please get a different ssd. I would always go with Samsungs 860Evo or a 970Evo as they are insanely fast and reliable. Spending these couple $ really is worth it.