Cooler for i9 9900K non OC

[BeastVoid]

Hey everyone, I hope you guys can help me out (and excuse my poor English). I currently have a Cryorig H7 and I want to upgrade because the i9 is reaching more than 100ºC on full load (I checked if there was good contact, and reapplied the thermal paste CoolerMaster MasterGel Maker, but nothing changed)

These are my specs:

i9 9900K stock

Gigabyte Z390 M Gaming (mATX)

16GB (2x8) Spectrix D41 3200Mhz

EVGA RTX 2080 SC

Fractal Design Meshify C Mini

 

I have 46MM tall RAM, so I need a CPU cooler that supports that height. Also, I can't block the first PCIe slot, given this is mATX and I don't have many slots to play around.

I've been checking the tier list, reviews, and my options. Almost every cooler I can get must be brought from the outside (I'm from Argentina), and it'll take around a month to get it.

My current options are:

-Noctua NH-D15S

-Thermalright Le Grand Macho RT

-Scythe Mugen 5

 

From my understanding, the first two should be superior to the Mugen 5, specially if I add a 120mm fan to the D15S, but they all seem to be on the same tier, so I have my doubts. If the Mugen 5 cools the same as the other 2, I feel I should get that one, given that it's almost half the price of the other two (80 vs 48).

Also, which one would you guys say is the easiest to install? I have headaches every time I have to reinstall my H7, given that I have to turn the screws while pressing the cooler down and trying to match the holes with the screws.

I can also get a NZXT Kraken x52, but I don't trust AIOs that much.

 

Any help will be appreciated.

[LukeSavenije]

hm... what about the nhd15 and drp4?

[Firewrath9]

the H7 should be able to handle it at stock. What are the voltages? try 1.2v, The mugen 5 is around a U14s. The U14s is really easy to install.

[Princess Luna]

There is something wrong here the temps sounds too high even if the H7 is nothing special, are you stressing it with some really heavy synthetic workload?

[tarfeef101]

15 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

the H7 should be able to handle it at stock. What are the voltages? try 1.2v, The mugen 5 is around a U14s. The U14s is really easy to install.

 

13 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

There is something wrong here the temps sounds too high even if the H7 is nothing special, are you stressing it with some really heavy synthetic workload?

 

Agreed. H7 should totally handle stock settings. If you're hitting 100 with that, I might look at my case airflow, fan speeds, mount (even though you said you checked it), BIOS settings (some motherboards at "stock" are overclocking it for you), something. What temp is your room that the PC is in?

[BeastVoid]

22 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

hm... what about the nhd15 and drp4?

Hey, thanks for your answer.

The D15, from my understanding, will have issues with my RAM (32mm clearance), and I can't get the fan too much farther from the RAM given the limit of the CPU cooler height of the Meshify C Mini.

Haven't checked the Dark Rock Pro 4. I'm going to check it out now.

 

16 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

the H7 should be able to handle it at stock. What are the voltages? try 1.2v, The mugen 5 is around a U14s. The U14s is really easy to install.

Thanks for your answer.

I haven't checked the voltages. I left everything at stock (I mean, I just assembled everything, turned it on, installed Windows 10, and that's pretty much it.

 

16 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

There is something wrong here the temps sounds too high even if the H7 is nothing special, are you stressing it with some really heavy synthetic workload?

Thank you for answering.

With a game I reached around 80ºC (can't remember which one, honestly. It was 2-3 weeks ago), and with the stress test of CPU-Z I reached 98 and it kept crawling up but I stopped it. I haven't checked yet with my server VMs working if they throw up the temps too.

 

 

[BeastVoid]

7 minutes ago, tarfeef101 said:

 

 

Agreed. H7 should totally handle stock settings. If you're hitting 100 with that, I might look at my case airflow, fan speeds, mount (even though you said you checked it), BIOS settings (some motherboards at "stock" are overclocking it for you), something. What temp is your room that the PC is in?

Thanks for answering. I left everything at stock (even the fan curves), but it may be getting overclocked by the motherboard, I don't really know, I'm going to check. Haven't used intel in a long while (my last intel processor was an i5 750).

I recently bought 3 Noctua NF-P12. Maybe it's time to change the case fans (I'm using the two stock fans from Fractal Design, which aren't PWM).

My room temps are around 20 to 30ºC, though in summer it can get easily to 35-40ºC (I don't have an air conditioner on my room)

Edited April 17, 2019 by BeastVoid
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