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Hey

 

I got a Ryzen 9 3900x with the stock cooler. However I've noticed the temperatures can get a bit high. Which is why I've done some googling for a good air cooler (Not a fan of Water/Liquid/etc cooling)

 

I've found a few coolers, but was wondering if they're better than stock cooler or which one of these are best:

 

Noctua NH-D14

Noctua NH-D15S

Noctua NH-U14A

BQ! Dark rock TF

Scythe Mugen Rev. B

 

Or any other suggestions?

(Any cooler over 161mm is no option)

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D15S has the best performance and noise, but what are the prices? What board are you using?

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

D15S has the best performance and noise, but what are the prices? What board are you using?

Price can be up to 115$, board is X570 GAMING PLUS

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Noctua NH-U12A

Be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 (non-pro)

1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

D15S has the best performance and noise, but what are the prices? What board are you using?

yeah but it's 165mm...

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4 minutes ago, Wacofopus said:

X570 GAMING PLUS

Swap for a better board. 

 

Say Gigabyte x570 Auros elite. 

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1 minute ago, GoldenLag said:

 Swap for a better board. 

 

Say Gigabyte x570 Auros elite. 

 

Can't return my current one anymore.

I don't see how the board can cause relatively high temperatures under some load. As the temps stay under 85°C (I can hear the fan at full speed)

 

I just want it to run as cool as possible

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Just now, Wacofopus said:

 

Can't return my current one anymore.

I don't see how the board can cause relatively high temperatures under some load. As the temps stay under 85°C (I can hear the fan at full speed)

 

I just want it to run as cool as possible

Well...... The VRM on the x570 gaming plus isnt brilliant. It wont make the CPU hotter, but its not great. 

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1 minute ago, GoldenLag said:

Well...... The VRM on the x570 gaming plus isnt brilliant. It wont make the CPU hotter, but its not great. 

I see, might be something for the near future then. Can't do that at this moment.

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10 minutes ago, Wacofopus said:

Price can be up to 115$, board is X570 GAMING PLUS

I can forsee the power delivery on this board to run quite hot since 3900x draws power like the 2700x, and that nearly cooked the X470 Gaming Plus with a slightly worse VRM.You can compensate that with downdrafts like the TF or Noctua NH-L12S

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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53 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

I can forsee the power delivery on this board to run quite hot since 3900x draws power like the 2700x, and that nearly cooked the X470 Gaming Plus with a slightly worse VRM.You can compensate that with downdrafts like the TF or Noctua NH-L12S

 

I got an X470 motherboard on our other PC, could maybe swap them around (Since this isn't a pc with heavy usage). The other one is a Asus ROG STRIX X470-I Gaming

 

Would this one have the same issue and need downdraft?

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1 hour ago, Wacofopus said:

 

I got an X470 motherboard on our other PC, could maybe swap them around (Since this isn't a pc with heavy usage). The other one is a Asus ROG STRIX X470-I Gaming

 

Would this one have the same issue and need downdraft?

same issue imo. Better components, but worse cooling.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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14 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

same issue imo. Better components, but worse cooling.

Alright, guess I'll stick with this. The Dark Rock TF provides better cooling than stock cooler I hope? Stock cooler is quite noisy from time to time too.

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15 minutes ago, Wacofopus said:

Alright, guess I'll stick with this. The Dark Rock TF provides better cooling than stock cooler I hope? Stock cooler is quite noisy from time to time too.

Yes its better than stock. It will also blow air on the motherboard vrm heatsinks so its good for that too.

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10 hours ago, Mr.Humble said:

yeah but it's 165mm...

You're thinking of the NH-D15. In either case, both the NH-D15 / S heatsinks are only 160mm. With the NH-D15S, the only fan present is the middle fan which can be entirely lowered into the heatsink. 

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