3700x cooling solution?

[thirdparty]

I am planning to sell my 7700t and its motherboard because the ram slot when faulty after i change my pc case. I ordered my 3700x and b450m mortar max yesterday. Now I am browsing forum to check on temperature of 3700x.

 

It seems like 3700x stock cooler can hold the cpu down to 85 C with PBO on? I am a bit paranoid when it comes to cpu temperature... previously my 7700t only ran max to 67 C with my cryorig H7. So I am seeking for solutions:

 

1. Just use stock cooler with stock thermal paste?

2. Use stock cooler but with cooler master mastergel maker (~ 5 usd solution)

3. Buy scythe mugen 5 rev b and cooler mastergel maker ( ~50usd solution).

 

Also I am tight on budget because originally my plan is to buy 3600 not 3700x. will the ~5-50 usd investment be worth it and will i see any performance gain? Thank you for your attention and time! 

[Sorenson]

The ryzen chips tend to be in the high 70c range under load with a decent cooler. You have to keep in mind that Ryzen chips will automatically overclock themselves if there is thermal headroom.

 

I think you wouldn't really need anything over a hyper 212 unless you really wanted to push the chip. 

[thirdparty]

4 minutes ago, Sorenson said:

The ryzen chips tend to be in the high 70c range under load with a decent cooler. You have to keep in mind that Ryzen chips will automatically overclock themselves if there is thermal headroom.

 

I think you wouldn't really need anything over a hyper 212 unless you really wanted to push the chip. 

In my country hyper 212 costs same as scythe mugen 5 rev B.. does 212x has advantage over mugen 5?

[Sorenson]

11 minutes ago, thirdparty said:

In my country hyper 212 costs same as scythe mugen 5 rev B.. does 212x has advantage over mugen 5?

Not really, the 212 is just super cheap in the US. *The scythe is actually probably better. I haven't read reviews of it though. 

[LogicalDrm]

Thermal paste doesn't really give you real help. So using another paste vs stock isn't gonna do much. Also PBO target temp seems to be 80C (based on threads I've read). So keeping it enabled and changing cooler doesn't necessarily mean better temps. It just mean better performance.

[thirdparty]

8 hours ago, LogicalDrm said:

Thermal paste doesn't really give you real help. So using another paste vs stock isn't gonna do much. Also PBO target temp seems to be 80C (based on threads I've read). So keeping it enabled and changing cooler doesn't necessarily mean better temps. It just mean better performance.

I see, how big a performance boost will I see using other cooler? Is it like 4.0 ghz vs  4.4ghz all cores?

[LogicalDrm]

6 minutes ago, thirdparty said:

I see, how big a performance boost will I see using other cooler? Is it like 4.0 ghz vs  4.4ghz all cores?

There are no test like that. Here's explanation of PBO so you can see how big of difference it makes overall https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/3491-explaining-precision-boost-overdrive-benchmarks-auto-oc