Air cooling or liquid cooling

[StrawberryShortCakes]

I'm  getting my first computer build (doing it myself), I was wondering which cpu cooler should I get? 

CPU box cooler cames with the ryzen cpu 1600af

CoolerMaster G200

Noctua nh-L9a black edition (Still in stock in Singapore) 

Corsair H80 or H60

I'm either using a coolermaster elite 110 or Silverstone sg13 

What should I get I'm not overclocking since this is my first build. 

 

[gloop]

Stock cooler will handle it fine. 

[ubuntu-guru]

Air should do fine.

Liquid / AIO is good for overclocking, and is better at cooling in some aspects but you have to remember that water-cooling / AIO has more points of failure. So it's really up to you if you want to assume those risks. But by no means does that CPU need liquid cooling.

 

That CPU doesn't even need a high-end air cooler, stock would do fine for it.

[Lord Vile]

4 minutes ago, StrawberryShortCakes said:

I'm  getting my first computer build (doing it myself), I was wondering which cpu cooler should I get? 

CPU box cooler cames with the ryzen cpu 1600af

CoolerMaster G200

Noctua nh-L9a black edition (Still in stock in Singapore) 

Corsair H80 or H60

I'm either using a coolermaster elite 110 or Silverstone sg13 

What should I get I'm not overclocking since this is my first build. 

 

Stock is fine though may be a little loud. 120mm and 140mm AIOs are a waste of money, 240mm+ or go air.

[StrawberryShortCakes]

1 minute ago, gloop said:

Stock cooler will handle it fine. 

Won't have overheating problems? 

1 minute ago, oort said:

Air should do fine.

Liquid / AIO is good for overclocking, and is better at cooling in some aspects but you have to remember that water-cooling / AIO has more points of failure. So it's really up to you if you want to assume those risks. But by no means does that CPU need liquid cooling.

I think I'll stick with air cooling then which will keep it colder? 

[StrawberryShortCakes]

2 minutes ago, Lord Vile said:

Stock is fine though may be a little loud. 120mm and 140mm AIOs are a waste of money, 240mm+ or go air.

I think 240 won't fit in either cases, from jayztwocent's vid it seems the 110 can only fit the 120/140 ones

[Mateyyy]

I agree that the stock Wraith Stealth should be enough, and should also fit in both cases as it's fairly low profile. Otherwise, I'd personally go for the NH-L9a.

 

6 minutes ago, oort said:

Air should do fine.

Liquid / AIO is good for overclocking, and is better at cooling in some aspects but you have to remember that water-cooling / AIO has more points of failure. So it's really up to you if you want to assume those risks. But by no means does that CPU need liquid cooling.

AIOs aren't necessarily better than air cooling heatsinks for overclocking. Dollar for dollar especially air coolers are much, much better, and until you get to 280mm and 360mm AIOs, you can get equivalent performance with air while having better reliability and potentially lower noise.

[ubuntu-guru]

9 minutes ago, StrawberryShortCakes said:

Won't have overheating problems? 

I think I'll stick with air cooling then which will keep it colder? 

If you're asking from what ones you listed, I'd say the Noctua nh-L9a

 

5 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

I agree that the stock Wraith Stealth should be enough, and should also fit in both cases as it's fairly low profile. Otherwise, I'd personally go for the NH-L9a.

 

AIOs aren't necessarily better than air cooling heatsinks for overclocking. Dollar for dollar especially air coolers are much, much better, and until you get to 280mm and 360mm AIOs, you can get equivalent performance with air while having better reliability and potentially lower noise.

Well yeah. I mean if you're going with a 120/140/240 they're a waste of money for the most part, but I've never bought one any smaller than 280mm. So to rephrase, watercooling is better once you get a nice radiator on the PC with good fans. I forget that people buy those little 120/140 ones and I've often wondered why, but I guess money and some cases are limited.

[StrawberryShortCakes]

29 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

I agree that the stock Wraith Stealth should be enough, and should also fit in both cases as it's fairly low profile. Otherwise, I'd personally go for the NH-L9a.

 

AIOs aren't necessarily better than air cooling heatsinks for overclocking. Dollar for dollar especially air coolers are much, much better, and until you get to 280mm and 360mm AIOs, you can get equivalent performance with air while having better reliability and potentially lower noise.

 

26 minutes ago, oort said:

If you're asking from what ones you listed, I'd say the Noctua nh-L9a

 

Well yeah. I mean if you're going with a 120/140/240 they're a waste of money for the most part, but I've never bought one any smaller than 280mm. So to rephrase, watercooling is better once you get a nice radiator on the PC with good fans. I forget that people buy those little 120/140 ones and I've often wondered why, but I guess money and some cases are limited.

Thank you everyone 

[Jeppes]

The only good thing about l9a is its size. No need to use that in those cases as you can fit better ones too. Elite 110 will take Noctua L12s or Scythe Big Shuriken 3. And you can always use an sfx psu(with the atx mounting bracket) if you want to fit an even taller cooler.

[Lord Vile]

1 hour ago, StrawberryShortCakes said:

I think 240 won't fit in either cases, from jayztwocent's vid it seems the 110 can only fit the 120/140 ones

Then go air, small AIOs don't perform well.