Can you cool a Core i9 10900K for cheap?

[Emily Young]

Intel's Comet Lake is a power consumption beast, but when it comes to actually cooling it, how much do you REALLY need?

 

 

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[SenKa]

I was a biiiiiiig fan of big air coolers until i actually bought a high quality AIO. Never going back for my own builds.

[Hunter259]

The Arctic Freezer 33 is much cheaper than the overrated Hyper 212 while being significantly better and I am surprised you didn't bring it up for cheap performance. You can get it for less that $30 most of the time and is currently $20 on Amazon.

 

https://www.amazon.com/ARCTIC-Freezer-Esports-ONE-Processor/dp/B076LQ2HBW?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&psc=1

[Mateyyy]

https://youtu.be/rOCrcOfTsLg?t=181

@LinusTech The higher sustained frequency can most likely be attributed to changing the SVID Behaviour to Auto. Having tested out the "Intel's Fail Safe" setting myself on an ASUS Z390 board and a 9900K, I can confirm that it results in the CPU asking for a lot more unnecessary voltage, therefore resulting in more waste heat and in this case even lower performance.

 

Quite surprising and nice to see that a U12S with a proper TIM can handle the 10900K just fine really, considering the amount of current it pulls. Granted it's on an open test bench, but still.

[soldier_ph]

Noctua NH-D15 FTW !

[Streetguru]

Definitely should have used an actual intermediate 6 heat pipe fat cooler like a Macho Rev B or similar, instead of just a hyper 212 with a better fan...

[D13H4RD]

I don't understand why the Hyper 212 continues to be popular despite the prevalence of much superior competition in the same price bracket.

 

Yeah, it was kind of the air cooler of choice especially for those on a bit of a budget back then but times have changed and you can definitely get something better for around the same price bracket.

 

It's not like Cooler Master themselves have been making good air coolers as of late. The high end MA620M looks to be awfully mediocre for the same price/more than the venerable NH-D15... 

[Cattaneo]

graphite thermal pad... did ltt went so lazy that applying thermal paste and cleaning it (30 secs) between testing became too much hassle?

[Mateyyy]

1 hour ago, Cattaneo said:

graphite thermal pad... did ltt went so lazy that applying thermal paste and cleaning it (30 secs) between testing became too much hassle?

I would assume they used a thermal pad just to remove the variable of nonidentical TIM application when changing coolers.

[CommanderAlex]

On 6/28/2020 at 7:06 PM, Pascal... said:

Noctua NH-D15 FTW !

This by far is the only way to go for me. I'll never buy a AIO cooler. 

10 hours ago, D13H4RD said:

I don't understand why the Hyper 212 continues to be popular despite the prevalence of much superior competition in the same price bracket.

 

Yeah, it was kind of the air cooler of choice especially for those on a bit of a budget back then but times have changed and you can definitely get something better for around the same price bracket.

 

It's not like Cooler Master themselves have been making good air coolers as of late. The high end MA620M looks to be awfully mediocre for the same price/more than the venerable NH-D15... 

That was one of my first CPU coolers for my 4790k when I first built my own computer back in 2015. I upgraded to the Noctua NH-D15 as seen in the video and I am totally impressed with the amount of heat dissipation and cooling benefits of this cooler. The only drawback is the size as having my graphics card in the first slot, the cooler nearly touches the backplate . 

[Cattaneo]

4 hours ago, Mateyyy said:

I would assume they used a thermal pad just to remove the variable of nonidentical TIM application when changing coolers.

what variable. has been demonstrated again and again even in ltt videos that there's no difference in thermals when varying thermal paste amount and application pattern. they are rushing the videos, idk why

[jasonditz]

whats the mobo in this? I'm thinking of taking a shot at such a setup.