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i just built a system with Ryzen 5 3600. my computer stays ON almost 24x7. i mostly play games and stream on fb using x264. the average temperatures are 28-32 during june-july whereas in april-may it ranges from 32-42 degrees celsius. will the stock wraith stealth cooler suffice? if not will the Deepcool Gammaxx 400 be sufficient?

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1 minute ago, trapsy said:

whereas in april-may it ranges from 32-42 degrees celsius

Under load? Or idle.  

If load these are amazing. If the temps are under 90 it's fine for the most part. 

2 minutes ago, trapsy said:

will the stock wraith stealth cooler suffice?

Not the best but should be fine. 

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If you are not overclocking it, it should be fine. If not you can always try first and get a better cooler later.

I am far from an expert in this so please correct me if I’m wrong.

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Just now, TofuHaroto said:

If load these are amazing. If the temps are under 90 it's fine for the most part. 

I think those are room temps not the component temps

I am far from an expert in this so please correct me if I’m wrong.

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Just now, trapsy said:

hell no. 

Ah alright. Well still if temps don't exceed 90c it should be fine. And you can always upgrade the cooler down the line. 

PC: Motherboard: ASUS B550M TUF-Plus, CPU: Ryzen 3 3100, CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34, GPU: GIGABYTE WindForce GTX1650S, RAM: HyperX Fury RGB 2x8GB 3200 CL16, Case, CoolerMaster MB311L ARGB, Boot Drive: 250GB MX500, Game Drive: WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM HDD.

 

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11 minutes ago, trapsy said:

i just built a system with Ryzen 5 3600. my computer stays ON almost 24x7. i mostly play games and stream on fb using x264. the average temperatures are 28-32 during june-july whereas in april-may it ranges from 32-42 degrees celsius. will the stock wraith stealth cooler suffice? if not will the Deepcool Gammaxx 400 be sufficient?

The Gammax 400 comes with horrible paste. It NEEDS better paste else it will perform worse than the stock cooler.

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Yeah you will need to do some tuning in the BIOS for Vcore and frequency to get the most out of your CPU and keep in cool and happy. I would say 4.1GHz at 1.25V should do it, even then I would think the stock cooler would cut it, Gamaxx 400 would be over kill. Would recommend some decent cheapo thermal paste. Arctic MX4 is what I use in client system and it have been fine for all the years I have been running the business.  

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1 minute ago, Đỗ Đức Huy said:

Yeah you will need to do some tuning in the BIOS for Vcore and frequency to get the most out of your CPU and keep in cool and happy. I would say 4.1GHz at 1.25V should do it, even then I would think the stock cooler would cut it, Gamaxx 400 would be over kill. Would recommend some decent cheapo thermal paste. Arctic MX4 is what I use in client system and it have been fine for all the years I have been running the business.  

i am not overclocking. too scared to do it in the temperatures i live. although the case has decent cooling. and as i said, my pc remains ON almost 24x7.

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23 minutes ago, trapsy said:

i am not overclocking. too scared to do it in the temperatures i live. although the case has decent cooling. and as i said, my pc remains ON almost 24x7.

24/7 doesn't matter and means basically nothing.  CPU's hit max temp they're going to hit within seconds of being under load. Unless your room has no airflow and would heat up over time to life threatening temps.. you're fine.

 

The stock CPU with the 3600 handles it just fine.  You don't need an aftermarket cooler when not overclocking.

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Arctic Freezer 33 or 34 Esports DUO are good cheap coolers that should do really well.

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1 hour ago, trapsy said:

i am not overclocking. too scared to do it in the temperatures i live. although the case has decent cooling. and as i said, my pc remains ON almost 24x7.

It is not overclocking, but running the CPU at a "sane" settings that would actually results in lower temperature since "Default" voltages are set really high! I got all my Ryzen builds to above 4GHz at 1.2V ish and it is much cooler than the stock frequency but at 1.4V!

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1 minute ago, Đỗ Đức Huy said:

It is not overclocking, but running the CPU at a "sane" settings that would actually results in lower temperature since "Default" voltages are set really high! I got all my Ryzen builds to above 4GHz at 1.2V ish and it is much cooler than the stock frequency but at 1.4V!

thanx for the suggestion. will definitely try it

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