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is the ryzen 3600 stock cooler quiet?

madotsukig1rl
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building a relatively budget pc after getting tired of dealing with my shit-tier pre-built. i don't mind dropping the money on a slightly nicer cooler, but just wondering if the stock cooler is quiet enough to not ramp up too hard at idle/light tasks. i don't really mind how loud it is during gaming (within reason). 

 

also just to tack this on at the end, wondering if i should make any improvements to my current build. i don't really play many games outside of suuuper light stuff (rhythm games, minecraft, stardew, stuff like that) so specifically trying to not go too far on my gpu. thanks for any recs! (also i have a solid seasonic psu im transferring to this from my current pc. had to replace the old one and splurged on a nice modular unit.) 

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor $194.99 @ Newegg
Thermal Compound Arctic Silver 5 High-Density Polysynthetic Silver 3.5 g Thermal Paste $6.60 @ Amazon
Motherboard MSI B550-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard $139.99 @ B&H
Memory Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory $74.99 @ B&H
Storage Samsung 970 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive $64.98 @ Amazon
Storage Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive $54.99 @ Newegg
Video Card Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER 4 GB WINDFORCE OC Video Card $169.99
Case Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case $94.99 @ Best Buy
Monitor HP VH240a 23.8" 1920x1080 60 Hz Monitor $124.99 @ Amazon
Monitor HP VH240a 23.8" 1920x1080 60 Hz Monitor $124.99 @ Amazon
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total $1051.50
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-01-11 19:22 EST-0500  

 

 

 

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Just now, Slottr said:

What do you classify as loud?

40-50db or so. i tend to use headphones anyway but i don't wanna hear this thing from another room or something like that. 

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Wraith Stealth is not LOUD. You probably wont be able to hear it without headphones on. Also you don't need thermal paste, the one it comes with is fine. But from my experience with stock coolers, each one is different. Mine was very quiet, and my friends was loud. Luck of the draw I guess.

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CPU: Ryzen 5 3600  |  CPU Cooler: Asus ROG STRIX LC240 White |  RAM: Crucial Ballistix RGB 16GB 3600 | Mobo: ASUS ROG STRIX B550-A  |  SSD: Inland m.2 NVMe SSD 256GB  |  HDD: Seagate 2TB 7200RPM |  GPU: RTX 3060 Ti FE  |  PSU: Seasonic SGX 650 |  Case: Lian Li o11 mini-W  |  Mouse: Razer Basilisk mercury |  Keyboard: Drop CTRL (Used. I did not spend $200 on a keyboard) |  Mouse Pad: Aura Mech Purple Storm  |  Monitor: Asus TUF 24" IPS 144Hz 1080p

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1 minute ago, MarvintheParrot said:

Wraith Stealth is not LOUD. You probably wont be able to hear it without headphones on. Also you don't need thermal paste, the one it comes with is fine. But from my experience with stock coolers, each one is different. Mine was very quiet, and my friends was loud. Luck of the draw I guess.

thanks! wish me luck i guess haha. 

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2 minutes ago, madotsukig1rl said:

thanks! wish me luck i guess haha. 

haha! good luck! None of them have been super loud, but good luck!

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CPU: Ryzen 5 3600  |  CPU Cooler: Asus ROG STRIX LC240 White |  RAM: Crucial Ballistix RGB 16GB 3600 | Mobo: ASUS ROG STRIX B550-A  |  SSD: Inland m.2 NVMe SSD 256GB  |  HDD: Seagate 2TB 7200RPM |  GPU: RTX 3060 Ti FE  |  PSU: Seasonic SGX 650 |  Case: Lian Li o11 mini-W  |  Mouse: Razer Basilisk mercury |  Keyboard: Drop CTRL (Used. I did not spend $200 on a keyboard) |  Mouse Pad: Aura Mech Purple Storm  |  Monitor: Asus TUF 24" IPS 144Hz 1080p

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It depends on your hearing, system airflow, and ambient temps. Try it out first and decide on whether or not to replace it later. 

If it's an unused stock cooler, it'll come with decent paste already -- no need for the AS5.

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9 hours ago, venomx said:

Mine made an annoying whining sound. Switched to a NHU12S and it's much quieter, even under full load

hm, alright. just seems like some units are better than others. hoping for a peach, but ill probably stick a nicer cooler in my pcpp juuust in case. 

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Mine was ok, it was fairly quiet until it spooled up. It let my 3600XT boost. But I use 120x38 case fans, and I am moving a shitload of air. Even at 7v..

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