Trying to decide on air cooler for a 5800x

[KeyperOS]

I am deciding on the final parts for a new PC and trying to decide on the CPU air cooler to use.

The CPU will be the Ryzen 5800x which is notorious for taking all the thermal headroom allotted by the CPU cooler for higher sustained performance.
The motherboard will be the Gigabyte B550 Aorus Master and I also chose lower-profile RAM modules, the Crucial Ballistix DDR4-3600MHz (BL2K16G36C16U4).
The case will also be one with a full-mesh front, likely the Lian-Li Lancool II Mesh Performance or the Phanteks Eclipse P500A (please advice on the case as well if possible).

I have researched on and even read the "CPU Cooler Performance Tier List" but apparently the internet is all over the place when it come to this.
Some say the flagship D15 (Tier 2) is the best performer by far, others say the newer U12A (Tier 3)easily matches or ever exceeds it.

Others still say go for the Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 4 (Tier 3).

 

With that said, could you please help me choose the best-performant CPU cooler for my case?

Thank you for your time!

[Jason 57]

Well, you could just water cool it with 2 radiators. 

In the Lancool 2 Mesh Performance, you can fit a 360MM in the front and a 280MM in the top. 

That might give you some good cooling for the CPU. 

 

I do recommend the Mesh Performance as your case. I really enjoy having it. 

 

[tishous]

If you just want the very best air cooler money can buy, the NH-D15 is probably what you'll want to get. You'll have to check clearance and things since it is just that massive.

 

For the case, they're both really good airflow cases. I think just go for the one you think looks the best, the temperature differences between them will be negligible.

[MarvintheParrot]

11 minutes ago, KeyperOS said:

I am deciding on the final parts for a new PC and trying to decide on the CPU air cooler to use.

The CPU will be the Ryzen 5800x which is notorious for taking all the thermal headroom allotted by the CPU cooler for higher sustained performance.
The motherboard will be the Gigabyte B550 Aorus Master and I also chose lower-profile RAM modules, the Crucial Ballistix DDR4-3600MHz (BL2K16G36C16U4).
The case will also be one with a full-mesh front, likely the Lian-Li Lancool II Mesh Performance or the Phanteks Eclipse P500A (please advice on the case as well if possible).

I have researched on and even read the "CPU Cooler Performance Tier List" but apparently the internet is all over the place when it come to this.
Some say the flagship D15 (Tier 2) is the best performer by far, others say the newer U12A (Tier 3)easily matches or ever exceeds it.

Others still say go for the Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 4 (Tier 3).

 

With that said, could you please help me choose the best-performant CPU cooler for my case?

Thank you for your time!

Take a look at the ARCTIC Esports DUO. It kept my Ryzen 5 3600 under 29C white idle and 60C while gaming. It's also fairly budget at around $50 USD.

[Action_Johnson]

The 5800X doesn't get that hot. It's not an Intel 9900.

 

I bet a garden variety Hyper 212 would do just fine

[IkeaGnome]

35 minutes ago, KeyperOS said:

The CPU will be the Ryzen 5800x which is notorious for taking all the thermal headroom

 

8 minutes ago, Action_Johnson said:

The 5800X doesn't get that hot. It's not an Intel 9900.

To add to this, I've got my 5800x running cooler with very little performance loss (than stock, not vs the 9900k)than I did my 9900k on an AIO. With a tiny cooler. You can get a smaller cooler and do a small undervolt if it's wanting to be too hot for your set up.

[Npiet1]

3 hours ago, Jason 57 said:

Well, you could just water cool it with 2 radiators. 

In the Lancool 2 Mesh Performance, you can fit a 360MM in the front and a 280MM in the top. 

That might give you some good cooling for the CPU. 

 

I do recommend the Mesh Performance as your case. I really enjoy having it. 

 

I've got dual 360mm cooling my 5800x, while the chip still reaches 90'c. The coolant only reaches 36'c. (28'c ambient) on load. It's a weird chip.

 

OP: In my experience (and research) with the chip just go with the cheaper out of the 3. While the chip runs hot, it doesn't thermal throttle at 90'c. You won't get temps of the chip under 85'c (unless your lucky and get a great chip) while under load. AMD says it's designed that way, and I sorta believe them after playing with it.