CPU Boost Speeds and Cooling

[Kojicon]

So I have been in the market for CPU cooler to replace my stock wraith stealth, and I was wondering about boost speeds. From my limited knowledge with CPUs, I understand that boost clock speeds are achieved through an increase of power consumption, but are limited to the temperature of the CPU. If this is the case, would higher-end cooling theoretically allow the CPU to maintain and achieve higher boost speeds? Thanks. (My CPU is a 5600X, if that helps)

[SavageNeo]

1 minute ago, Kojicon said:

If this is the case, would higher-end cooling theoretically allow the CPU to maintain and achieve higher boost speeds?

yes. but the stock cooler already does a pretty good job. 

[S.Hamed23]

6 minutes ago, Kojicon said:

So I have been in the market for CPU cooler to replace my stock wraith stealth, and I was wondering about boost speeds. From my limited knowledge with CPUs, I understand that boost clock speeds are achieved through an increase of power consumption, but are limited to the temperature of the CPU. If this is the case, would higher-end cooling theoretically allow the CPU to maintain and achieve higher boost speeds? Thanks. (My CPU is a 5600X, if that helps)

Unless you're changing any settings in bios, stock cooler is pretty fine

[Chris Pratt]

2 minutes ago, SavageNeo said:

yes. but the stock cooler already does a pretty good job. 

I disagree. The Stealth is not a great cooler, and temps will get away from you if you don't have a case with great airflow.

 

Thermals are just one part of the equation, but yes, generally speaking, lower temps will enable better performance. Get a good single tower cooler, and that should be enough to give you plenty of thermal headroom. You can also undervolt the CPU using the PBO2 curve optimizer, which will give you both extra power and thermal headroom.

[SavageNeo]

1 minute ago, Chris Pratt said:

I disagree. The Stealth is not a great cooler, and temps will get away from you if you don't have a case with great airflow.

 

Thermals are just one part of the equation, but yes, generally speaking, lower temps will enable better performance. Get a good single tower cooler, and that should be enough to give you plenty of thermal headroom. You can also undervolt the CPU using the PBO2 curve optimizer, which will give you both extra power and thermal headroom.

i never said stock cooler is great. it manages temps fairly well since 5600x dos not eat much power. yes it is loud but it will keep temps in check. if it can keep temps checked with my 3900x, it can certainly do the sam with 5600x

[Chris Pratt]

Just now, SavageNeo said:

i never said stock cooler is great. it manages temps fairly well since 5600x dos not eat much power. yes it is loud but it will keep temps in check. if it can keep temps checked with my 3900x, it can certainly do the sam with 5600x

My only experience with the Stealth was with a 3600 and temps reached 90C+ under load in a case that actually had pretty decent airflow and fans. That's not thermal throttling, but it's also not acceptable. If anything, the 5600X runs hotter. Perhaps you're thinking of the Prism? That's a better cooler and is decent enough to actually use, even though it is noisy. The Stealth is just not capable enough.

[SavageNeo]

2 minutes ago, Chris Pratt said:

My only experience with the Stealth was with a 3600 and temps reached 90C+ under load in a case that actually had pretty decent airflow and fans. That's not thermal throttling, but it's also not acceptable. If anything, the 5600X runs hotter. Perhaps you're thinking of the Prism? That's a better cooler and is decent enough to actually use, even though it is noisy. The Stealth is just not capable enough.

with me the stealth worked fine? i mean it runs my 3700x around 85C and 3900x around 90C but it wont thermaltrottle much. Well i have undervolted those cpus so it helps. also made a custom curve.