Cooling Ryzen 9 5900x in Lian Li O11 Dynamic Mini under $100 with overclock
15 hours ago, Cowboyk56 said:I'm looking to upgrade my Cpu down the line to a 12+ core. I'm buying when next generation amd and intel chips comes out. Coming from a ryzen 5 3600, not a hot running chip. I don't have a good idea of what is needed to cool a high core count and 5.0 Ghz(preferably). What is a good under $100 dollar cooler or cheaper that will be able to cool a monster.
You're going to struggle to find a decent cooler for under $100.
14 hours ago, GuiltySpark_ said:Alright so first of all, 011 Mini keeps my 5800x and 3090 quite cool but its a case designed to be filled with fans. Primarily intaking at the bottom and exhausting out of the top. Its also a case designed around aesthetics and if its not filled with fans, one might think it looks a little awkward.
I have 9 fans in my Mini with a 360 AIO in the top which does a wonderful job but there are no 360AIO's under $100 worth buying. You're also going to probably want to mount this so its setup for bottom to top airflow as again, that's kind of how the case is designed being that water cooling is its purpose. Truthfully, if air cooling was the goal, I wouldn't be using this case at all, it make very little sense.
011 Mini max CPU cooler height: 170mm
Recommended Air Coolers to fully utilize that chip:
Scythe FUMA2 @ 154.5mm tall - $65
Noctua NH-D15 @ 165mm tall - $100
DeepCool AK620 @ 157mm tall - $65 (my pick)
Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 @ 155mm - $41
BeQuiet Dark Rock Pro 4 @ 162mm - $90
The cheapest water cooler that I would recommend also happens to be one of the best but its still $10 over budget.
Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280 - $110
There are a few more so if your favorite cooler isn't mentioned I'm sorry, these are just the big ones that I would choose from.
Its worth also considering Silverstone's Permafrost series AIOs. Same pump as the galahad, but at a lot lower price.
13 hours ago, GuiltySpark_ said:I have an ITX board so i've lowered the motherboard tray. I know some people that have ATX boards and some were able to use a top mounted 360 rad, some weren't, really comes down to the RAM slot placements on your particular board.
With an ATX board you can't lower the motherboard tray.
You can use offset brackets, of which Lian Li do sell official ones, or you can 3d print one.
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