Looking for Air Cooling

[Solomnhollow]

Budget (including currency): $200-$700

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

Case: Y60

Processor: Intel® Core™ i9-13900KS Processor (8X 3.20GHz + 16X 2.40GHz/36MB L3 Cache)

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX - WiFi, ARGB Header (2), USB 3.2 Ports (1 Type-C, 5 Type-A), M.2 Slot (4)

Memory: 32 GB [16 GB X2] DDR5-6000MHz Memory Module - Certified Major Brand Gaming Memory [Free Upgrade to 32GB DDR5-6000 ADATA XPG Lancer RGB]

Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 - 10GB GDDR6X - PNY XLR8 GAMING REVEL EPIC-X (VR-Ready)

Power Supply: 1000 Watt - 80 PLUS Gold Certified PCIe GEN 5

Processor Cooling: DEEPCOOL GAMERSTORM RGB 360mm CASTLE 360EX Liquid Cooler

Other Fans: Case Fans

Operating System: Windows 11 Home w/ Windows Recovery USB - (64-bit)

 

I noticed my PC is hitting about 40C or 104F.  Seems REALLY high for what I have.  Any ideas for better cooling would be appreciated.  Trying to stay away from Large Liquid Coolers.  Also any idea how to change the Gigabyte Control Center Program to Fahrenheit or a different Control Center to use?

[Agall]

2 minutes ago, Solomnhollow said:

Budget (including currency): $200-$700

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

Case: Y60

Processor: Intel® Core™ i9-13900KS Processor (8X 3.20GHz + 16X 2.40GHz/36MB L3 Cache)

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX - WiFi, ARGB Header (2), USB 3.2 Ports (1 Type-C, 5 Type-A), M.2 Slot (4)

Memory: 32 GB [16 GB X2] DDR5-6000MHz Memory Module - Certified Major Brand Gaming Memory [Free Upgrade to 32GB DDR5-6000 ADATA XPG Lancer RGB]

Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 - 10GB GDDR6X - PNY XLR8 GAMING REVEL EPIC-X (VR-Ready)

Power Supply: 1000 Watt - 80 PLUS Gold Certified PCIe GEN 5

Processor Cooling: DEEPCOOL GAMERSTORM RGB 360mm CASTLE 360EX Liquid Cooler

Other Fans: Case Fans

Operating System: Windows 11 Home w/ Windows Recovery USB - (64-bit)

 

I noticed my PC is hitting about 40C or 104F.  Seems REALLY high for what I have.  Any ideas for better cooling would be appreciated.  Trying to stay away from Large Liquid Coolers.  Also any idea how to change the Gigabyte Control Center Program to Fahrenheit or a different Control Center to use?

Either get an NH-D15 or some sort of AIO. My testing between an NH-D15 and the EKWB 280mm AIO were basically the same results on my 7950x3D, but at least for the 3D CPUs, the likely lower operating temperature of the fluid in the loop versus a heat pipe allowed for the same boost at lower maximum temperatures. For a 13900ks, I'd either go big, like an NH-D15, or just go an AIO.

 

Reality is AIOs have better performance overall, air coolers can just bat higher than their price point and don't dry out/fail over time. AIOs just take longer to heat soak but eventually get to about the same performance of an equivalent tower cooler. Note that both the NH-D15 and EKWB 280mm have dual 140mm fans and overall about the same surface area because of it.

[emosun]

9 minutes ago, Solomnhollow said:

I noticed my PC is hitting about 40C or 104F.

ok thats about 50 degrees away from being hot.... so let us know when it's over 90c

[Solomnhollow]

9 minutes ago, emosun said:

ok thats about 50 degrees away from being hot.... so let us know when it's over 90c

lol ok. 

[SorryBella]

9 hours ago, Solomnhollow said:

 

Processor Cooling: DEEPCOOL GAMERSTORM RGB 360mm CASTLE 360EX Liquid Cooler

Any aircooler would be a sidegrade here, and Y60 airflow is specifically made for AIOs. Stick to this one honestly, but if you do concern yourself with reliability, certain 360EX models have a weak tubing and too tight of a fitting that causes the hose to shear off and piss coolant all over. Make sure that your model isnt one of those that have the issue, but to be fair that was a bit ago, like in 2019. If youre looking for an AIO upgrade, look for LT720 also by Deepcool, or Freezer 2 360 by Arctic.