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cavmedic
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4 minutes ago, cavmedic said:

Just upgraded to a Ryzen 7 7800x3d 

I have a ID cooler SE207-XL slim on it right now

I have a Cooler Master Ml240L-XL and wonder if the AIO will be better for cooling.

Im not OC the cpu

 

How are temps on it? Are you using the AIO for anything else? Temps will most likely be better on the AIO

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CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor  (Purchased For £175.00) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B650M-A WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  (Purchased For £144.99) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (Purchased For £89.99) 
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Storage: Kingston A400 960 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card  (Purchased For £448.99) 
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 205M MESH MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (Purchased For £82.98) 
Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For £99.00) 
Total: £1040.95

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

Damn this space can fit a 5090 (just kidding, it needs more)

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11 minutes ago, cavmedic said:

Just upgraded to a Ryzen 7 7800x3d 

I have a ID cooler SE207-XL slim on it right now

I have a Cooler Master Ml240L-XL and wonder if the AIO will be better for cooling.

Im not OC the cpu

 

The AIO should be better,  but I think your current cooler is fine, what are your temps ?

AMD R9  7950X3D CPU/ Asus ROG STRIX X670E-E board/ 2x32GB G-Skill Trident Z Neo 6000CL30 RAM / ASUS TUF Gaming AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX OC Edition GPU/ Phanteks P600S case /  Arctic Liquid Freezer III 360 ARGB cooler/  2TB WD SN850 NVme + 2TB Crucial T500  NVme  + 4TB Toshiba X300 HDD / Corsair RM850x PSU/ Alienware AW3420DW 34" 120Hz 3440x1440p monitor / ASUS ROG AZOTH keyboard/ Logitech G PRO X Superlight mouse / Audeze Maxwell headphones

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Just now, cavmedic said:

Running about 80c at the highest when gamming

Kinda high, fan at full speed ?

And what's the temp at full load ?

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10 minutes ago, cavmedic said:

About 80c in most games

The AIO is just sitting in a box

Slap the AIO on. No harm in using it if it’s just sitting in a box

Message me on discord (bread8669) for more help 

Quote me if you want me to get notified

 

Current parts list: PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor  (Purchased For £175.00) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B650M-A WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  (Purchased For £144.99) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (Purchased For £89.99) 
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Storage: Kingston A400 960 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card  (Purchased For £448.99) 
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 205M MESH MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (Purchased For £82.98) 
Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For £99.00) 
Total: £1040.95

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

Damn this space can fit a 5090 (just kidding, it needs more)

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3 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

Kinda high, fan at full speed ?

And what's the temp at full load ?

So got a Corsair 4000D case 3 intake and 3 outlet fans. All 120mm.  One 120mm center on the Air cooler.

Under Cinebench r23 Multicore load got to about 85c and stayed there.

 

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Just now, cavmedic said:

So got a Corsair 4000D case 3 intake and 3 outlet fans. All 120mm.  One 120mm center on the Air cooler.

Under Cinebench r23 Multicore load got to about 85c and stayed there.

 

It's throttling  at 85C, that's the max safe x3D chip temps

So yeah the cooler is a bit weak unless you have crazy  ambient 35C+

Get an AIO, or else I think your case can hold a beefy dual tower cooler like TR PS120 that will keep the CPU much cooler, better than most 240 AIO

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9 hours ago, cavmedic said:

So got a Corsair 4000D case 3 intake and 3 outlet fans. All 120mm.  One 120mm center on the Air cooler.

Under Cinebench r23 Multicore load got to about 85c and stayed there.

 

You can try experimenting with fan placement to see if that helps. Sometimes fans conflict with each other. You might as well use the AIO since it doesn't last forever, unless air coolers.

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