Air cool vs AIO

[cavmedic]

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

 

[Tan3l6]

4 minutes ago, cavmedic said:

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

It's enough.

[filpo]

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

[cavmedic]

4 minutes ago, filpo said:

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

About 80c in most games

The AIO is just sitting in a box

[PDifolco]

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 ?

[cavmedic]

1 minute ago, PDifolco said:

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

Running about 80c at the highest when gamming

[PDifolco]

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 ?

[Tan3l6]

Yeah, that air cooler should cool 7800X3D far better... perhaps not enough thermal paste or case cooling is inadequate.

[filpo]

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

[Tan3l6]

1 minute ago, filpo said:

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

AIO can't really hurt, that's for sure.

[cavmedic]

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.

 

[PDifolco]

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

[RevGAM]

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.