Air Cooling Or AIO?

[TheAfterMarket]

Budget (including currency):  Free

Country: America

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Indie games and the occasional AAA.

Other details ok so, I've currently got a Ryzen 5 5500, 16gb of ddr4 memory (2x8) and an RX 6800, performance is pretty alright considering i play at 1080p resolution, and i know my cpu aint really the best choice for my gpu but it i got the cpu for free so it is what it is, but ive got the option to go with a 280MM arctic AIO that a friend of mine doesnt need anymore, i dont exactly know what the name of the cooler itself is called, i just know its an AIO and it has 3 fans, but what kind of performance gains can i expect from using an AIO? While gaming i usually hover around the 55C to 63C range depending on the game, atleast according to the adrenaline software.

 

[Hinjima]

8 minutes ago, TheAfterMarket said:

Budget (including currency):  Free

Country: America

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Indie games and the occasional AAA.

Other details ok so, I've currently got a Ryzen 5 5500, 16gb of ddr4 memory (2x8) and an RX 6800, performance is pretty alright considering i play at 1080p resolution, and i know my cpu aint really the best choice for my gpu but it i got the cpu for free so it is what it is, but ive got the option to go with a 280MM arctic AIO that a friend of mine doesnt need anymore, i dont exactly know what the name of the cooler itself is called, i just know its an AIO and it has 3 fans, but what kind of performance gains can i expect from using an AIO? While gaming i usually hover around the 55C to 63C range depending on the game, atleast according to the adrenaline software.

 

You will gain absolutely no performance by going with an AIO over your current cooling solution if your CPU is hitting 55-63c.

The CPU is no where near the TJ-Max and is not clocking down or limiting power.  You current temps are really good.

The only difference would maybe be lower noise levels?

 

If you want it for aesthetic reasons, go for it  

 

[Andrew Cappelli]

25 minutes ago, TheAfterMarket said:

Budget (including currency):  Free

Country: America

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Indie games and the occasional AAA.

Other details ok so, I've currently got a Ryzen 5 5500, 16gb of ddr4 memory (2x8) and an RX 6800, performance is pretty alright considering i play at 1080p resolution, and i know my cpu aint really the best choice for my gpu but it i got the cpu for free so it is what it is, but ive got the option to go with a 280MM arctic AIO that a friend of mine doesnt need anymore, i dont exactly know what the name of the cooler itself is called, i just know its an AIO and it has 3 fans, but what kind of performance gains can i expect from using an AIO? While gaming i usually hover around the 55C to 63C range depending on the game, atleast according to the adrenaline software.

 

While it might not be noticeable using an aio compared to your current fan setup would give you more of a consistent cooling experience  although that being said since you already hover around 55C to 63C the temps would prolly stay the same but depending on setup it could reduce the sound of your pc 

to put it in a tier like upgrade path this is more like a lateral move that actually moving up  I would go for it if I were you.

[brob]

23 minutes ago, TheAfterMarket said:

Budget (including currency):  Free

Country: America

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Indie games and the occasional AAA.

Other details ok so, I've currently got a Ryzen 5 5500, 16gb of ddr4 memory (2x8) and an RX 6800, performance is pretty alright considering i play at 1080p resolution, and i know my cpu aint really the best choice for my gpu but it i got the cpu for free so it is what it is, but ive got the option to go with a 280MM arctic AIO that a friend of mine doesnt need anymore, i dont exactly know what the name of the cooler itself is called, i just know its an AIO and it has 3 fans, but what kind of performance gains can i expect from using an AIO? While gaming i usually hover around the 55C to 63C range depending on the game, atleast according to the adrenaline software.

 

 

If the AIO has 3 fans it is not a 280. Arctic AIO brand is Liquid Freezer. Three generations I, II, and III. No significant performance difference, but early generations had fit issues with a few motherboards, mostly Intel IIRC.

 

While using the AIO will not likely make a noticeable performance difference, if you do decide to use it first make sure the case can accommodate the cooler. Three fan AIO are usually 360 (3x120). Less common are 420 (3x140). Liquid Freezer radiators are thicker than most and may have fitment issues even if the case supports other AIO of the same size.

 

[Ha-Satan]

I wouldn't bother unless your current air cooler is annoyingly loud. It would just be extra work for basically no benefit. You also have to keep in mind that AIO liquid coolers technically have more points of failure than air coolers. With an air cooler you really only have to worry about the fans going bad or the paste drying out, either of which is a quick and easy fix. With an AIO you have to worry about both of those things plus pump failure and potential leaks.

 

Just to be clear, I'm not saying you should be scared of AIOs - they are generally reliable. I'm just saying there is a real, meaningful increase in the number of things that can possibly go wrong.

 

Personally I wouldn't use liquid cooling unless air cooling was simply not enough for my hardware.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

how much is the aio?

if its free then why even think about it

 

1 hour ago, TheAfterMarket said:

While gaming i usually hover around the 55C to 63C range depending on the game, atleast according to the adrenaline software.

temps are low but i assume the cpu is bone stock? in which case set vcore to 1.35v medium/middle llc and set all core ratio to 46-48 (depends on how good the cpu is) test with p95 smallest ffts for half an hour to check for stability

 

bone stock 5500 has abysmally low clocks so this will alleviate some cpu bottleneck and itll also make use of an aio

[podkall]

1 hour ago, TheAfterMarket said:

While gaming i usually hover around the 55C to 63C range depending on the game, atleast according to the adrenaline software.

Do you need cooler if you already have low temps like this?

[strange13930]

1 hour ago, TheAfterMarket said:

Budget (including currency):  Free

Country: America

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Indie games and the occasional AAA.

Other details ok so, I've currently got a Ryzen 5 5500, 16gb of ddr4 memory (2x8) and an RX 6800, performance is pretty alright considering i play at 1080p resolution, and i know my cpu aint really the best choice for my gpu but it i got the cpu for free so it is what it is, but ive got the option to go with a 280MM arctic AIO that a friend of mine doesnt need anymore, i dont exactly know what the name of the cooler itself is called, i just know its an AIO and it has 3 fans, but what kind of performance gains can i expect from using an AIO? While gaming i usually hover around the 55C to 63C range depending on the game, atleast according to the adrenaline software.

 

if the aio is free then yes, then do some overclocking to get a performance boost because you have the temps.