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So I have a NZXT S340 case and I'm planning on upgrading my AMD stock Wraith Spire Cooler, that came with the Ryzen 1600 CPU, to a Corsair H60 water cooler. However, I have 2 front intake fans, 1 rear, and one top exhaust fan at the moment. I've been reading online and it's advised that the H60 Water cooler be setup as an intake fan to bring in cool air into the CPU. So my question is, should I replace my rear or top fan with the water cooler that I have coming in? Or should I just set the water cooler fan as an exhaust fan seeing that I already have 2 intake fans coming in from the front of the case. I'm having a hard time coming up with a good solution and any useful advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! 

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When you say "the H60 Water cooler be setup as an intake fan to bring in cool air into the CPU", remember that airflow won't affect it because it is covered by a water block. It depends what fits best in the case. I haven't worked in that case before but what ever works for you.

 

i think your looking for a quieter solution because I built a system which had the same cpu and it can ramp up the fan speed a lot which is quite noisy. Especially when gaming. A water cooling solution is also better for longevity of cpu and overclocking (depending on your motherboard).

 

TLDR: if you already have fans in the front, put it in the back or top and vice versa 

PC Specs:

CPU: Intel Core i7-12700K 3.6 GHz 12-Core
CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE CAPELLIX 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z690-E GAMING WIFI ATX LGA1700
RAM: Kingston FURY Beast 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-5200 CL40
Storage: Boot Drive: Samsung 960 Evo 250GB M.2 NVMe SSD

               Other Storage: Mass Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 7200 RPM, Western Digital Caviar Blue 2TB 5400 RPM, Scratch Disk: Intel X25-E SSDSA2SH032G1 32GB SATA II SSD, Backup Drive: Seagate ST3160318AS 160GB HDD
GPU: Asus GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 12 GB ROG STRIX GAMING OC
Case: Corsair 5000D AIRFLOW ATX Mid Tower
PSU: Silverstone Strider Platinum S 1000 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX
OS: Windows 11 Pro 64-Bit
Monitors: Primary: Samsung S34E790C 34" 3440*1440 60 Hz UWQHD; Secondary: LG 34UM58-P 34" 2560*1080 75 Hz UWFHD; Tertiary: BenQ GL2460 24" 1920*1080 60 Hz FHD

Keyboard: Corsair K70 Mk. 2 RGB Gaming Keyboard - Black

Mouse: Corsair M65 Pro RGB FPS Gaming Mouse - Black, Logitech MX Master 3

Headphones: Corsair VOID PRO Surround Cherry 7.1ch

Speakers: Logitech Z213 7W 2.1ch

 

Laptop:

Asus Zenbook Pro 15 (UX535Li-E2018T) with Intel Core i7-10750-H 12MB @ 2.60GHz (Turbo @ 5.0 GHz), 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4 2933 MHz SODIMM and Intel(R) UHD Graphics; NVidia Geforce GTX 1650-Ti with Max-Q Design, using WDC NVMe PC SN730 SDBPNTY-1T00-1102, on a 96-Wh battery

 

NAS Specs:

Make & Model: QNAP TS-1277

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 @Stock

Hard Drives: x8 WD Red 2TB

SSDs (2.5"): x1 Samsung 850 Evo 250GB V-NAND (cache drive)

M.2 SSDs: None

RAID Configuration: RAID 6 (excluding SSD)

Total Storage: 12TB

Expansion Cards: None

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the h60 has been in production for awhile now and what you'll find on the h60 is the inadequacy of the cooling performance. the higher temps will subside until you crank the fan speed to ear-bleeding max. so you'll source a quieter, better performing fan with a more expensive fan. now you'll have an extra added cost, that could have been avoided by purchasing a better cooling system. if you can't run a dual 120/140 (240/280) AIO radiator, then stick to a mid/high-ended air cooler.

the 340 can support a 240/280 in the front and use a single 120 in the rear i/o and call it a day with that. do not install the second 120 in the roof as the balance will go severe negative pressure and you note a more dusty interior.

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What are your specs and why are you looking at the H60? It's a rather old cooler and there are usually better options available.

If you ever need help with a build, read the following before posting: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/3061-build-plan-thread-recommendations-please-read-before-posting/
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11 minutes ago, WoodenMarker said:

What are your specs and why are you looking at the H60? It's a rather old cooler and there are usually better options available.

This is my build right now running on the stock cooler. What cooler would you recommend? I'm looking to overclock up to 4.0 ghz at low temps.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qhcGQV

 

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23 minutes ago, airdeano said:

the h60 has been in production for awhile now and what you'll find on the h60 is the inadequacy of the cooling performance. the higher temps will subside until you crank the fan speed to ear-bleeding max. so you'll source a quieter, better performing fan with a more expensive fan. now you'll have an extra added cost, that could have been avoided by purchasing a better cooling system. if you can't run a dual 120/140 (240/280) AIO radiator, then stick to a mid/high-ended air cooler.

the 340 can support a 240/280 in the front and use a single 120 in the rear i/o and call it a day with that. do not install the second 120 in the roof as the balance will go severe negative pressure and you note a more dusty interior.

This is my build right now running on the stock cooler. What cooler would you recommend? I'm looking to overclock up to 4.0 ghz at low temps.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qhcGQV

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10 minutes ago, jaytrl said:

This is my build right now running on the stock cooler. What cooler would you recommend? I'm looking to overclock up to 4.0 ghz at low temps.

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qhcGQV

 

Do you think this air cooler will be good enough?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M6CR4GH/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A1K48CS0K3BRLW&psc=1

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1 hour ago, jaytrl said:

This is my build right now running on the stock cooler. What cooler would you recommend? I'm looking to overclock up to 4.0 ghz at low temps.
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/qhcGQV

What are your temps? Have you tried oc'ing with the stock cooler?

52 minutes ago, jaytrl said:

Do you think this air cooler will be good enough?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M6CR4GH/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A1K48CS0K3BRLW&psc=1

Quoting yourself isn't really useful in this case. 

A Mugen 5 should be plenty of cooling. The cheaper Kotetsu should also be enough: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/7998TW/scythe-cpu-cooler-scktt1000

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6 hours ago, WoodenMarker said:

What are your temps? Have you tried oc'ing with the stock cooler?

Quoting yourself isn't really useful in this case. 

A Mugen 5 should be plenty of cooling. The cheaper Kotetsu should also be enough: https://pcpartpicker.com/product/7998TW/scythe-cpu-cooler-scktt1000

Got it. I managed to slightly overclocking my CPU to 3.80GHz at 1.36875 Voltage with the stock cooler. How much more do you think I can overclock my CPU with decent temps once I swap out the cooler for the Mugen 5?

 

Looking for anyone's opinion on what the best Air Cooler is for a Ryzen 1600 CPU for overclocking. I managed to OC my Ryzen 1600 to 3.8M0Hz at 1.36875 Voltz with the stock cooler it came with, but I'm looking to OC the CPU a bit more, hopefully at a lower voltage. I'm also open to AIO cooling systems as well that won't break the bank, but will hopefully perform just as well. I'm open to suggestions and it'll be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

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10 minutes ago, jaytrl said:

Looking for anyone's opinion on what the best Air Cooler is for a Ryzen 1600 CPU for overclocking. I managed to OC my Ryzen 1600 to 3.8M0Hz at 1.36875 Voltz with the stock cooler it came with, but I'm looking to OC the CPU a bit more, hopefully at a lower voltage. I'm also open to AIO cooling systems as well that won't break the bank, but will hopefully perform just as well. I'm open to suggestions and it'll be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Best air cooler in general is the noctua nh-d15.

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52 minutes ago, jaytrl said:

Got it. I managed to slightly overclocking my CPU to 3.80GHz at 1.36875 Voltage with the stock cooler. How much more do you think I can overclock my CPU with decent temps once I swap out the cooler for the Mugen 5?

How much voltage is needed and what temps you get will depend on how well your particular chip oc's. Is that as high as you can go with that voltage?

It's not that great of an oc and you probably can't reach 4ghz with that chip--not many 1600's can. You should be able to hit 3.9ghz with a better cooler.

33 minutes ago, jaytrl said:

I managed to OC my Ryzen 1600 to 3.8M0Hz at 1.36875 Voltz with the stock cooler it came with, but I'm looking to OC the CPU a bit more, hopefully at a lower voltage.

A better cooler won't really change how much voltage you need for an oc.

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20 minutes ago, WoodenMarker said:

How much voltage is needed and what temps you get will depend on how well your particular chip oc's. Is that as high as you can go with that voltage?

It's not that great of an oc and you probably can't reach 4ghz with that chip--not many 1600's can. You should be able to hit 3.9ghz with a better cooler.

A better cooler won't really change how much voltage you need for an oc.

Ive decides to go with this air cooler:

Noctua NH-U12S SE-AM4 
 
Even if I cant overclock any higher it should bring down temps. Im still hoping to oc a bit more. Fingers crossed. 
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11 hours ago, jaytrl said:

Ive decides to go with this air cooler:

Noctua NH-U12S SE-AM4 
 
Even if I cant overclock any higher it should bring down temps. Im still hoping to oc a bit more. Fingers crossed. 

 

Its good choice. Definitely top tier of 120mm coolers.

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I'd personally recommend against a 120mm AIO, in my experience you can get a better performing air cooler for less. If you're gonna go with an AIO go with at least a 240mm one otherwise you'll be disappointed.

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Having issues with a Corsair AIO? Possible fix here:

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Are you getting weird fan behavior, speed fluctuations, and/or other issues with Link?

Are you running AIDA64, HWinfo, CAM, or HWmonitor? (ASUS suite & other monitoring software often have the same issue.)

Corsair Link has problems with some monitoring software so you may have to change some settings to get them to work smoothly.

-For AIDA64: First make sure you have the newest update installed, then, go to Preferences>Stability and make sure the "Corsair Link sensor support" box is checked and make sure the "Asetek LC sensor support" box is UNchecked.

-For HWinfo: manually disable all monitoring of the AIO sensors/components.

-For others: Disable any monitoring of Corsair AIO sensors.

That should fix the fan issue for some Corsair AIOs (H80i GT/v2, H110i GTX/H115i, H100i GTX and others made by Asetek). The problem is bad coding in Link that fights for AIO control with other programs. You can test if this worked by setting the fan speed in Link to 100%, if it doesn't fluctuate you are set and can change the curve to whatever. If that doesn't work or you're still having other issues then you probably still have a monitoring software interfering with the AIO/Link communications, find what it is and disable it.

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