Stock Cooler or Antec

[bebejapes]

Hi guys im back at it again.

 

so ive changed the rotation and got a im provement of 10c in my temps.

 

so i have a stock amd cooler from my ryzen 3.

 

should i switch it for my antec cooler or stick with stock?

[PineyCreek]

The stock coolers for Ryzen are decent.  Unless you plan to OC, I wouldn't bother, personally.

[bebejapes]

1 minute ago, PineyCreek said:

The stock coolers for Ryzen are decent.  Unless you plan to OC, I wouldn't bother, personally.

not planning to oc just trying to look for ways to get better temps without lc because im going to lc when i switch to r5 2600x

[PineyCreek]

Honestly, unless you're worried about your CPU overheating (like if it's in a tiny case with next to no airflow) there's really not much to worry about.  Use the one you want.  You've got a lot of thermal headroom before any throttling happens in a normal case with no OC.  If you already have the stock cooler I wouldn't bother with an aftermarket solution unless the stock solution fails to cool properly in your particular case.  Do you have an exhaust fan in the back of the case or top of the case?  If you don't, then adding one of those would make more of a difference.

[bebejapes]

5 minutes ago, PineyCreek said:

Honestly, unless you're worried about your CPU overheating (like if it's in a tiny case with next to no airflow) there's really not much to worry about.  Use the one you want.  You've got a lot of thermal headroom before any throttling happens in a normal case with no OC.  If you already have the stock cooler I wouldn't bother with an aftermarket solution unless the stock solution fails to cool properly in your particular case.  Do you have an exhaust fan in the back of the case or top of the case?  If you don't, then adding one of those would make more of a difference.

i have a like 8 120mm fans and the all pulling so

2 left pull rotation from out to in

3 top pull rotation from up to down

3 right pull rotation from left to right

[PineyCreek]

Do the last 3 count as exhaust or are they pulling air in?  Not familiar with that case.

 

In any event, make sure you have something pulling the hot air out of the case.  Traditional placement has at least one exhaust fan at the back, intakes at the front, and perhaps exhaust up top (because warm air rises).  If your case has odd placements or extra placements for fans though you might have a different situation.  I have a negative pressure scenario in my case I suppose which seems to work ok for me:

 

1) Intake from bottom (PSU fan) and exhausts into case
2) 2x120 fans in front, intake

3) 3x80? on GPU, fans, pointed down...not the greatest config.  Wish someone would make a reverse design so fans pulled air away from heatsink and tossed it upwards, but then you've got an argument against tossing heat in the direction of your CPU so >_>

4) Fractal Design S36 (Asetek pump) mounted up top, 3x120mm pushing air through the radiator out the top.  Does double-duty in that it's also exhausting hot air from the system and also cooling the liquid in the loop for the CPU.  Usually I have an air cooler pointed towards the back of the case and a couple fans up top.

5) 1x120 fan exhausting out the back.

[bebejapes]

4 minutes ago, PineyCreek said:

Do the last 3 count as exhaust or are they pulling air in?  Not familiar with that case.

 

In any event, make sure you have something pulling the hot air out of the case.  Traditional placement has at least one exhaust fan at the back, intakes at the front, and perhaps exhaust up top (because warm air rises).  If your case has odd placements or extra placements for fans though you might have a different situation.  I have a negative pressure scenario in my case I suppose which seems to work ok for me:

 

1) Intake from bottom (PSU fan) and exhausts into case
2) 2x120 fans in front, intake

3) 3x80? on GPU, fans, pointed down...not the greatest config.  Wish someone would make a reverse design so fans pulled air away from heatsink and tossed it upwards, but then you've got an argument against tossing heat in the direction of your CPU so >_>

4) Fractal Design S36 (Asetek pump) mounted up top, 3x120mm pushing air through the radiator out the top.  Does double-duty in that it's also exhausting hot air from the system and also cooling the liquid in the loop for the CPU.  Usually I have an air cooler pointed towards the back of the case and a couple fans up top.

5) 1x120 fan exhausting out the back.

ahh i have a evga dg-85 so  with the layour i describe here is a sample pic

[PineyCreek]

Ah.  It's a case designed to be viewed with the window facing forward.  Now your fan orientations make sense in context.  Even with the natural fact that warm air rises, you've got extra fans on top pointing down with the idea that the air will hit the CPU area and then blow the combined airmass out the right side of the case. Ok.  However, not sure what your original orientation was but it makes more sense to me with an air cooler to have the exhaust side closer to where the CPU sits.

[bebejapes]

2 minutes ago, PineyCreek said:

Ah.  It's a case designed to be viewed with the window facing forward.  Now your fan orientations make sense in context.  Even with the natural fact that warm air rises, you've got extra fans on top pointing down with the idea that the air will hit the CPU area and then blow the combined airmass out the right side of the case. Ok.  However, not sure what your original orientation was but it makes more sense to me with an air cooler to have the exhaust side closer to where the CPU sits.

the original orientation was all pull outside away from the cpu i think it created a vortex of hot air. or i aplied way to much thermal paste

[PineyCreek]

9 minutes ago, bebejapes said:

the original orientation was all pull outside away from the cpu i think it created a vortex of hot air. or i aplied way to much thermal paste

I can see both of those scenarios.  It's really going to depend on the position of all your fans and their directions I suppose.  For example, in my case the air moves diagonally for the most part, from front and low to rear and top, crossing over where the CPU sits.  In your case I think for example if I had a stock cooler with the fan pulling hot air away from the motherboard, I would want the fans around it to pull outward (exhaust out the back and rear) and not have any fans in that area pulling air in.  If I had a directional cooler, I'd point the airflow towards the back exhaust fan.