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azure crown
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i saw it for like 75 lol

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nvm

lament oak
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Okay good, cause I got the drp4 and my friend said I wasted my money

azure crown
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haha, no its a beast

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many people here can vouch for it

twin urchin
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Mugen and shadow rock 3 are both especially good if you have RAM that is unusually tall because if heat spreaders/leds

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Drp4 is very good, but possibly overkill depending on what you're doing

azure crown
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DRP4 for 3900x+

twin urchin
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It's POSSIBLE you wasted some money, but not because it's a low quality cooler

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It all depends on what CPU and overclocking, and airflow situation you have

lament oak
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I’m gonna be trying to get a 5900x

azure crown
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what case?

lament oak
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Phanteks P600s

azure crown
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oh do you already have it?

coarse herald
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I'm looking at the 5600x for my cpu

azure crown
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front airflow seems... lacking

coarse herald
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@twin urchin

azure crown
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stock cooler might be good enough for 5600x, but we dont know yet

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its a 65w TDP part tho

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so it should be similar to the 3600

coarse herald
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Yeah I was gonna use stock for a little bit then once I get some more money swap it out

twin urchin
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If 5000 is as hot as 3000 like amd claims, you can get by with a much more cost effective cooler

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Like mugen 5, shadow rock 3, or gammaxx 400

coarse herald
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I'll take a look

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Tyty would you say any of those are better performance wise including the one I linked or is just preference at that point

twin urchin
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I have a mugen 5 on an i7-6700 and it keeps it very com and is quiet under full load

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They should all be similar. Mugen has 6 heat pipes and larger fins, so theoretically should be one of the best at that price point. But they should all be similar enough

coarse herald
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Alright I'll look at them all and do more research on them all

haughty cedar
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lol cooling peasants, my cooler is only attached on 3 corners

azure crown
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uneven mounting pressure bad for thermals and cpu

haughty cedar
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it seems to be fine

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60-70C under sustained load

twin urchin
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@haughty cedar probably has a 486sx-25 or something that doesn't even need cooling

haughty cedar
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pretty close

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i5 7600k

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also my wifi card is duct taped into the case

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and my gpu is held in by 1 screw 1/3 of the way screwed in

azure crown
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we've all had builds like that

twin urchin
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I'm not sure that counts as being held in

haughty cedar
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that's what happens when u throw out all of the stuff that came with the case and then suddenly need to work on it 3 years down the line

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also 12gb of ram, not 16 or 8

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I am just realizing how much of a disaster my computer is

crisp wedge
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hey guys

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i just build my first pc

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and want a water cooler but my case dont fit

low pumice
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what case

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and why do you want an aio

crisp wedge
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its a corsair 220t, i have a 2070 super from asus rog and the corsair vengece pro rgb memory

low pumice
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Why do you want an aio

crisp wedge
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for mostly statics

low pumice
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statics?

crisp wedge
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and cooling performance too

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i have a r7 3700x and b550 f

low pumice
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lmao

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aios don't provide much more performance

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I'd just get a better air cooler than stock

crisp wedge
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can u recomend a dark air??

low pumice
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sure

crisp wedge
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thx

low pumice
crisp wedge
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its a great cooler that i see

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but it wont have in store here in brazil

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sad

low pumice
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give me a local retailer then

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I'll go look

crisp wedge
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holly man

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i will gonna say the KaBuM website

low pumice
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link it if you can then

crisp wedge
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oh

low pumice
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yay bot is eating the link

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DM me it

low pumice
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It's not

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@polar shell yell at them that they spent 50$ extra for basically no performance

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and also tell them

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if pump fails, or it starts leaking, they can laugh all they want >:D

meager yarrow
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it just looks better thats really all

low pumice
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heh

twilit abyss
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best looking air cooler right here

twin urchin
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I disagree

twilit abyss
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gimme best looking then

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not performing

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looking

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;-;

maiden delta
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Looks are preference

twin urchin
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Gimme a sec

low pumice
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it actually is really good performing

twin urchin
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Clearly this one

low pumice
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gammaxx 400 equivalent afaik

twilit abyss
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bruh

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ononono that cooler tho

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i meant a nice looking cooler that actually works ;-;

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looks like an intel stock cooler on lsd

low pumice
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Gammaxx GT is equivalent to Gammaxx 400 afaik

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is what I was talking about

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and I really like the performance gammaxx 400 offers at it's price point

twilit abyss
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oh no, i just realised ive been sending amazon links

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instead of newegg links

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i forgot where i was

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AAAAA

twin urchin
twilit abyss
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maaaaaaaaaaaate...

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why

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is

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it

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33$

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AND WHY DOES IT HAVE 120 REVIEWS

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WITH 5 EGGS

low pumice
twin urchin
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Those heat pipes are impressive though tbh

lament oak
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Drp4 looks sweet

twin urchin
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More copper insanity

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Man, early 2010s were a crazy time to be messing with your CPU cooling

low pumice
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good time to cut your fingers

twilit abyss
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i just realised how large that thing is

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i thought it was some tiny thing at first

twin urchin
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Finally available apparently

livid forum
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Wait, I thought the fan needed RGB to make the CPU run faster though?

coarse herald
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Is that just for looks on the be quiet one

twin urchin
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Yeah

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I guess they thought people would want some white ones

coarse herald
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Nice

twin urchin
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To go with their white cases

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It's an extra $10 over the normal shadow rock though

coarse herald
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Things chonky

twin urchin
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That one is my second fav after mugen 5

woeful galleon
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Hey what’s a good cpu cooler between 50 and 100$

lament oak
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For what cpu

woeful galleon
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Ryzen 7 3700X

lament oak
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Drp4 is amazing, but might be overkill for you

woeful galleon
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No that’s actually fine

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Thanks for the feedback

lament oak
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Nice

midnight crypt
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Hey what’s a good cpu cooler between 50 and 100$
@woeful galleon fuma 2 dope

woeful galleon
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Also great

topaz blaze
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i have a intel core i7 9700k, what cpu cooler should i get?

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ok, how expensive are they

trim moat
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Are you overclocking?

topaz blaze
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idk

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if my cooler can handle it then sure

trim moat
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k-series have an unlocked multiplier so why not 😉
If you're overclocking you will probably want a fairly beefy cooler or an AIO

topaz blaze
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ok

trim moat
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For air-cooling a few friends of mine have had some success with the Noctua NH-D15, which is in that 80-100 bracket.
For slightly more you can probably get a 240mm AIO from a fairly trustworthy brand

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I use a Corsair AIO, it's overkill for my needs though

topaz blaze
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i haven't bought my cpu yet but was just thinking about it cause it was on sale at microcenter, otherwise i was going to get the ryzen 5 3600 becuase i am on a budget and i was just going to use the stock cooler

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so i don't want something very expensive

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ok

trim moat
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There are, but I couldn't vouch for some of the cheaper ones, and in tests the air-coolers sometimes beat them

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not used any of cooler master's AIOs

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Fair enough 🙂

topaz blaze
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What is a good budget option

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i don't need to be able to overclock

low pumice
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not an aio

trim moat
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☝️

topaz blaze
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i only rly do hw and play val and minecraft

low pumice
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Great budget option is a Gammaxx 400

topaz blaze
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do u have it

low pumice
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25$

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it's better than it looks

trim moat
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that's super cheap 👍

topaz blaze
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ok, thank you

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Is it worth paying $65 more inorder to have a i7 9700k other than a ryzen 5 3600

graceful quail
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its a consideration if ya wanna overclock

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if not go 3600

topaz blaze
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i might

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should i

trim moat
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I'd say no

low pumice
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3600 is nice

topaz blaze
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is it worth paying another $20 for overclocking

trim moat
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as in if I was choosing between the two I'd go for the 3600

low pumice
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nno

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3600x is not worth it

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not even for overclocking

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it's a 200mhz higher clock

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barely higher bin

topaz blaze
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ok, it is just on sale at microcenter for $200

low pumice
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uh

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alright

graceful quail
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maybe go i7 if its only 265

topaz blaze
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its only 200 at microcenter

graceful quail
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the i7?

trim moat
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if you grabbed the R5 3600 you've got room to upgrade if you feel under powered when the 5000 series comes out

graceful quail
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or the Ryzen?

topaz blaze
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i don't think that i will upgrade anytime soon

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yes, the i7 is only $200 at microcenter

graceful quail
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definetely get the i7 then

topaz blaze
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ok, it would cost me around $75 more

graceful quail
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what mobo do you have currently

topaz blaze
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i haven't bought any yet

graceful quail
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i7 is better deal in this case

topaz blaze
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but i was looking at asus prime b550m-a (wifi)\

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and for intel i am looking at asus tuf z390-pro

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i was planning on just using stock coooler for ryzen

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but for intel i would want to use a different cooler

trim moat
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k-series don't come with a cooler anyway

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so you'd need one either way 🙂

topaz blaze
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yea

lilac tide
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wraith spire vs wraith stealth?

half parcel
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tbh

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the deep cool gamma is kinda garbage

twilit abyss
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oh?

half parcel
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i would rather use the amd stock

twilit abyss
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the gammax gt?

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the prism, or the spire

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cause the prism looks cool

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prism/max

half parcel
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the gamma 400

low pumice
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wdym

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@half parcel performance is so good

half parcel
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i have a wraith prism

low pumice
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I bet you it beats prism

half parcel
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and i think its better

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in many ways

low pumice
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It beats a NH-U12s for gods sake

half parcel
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no it doesnt

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u good

low pumice
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I mean

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if you don't want to trust tom's hardware

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you do you

half parcel
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bruh

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its an intel i5 5th gen

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well no crap

low pumice
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and

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It still gets better temps

half parcel
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yea

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but

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its doesnt get high enough temps

low pumice
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yea but

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it's better

half parcel
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whatever u say

low pumice
lament oak
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Lmao

trim moat
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xD

silent panther
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Is any water cooling system with fans aio

manic fractal
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@silent panther many options out there but what size would you want the rad to be

silent panther
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The one I’m considering is 360mm

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Is any cooling system like that aio

manic fractal
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What do you mean by cooling system like another AIO or an air cool systen

silent panther
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Like is any product like that aio

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Just the fans and rad with water cooling

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Is that aio like it cools the cpu and the rest of the pc

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With water cooling of course

manic fractal
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It cools the CPU thats the reason for an AIO they dont cool your GPU specifically

silent panther
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Basically my question is if any water cooler that has fans on it that cool the area around it aio

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Btw aio is all in one right

manic fractal
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An all in one is the Rad fans and the block

silent panther
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Wait what

manic fractal
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You can buy the rad fan and block separately AIO (all in one) comes with it all in one

silent panther
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Oh u didn’t know that

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I

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idk autocorrect does u instead of i

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Wait so do aio coolers fill only the cpu

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Or do they also cool the rest of the pc

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Chill not fill

manic fractal
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Aios are for the CPU specifically but they do pull some air into the system

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You would need anorher fan for your exhaust

silent panther
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So would I be better off with a one fan aio

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Yeah I have an exhaust fan

manic fractal
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Depends on your cpu but most people go with 240s

silent panther
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I’m gonna use Zen 3 when it comes out

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Specifically 5600x

manic fractal
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They are large enough to cool i9s and stuff and also are pretty compact and fit in your top of your case if you have fan slots thete

silent panther
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Ok

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They’re cheaper right

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Lemme just see

manic fractal
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240s are cleaper but grt one from a more well known brand

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You can get a Corsair 240 for around 80-100

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Never heard of the brand that you sent

silent panther
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Or does rgb always mean red green blue

manic fractal
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Shows different colors in the listing

silent panther
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Low iq in my part sorry

manic fractal
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Rgb means red green blue but using software you can change the values so
255,0,0 would be red

silent panther
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Ok

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Reference: Radeon 6800XT and Ryzen 5600X

manic fractal
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Yea a 240 should be fine

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Seems to be a spot in the top. So have 3 120s in the front. And a 240 AIO in the top with an exhaust in the back

silent panther
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Wait how many fans can you fit on the back cuz the case comes with 3 front fans

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Or in other places

olive grail
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can anyone link me the best performing 280 aio?

burnt goblet
coarse herald
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Yo arctic doing work

random jacinth
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does anyone know out of these 3 coolers which one is best and by how much

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nzxt kraken z73

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Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE CAPELLIX

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Asus ROG STRIX LC 360 RGB white

jovial rivet
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depends what ur looking for if its rgb then asus

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if its amazing cooling then nzxt

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if its a bit of both then corsair

random jacinth
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so out of the 3 the best cooling is the nzxt 1

jovial rivet
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yea

random jacinth
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thank you

jovial rivet
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but they are all preety good

north nexus
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ok any suggestions on case / cpu fans for this AMD Ryzen 5 3600X

twin urchin
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there are so many

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stock cooler is actually sufficient if you don't want to spend extra money

north nexus
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thanks

midnight crypt
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does anyone know out of these 3 coolers which one is best and by how much
@random jacinth none of the above

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ok any suggestions on case / cpu fans for this AMD Ryzen 5 3600X
@north nexus stock cooler

lament oak
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Recommendations for cooler for Ryzen 7 5800x

twin urchin
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Mugen 5 /Shadow Rock 3

lament oak
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Oh okay

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Lol

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So I went overboard

twin urchin
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this is assuming it ACTUALLY has the same power usage as the 3800 like AMD claims

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but there's no benchmarks out yet so who knows

lament oak
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Yeah true

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Dark rock 4 overkill?

twin urchin
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yes, unless you want to do some crazy OC'ing

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or if you have a terrible case with no airflow

lament oak
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P400a is the case

twin urchin
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that should be fine

north nexus
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@midnight crypt the stock cooler is not working well and the cpu is over heating

midnight crypt
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why

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how

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you ocing or smthng

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@north nexus

north nexus
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no

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just playing watch dogs two

twin urchin
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what case do you have?

north nexus
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Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case

midnight crypt
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it shouldnt be overheating lol

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you sure you didnt wipe half the paste off by accident

north nexus
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im sure

midnight crypt
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then youre doing smthing wrong

north nexus
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thought so

midnight crypt
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stock cooler is good enough for a 3600 lol

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no reason for overheating'

north nexus
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its the game i think cause it only has problems with watch dogs 2

midnight crypt
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hmm maybe its really cpu dependant

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not sure

north nexus
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i think it is

twin urchin
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when you say overheating, what is the actual temperature?

midnight crypt
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yeah send temps

twin urchin
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that case doesn't have great airflow though

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but it should still be good enough for a 3600

north nexus
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it was hitting over 75 and then the game just stoped

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and it started to cool

twin urchin
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75 isn't actually that bad

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what about your GPU

north nexus
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it was like 40-50

midnight crypt
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bruh thats fine

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lol

north nexus
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yea the cpu was the problem

lament oak
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75 isn’t bad though

twin urchin
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75 isn't a problem

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for CPU

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whatever your problem is, its not overheating

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how old is your power supply?

midnight crypt
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lol 75 is fine

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no need to fuss over it

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80-85+ is when you worry

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90 is when you panic

north nexus
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ok

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thanks for the help

midnight crypt
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thanks for the help
@north nexus ❤️

devout harness
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what type of water cooler should i get. Im currently using a ryzen 7 2700x with stock cooler but i wanna up grade soon but im on a budget. what should i get?

twin urchin
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don't get a water cooler if you're on a budget

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go for Gammaxx 400, Mugen 5, or shadow rock 3, all for under $50

lament oak
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I’m partial to the be quiet! coolers

twin urchin
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then shadow rock 3

twilit abyss
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If you want a fancy looking one, try the gammax gt, that’s what I’m using in my 1700$ build (CAD)

devout harness
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are the Shadow Wings 2 120mm good case fans?

sand kraken
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i need a cheap aio cooler

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any recommendations/

magic wave
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not an aio

lament oak
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Air cooling

magic wave
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tho I wonder what aios Demonmit1 uses for budget builds

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I feel like I remember seeing one

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Rosewill 240mm AIO?

sand kraken
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i hv air cooling

magic wave
sand kraken
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lemme check

magic wave
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anyway you don't need water cooling

wide gale
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DEEPCOOL Castle 360EX or Corsair iCUE H150i RGB PRO XT

elder talon
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NZXT Kraken X73 for just 14$ more?

low pumice
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@wide gale Get Arctic Freezer ii 360mm.

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Best performing AIO.

midnight crypt
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NZXT Kraken X73 for just 14$ more?
@elder talon please no

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get a arctic liquid freezer, or a deep cool

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dont bither with corsair or kraken aios lmfao

elder talon
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dont bither with corsair or kraken aios lmfao
@midnight crypt

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why tho?

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thought the were good

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the kraken ones

lyric oar
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nzxt kraken uses asetek, which has horrible fin density already

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pairing it with bad nzxt fans makes it worse

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similar story with corsair

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they use coolit instead

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fin density and material is better, but still need improvement

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still horrible fans

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lmfao

lament oak
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Air cooling

coarse herald
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any good case fans for recommendation?

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been looking at these but idk cooling that well

twin urchin
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Never heard of the bionix line, but Arctic usually makes good stuff

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I'm a fan of scythe fans if you like the black and gray look. Move a lot of air and very quiet

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Not expensive either

coarse herald
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I'll look at them

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I just found those because of the 34 duo cpu cooler uses the bionix fans on it

exotic jay
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What's the right AM4 mounting kit for an nhd-15 ?

lament oak
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Is there any point to adding the 3rd fan to the drp4?

twin urchin
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probably not

low pumice
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@exotic jay It comes with the cooler

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You don't need an additional mounting kit

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I have a NH-D15 :P

glacial sequoia
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So putting a PC in a fridge wouldnt work bc of condensation but what about running a radiator into a fridge? 🤔

iron berry
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i mean, same problem bc of condensation off the radiator, but if you would run it along the side then i think it would be fine

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cool the ambient temp of the inside air of the case

glacial sequoia
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In general it just seems that external radiators would be better

iron berry
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yeah, the biggest concern is noise, style, and dust collection tho

ashen dock
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hello, I wanted to ask if is there a good cpu cooler that blows the air in the motherboard direction like the stocks ones

iron berry
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wdym?

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like a fan that pulls towards the motherboard?

ashen dock
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but better than for example, the writh prism, the one that come with the ryzens 7 and 9

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yes

iron berry
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does your case have a top fan mount and rear fan mount?

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better question, are you looking for cooling or airflow?

ashen dock
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I read that they can cool the ram and and the vrm

iron berry
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what case do you have?

ashen dock
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h510

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but I don't like those bulky cpu coolers

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and in the future I will buy water cooling, but meanwhile I want something decent

iron berry
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that's a good question, those cases offer two front mounts, a top, and a rear, so personally i can imagine that just using a fan on the cpu, one outtake on the top and one intake on the rear would be fine, and two outtakes on the front

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@azure crown what are your thoughts, wants slim style cooling on an h510

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no water cooling or large cpu cooler

azure crown
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water cooling doesnt have to be like a custom loop, aios are super easy to work with

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and not very expensive

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h510 bad case tho

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if you already own one then its fine

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but there are muuuuch better cases out there

ashen dock
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I just want something momentary, to save money to buy a nzxt kraken in the future

kind apex
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hyper 212 to the rescue

low pumice
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Gammaxx 400 @ashen dock :D

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And no

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don't buy a NZXT Kraken

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either stay on the Gammaxx 400, get a Noctua cooler, or an Arctic freezer ii

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or Dark Rock Pro 4 or something similar in the middle there

lament oak
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Dark rock pro 4 is great for me

glacial sequoia
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Are there AIOs for GPUs?

low pumice
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kind of

ashen dock
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nzxt has like a braket to put their aios to gpus

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so there may be more

low pumice
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eh

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There are hybrid cards

iron berry
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yeah, there are but imo kinda janky and not too worth it unless youre running an older gpu for hours on end

low pumice
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like K|NP|N cards

iron berry
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even my 960 only got up to around 60 running some heave games

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chonker right there

low pumice
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it's a 3090 kinpin what'd you expect lel

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most people that'd buy a kinpin would do ln2 anyways

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or at least do chilled, and not just use it normally

iron berry
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yeah, a bit much for my use

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any suggestion for a neat rgb 360 aio

low pumice
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ek aio

north nexus
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for cpu fans any good brands to look for

low pumice
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@north nexus generally, model matters more than brand

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unless it's Noctua

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Noctua is love

north nexus
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any model recomedations on models

low pumice
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What budget

north nexus
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does under 100 dollar im looking for the ryzen 5000

low pumice
north nexus
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Gammaxx 400 at 25$
Mugen 5 rev b at 50$
Scythe Fuma 2 at 70$
NH-D15/DRP4 at 90-100$.
Arctic freezer ii 360mm at 120$
this

low pumice
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yes

north nexus
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witch do you think works the best

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but fo value

lament oak
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Which Ryzen 5000?

low pumice
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you have all the information in front of you

north nexus
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ok

lament oak
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Which Ryzen 5000?

north nexus
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the 5900

lament oak
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I’d recommend the higher end of that list then

low pumice
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mhm

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last 3 options

north nexus
#

that makes sense

lament oak
#

I have the drp4 and I like it a lot, but I’ve also heard amazing things about the nh d15

north nexus
#

why at Arctic freezer ii 360mm that size or is it any

lament oak
#

Most likely that size

#

Hence why he said that size

north nexus
#

yep

low pumice
#

@north nexus it's crazy good performance

#

The 280mm version can best NZXT 360mm aios

#

Look at GNs review on it

lament oak
#

So I watched the video about cooling you recommended from them

#

Ngl it was kinda boring

low pumice
#

@lament oak ye, I said 1.25x speed or 1.5x speed for a reason

#

they go through a lot of info

#

and fluff

lament oak
#

I started 1.25, went to 1.5

#

They definitely put in the work though

#

Any other particular videos?

low pumice
#

hm?

#

Oh that one was just really good information and good to know for CPU cooler testing and all

#

@lament oak They also did videos on Nvidia reflex and stuff, I think this section of this video (Latency terminology) is a good section to watch. The rest you could skip around to see summary
https://youtu.be/0SZ7ZCac38A?t=1063

YouTube
Gamers Nexus
Automated System Latency Test Methodology (NVIDIA Latency Analyzer ...

This video serves a referential deep-dive for our future total system latency (we're coining "TSL") testing methodology, including NVIDIA Latency Analyzer/Reflex validation and LDAT testing.
Sponsor: Teamgroup T-Force Vulcan 1TB SSD (Amazon: https://geni.us/vIKHLE)

The GN Tea...

▶ Play video
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they also did a GPU testing terminology video, but that's mostly going over stuff that's similar to the CPU testing video, and some cool tech they got.

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otherwise their stuff is more specific, as in specific case reviews, card reviews, etc.

lament oak
#

Sweet, thanks

low pumice
#

I like to watch their hw news recap for news.

lament oak
#

Got a lot of time to kill waiting for zen 3

low pumice
#

lol

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GN is good to listen to

lament oak
#

So this’ll be good to pass the time

low pumice
#

mhm

coarse herald
#

I'm using my time finding monitors and case fans

charred oriole
#

I can not decide for the Scythe fuma 2 ($59), the Mugen 5 Rev.B ($46) or Arctic 34 esports duo ($48)

low pumice
#

If you can buy a Fuma 2, buy a Fuma 2.

#

If you got extra room in the budget and it fits that is.

charred oriole
#

Not gonna lie, just wanted someone to tell me that

#

haha thanks

low pumice
#

:)

pliant gale
#

anyone able to tell me if the rgb will be covered in a p400a with the nzxt rgb fans?

low pumice
#

what

pliant gale
#

looking at getting a kraken and changing the fans to the rgb ones

low pumice
#

nzxt rgb fans?

#

rgb will be covered?

#

Might want to reword the sentence

pliant gale
#

will the ring on the nzxt fans be covered in a p400a case?

#

I want to get a kraken and change the fans to the rgb ones

coarse herald
#

As in will the rgb not be visible

pliant gale
#

yes

#

on some parts

#

like the side edges

tight fiber
#

are the deepcool cf120 fans any good?

kind apex
#

they seem to be

#

good reviews

#

not really unless you are planning on doing high cpu intensive tasks over a long period of time or extreme overclocking

#

that noctua nh-u12s beats a lot of good aio's

pliant gale
#

dont forget aesthetic

low pumice
#

Noctua beats bad AIOs

#

Great AIOs beat traditional heatsinks ofc, it's just a bigger slab

kind apex
#

also the aio will need to be changed after 3-5 years and noctua will outlast all the other parts, but an aio does look nicer, takes up less space over the cpu and can be quieter depending on the fans on the rad

#

well those are the 2 best of their class

low pumice
#

NH-D15s is good at 90$

#

because second fan on normal D15 can cause ram clearance issues

kind apex
#

they are both great options

low pumice
#

Oh wait

#

I forgot

#

NH-U12a

#

it's a NH-D15 except doesn't have clearance issues

#

It's a smaller thing that gets similar perf to NH-D15 without being chonky and blocking things

kind apex
#

so yeah like the best aio vs the best air cooler its a toss up

low pumice
#

I mean ram height clearance

kind apex
#

a h500 mesh and deciding between a nh-u12a and liquid freeze ii its like he doesnt need our help....

#

those are all excellent choices

#

I am usually talking people down from crazy things

low pumice
#

haha

#

It's weird to have a reasonable comparison for once eh?

kind apex
#

right?

pliant gale
#

i’m thinking of getting a kraken

low pumice
#

^

#

and that's what we usually talk down

pliant gale
#

why

kind apex
#

point and case

low pumice
#

"ah kraken 150$ overpriced blah blah get freezer ii for 100$ blah blah air cooling good blah blah"

kind apex
#

LOL

pliant gale
#

i’m confused

kind apex
#

its because your not in here everyday

pliant gale
#

explain

low pumice
#

You should feel good that you're getting stumped by something that makes sense either way

pliant gale
#

I joined like 2 days ago too lol

low pumice
#

typed the whole thing too many times tbh

kind apex
#

yeah the freezer ii outperforms the kraken and costs less

pliant gale
#

well I didnt know it was others say it is good

low pumice
#

all of my computer knowledge literally came from this last year

#

issa good life

pliant gale
#

I know more about the software side of things

#

I know little about hardware I understand that I have a decent system though

low pumice
#

@pliant gale gamersnexus is a good channel

#

go watch them

pliant gale
#

I watch them

#

I dont remember the kraken video though

low pumice
#

Then what's not clear about freezer ii being better :P

pliant gale
#

I know I watched it though

#

never saw that video

low pumice
#

from their 360mm aio showdown

#

from their freezer ii review

#

from ek-aio review

#

anyways point is

kind apex
#

its always a good idea to go to gamers nexus and youtube channel and search any part you are thinking about buying. I do it. He's way more technical than I will ever be.

low pumice
#

GN likes freezer ii

#

they like it so much they used it for the #ripjay OCing competition thing

fallow kestrel
#

But it kinda looks disgusting

#

Atleast imo

pliant gale
#

part of it comes to looks thats kinda ugly

fallow kestrel
#

The ek on the other hand looks amazing

#

For what, like 20 bucks more?

pliant gale
#

and 2 degrees isn’t that big of a deal to me when I have a 3600x if I had a higher end cpu i’d prob do it or get a custom loop

kind apex
#

I do personally have the evga one but the freezer didnt exist yet and it does sync its light with my gpu

fallow kestrel
#

should i go for the 240mm arctic aio or the 360mm
Depends on cpu, budget, case support, etc.

pliant gale
#

i’d want to get the aio that syncs to my gpu but its too much for a name

kind apex
#

the evga one was getting good reviews when I got mine and I happened to have an evga card also

fallow kestrel
#

Yeah get the 240 one @topaz blaze

#

Da case ain't gonna support a 360mil

#

But what are you going for an matx mobo?

kind apex
#

it will too support a 360 rad

fallow kestrel
#

You can spend 15-20$ more and get an excellent ATX one

#

it will too support a 360 rad
Wait it will?

kind apex
#

the h500?

fallow kestrel
#

Nooo

#

Lol

#

That coolermaster one

pliant gale
#

why no p400a or p500 or p600 lol

#

I got p400a

fallow kestrel
#

I'm getting p360a :3

pliant gale
#

what do y’all think of the strix aio?

#

worth it or no?

#

lmao

fallow kestrel
#

Overpriced

#

Very overpriced

pliant gale
#

ik lmao its a meme

#

it’d match my gpu though

fallow kestrel
#

Aight

kind apex
#

only if you feel the need for synchronized rgb

fallow kestrel
#

^^^

pliant gale
#

I got a 3080 strix

fallow kestrel
#

Damn

#

Nice

pliant gale
#

it was the first one I saw available that I could get

#

I jumped on that shot

low pumice
#

TD500 mesh supports top 360mm

#

H500 supports front 360mm afaik

#

but dual 200mm looks so nice

#

so 240mm top is nice still

fallow kestrel
#

Eh

#

You mean those gigantic front fans?

low pumice
#

mhm

#

love em

pliant gale
#

buying my gpu was the fastest I spent 900 lmao

fallow kestrel
#

Not really

#

But whatever

pliant gale
#

that was with tax and shipping

low pumice
#

I like em

fallow kestrel
#

buying my gpu was the fastest I spent 900 lmao
Wow 200$ premium

low pumice
#

H500 is just like every other thing I want in a case

#

Wasn't it aorus master anyways

pliant gale
#

$150 plus $50 tax

fallow kestrel
#

Oh yeah the strix

kind apex
#

It is a nice case

pliant gale
#

strix is same price as master but performs better and I think it performs better than xtreme or both are on par

#

but xtreme is $900

#

I wish someone would do an in-depth review of the strix card though hard to believe no big youtuber has it

gritty shoal
#

anyone know where i can get amd brackets and plate for a coolermaster seidon? the round one...the one i got is such low usage i hate to buy a whole new cooler just for amd brackets and plate

kind apex
gritty shoal
#

gah, thanks...why didn't that come up for me? i've been typing siedon and bracket into everything lol

#

again, much thx!

kind apex
#

no problem I looked up the part number

gritty shoal
#

sweet

wide gale
#

@midnight crypt just cause it had good review and has been used in many builds before. Also if you want to know i would do top exhaust in an o11 dynamic foe aio with side and bottom intakes

magic wave
#

only need one fan tbh

#

the rest is just benefit

#

or if you place them in conflict with each other, detriment

#

lolnerd

#

hehehehhee hooohohoooho nerd

#

wasting all the wind with all those fans

#

save the wind for other computers so they don't choke

topaz blaze
#

how do u not get warned for swearing

#

yet i literally get kicked if i swear cus of my other infractions

low pumice
#

lol

fluid lichen
#

weggbot slippin again

topaz blaze
#

wow

coarse herald
#

I think the bot has a set list of words so if there's any word that it doesn't know it passes

alpine crescent
#

ugh hopefully 2 days aquatuning will finally send out my gpu block for my 3090

#

msi ventus what i could hands on w/ good deal and alphacool only one who has a block made w/backplate

pastel dust
#

Is artic mx-4 thermal paste considered to be good

#

I got it free

#

with my 5600x

kind apex
#

its good paste

golden oasis
#

Anyone tried be quiet! Pure loop aio? Don't see any much review on it

coarse herald
#

I saw that someone did a video with it to test a 5900x

#

Bitwit?

#

But not an extensive review

golden oasis
#

Yeah. I just watched that. And I found out that this aio is not that expensive. Cheaper than Arctic liquid cooler ii that I'm thinking to get.

foggy phoenix
#

best low budget AIO? 50-100$

copper patrol
foggy phoenix
#

sweet thanks man

coral shell
#

if I'm working on cable managing a build and want to reseat the aio (x63) and it has pre applied thermal paste is it okay to just lift it and put it back down without any sort of reapplication?

kind apex
#

how long since it was first applied?

lament oak
#

So a 3600x. Stock cooler work well enough? Or should I grab some other cheap cooler?

burnt goblet
#

stock works fine

twin urchin
#

stock is good enough, but some people complain about how loud it is

#

if you want a quiet one there are several very quiet ones available for below $50

lament oak
#

What was the $30 one Mr1111 recommended?

#

Bruh what? The be quiet pure rock and shadow rock are the same price right now

low pumice
#

Gammaxx 400

lament oak
#

So the scythe mugen 5 and shadow rock 3 are the same price. 2 questions: 1- which is better and 2- would it work for a 5800x?

low pumice
#

Mugen 5 afaik

#

It should

lament oak
#

Sweet, thanks

olive oasis
#

This is a bit of a mix between cooling and cases but I'll ask it here:
My case is a Phanteks p300 and I have three fans for it (one stock and two arctic 120mm.) At the moment I have the stock fan for exhaust and the two arctics as intakes at the front. Is there a better way to use these three fans?

twin urchin
#

for three fans, probably not

twilit abyss
#

doesnt it come with more stock fans?

spice sorrel
#

Hey, I have this RTX 2070 Super card right, but it sounds like a jet engine when I play literally any game.

#

I've been thinking of ways to cool it down and my main idea at the moment is to switch to a water cooling block, is this the only way?

#

Regardless I've been wanting to play around with custom loops and hardline tubing for awhile, I just haven't quite gotten there and I'd rather avoid doing so until I have the money to replace parts worst case scenario lmao

wide glade
#

So I bought the new Be Quiet! Pure Loop 360, and I just wanna say, it's pretty phenomenal

dense monolith
#

anyone able to help with a cooling problem im havigg? in vc

timber imp
#

New egg lian li fans are back in stock

floral rune
#

What you guys think about the Scythe Fuma 2?

#

i got it for the new Ryzen 5800x

twin urchin
#

It's good

floral rune
#

swag

last imp
#

Msi mag core 240

#

Or nzxt kraken x53

#

Gen 2

#

For a 9700k

kind apex
plucky trout
#

guys i have a question

#

i have a cooler

#

big one

#

and that support that u have to put on cpu thing broke

#

then i lost it

#

can i put it any other way

unique lilyBOT
#
The A-B0t#7920 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

plucky trout
#

nvm

#

found it

#

but its broken

kind apex
#

not really you need all the brackets

plucky trout
#

not really you need all the brackets
@kind apex you understood worng

#

wrong

#

i ahve all the pieces

unique lilyBOT
#
The A-B0t#7920 has been warned

Reason: Bad word usage

plucky trout
#

and i still have the brackets

#

only that the thing broke

kind apex
#

is it just a silly tool to help put it in or cover the socket when there isnt a cpu there?

#

"and that support that u have to put on cpu thing broke" not terribly descriptive

plucky trout
#

ima search

#

and give u photo

#

something like this

#

but mine is diff

#

and

#

like

#

it jsut broke

#

the plastic broke and now it loose

#

should i try gluing it back?

kind apex
#

I dont think so it needs to have good pressure so it makes contact with the cpu

#

if that thing is loose everything will be loose

plucky trout
#

not loose in that way

#

loose in the way that the plastic broken and it needs to be glued

kind apex
#

only if you can make it as tight with the glue as it would have been without

#

that is unfortunately the one part of the pc you cant damage

#

that and the pins on the cpu

#

it has to be a perfect seal and I feel like gluing is not going acheive that

plucky trout
#

it has to be a perfect seal and I feel like gluing is not going acheive that
@kind apex Should i try at least?

kind apex
#

you can try just turn it off if the cpu gets real toasty

plucky trout
#

and how do I know if that happends

kind apex
#

use like cpuz or something to check temps once started and dont do anything intensive like run a game or stress test until you see where temps are

plucky trout
#

does z270 bios

#

have temp checker?

kind apex
#

just idle it should be ok for a while with no cooler

plucky trout
#

does z270 bios
@plucky trout

#

have temp checker?
@plucky trout

kind apex
#

possibly but you need to have something other than bios going to heat the cpu up to find out

#

like windows

magic wave
#

HWiNFO64

plucky trout
#

last year

#

when i got

#

like

magic wave
#

for temps

plucky trout
#

my first pc

#

not prebuilt

#

i put another cooler

#

it wasnt making contact god

#

good

#

and i went on bios

#

the bios got so laggy xD

kind apex
#

you need to stop breaking coolers lol

magic wave
#

how do you break a cooler lol

plucky trout
#

cooler brackets

#

how do you break a cooler lol
@magic wave *cooler brackets

kind apex
#

just out of curiousity how did you break the bracket

plucky trout
#

you need to stop breaking coolers lol
@kind apex will it glue correctly if i use glue gun ,and put it upside down and press down on it

#

just out of curiousity how did you break the bracket
@kind apex it all started with not reading the manual

#

beacuse i was the rookie of the rookie

kind apex
#

I dont really know since I havent actually seen the part or the break

plucky trout
#

I dont really know since I havent actually seen the part or the break
@kind apex if i do that it will be perfectly straight

kind apex
#

that sounds right

plucky trout
#

that sounds right
@kind apex how do u see cpu temps in cpu Z

#

?

kind apex
#

you know maybe it doesnt show temps

plucky trout
#

so HWmonitor?

#

should i pick hat

#

that

kind apex
#

yeah grab that

#

HWiNFO64

plucky trout
#

I hate the stock cooler

kind apex
plucky trout
#

its an i3 under it

#

and its a bloody jet

magic wave
#

lol

#

I have an extruded aluminum cooler

#

it's okay

#

pretty quiet

marble knoll
#

What’s a good value cooling setup for clocking the AMD 3400g processor on the Asus gaming board?

magic wave
#

stock cooler

toxic narwhal
#

Guys, can anyone link some decent thermal for repasting - My G7 7790 runs hot, i've tried doing some Throttlestop stuff to reduce temps etc but there's so many variations of settings online and it's impossible to know exactly what's the 'ideal'

twin urchin
#

arctic MX-4

low pumice
#

@toxic narwhal MX-4 or NT-H2 are both solid options

#

NT-H2 comes with cleaning wipes which is nice :D

wet patio
#

Anyone know if I can transfer a hybrid 980ti kit (it’s broken) to a 1080? Paid $90 for the broken card as a shelf prop, thought maybe I could use the cooler?

rare cypress
#

Whats a good cooler for a 1366 board?

mental mauve
#

I'm trying to get the best cooling solution for my new build im gonna be doing. Im rocking a 5800x, and hopefully i can get my hands on a 6800xt, it's unlikely tho. If not I'm gonna try to get a discount on a 2080 super. I do wanna go water cooling and I already have a master box 520 as a case so keeping with cooler master would be ideal

#

anyone know what would be ideal?

rare cypress
#

I know, its wrong to use the stock intel cooler. But temps are scary atm

burnt goblet
#

@rare cypress and what cpu is that?

rare cypress
#

I7 920

burnt goblet
#

get a proper cooler

rare cypress
#

I know, but what should i go for?

alpine crescent
#

alphacool sucks there inventory shipment is worse than gpu's

rare cypress
#

Im looking at AIO's

burnt goblet
#

and 59c still leaves you about 7-8c of headroom

#

i would personally just go with a big chunk of a air cooler

rare cypress
#

Now its bouncing at 59.5 and 59c

burnt goblet
#

and that part is normal @rare cypress

rare cypress
#

In bios?

burnt goblet
#

yes

rare cypress
#

Both panels are off of my case

burnt goblet
#

yes, the 920 is a hell muffin of heat creation

rare cypress
#

For real tho

#

I mean cant blame intel 4Shrug

burnt goblet
#

depending on how serious you are about running that old hunk of silicon

twilit abyss
#

I feel like they should just stop including coolers ;-;

burnt goblet
#

you could go with a noctua cooler

rare cypress
#

Are they good?

burnt goblet
#

yes.

#

but i would like to know "why" you are using the 920

rare cypress
#

For the memes

#

In all honesty

#

I have a 8700

burnt goblet
#

its not worth it imo

#

cooler wise, the cheapest (actually decent solution) would be to search for a used cooler

#

there should be plenty of them around with 1366 support

rare cypress
#

I will look around

#

In the mean time, im going to go play age of empires 3 on it

plucky trout
#

Can someone help me

#

Pc boots for 3 secs then closes

burnt goblet
solid python
#

hey I got a question

#

I got my first AIO cooler what way should it be orientated?

low pumice
solid python
#

yes

twin urchin
#

The main takeaway is don't let the pump be the highest point in the loop

magic sparrow
#

no, it's rather to not have the air be in the pump. The right image is also bad because of that, just as the left image

twin urchin
#

yes, pump being the highest point in the loop = air in the pump

viral fjord
#

is it better to run the pump at 100% constantly or set a curve? mixed results from google

twilit abyss
#

Well... I feel like that very much depends on how loud you want your system to be

spice sapphire
#

Can someone please help me

burnt goblet
#

you know the drill @spice sapphire

#

ask, and someone will help if they know the answer/want to help.

twilit abyss
#

I have my fan curve set to the highest before I really start to hear it, then at 70-75 ish I ramp it up to 100 until it hits the 80s

spice sapphire
#

I don’t have enough headers for the fans I have

twilit abyss
#

Fan splitter

spice sapphire
#

What is that

burnt goblet
#

Y splitter

twilit abyss
#

5$ on amazon

#

Or less

#

Sorry

#

New egg

#

*newegg

burnt goblet
#

@twilit abyss you can suggest anywhere

twilit abyss
#

Yeye I know lmao

spice sapphire
#

My fans come with that I think

burnt goblet
#

then use that :)

spice sapphire
#

They are the mf120 cooler master fans

viral fjord
#

@twilit abyss right now i have it set to a really low curve for quiet but some people say that variable pump speed shortens its lifespan

burnt goblet
#

and that does not matter for this @spice sapphire

spice sapphire
#

Those are the 3 for each fan

#

Is that what I’m looking for?

#

@burnt goblet

burnt goblet
#

the 2 nearest to the camera are RGB plugs

#

the only one that is needed for the fan itself is the 3rd one

spice sapphire
#

So do I have what I need?

#

Or no

#

Bruh

#

@burnt goblet

burnt goblet
#

have some patience

spice sapphire
#

Well is the answer yes or no

burnt goblet
#

the answer is you can wait until i or someone else has free time to answer you

spice sapphire
#

Alrighty then

twilit abyss
#

He’s moving between like 5 different channels at once answering people ;-;

#

Also, no

#

Those are 3 different cables

#

Two of them have to do with rgb

spice sapphire
#

I know that

#

So I have to get a splitter

twilit abyss
#

Yes

spice sapphire
#

God damn it

#

How many do I need for 6 fans

twilit abyss
#

How many fab headers does your mobo have

spice sapphire
#

1

#

I think

#

I’m just gonna wait till I order everything for my new pc

twilit abyss
#

That’s a sheety mobo

low pumice
#

A single fan hub

#

https://noctua.at/en/products/accessories/na-fc1

NA-FC1

The NA-FC1 is a compact, highly flexible controller for 4-pin PWM fans that can both work on its own for manual speed reduction and also work in tandem with the automatic motherboard fan control. By adjusting the NA-FC1’s speed control dial, users can either manually set a PWM...

burnt goblet
#

@spice sapphire there are not any semi-modern mainboards that i can think of, that have just 1 fan connector

twilit abyss
#

That too

#

Even my Garbo b250m pro-vdh has 2

#

And that’s 4 years old

viral fjord
#

@burnt goblet gigabyte b450m ds3h

#

msi a320m-a pro

burnt goblet
#

i see 2 on the first

viral fjord
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are you counting cpu fan header

burnt goblet
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fan header = any header that can drive a fan :)

viral fjord
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ah ok i thought you meant 1 case fan header

burnt goblet
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nope, if i meant that, i would have said so :)

twilit abyss
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I’m guessing that’s what cash is taking about tho

burnt goblet
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until @spice sapphire actually starts talking, we dont know.

viral fjord
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1 case fan header is enough for the kind of components you should be putting on those boards anyways

burnt goblet
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1 case header with the right connection is enough for a LOT of fans

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as in, 20+ no problem

low pumice
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NA-FC1 :D

twilit abyss
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Are there even non-custom cases that support 20+ fans?

burnt goblet
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that little piece of overengineered bs that is the NA-FC1 being the reason for that

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not in recent memory @twilit abyss

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there used to be some "box/cube" cases that had support for that kind of fan number

low pumice
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There are full towers that can fit ~14 that aren't too rare.

burnt goblet
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mind, those cases cost about 400usd

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without fans

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10+ years ago

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so heck knows what they would cost now

low pumice
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whatever this is fits 15 fans

viral fjord
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does anyone know if it's possible to set fan curves based on gpu temperature? speedfan didn't work for me

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wide glade
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@viral fjord You can use MSI afterburner I believe, I use the GPUTweak 2

viral fjord
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sorry i meant case fan curves based on gpu temp

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msi afterburner only controls the fans of the gpu itself

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should have clarified mb

wide glade
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I have no idea about that then, sorry

magic sparrow
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@viral fjord there is always the jank way of just getting a splitter from the GPU fan header into case fans. If you go that route (which I doubt you will, but might as well mention) tho, probs get a splitter that can get a power input from the PSU (SATA/molex or smth) cuz GPU fan headers might be built to fan spec to the T, meaning only supported like 0.6A output or smth.

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magic sparrow
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magic sparrow
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It's the official Noctua tho is it not?

low pumice
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Yea

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Tho that's nice Noctua has been commenting back for the past 4 years for a 8 year old video

magic sparrow
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Also i guess there was smth like that a while back, maybe? havent looked at the product yet

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low pumice
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Hope it's still ongoing, and not just turning people away

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Hm?

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I saw a review of the gentle typhoon once, seemed decent but not compatible with nf-a12x25

magic sparrow
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also looking into it it doesnt seem to have an ANC feature

low pumice
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Hm

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But taking 8 years to get something from prototype to market does sound like Noctua xD

magic sparrow
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looking at the a12x25 it seems to have only be recently-ish

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2018 it seems

low pumice
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Yea

magic sparrow
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and Noctua said they were waiting on that being finished

last imp
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Whats a good aio?

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Under 200 cad

low pumice
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Arctic freezer ii

last imp
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How much is it

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Cad

golden oasis
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Is Arctic liquid freezer ii 360 tubes long enough to reach the cpu in Phanteks p500A case if mounted on the front with fans as intake and tubes down like what Steve, GamerNexus, said?

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I have been looking for answer and so far only saw one with 280 rad instead.

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I want my cpu to be cooler

empty sigil
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Arctic liquid freezer 360

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Is best as exhaust

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With p500a

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And yes it will be enouh

golden oasis
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why is it best as exhaust? because of the radiator size?

empty sigil
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I dont know

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But i watched a vid on it

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Apparently its best as exhaust

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It makes sense