That one's solid. Used to have it in an itx build with another fan bolted on the back from noctua. I went with it because I wanted more space for intake fans and I could also fit a stove pipe fan out the top.
Look into the Scythe Fuma 3 that's $5 less right now.
Do you specifically need the smaller size? If not it really is a waste of money.
I have this exact cooler on my 5600X. Near silent with a minor fan curve adjustment, and keeps the CPU under 73 degrees.
Good to know it's solid. Really I'm looking at price. It seems like it can deal with the heat from a i12700k, so I think I'd rather have it than something bigger and pricier. I do have a ATX case I got at a thrift store already, but I don't want to make it too tall.
That temp sounds perfect. Admittedly I'll be going with something hotter, a i7, but from the reviews, it seems like it'll deal with it. If you think differently, please tell.
wouldn't be surprised if it actually ran cooler, monolithic CPUs tend to have much lower power density than chiplet ones
By all accounts AMD runs cooler than Intel. That includes the 12th gen I'm getting.
they really don't. look up "ryzen 3/5/7000 high temperature" and you'll get a ton of results that show 80c+ temps even with liquid coolers
Well that's interesting. In any case, the cooler I picked is actually built for both AMD and Intel, so I'm assuming it can handle the load fairly well. I also just like it because of the radiator fins
Are any of those from sources that know how to apply thermal paste? 80c on a water cooler does require further context, such as how much are they overclocking it.
Yeah that's a big question. Ryzen in my experience runs fairly mellow. A water cooler should keep it cool, which is already overkill, even for something like Intel.
what are you talking about? it is well known that these CPUs run hot due to the chiplet design, and for the 7000 series it's even worse because of the thicker IHS
it's usually proper builds with stock settings, you can't really overclock AMD post ryzen 2000 anyway. AMD claims that these temperatures are perfectly normal and nothing to worry about, the posts are mainly from people who are disappointed that their fancy coolers did not make a drastic difference at full load
you have done nothing to assure that these "posts" are not from idiots that don't know how to remove the plastic protective film from the heatsink. A cursory search only found situations that were solved by replacing a defective cooler https://community.amd.com/t5/processors/5900x-overheating/m-p/511261#M45585
do i really have to? it takes 5 seconds to look it up
I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you, but if you look up "AMD Ryzen hot temperature" then naturally the results will be about such.
How high is high? I thought my 5900x runs high at ~40C tctl at idle but that's apparently normal. When doing stress test, it barely tops out at 80C tctl running on a Scythe Ninja 5.
. Thanks for the advice.