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Noise is a thing. I went back to the classic open loop water cooler on my threadrippers. The RX480 (130 x 56 x 518.5mm) radiator is complete overkill for keep
by heelix 6y ago
Noise is a thing. I went back to the classic open loop water cooler on my threadrippers. The RX480 (130 x 56 x 518.5mm) radiator is complete overkill for keeping a 1950x cool - only have 2 of the 4 lower db 120mm fans even plugged in. I'm to the point where I wonder if I could go a single fan or even just a bare radiator with the CPU paired with it now. Only 30C in the loop @180W TDP.
(pump and radiator, longer term, will get tied to a 280w 3970x at some point this summer. Was not expecting the socket update they added with the sTR4x and 39xx series threadrippers)
- greggyb 6y agoYou'll definitely need it for the 3970X. I run one on a Noctua NH-U14 (running in push-pull with one of their 2000RPM industrial fans and the included 1500RPM fan), and it can get toasty under sustained load. The Noctua typically tests similar to a 240-280 AIO in terms of heat dissipation capacity. It's a longer term goal to do a custom loop with 420mm+ of radiator, but I have other projects before that. I can maintain turbo under load, but it decays from a full 4.5GHz to 3.9GHz-4.1GHz under a sustained prime95 load. My primary workloads are more bursty, so this is not a big problem for me. I just don't like leaving performance on the table. Also, I cannot turn on PBO on air. It runs up to 95C and then bounces around from 90C-95C, and I'm just not comfortable bumping up against the thermal limit like that long term.