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Plenty of air coolers can dissipate 180W. For example, almost all graphics cards come with air coolers that are capable of dissipating their full TDP, which is

Plenty of air coolers can dissipate 180W. For example, almost all graphics cards come with air coolers that are capable of dissipating their full TDP, which is often much higher than 180W. Something like this: Noctua NH-D15 chromax.Black, Dual-Tower CPU Cooler (140mm, Black) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Y87YHRH/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_VJ4VH12VM3YT14T4MEHB?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Y87YHRH/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fa... Would be able to dissipate 180W probably without even throttling up the fans that much.

ben-schaaf 5y ago
A NH-U 14S is able to cool a (overclocked) 3990X at 450W reported. https://youtu.be/3GqqQQxdtUM https://youtu.be/3GqqQQxdtUM
cyber_kinetist 5y ago
Wow, guess I’ve underestimated the glorious power of Noctua.
- asdfasgasdgasdg 5y ago
  Not just Noctua! Heat pipes are an amazing technology and there are a bunch of companies that have made really exciting thermal management products with them.
vladvasiliu 5y ago
> Would be able to dissipate 180W probably without even throttling up the fans that much. That's very likely. I have an NH-D14 with only the center 140 mm fan installed on an i7-3930k overclocked to 4.3 GHz, and it barely ramps up the fan. The loudest fan in my computer is the PSU (an old 600 or 650 W Seasonic). It runs in a "silence-oriented" Define R3 case with closed door. Intel announces 135 W TDP for that CPU. Under load, OCCT says 160 W.
- asdfasgasdgasdg 5y ago
  Ahaha yeah I have a Define S case. Unfortunately my current Noctua NH-U9S is not up to the task posed by the new processor, as my temps are now in the high 80s/low 90s while doing CPU-intensive gaming. So I've ordered a U14S which should be nice.
  - vladvasiliu 5y ago
    I only have one GPU and not a particularly hot one (rx5600) at that, but I've found that moving it to a lower slot helped a bit. On the first slot it practically touched the CPU's heatsink.
    - AdrianB1 5y ago
      In most cases the lower slots are not electrically PCIe 16x, only 4x or 8x at max, so you lose performance by moving down.
      - vladvasiliu 5y ago
        That's definitely something that should be taken into account, especially on newer "consumer" CPUs which may actually not even have enough lanes for a GPU and NVMe drive [0]. In my case, the CPU has 40 PCIe lanes, and all PCIe 16x slots on the motherboard are electrically 16x. --- [0] For example, the i5-8500 only has 16 lanes total: https://ark.intel.com/content/www/fr/fr/ark/products/129939/intel-core-i5-8500-processor-9m-cache-up-to-4-10-ghz.html https://ark.intel.com/content/www/fr/fr/ark/products/129939/...
    - asdfasgasdgasdg 5y ago
      I am also doubling the number of case fans I have installed, which should help a lot.

ben-schaaf 5y ago

A NH-U 14S is able to cool a (overclocked) 3990X at 450W reported. https://youtu.be/3GqqQQxdtUM https://youtu.be/3GqqQQxdtUM

cyber_kinetist 5y ago

Wow, guess I’ve underestimated the glorious power of Noctua.

asdfasgasdgasdg 5y ago
Not just Noctua! Heat pipes are an amazing technology and there are a bunch of companies that have made really exciting thermal management products with them.

vladvasiliu 5y ago

> Would be able to dissipate 180W probably without even throttling up the fans that much. That's very likely. I have an NH-D14 with only the center 140 mm fan installed on an i7-3930k overclocked to 4.3 GHz, and it barely ramps up the fan. The loudest fan in my computer is the PSU (an old 600 or 650 W Seasonic). It runs in a "silence-oriented" Define R3 case with closed door. Intel announces 135 W TDP for that CPU. Under load, OCCT says 160 W.

asdfasgasdgasdg 5y ago
Ahaha yeah I have a Define S case. Unfortunately my current Noctua NH-U9S is not up to the task posed by the new processor, as my temps are now in the high 80s/low 90s while doing CPU-intensive gaming. So I've ordered a U14S which should be nice.
- vladvasiliu 5y ago
  I only have one GPU and not a particularly hot one (rx5600) at that, but I've found that moving it to a lower slot helped a bit. On the first slot it practically touched the CPU's heatsink.
  - AdrianB1 5y ago
    In most cases the lower slots are not electrically PCIe 16x, only 4x or 8x at max, so you lose performance by moving down.
    - vladvasiliu 5y ago
      That's definitely something that should be taken into account, especially on newer "consumer" CPUs which may actually not even have enough lanes for a GPU and NVMe drive [0]. In my case, the CPU has 40 PCIe lanes, and all PCIe 16x slots on the motherboard are electrically 16x. --- [0] For example, the i5-8500 only has 16 lanes total: https://ark.intel.com/content/www/fr/fr/ark/products/129939/intel-core-i5-8500-processor-9m-cache-up-to-4-10-ghz.html https://ark.intel.com/content/www/fr/fr/ark/products/129939/...
  - asdfasgasdgasdg 5y ago
    I am also doubling the number of case fans I have installed, which should help a lot.