Air Cooler

Forum discussion tagged with Air Cooler.
  1. patrichpachich

    Question Weird loud fans for 10-20 seconds every 3- 5 minutes

    One of the fans (cant tell which one) inside of my PC spins fast and loud for 10-20 seconds every 3- 5 minutes, this happens even in an idle state. I monitored the task manager and everything looks fine, nothing suspicious. When I play a game for a while it goes away ( I can tell the normal...
  2. CosmicNinja

    Question Are these temps alright?

    Hello! I recently built myself a new rig after my old one from 2020 started to die on me. It was a 3700x paired with a 2070 super. This new build has a 5700x3D and a 4070 super 12gb. Wanted to see if these CPU temps are fine in your guys opinions. When it's idling, my CPU temps are around 35...
  3. E

    Question How to mount a dual tower cpu cooler and still use 2x rams in dual channel mode?

    Hi, my MOBO-Gigabyte B650M DS3H, Ram - Acer Predator Vesta II 30-38-38-76 6000MHz 16gbX2 How do u guys mount a dual tower cpu cooler and still use 2x rams in dual channel mode? My rams are 49mm high from board, so i cant have cpu cooler spread over those ram. And dual tower cpu cooler will...
  4. jferments

    Question Does the Arctic 4U-M cooler fit on the Asus WRX90E-SAGE motherboard ?

    After giving up trying to find a decent AIO solution for TR5/SP6, I am reconsidering the Arctic 4U-M air cooler. But I've noticed lots of reports of it not fitting with a variety of motherboards, in particular the TRX50 boards from Gigabyte/ASRock. People are saying that it either is too big...
  5. bedouinbro

    Question Air cooler suggestions for an i5-4570 ?

    I have been using this i5 4570 for the last ten years. thinking about adding an air cooler in exchange for the weathered stock cooler. Here are some stress tests from cpuz test and temps from hwmonitor, also the actual photo of the mainboard itself, it's a bit dusty after all these years of use...
  6. T

    Discussion Best CPU Air Cooler for i7-8700?

    Hi all, I'm in the market for upgrading my cooling solution within my PC. Recently, I upgraded my CPU from an i5-9400F to an i7-8700 (non K version) and it wasn't the smoothest transition (see profile for other thread asking for help) which is likely due to my inadequate CPU cooler. I've...
  7. vElectrixx

    Question Air-cooled CPU temps suddenly high after 3 years, out of ideas

    The cooling on my setup has always been great. I've had all 12 cores at 4.3GHz and never had it exceed ~75C at full load. Idle was probably low 30s. At some point, temperatures suddenly skyrocketed. At base clock, it idles at 55C. Full load floats between 88-93C. Things I've tried...
  8. J

    Question Why does my CPU overheat?

    I just built a new pc with a i7 11700k with a 3060ti and for some reason my pc in game spikes to high 80s to low 90c on rainbow six. Which to my knowledge isn’t a really hard game to run. I’ve got a hyper 212 rgb cooler master cpu cooler and I’ve tried reapplying thermal paste like 4 times and...
  9. D

    [SOLVED] Intel i5-13600k thermal throttling with noctua nh-d15 in cinebench

    Hi all, did a similar thread a couple weeks back but I recently swapped out my cooler as it wasn't keeping temps in check for the chonky noctua to d15 and idle temps have improved drastically around 35 degrees but in stress tests its shooting up to 97 to 100 degrees in under a minute. Tried...
  10. aelsakka

    Question Used air cooler advise needed

    Hello, I found a used air cooler nh-d15, i was told it was only used for few times, i have attached the pics here below, so any advise for what i should be looking for before buying it. pictures
  11. U

    [SOLVED] How to select suitable size Air Cooler for Gigabyte C200G and MSI B450 Tomahawk MB.

    I don't know how to calculate the size. I want to know that if Antec A400 Air Cooler will fit in my Gigabyte C200G case with MSI B450 Tomahawk Motherboard with XPG Gammix D30 16GB Ram. OR If anybody can tell me how to calculate.
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    [SOLVED] Aftermarket Cooler for my Gaming PC

    I am planning on buying new components for my PC. Processor options: Ryzen 5 3600x or Ryzen 5 5600x. Motherboard: Asrock B450M Pro4 I am a bit confused for the cooler as to buy an Air Cooler or AIO Cooler. A few options I am looking at are ARCTIC Liquid Freezer II 120...
  13. RajTheGeek

    [SOLVED] Need help!!...ARCTIC Freezer 34 Esports Duo or Noctua U12S chromax black?

    Hello there, I'm planning to buy a cpu air cooler for my system. Here's my specs: Ryzen 3 3100 MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX Corsair CX 550W GTX 1060 I live in India so our ambient temps are pretty high especially in summer(45C+). Also my AMD stock cooler is starting to make soo much noise. Now I have...
  14. D

    [SOLVED] AIO to Air Cooling

    I am looking to upgrade my PC to a 3080 at some point, however due to the size of my case and the length of the GPU, I am trying to find other alternatives to my CPU cooler. I have a AIO Water cooler that is a brand by the company that built my PC and it has 2 120MM fans on it, the problem is my...
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    [SOLVED] What do I need to pay attention to when comparing CPU air coolers?

    I'm currently trying to overclock my i5 9600k but need a better cooler. I'd like to stick to air coolers. What specs should I be comparing between air coolers and how to know if its up for the task? I know all the basics of how an air cooler works, fins, heat pipes, heat sink and fans but I...
  16. T

    [SOLVED] Stress Testing bringing CPU temps to 100C instantly

    Hi guys, So I've been doing some Prime95 stress testing to try and solve another problem I've been having. This has all been in the last 3 or 4 days. Initially, the CPU was maxing out at about 75C, occasionally up to 80C. I've done about 10 CPU stress tests ranging from 5 mins to about 45 mins...
  17. ultra2mh

    [SOLVED] good cooler for ryzen 3900x SOME OC + FULLLOAD

    unfortunately, in the area where I live, there is a limited choice of models air cooler: Le Grand Macho RT liquid: deepcool CASTLE 240 RGB v2 liquid: Corsair Hydro Series H100X which one is better? i want overclock my cpu a bit (like 4.4 ) and run my cpu at full load. i...
  18. L

    [SOLVED] Installing a hyper 212 rgb on a b450 elite

    Hello everyone, this is kind of a follow up to my last question. I got a hyper 212 evo black edition with a rgb fan and naturally it has 2 cables, one for the cpu_ fan header and a 4 pin rgb cable. My mobo (which is a b450 aorus elite) has a cpu_led header below the cpu socket. Can I plug the...
  19. A

    [SOLVED] Do I Need To Worry?

    So I just got my Be Quiet Pure Rock 2 Black and my Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut today. I replaced it after using my AMD Stock Cooler for the Ryzen 5 2600 for 2 years now. I put everything accordingly then I had to pull the cooler back when it was literally sticked to the CPU then my dumbass pulled...
  20. taughducky

    [SOLVED] Is it better cheaper Air cooler with noctua fans, or just completely noctua nh-u12s

    Hey guys, im building PC with r5 3600 CPU, and looking for a CPU air cooler and stumble upon noctua nh-u12s chromax ($85) but its expensive and so I search for alternative like CM212 and ID cooling SE 224 XT black, and saw a bunch of great review for SE 224xt and only lack behind u12s by a...
  21. L

    [SOLVED] Cooling/component fans issues

    I'm about to organize a major computer cleaning and my warranties (except for the PSU) are about to expire. So I decided to tackle this issues that's been plaguing me for a while. Every time I use my computer, my fans make strange noises .... sometimes it sounds like a fly was cought between the...
  22. G

    Question Best cooling option for my rig?

    I am planning to upgrade from trash to a z490 Intel UD and an Intel 10600kf. I was planning to get a air cooler (cooler master mA620p) but apparently that cooler doesn’t fit in my case (NZXT S340) Would a 2 fan hyper 212 black cool just fine? Or should I be looking elsewhere? My budget is...
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    [SOLVED] Thermalright Le Grand Macho RT cooler not working?

    So I just changed my Wraith Prism Cooler on my Ryzen 3700X with the Thermalright Le Grand Macho RT. And I'm the temps are peaking at 95C when running Cinebench R20 compared to 92C on the Wraith PRISM... Not sure what I'm doing wrong or whether my temperature sensors are busted. While...
  24. BeBlaze

    [SOLVED] Very worried about cpu and taking off cpu wraith cooler rgb!

    Hello I'm wonding if anyone knows any good way to take this cooler off i heard alot of people have broken or bent there pins well taking this cooler off and im very quite worried of doing soo. I want to get a cooler for my cpu because its runs really hot at about 80c+ and somtimes getting close...
  25. atinesh.s

    [SOLVED] Need help in CPU Air cooler installation

    Hello guys, I hope everyone is doing well. I bought GAMMAXX GTE V2 CPU air cooler for my CPU, I was reading the instruction manual for installation but I got confused, I am not getting which wire to connect where. The instruction manual says I have to use below connection for GAMMAXX GTE V2...
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    [SOLVED] Arctic esport 34 duo or shadow rock 3 for r5 3600?

    hi, I have one question, because I have already Arctic esport 34 duo and r5 3600 but on load aida64 stress test temps goes 80C° everything on stock in bios b450 tomahawk max.... while gaming 68C° but with constantly pick of 75C°..... question: does it will better to change to shadow rock 3 for...
  27. Giras

    [SOLVED] Help upgrade cpu cooler

    hi i need help to upgrade my old h7 cooler to new one and cant decide which one to buy , my temp at idle are 50 c and is hot here (croatia ) at summer so when gaming sometimes going 80 c. so anyone have advice about cooler my budget is like 90 euro and was think to buy one of this and...
  28. M

    [SOLVED] I7-10700k with air cooler no overclocking

    I just bought I7-10700k and I'm wondering that this COOLER MASTER HYPER 212 would be enough for this CPU? I'm not planning on overclocking it for now. And is there any recommendation for an air cooling that the price is around 50$? Thank you all.
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    [SOLVED] Fan configuration?

    Slightly longer question so bear with me here... The cooler I have right now is a Scythe Fuma 2 with the front fan replaced with a Corsair LL120. My plan is to add two more fans to my system (Noctua Redux). The two configurations I can use are: A NF-P12 (120mm 1700) RPM replacing the middle fan...
  30. Maikurosofuto

    [SOLVED] Best RGB Air Cooler.

    I'm about to buy a Deepcool Assassin III, but before that, i'm trying to find a RGB equivalent, is there one? Or at least, close to the performance of the Assassin III. My RAM is quite tall (49 mm), so some coolers may be problematic to install or even Impossible. Only air coolers please. CPU...
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    Question Upgrading an old I5 2500k build

    Budget Range: open to any sugestions System Usage from Most to Least Important: 3D modelling, gaming, 3D texturing and rendering Parts to Upgrade: CPU air cooling, ram, ssd Parts Preferences: Open to any sugestions, I have been taking a look to the well known Cooler Master Hyper 212 but it...
  32. Avik Basu

    [SOLVED] Need advice on air CPU cooler

    I need to buy a new cooler for my CPU and this is my first time so I have a couple of questions about it. One of the coolers I'm looking at is the Hyper 212 Black Edition but there seem to be two of those with a huge price difference. The basic Black one costs double the price of the RGB black...
  33. R

    Question CPU Idle Temperatures

    Hello. So, my 2600k's idle temperatures are in the high 30s - low 40s (more frequently in the low 40s) celsius degrees. My ambient temperature is ~25-27 celsius degrees. I'm using: Intel Core i7 2600k @ stock clock Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo (40% fan speed) Arctic Silver 5 3 intake fans in...
  34. Giras

    [SOLVED] cpu air cooler upgrade help needed

    hello i need hlp about upgrade my cpu air cooler if u guys have at least few models it would be awesome , i try even dh 15 but it seems not compatible in systembuilder with my setup :(( at startmy h7 was ok but now with ryzen it seems going temp more up 45-55 idle so i want with new setup new...
  35. Y

    [SOLVED] CPU Fan Won't Stay on.

    So long story short after meddling around in BIOS trying to fix one part of the PC the CPU fan won't stay on longer than a few minutes, almost always just a few seconds at the most. I have tried resetting BIOS, pulling the CMOS battery while the PC wasn't plugged in, cleaning the fan, and tried...
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    Question liquid (AIO) or air for silence (cheap)

    Hello, So I have an r5 3600 which I mainly use for gaming with a GTX 1660ti Cpu is never stressed realy but i care a lot about acoustics especially in idle-browsing (because no headphones) AND I have an open case (Thermaltake Core P3) which makes it worse Looks is also a factor - a metallic...
  37. A

    [SOLVED] Best cooler under 50$(3500INR) for i5 8400

    Hello i am using stock cooler and its too noisy under load like gaming. My temps are at 80-86C while playing games like Bf1, Apex legends. I tried to do stress test (prime95) and after 2-3min temp sky rocketed almost 100C so i just stopped the stress. I never monitored temps before i am...
  38. A

    Question Stock Air Cooler vs. Liquid Cooler

    I've recently upgraded a few parts of my PC and was wondering if the stock air cooler that came with my new CPU is sufficient or if I should upgrade to an AIO cooler. Ryzen 5 3600 RTX 2070S
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    Question Deepcool iceblade pro v2 fit in dc dukase v2?

    Hi I have dc dukase v2(160mm cpu height) i wana buy cpu cooler , will iceblade pro v2(161mm) fit in this case? Will 1mm make problems? Very limited market here i dont have lot choices
  40. J

    [SOLVED] AMD Ryzen 5 2600 or 2600X

    hello, i am building my first PC and i am not sure wether i should purchase the AMD Ryzen 5 2600 or the 2600X version. i heard that the 2600X is the better option if you aren't overclocking, but i definitely want to do so since it is free performance and seems easy eanough to do. in this case...