cooler

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  1. C

    Question Suggestions for a low height cooler ?

    My case is a Cooler Master K350 and I want to upgrade from the stock Intel cooler. Problem is, the case can only accommodate a maximum of 148.5mm height for air coolers and it only has space for 120mm fans so a 120mm AIO at most. Current choices that I've found that I can purchase where I am...
  2. 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...
  3. jferments

    Question How reliable are Silverstone AIO coolers?

    I am considering switching from air cooling to liquid cooling for my AMD 7965WX build, and have been trying to find coolers that will fully cover the heat spreader of the TR5/SP6 socket. One of the few that actually is made for this socket is the Silverstone XE360-4677 AIO cooler, and am...
  4. Rasty

    Question Would you recommend getting a tower cooler for my CPU?? Ryzen 5 5600G

    Hey guys, I'm building a PC, these are the components: MicroATX mobo ASUS A320M-K Ryzen 5 5600G RX 6600 16GB Ram Kingston Fury XPG 750W Core reactor Gold XPG Valor Mesh Case (With 4 fans, 3 intake front 1 exhaust back) The CPU has the stock Wraith Stealth cooler, I don't plan on overclocking...
  5. TStahler

    Question Thermalright Frost Spirit 140 V3 vs Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO cooler for 7950X?

    Trying to decide between the slightly older Thermalright Frost Spirit 140 V3 and the slightly newer Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO to cool my Ryzen 9 7950X. Both are approximately the same price. Both are dual tower coolers. The Frost Spirit uses one 140mm and one 120mm fan. The fans have...
  6. maxboygamer96

    Question Apologies for asking the same question but last one failed, intel lga 1200 stock cooler vs arctic 34 esports duo

    With the title ive put, id like to ask which one is better? Which one will cool my cpu more? The cpu in question is intel core i5-10400 currently with close to no airflow coming in properly in an old office case with no fans to intake or exhaust, im putting it into the test in cinebench, getting...
  7. maxboygamer96

    Question Intel LGA 1200 stock cooler vs arctic freezer 34 eSports DUO

    With the title ive put, id like to ask which one is better? Which one will cool my cpu more? The cpu in question is intel core i5-10400 currently with close to no airflow coming in properly in an old office case with no fans to intake or exhaust, im putting it into the test in cinebench, getting...
  8. M

    Question Looking to upgrade my system, its been a while and I need some recommendations

    Hey all any tips would be appreciated, I built this pc years ago and just kept upgrading certain parts as needed, well I havent done any upgrades in a long time and im looking to do so now.. Current setup cpu- r5 5600x gpu- gtx 1080 psu- rm 850x memory- corsair vengeance rgb pro 32gb (2x16gb)...
  9. Valentine1704

    Question Can I install the GAMEMAX Iceberg 240 Rainbow water cooler on LGA 1700? thanks :)

    Hello, I need to install the following water cooler: Iceberg 240 Rainbow https://www.gamemaxpc.com/productkkk/581-en.html On the following LGA 1700 motherboard: Z690M A ELITE DDR4 https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/Z690M-AORUS-ELITE-DDR4-rev-10#kf I understand that the specifications of the...
  10. 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...
  11. Westley The questionnair.

    Question ARCTIC P12 PWM PST vs. Fractal Design Silent Series R3 120 mm?

    Does anyone know which one is better? Just trying to see if anyone will know.
  12. dulianiti

    Question Seeking a cooling solution for an older PC

    Couple of details I wish to mention first. I'm pretty much disabled and haven't been employed for a long time. The last time I bothered messing with upgrades was in 2018, and a GPU and RAM upgrade happened to be all I needed. Now I'm kind of hoping I can find a suitable solution for my problem...
  13. K

    Question 7800x3d Cooler selection - help

    Hello! I would like to ask you for help on which processor cooling to use for my Ryzen 7 7800X3D processor. My motherboard is an Asus B650E-E and the memory is G.SKILL 32GB KIT DDR5 6000MHz CL30 Trident Z5 NEO RGB My goal is to choose a quiet, but at the same time effective cooling. The...
  14. H

    Question Droning whine from CPU cooler?

    Just today I noticed a sort of droning whine sound emanating from my PC off and on at fairly regular intervals, and now I can't un-notice it. At first I thought it was GPU coil whine, but now I don't think it is. I went into the BIOS and started messing with the fan curves to see if one of the...
  15. M

    Question DeepCool AK620 cooler for I9-14900K. Too weak?

    https://www.deepcool.com/products/Cooling/cpuaircoolers/AK620-High-Performance-CPU-Cooler-1700-AM5/2021/13067.shtml I have this cooler. I am wondering if this cooler is too weak for I9-14900K. I am planning to buy I9-14900K. So I am wondering if I can just use this DeepCool AK620 cooler for...
  16. Kiwicorn999

    Question Cooling problem Intel i7 12700k. First build

    Hey, This is me (and my dads) first ever build. Its a MicroATX build without graphics card, only IGPU (for now, not required). Got a strong CPU so it can last a while. Not focused on RGB although it would be nice if convenient. We started researching for the parts around the black Friday sale...
  17. LegendGojira

    Question Recommended Cooler for RAM Clearance on Z790 Board?

    I'm putting together a new build for 2024 and want to be sure I'll have room to fill all 4 ram slots if needed and that all my other important spots aren't obstructed. My build with be an ASUS TUF Z790 Plus - i5 14600K - RTX 4070ti - in a Corsair 5000X Case I'm thinking of Peerless Assassin...
  18. BayrrBene

    Question 240mm cooler too big for top mount

    Hey, I just started building my gaming PC. My case is the Endorfy Ventum 200 Air, my CPU is an i5-13600KF, and I bought an Endorfy Navis F240 cooler. While building, I realized that my cooler is too big for a top mount in my case. The RAM sticks are a few millimeters in the way of the radiator...
  19. S

    Question Looking to buy a new CPU cooler, is xigmatek any good?

    My cpu cooler has been acting up lately and isn't cooling well and I've been looking for a new one. In my country it's hard to find good known brands such as Arctic and if you do find them they'd be very expensive because of import taxes on the product, but I found this one brand called Xigmatek...
  20. O

    Question Dell t3600 cpu cooler alternative

    Hello ! A relative of mine has an old Dell t3600 precision workstation and I want to know what cooler can I use instead of the OEM dell cpu cooler I saw lots of guides about moding a noctua cooler to fit into the screws holes ( ILM mount or something ) , and about the Dell s aio that was used on...
  21. O

    Question 90°C in BIOS 1 month after reapplying thermal paste

    I bought my pc in 2020, and completely forgot to change my thermal paste. It worked completely fine up until the middle of October this year, when the temperature suddenly got up massively, 100°C on desktop and 95 in BIOS. I reapplied the thermal paste on the 23rd of October and cleaned the pc...
  22. K

    Question To polish or not to polish CPUs and coolers

    When I built my last system back in 2008 various blogs said that I should wet-sand and polish the top surface of my CPU and the bottom surface of my heatsink to flatten and maximize the surface areas for best heat transfer. This I did to my Noctua NH-12 cooler using a piece of plate glass and...
  23. pugazh143pbh

    Question Amd 9 5900x and rtx 3080ti best budget motherboard ?2023

    Hi everyone please understand my bad english okay. Iam 3d rendering just full HD and some times playing in 1080p or 2k modern games. But problem in how can I choose motherboard ..my plan go with cpu amd 9 5900x and rtx 3080ti asus tuf. Please budget motherboard suggest for me. Then, cpu cooler...
  24. A

    Question Be Quiet Shadow Rock LP - ddr4 compatibility

    Hello. I would like to know if Shadow Rock LP is compatible with Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB or Kingston FURY Beast 16GB 3200MHz DDR4 CL16. The motherboard would be Gigabyte B660M DS3H DDR4.
  25. kartik_subbarao

    Build Advice Quietest cooler, case, fans, power supply for i9-14900K build

    I'm looking for suggestions on the quietest components to support a PC with the following constraints. Don't worry about cost, I'm just looking for the best technical info: CPU: i9-14900K Power: motherboard will be set to enforce stock limits: PL1 = PL2 = 253 W GPU: Nvidia RTX 4090 RAM: 192 GB...
  26. Origamii

    Question Ryzen 5 3600 reaches 85C full load temp ?

    I use jonsbo cr 1200 cooler for my ryzen 5 3600, but when full load the temp almost touch 84c is it normal? i've reseated and repasted the cooler but it's still have same result even when outside pc case. please tell me is it cooler issue or processor issue? My specs: Ryzen 5 3600 B450m Tuf...
  27. C

    Question Cooling fan for TV Box ?

    I have the T95 Max Plus TV BOX and it measures 10 cm length x 10 cm width What is the ideal size of cooling fan to obtain the best exhaustion by reducing the temperature of the TV BOX ?
  28. Looped Pohna

    Question Should I purchase a CPU cooler or an exhaust fan?

    Reference Image: View: https://imgur.com/a/omR0XIE So basically, I've owned my computer for around an year now but never really bothered to check the temps, and after checking them, I was shocked to find out that the CPU goes upto 100 C on some games. My PC has 3 intake fans and 0 exhaust...
  29. D

    Question Razer Hanbo 240 AIO fan speed issue

    I've got a Razer Hanbo 240 AIO cooler. I followed all the steps in connecting it to the system, and it is powering on and apparently working fine. The issue I've got is that every time on boot I get an error stating "FANS NOT CONNECTED" although they are and are spinning and glowing, and I can...
  30. L

    Build Advice PC Build suggestions ?

    Hello everyone! I wanted to share my build with you because I could use some great suggestions. I would like to mention that I have already purchased the CPU and GPU. Now I need to focus on the other components. I'll list my items below. CPU - AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D GPU - ASUS Dual GeForce® RTX...
  31. M

    Question ARGB NOT SYNCING

    I recently bought case COUGAR DUO FACE PRO RGB which has 4 argb fans (3pin+argb connectors) in it and they are all connected into argb hub splitter, so all 4 fans + lighting "COUGAR" argb sign are pluged in the argb hub splitter which has 2 small additional wires 1...
  32. H

    Question I ordered a Dell Precision 3620 with an i7-7700K CPU. Should I be worried?

    I ordered a refurbished Dell Precision 3620 with an i7-7700K CPU. This is where I ordered it: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B092FM88X8 It has already shipped and is supposed to arrive on Thursday. Tonight, I happened across two threads here that mention potential issues with this...
  33. chillsky321

    Question Gaming pc, CPU overheating randomly. Tried redoing thermal paste and removing dust from case. Anything else I can do?

    View: https://imgur.com/gallery/LC3Nl0L Hi, so my PC was running really slow for a few days, so I used Speccy and my CPU was running around 95-100° C. When not doing anything it runs at about 65. As soon as I do anything, file explorer, websites, etc. It shoots back up to 100. I read online...
  34. F

    Question Corsair iCUE H150i ELITE CAPELLIX XT humming noise

    Hello! Yesterday I built a new PC and one thing kind of caught me off-guard - the AIO cooler fans seem to be creating this very awkward non-stop humming noise (pattern is like a slow rap beat and it sounds like a very toned down siren) on higher RPM. I made sure to tighten every single screw as...
  35. T

    Question Monitors showing "No Signal ?

    I have a deal monitor setup and sometimes when I would turn it on one or both of my monitors would not work. They are on but will say "no signal". I could just unplug and then plug back in and it would usually fix. But a couple of days ago one of them would not work no matter what I tried. I...
  36. bp33zy

    Question New built pc and weird not too loud noise near cpu cooler

    CPU:Ryzen 7 7700X CPU COOLER: Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE CPU Air Cooler, Dual Tower 6 heat Pipe I noticed this weird sound coming from what seems like the cpu air cooler or at least in that area and it's not super loud but it's loud enough to be kind of noticeable. View...
  37. L

    Question Cooler or motherboard problem?

    Hello. I have a weird problem, any help is appreciated. My specs are; Ryzen 9 7900x3d CPU MSI Tomahawk B650 motherboard Corsair H115i Rgb pro cooler I have recently bought the motherboard and cpu and my friend set them up for me. We made aida64 stress test, after 10 minutes the temperature was...
  38. ShawarmaRoll

    Question AMD Wraith Stealth Cooler Specs

    Does anyone know where I can find the detailed specifications of the Wraith Stealth Cooler? AMD doesn't give it in their site. Thanks.
  39. OldHwOverclocker

    Question Is it ok for the cooler not to fully cover CPU ihs?

    Hi! I was taking apart my old pc and noticed that my cooler has much smaller contact area than the CPU integrated heat spreader. Is this normal? The CPU is FX8320 and I was using this random unknown cooler. View: https://imgur.com/a/c92caUH
  40. W

    Question Corsair H100i GTX with LGA1700 socket help ?

    So I've just bought my parts, upgrading to a 13600k. Wanted to reuse my aio and saw corsair offer a retrofit kit for some of their older aios. I came from a skylake processor so a lga 1151. The kit is for a few different models but one of them is 115x - assuming 50 and 51 etc. Cooler...