cpu cooler

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...

hi there, im looking to improve my current air system on my case xpg invader, atm i have as follow: 2 intake frontpanel fans both : https://antec.com/product/cooling/prizm-120-argb 1 exhaust case fan, same model as the frontpanel fans. im also using a tower cooler for the cpu: cooler master...

So as the title says I’m basically looking for some help to choose a CPU cooler, more specifically I have my sights set on the NZXT Kraken Elite series, though I’m hoping that someone could help me choose which size to pick. Currently I’ve picked the largest one - 360mm radiator, but with size...

Hi guys, I would like to change the three (3) Deepcool 120mm fans included on the LT720 AIO with the Be Quiet! BL077 Light Wings 120mm PWM high-Speed. My question is will it increase or decrease the cooling performance of these AIO? Here's my build: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 4.2 GHz...

Hi everyone, I'm in the process of putting together a new gaming rig, and I could really use some expert advice on selecting the perfect case for my components. Here's the list of parts I've chosen so far: GPU: Gigabyte WINDFORCE OC GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12 GB CPU: Intel Core i7-13700K CPU...

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...

Hello, I was thinking about building a PC but I'm having issues on 4 key points: Should I use Liquid Cooling or Air Cooling? Which Air/Liquid cooler should I use that is efficient, silent, works well, and is a good price? Is there a risk of leaking with CPU coolers and how common is it? Do...

I'm encountering a problem with my Thermaltake TH360 V2 Ultra AIO liquid cooler's LCD screen. the Thermaltake RGB app consistently reports "Controller not connected," preventing me from customizing the display. I've made sure everything is in properly, I updated the software and attempted...

I just took my PC on a long road trip during which it was subjected to a lot of vibration but nothing crazy. Upon hooking it back up and powering on, the CPU is not cooling properly anymore. Before the road trip this was not happening. At idle in the BIOS the temperature rises from ambient up to...

Can I rotate a Noctua NH-U9S 90 degrees? I rebuilt my pc in an htpc case and case fans are only oriented from left to right. The Noctua cooler blows towards the back. Can the mount or fan orientation be rotated 90 degrees and if so how?? i5 8600k EVGA 3070sc Asus z370-f 32 Gb Corsair Vengeance...

I want to disassemble this cooler from my motherboard. There are of course 4 pins. I can easily plug out two pins. But the other pins are buried. How can I take that out? I tried to take Part 1 apart from Part 2. But I couldn't do that either.

All i need is a cooler for the R7 7700x, originally i was going with the LT720 from Deepcool, is that fine? Or can it be an Air Cooler as well? Would be cheaper option. The only issue here i have with air cooling, all air coolers i've looked into, where huge and massive dimensions and would...

I'd like to ask something regarding my AIO Liquid Cooler...it's Aorus Waterforce X 360 with LCD display. In the RGB Fusion software, there shows this color gradient theme from which one can choose the AIO cooler fan's color scheme but whatever theme I choose it doesn't have any effect on the...

I have i5-2500K with stock fan on my motherboard. I am thinking to buy a Cooler Master Hyper H410R but I wonder it will fit on my motherboard? Also I am open to any CPU Cooler suggestions.

Could someone explain to me what hardware comes with a liquid cooler? Like... I can't seem to wrap my brain around the mounting bracket part I guess I should say. I have an AM3+ socket and I can't seem to find any mounting brackets to get an idea of what it's gonna be like other than retention...

Hi all, need to cool down 13600K a bit, considering the cooler's height limitations. So the choices are: ID-Cooling SE-207-XT Slim Jonsbo HX6210 Be quiet! DARK ROCK TF 2 (2 coolers, while others have 1) Silver Soul 135 Noctua NH-C14 Cooler Anyone know which one is best and will help avoid...

Hello, I am building a new PC for the very first time and would like to ask experienced builders if everything will be compatible. Main purpose will be enthusiast gaming/streaming with regular video editing which hopefully will become full time over the years. Price should be around 2k-2,5k €...

Hello everyone. So I currently have a Corsair H100i V2 AIO which I bought back in 2016 for my (then) FX 9370 , but I upgraded in 2019 to a Ryzen 5 2600. A few days ago I bought an RX 6700 XT to replace my also 7 year old GTX 1070, but I haven't installed it yet as I'm waiting to upgrade to a...

Hey, so I built my first ever gaming pc 2 weeks ago and everything is great so far loving the performance I get and everything is perfect but there is one issue my pc smells like something is burning like it's not straight up burnt but it smells like melting plastic or something like that. Ive...

This is my first time posting in a forum like this, so if I leave anything out I apologize. Yesterday I was working on my PC to add two more sticks of RAM (I already had 16gb (2x8gb)), but a part of the stock cooler was blocking one of my RAM ports, so I had to unseat and reaffix the CPU stock...

Hey everyone, I'm here again with an age old debate of while front mounting an AIO the tubes should be up or down. I've recently bought Deepcool LS520 and mounted it to the front with tubes facing downwards. I showed the images to a friend and he told me to mount it the other way around. I've...

My CPU temps welling loading into certain games or playing them spike up to 90-99˚c but immediately go back down to normal gaming temps around 40-55˚f. Room temp changes but even on a cold day it will spike high. Is this normal or cause for concern? Parts list: i5-13600k Deepcool AK620 MSI...

Got this new CPU cooler for my birthday but am struggling with the RGB connection. Do I need the NZXT proprietary RGB hub? Or can it go straight into the RGB header on the motherboard (12V 4 Pin)?

My cpu cooler screw just stuck if i can remove stand off backplate

ok so 2 months ago i changed out my cpu cooler (Hydro Series H100x High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler) to a newer one (h100i elite capellix liquid cooler). It worked great till the other day. it seems to lose power every so often, like all lights shut off on it (pc Makes that noise of a device...

Hey everyone, hope you're doing well! I ordered a new CPU cooler for my I7-8700K, the new CPU cooler being the Be Quiet Pure Rock 2. I installed it with a friend, he works at a PC repair shop so does this stuff for a living. I am no stranger to building pc's as well, so we were pretty confident...

I am having a weird issue i have not experienced before. I have replaced several cpu coolers before, usually without any problems. But this time it is acting weird. I removed the stock cooler, took out the CPU and cleaned the thermal paste from it, remounted the CPU, added new thermal paste...

Hi guys, first time using Tom's Hardware. I have a MSI MAG 280r AIO CPU cooler for my Ryzen 7 5800x. I recently installed it like a week ago on the top of the case, as it was the only position possible for my case. Please note that this AIO has the pump built into the radiator, so I'm not...

Right now I'm using a Cooler Master tx3 from my old build and as in India it tends to get pretty hot in summers and on full load my cpu is already 76c , I want to upgrade to an aio, I'm new to the aio liquid cooling stuff, I have no idea what to get , I did some research though. I'm considering...

So I’ve been following a tutorial on how to build a pc but the installation of the cpu cooler really has me stumped. I’ve removed the two things you have to remove and have put the cpu in the spot it should be already. I’m also doing the criss cross pattern I’m being told to use and pushing a...

PLEASE HELP! My PC has randomly started overheating and crashing where it has to be forced powered off and has only gotten worse. My CPU temp not under load was 55-65 degrees C and 100 degrees under load when attempting to play a game. I replaced the CPU cooler with the Corsair iCUE H100i Elite...

I always prefer down-draft coolers, for the sake of VRM, memory, and chipset cooling. As I'm more interested in low-noise than maximum cooling, I'd rather not use additional fans expressly for that purpose. So far, it seems the Noctua NH-C14S tops the list. Are there any others I should be...

-My motherboard is a MSI X570 Meg Ace (AM4 CPU socket) -My pc case is a Cooler Master SL600m I need a cpu cooler that can be vertically mounted and compatible with my motherboard since my pc case is (bottom > top) exhaust I'm just concern that having a cpu cooler that moves air front to...

Hi there, currently in the process of choosing parts for a new PC and I'm torn between which cooler to choose. The two options are the Corsair iCue H100i RGB Pro or the H150i Elite RGB. The other parts that I've went with are: Case COOLERMASTER MASTERBOX TD500 MESH ARGB GAMING CASE Processor...

I recently bought the "ARCTIC Freezer A35" cooler for my "MSI B450 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4" motherboard and found out that my motherboard only has a JRGB2 slot, the fan is A-RGB. Is there a way I can still make the lighting work? Is there something out there that can convert A-RGB TO JRGB2? My Build...

After seeing reviews on this cpu it seems to draw a lot of power and now I'm doubting if my choice of cooler is enough. If it's not enough would the normal NH-D15 with two fans be enough? It's mostly for gaming and some photoshop / after effects, will likely try light overclocking but nothing...

Hey all, thanks for reading. Long time lurker first time poster. I've been using my 11th gen MSI Aegis RS 11TG-222US for about a year now. Basic specs: CPU Intel® Core™ i7-11700K Processor 8C/16T 3.6-4.9 GHz 16MB Cache Chipset Z490 Motherboard MSI ATX Motherboard CPU Cooler 240mm Liquid Cooler...

This case is really weird. You can only install a 155mm cpu cooler which is very low. According to some folks and statistics, the mugen 5 is the best low price/low height cooler. <-- Noctua might be better but is taller and more expensive. The issue is that it's 155mm tall, so now I have to...

This has been my computer components, and I never experienced any problem until today. Crucial P5 2TB PCIe M.2 GIGABYTE Radeon RX 6500 XT GAMING OC 4G(GV-R65XTGAMING OC-4GD) ASRock Z690 Phantom Gaming 4/D5 INTEL TWO Crucial DDR5 4800_32G 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-12900KF Cougar Gex 1050...

Hi all, not to long ago I did some upgrades to my pc, upgrading to a ryzen 7 3700x and a nzxt kraken z63. Every time I booted it up, it would give me the cpu fan error so I unplugged it and tried again. Same thing. I tried re-positioning the pump and still not better. I just skipped past it and...