Question Help please to choose water cooler for AM5 9800x3d !

[Od86x]

Hi guys!
I ordered a 9800x3d cpu, its my first AMD ever.
What water cooler is good under 120$ ?
Arctic freezer III or Cooler Master Atmos or else.
Btw what cooler best to mount also for AM5, Gamer Nexus stated that Arctic Freezer III was very hard to mount.
Any experience or advice please ?

 

[Lutfij]

Arctic freezer III gets my vote.

Gamer Nexus stated that Arctic Freezer III was very hard to mount.
What case are you looking to pick up or are working with?

Btw what cooler best to mount also for AM5,
You could pick up a Thermalright Peerless Assassin and call it a day if your case has optimal airflow from front to back/bottom to top.

Make and model of your motherboard and ram?

 

[geofelt]

What is the make/model of your case?
What is the fan arrangement?
Liquid cooling is essentially air cooling, the difference is where the radiator heat exchange takes place.
How much cooling do you need?
A good air cooler will perform about as well as a 280 aio with a lot less hassle.
Are you planning on an aggressive cpu overclock?
If not, consider air.
Noctua maintains a list of suitable air coolers fro various processors.
Here is the list for the 9800X3d:
https://ncc.noctua.at/cpus/model/AMD-Ryzen-7-9800X3D-1842

 

[Od86x]

I am looking water cooler. I already has Noctua NH D14 huge cooler. Taking so much space. I bought back in 2014 being used with 4790k and now used with 10700k. I have old Cooler Master case HAF XM owned same since 2014. Time to retire. It's all closed metal case.

Looking to buy PC case Montech AIR 903 or Phanteks XT Pro Ultra. Haven't decided yet.
I ordered Asus Tuf X870 plus Wi Fi motherboard. And

G.SKILL Flare X5 Series ram CL30 6000.​

 

[Od86x]

No I never overclocked. I don't like that idea at all.
I want more free space of case . I do belive my old Cooler will handle new cpu . But I just want more cleaner look and tired of that big brick .
I have 4070ti 12gb GPU. But planned to buy RTX 5080 or Ti version in late summer.

 

[dwd999]

It would be prudent to study the specs for each of the cases. For example, the Phanteks case specs indicate a maximum thickness of 60mm for the top radiator mounting but the Arctic specs indicate a thickness of 65.5mm for the radiator plus fans. So that might be a tight fit.

 

[Od86x]

I probably go with Montech 903 max. But on their website their didn't have information about radiator thickness. It's only stated it supported 360 mm

 

[JayGau]

Choose one that allows you to monitor your liquid temperature. It's so ridiculous to have a liquid cooler that doesn't even let you set your fan curve with the liquid temp. That's the most important feature on a AIO. People who don't understand that just don't know how liquid cooling works. And I don't think the artic freezer allows that. And it has the note "frequently returned item" on Amazon, so I would avoid that.

I personally like Corsair H150i coolers, but they are expensive (you need to pay to get good stuff and it's even more true for AIOs).