Need a cooler for my A10 7870k

[zelewi1313]

Hey people, I would like some advice on what cooler to buy for my APU A10 7870k. Right now mine is overclocked for 4.2 Ghz with the stock cooler, but I've never bought a separate cooler, that's why I am asking for advice. The ones that I've been looking at are the 212 evo from coolermaster, or the H110 from corsair. My budget isn't that tight, but im not looking for anything from the very high end spectrum (budget is around 150 euros, preferably less)

 

[ollyemtv]

Hey people, I would like some advice on what cooler to buy for my APU A10 7870k. Right now mine is overclocked for 4.2 Ghz with the stock cooler, but I've never bought a separate cooler, that's why I am asking for advice. The ones that I've been looking at are the 212 evo from coolermaster, or the H110 from corsair. My budget isn't that tight, but im not looking for anything from the very high end spectrum (budget is around 150 euros, preferably less)

I bought a Cooler Master T2, and it is a huge step up from the stock cooler. I have the same CPU and it is overclocked as well.

Very quiet, very cool and only cost me 17.00 on Amazon. NewEgg has it for under 10.00 and free shipping.

 

[TJ Hooker]

Are you just looking for something quieter? Because other than that I don't see the point in getting a premium cooler for a low end CPU. Regarding the 212 EVO, from what I hear the Cryorig H7 usually performs a bit better for about the same price.

 

[zelewi1313]

*sigh* I can't quote on phone so I will try and answer in one reply.
>TJ Hooker
I can't quite make the step to a Ryzen cpu yet, also I have a gtx960, so I would need to upgrade that as well. Since the current cpu and gpu goes somewhat okay with each other, I just want to squeeze out some more power from the cpu, so there will be even less bottleneck.
>ollyemtv
Those look great, may I ask what specs do your run with that cooler? (Maybe clockspeed, temps)

 

[TJ Hooker]

Ok, but you're talking about a $110+ cooler with the Corsair H110. No matter what cooler you get you're probably not going to get more than a single digit percent increase over your current performance with that CPU. You'll probably barely notice that, if at all. If you're unable to upgrade due to lack of cash, you're much better off just saving that money and upgrading that much sooner.

And if you're planning on upgrading to Ryzen eventually, any cooler you get now may not be compatible with socket AM4, or require an additional retention bracket (not a huge deal admittedly). But most Ryzen CPUs come with pretty decent stock coolers anyway.

 

[ollyemtv]

Those look great, may I ask what specs do your run with that cooler? (Maybe clockspeed, temps)

No problem!

I have my A10-7870k set at 4.1 GHz. I have some screenshots of my temps during Handbrake, Startup and Battlerite (Game). The onboard Radeon graphics are set at 930 Mhz. Stock is 866 MHz.

Startup I had a max of 27c, but it would idle around 18-20c. Still has a HDD for O/S, startup took a few minutes.

Battlerite maxed out at 35c and would settle around 25-28c. Played for 10 minutes.

My temps reached a Max of 45c under load 95-100% utilization during Handbrake. It dipped between 38-42 on average.

The CM T2 is very quiet. I believe I have it on a modest setting in my BIOS, and I am sure it would easily drop another 3-5c if I changed it. However, I am happy with how quiet and cool it is now.

Also, I am using the onboard Radeon, and not a dedicated video card.

Startup https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-9ijvZiTog2FhrGcBYSrFLkxxHsA4DZH

Battlerite https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Bf6_RvqSm7O7FpE8V7_U5D3dPjB_Tbq-

Handbrake 4 minutes https://drive.google.com/open?id=1i4965vq0Gew6SUP5CZ_Bj3_xB__1jtlN

Handbrake 10 minutes https://drive.google.com/open?id=1MGK2Ad-uPm3a6RqpvqVgfuv0HtjsOKCw

Hopefully these images show, that way you have a visual of my testing.

Anything other questions you have, let me know.

Thank you

 

[TJ Hooker]

@ollyemtv those temps look suspiciously low (and unless your room is like 10 C, then you have temperatures below ambient, which is impossible). Now, from what I remember hearing, AMD's temp sensors are only really accurate at higher temps, so this may not be unexpected, but I've also heard many utilities report AMD temps incorrectly and that AMD Overdrive should be used instead.

 

[ollyemtv]

@ollyemtv those temps look suspiciously low (and unless your room is like 10 C, then you have temperatures below ambient, which is impossible). Now, from what I remember hearing, AMD's temp sensors are only really accurate at higher temps, so this may not be unexpected, but I've also heard many utilities report AMD temps incorrectly and that AMD Overdrive should be used instead.

My room temp is 70 F. The cpu temp software I used, officially supports this CPU. I pulled this list from their website.
Supported Processors

AMD:

All Ryzen/Epyc series.

All FX series.

All APU series.

All Phenom / Phenom II series.

All Athlon II series.

All Turion II series.

All Athlon64 series.

All Athlon64 X2 series.

All Athlon64 FX series.

All Turion64 series.

All Turion64 X2 series.

All Sempron series. (K8 and up based)

All Opteron processors.

Single Core Opterons starting with SH-C0 revision and up. (K8 based)

IF the temps only are accurate at high temperatures, then I would suspect my CPU did not get very hot, according to your statement, Right?

The OP wanted a cooling solution, I provided first hand experience, and with screenshots.

http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/supportlist.html