[SOLVED] R7 3700x AIO or AIR

[hellthecross]

So in my country (Romania) the evga clc 240mm aio and the nh-u12s chromax.black are at the same price. The aio is 100 euro and the nh-u12s is 90 euro, pretty close in terms of price i would say. My question is... do i really need an aio for the 3700x (just PBO enabled)? I'm usually gaming but i'll do a little bit of video editing too.

P.S. My case of choice is Meshify C (i'll buy an additional fan in the front for more airflow)

 

[geofelt]

How much do you really need added cooling?
The stock cooler is quite decent and by adding a front intake to your case, you will give it the cooling air that you need.
I would try that first.
ryzen does not overclock well so I don't think you would gain much.
Past that, a NH-U12s is likely to be just as capable as a 240mm aio.

My canned rant on liquid cooling:
------------------------start of rant-------------------
You buy a liquid cooler to be able to extract an extra multiplier or two out of your OC.
How much do you really need?
I do not much like all in one liquid coolers when a good air cooler like a Noctua or phanteks can do the job just as well.
A liquid cooler will be expensive, noisy, less reliable, and will not cool any better
in a well ventilated case.
Liquid cooling is really air cooling, it just puts the heat exchange in a different place.
The orientation of the radiator will cause a problem.
If you orient it to take in cool air from the outside, you will cool the cpu better, but the hot air then circulates inside the case heating up the graphics card and motherboard.
If you orient it to exhaust(which I think is better) , then your cpu cooling will be less effective because it uses pre heated case air.
Past that, A AIO radiator complicates creating a positive pressure filtered cooling setup which can keep your parts clean.
And... I have read too many tales of woe when a liquid cooler leaks.
Google for AIO leaks to see what can happen.
While unlikely, leaks do happen.

I would support an AIO cooler primarily in a space restricted case.
If one puts looks over function, that is a personal thing; not for me though.
-----------------------end of rant--------------------------

Your pc will be quieter, more reliable, and will be cooled equally well with a decent air cooler
like the Noctua NH-U12s or NH-NH-D15s.

 

[hellthecross]

How much do you really need added cooling?
The stock cooler is quite decent and by adding a front intake to your case, you will give it the cooling air that you need.
I would try that first.
ryzen does not overclock well so I don't think you would gain much.
Past that, a NH-U12s is likely to be just as capable as a 240mm aio.

My canned rant on liquid cooling:
------------------------start of rant-------------------
You buy a liquid cooler to be able to extract an extra multiplier or two out of your OC.
How much do you really need?
I do not much like all in one liquid coolers when a good air cooler like a Noctua or phanteks can do the job just as well.
A liquid cooler will be expensive, noisy, less reliable, and will not cool any better
in a well ventilated case.
Liquid cooling is really air cooling, it just puts the heat exchange in a different place.
The orientation of the radiator will cause a problem.
If you orient it to take in cool air from the outside, you will cool the cpu better, but the hot air then circulates inside the case heating up the graphics card and motherboard.
If you orient it to exhaust(which I think is better) , then your cpu cooling will be less effective because it uses pre heated case air.
Past that, A AIO radiator complicates creating a positive pressure filtered cooling setup which can keep your parts clean.
And... I have read too many tales of woe when a liquid cooler leaks.
Google for AIO leaks to see what can happen.
While unlikely, leaks do happen.

I would support an AIO cooler primarily in a space restricted case.
If one puts looks over function, that is a personal thing; not for me though.
-----------------------end of rant--------------------------

Your pc will be quieter, more reliable, and will be cooled equally well with a decent air cooler
like the Noctua NH-U12s or NH-NH-D15s.

Thank you so much for the info! I was a little bit concerned about aio's aswell. And yeah, i know that ryzen doesn't have much oc headroom so thats why i was asking if i really need an aio.