Question Recommendations for a 240 water cooler around $80 ?

[Napzz]

I recently build a pc using ryzen 5600, because i'm broke at this month, i dont have any money for a cpu cooler, so i used the stock cooler, after using for few day, i feel its really unhealty for my cpu, it can easily get up to 70-80 even doing nothing. I can't imagine using this for playing AAA games. So i need a 240 water cooler with best budget and the quality thanks!

Casing : Cooler Master MB 400L
Going slightly over budget is acceptable, but please don't exceed $90.
RGB is not necessary, it goes better without it.

 

[Hellfire13]

This should be plenty good. Do check for case clearance though...

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CPU Cooler: Deepcool ASSASSIN III 90.37 CFM CPU Cooler ($79.98 @ Amazon)
Total: $79.98
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[kira-faye]

Thermalright Aqua Elite 240 White V3 Aio CPU Cooler, 240 Liquid Cooling Row, ARGB PWM Cooler Fans, for Intel LGA1150/1151/1155/1156/1200/2011/1700,AMD:AM4/AM5, PC Cooler Aio https://a.co/d/bviTOqu

There you go.

I'd recommend this, though - cheaper, not any louder, almost as effective a cooler, no pump or liquid to worry about.

Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB CPU Air Cooler, 7 Heatpipes CPU Cooler,Dual 120mm PWM Fan, for AMD AM4 AM5/Intel 1700/1150/1151/1200 https://a.co/d/cTPamSx

 

[TerryLaze]

it can easily get up to 70-80 even doing nothing.

Either you are extremely exaggerating or you did something wrong with installing the cooler.
A somewhat rare third alternative is that the bios has PBO enabled by default pushing the CPU harder than it should.

 

[Napzz]

Either you are extremely exaggerating or you did something wrong with installing the cooler.
A somewhat rare third alternative is that the bios has PBO enabled by default pushing the CPU harder than it should.

nope just stock cooler with stock thermal paste

 

[bill001g]

I would agree with the above posts to avoid water unless you just want to have it. The newer air coolers are very close to many of the 240 aio water units for a fraction of the price. If you were talking a 13900k and a 360 aio it would be a different story.

Thermalright has a large number of coolers you will find ranked very high on almost every review and they are some of the cheapest.

 

[Napzz]

I would agree with the above posts to avoid water unless you just want to have it. The newer air coolers are very close to many of the 240 aio water units for a fraction of the price. If you were talking a 13900k and a 360 aio it would be a different story.

Thermalright has a large number of coolers you will find ranked very high on almost every review and they are some of the cheapest.

I'm just not sure my case can fit in the tower fan

 

[geofelt]

Double check your current stock cooler installation.
If it is not mounted level, it will not operate properly.
The stock included 120mm front intake fan may not be sufficient; install a second for good airflow.
Particularly if you have a hot graphics card.

A good twin tower air cooler is the equivalent of a 240 aio without the aio issues.
Noctua makes some of the best quality coolers.
They maintain a suitability chart, here is the one for the R5=5600:

AMD Ryzen 5 5600 | CPU Compatibility | Noctua Compatibility Centre

Series: Vermeer, Socket: AM4

ncc.noctua.at

Your case supports coolers up to 166mm high so most any cooler will do.
One of the cheapest might be the NH-D12s Redux:

https://www.newegg.com/noctua-nf-p12-redux-1700-pwm/p/13C-0005-001N1?Item=9SIAADYDXC6850