Cooler is equally good for both. Don't need to base your CPU preference according to it's factory cooler.Hello team,
I was planning to buy Ryzen 3600, however I found that my current cooler (scythe funa) is not AM4 compatible and now I'm in a dilemma, should I buy the 3600 or 3600x for the better cooler?
Kind Regards,
If you feel like tinkering, get the non x version - the cooler isn't a factor here. The x version is better out of the box.Hello team,
I was planning to buy Ryzen 3600, however I found that my current cooler (scythe funa) is not AM4 compatible and now I'm in a dilemma, should I buy the 3600 or 3600x for the better cooler?
Kind Regards,
If you have a good cooler like a Scythe Fuma, go with that. It looks Scythe sells an inexpensive AM4 compatibility bracket for their coolers...I was planning to buy Ryzen 3600, however I found that my current cooler (scythe funa) is not AM4 compatible and now I'm in a dilemma, should I buy the 3600 or 3600x for the better cooler?
If you have a good cooler like a Scythe Fuma, go with that. It looks Scythe sells an inexpensive AM4 compatibility bracket for their coolers...
https://www.amazon.com/Mounting-System-Scythe-Ninja-SCAM4-1000B/dp/B06XRDDXDN
If you feel like tinkering, get the non x version - the cooler isn't a factor here. The x version is better out of the box.
Or stretch your budget a bit to get a 3700.
Well I've got r3600 and msi b350 gaming pro carbon with a stock cooler. My temps are about 80-85 C while gaming sometimes it reaches 90C. Idle temps are 60-65C
So i bought x570 msi gaming edge wifi and temps became 50-55 idle 70-75C while gaming.
Msi gives a Cooler Master ML240L with that motherboard but i havent got that liquid cooler yet.
3600x stock cooler will be little better than 3600.
Then get the 3600, and a mounting kit for your Scyte. Push that baby some, and enjoy.From all the reviews that I saw the 3600 reaches the same frequencies as the 3600x when precision boost is activated.
The 3700 is out of my budget and I don't see the use case for it. I do not use my PC for professional workloads.
Thanks mate, I sent a mail requesting confirmation
Based on info i've found on the world wide web, there isn't much overclocking headroom for Ryzen 3rd gen, especially with PBO enabled. I've also heard PBO cannot achieve potential max frequency on a stock cooler. My advice would be to purchase something like this, which is AM4 compatible:
https://noctua.at/en/nh-u12s-se-am4
Not knowing your component list (as this was never specified), make sure this aftermarket cooler will fit your case.
I don't have the budget for faster RAM, I know that the CPU performs better with 3200 Mhz DIMMs but I don't think that using 2400Mhz will have such a huge impactYou are going to want faster ram, with that Ryzen CPU. 3200 at minimum.
It will if you play high refresh rate games at 1080p resolution.I don't have the budget for faster RAM, I know that the CPU performs better with 3200 Mhz DIMMs but I don't think that using 2400Mhz will have such a huge impact
All coolers with seperate brackets are AM4 compatible. Or threadripper or Intel or ancient Intel. The exact cooler does not make a difference, it's just a heatsink with a flat base that sits on top of any cpu.
Any incompatability comes from the mounting hardware. Pretty much anything pre-am4 uses the same mounting kit, just as any Intel lga115x uses the same mounting kit, doesn't matter if it's 1st gen Sandy-Bridge or 9th gen coffee lake. AMD changed mounting dimensions in AM4, so as long as there is a bracket to mount AM4, the cooler is compatible.
There's 3 versions of the Scythe Fuma. The original, Rev. B and the new Fuma 2. That makes a difference, as they use different mounting systems. The Rev. B and Fuma 2 are already AM4 compatible.
AM4 Mounting System for Scythe Ninja 4, Fuma, Grand Kama Cross 2, Grand Kama Cross 3 (SCAM4-1000B) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XRDDXDN/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_0OFlDbF98R21V
But that's just the mounting system. Whether there is motherboard heatsink clearance, ram clearance, gpu backplate clearance etc is a whole different question and motherboard specific.