Hi again. I've purchased a new Ryzen 5 3600 CPU. As you know it includes a smaller Wraith Stealth stock cooler. So I want to use my current Ryzen 5 1600's bigger and better Wraith Spire stock cooler on Ryzen 5 3600. Is it a good or a bad idea?
The fan pulsing is easy to fix with an appropriate fan profile, and that's even with a Stealth cooler. You may have to live with it getting loud and screamy sooner (than with a better cooler) but at least it won't pulse annoyingly.Yes. I've been hearing those up/down fan tones. It can become annoying sometimes when surfing on internet. But when I put my headphones for gaming, I don't hear fan sounds. So, that won't be a much of a problem either.
I'm not saying it won't be louder...just tame the pulsing. You have to be content with a fan profile that's essentially flat up to as high as 75C. The smaller the cooler (especially for the little stealths) the higher that fixed fan speed and the louder it will have to be. But below even 70C it doesn't have to be especially bad as the temp spikes are not thermally significant. The problem is many just can't accept that and try to 'tame the temp spikes'. You can't, unless on LN2.Sorry drea, I don't agree on the fan profile. ...
I'm not saying it won't be louder...just tame the pulsing. You have to be content with a fan profile that's essentially flat up to as high as 75C. The smaller the cooler (especially for the little stealths) the higher that fixed fan speed and the louder it will have to be. But below even 70C it doesn't have to be especially bad as the temp spikes are not thermally significant. The problem is many just can't accept that and try to 'tame the temp spikes'. You can't, unless on LN2.
But definitely agree that getting a better cooler means it can both be quieter and keep the average temperature below 85C, when processor boosting is most severely affected. It's a matter of degree; I'm actually quite content using the Prism cooler I took from my 3700X and put onto the Ryzen 1700 system (OC'd to 3.85Ghz). It's much louder than the AIO on the 3700X, but it's tolerable because I have the profile ignore the temp spikes.
Agreed...not as wild but if set up correctly still brings cores out of C6 deep sleep as needed to process a transient and 'spikes' temp with each one even when OC'd. It's a lot less likely to be noticed but can be a problem with a tight fan profile if trying to keep it quiet at the low temp side of the spikes.Gen 1 ryzen doesn't have those wildly fluctuating temp spikes at low/idle loads that the 3*** series cpu's do though.
In that respect the wraith coolers on gen 1 run on a much more relaxed curve.
Its specifically the 3*** series that have this behaviour, I expect the same from the new series to behave exactly the same.