[SOLVED] Stick with the good ole 212 workhorse?

[Redneck Redleg]

Been outa the loop since ddr3 was a thing. Building a 2k AMD gaming rig, chose the fx 9590. Getting either air cooled, or closed liquid, depending on whats left over. but assuming i go air cooled, any reason not to go with the good ole 212 evo? Goin with the fx 9590. aint picked anything else yet. Gonna go single gpu, 1tb ssd+hdd, either 32 or 64 gb ram. Low high end amd gpu. Filltered mid case (i smoke)

 

[USAFRet]

Been outa the loop since ddr3 was a thing. Building a 2k AMD gaming rig, chose the fx 9590. Getting either air cooled, or closed liquid, depending on whats left over. but assuming i go air cooled, any reason not to go with the good ole 212 evo? Goin with the fx 9590. aint picked anything else yet. Gonna go single gpu, 1tb ssd+hdd, either 32 or 64 gb ram. Low high end amd gpu. Filltered mid case (i smoke)

FX-9590?

WHY?

That is easily in the top 3 worst CPUs foisted on the public this century. Possibly #1.
And it is an 8 year old item.

 

[USAFRet]

And if you DO make the monumentally bad choice of that CPU, a 212 EVO is not sufficient.

 

[Eximo]

Not to mention that it would melt under a hyper 212.

And we are at the end of the DDR4 lifecyle, why buy into DDR3 again.

 

[Redneck Redleg]

yeaah didnt realise it was such an old cpu. heres what i got rn. kinda feel like an idiot lol. like i said been outa the loop.

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3800XT 3.9 GHz 8-Core Processor ($426.95 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($21.39 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PRO (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard ($219.99 @ B&H)
Memory: Kingston Predator 64 GB (4 x 16 GB) DDR4-2400 CL12 Memory
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive ($109.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate Enterprise Capacity 10 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($209.00 @ Supermicro)
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 580 8 GB GTS Video Card ($749.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GA 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ Best Buy)
Optical Drive: Pioneer BDR-209DBK Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer ($68.98 @ Amazon)
Total: $1906.28
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-05-17 18:10 EDT-0400

 

[Redneck Redleg]

but yeah the 212 evo cant keep up anymore, so thats a no lol

 

[punkncat]

I used a Hyper 212 on a 2700X and it was fine, thermally. The aspect that weighed most in my decision to water cool was the rangy and loud fan. Cooling wasn't so much insufficient as loud.

 

[Redneck Redleg]

I used a Hyper 212 on a 2700X and it was fine, thermally. The aspect that weighed most in my decision to water cool was the rangy and loud fan. Cooling wasn't so much insufficient as loud.

i usually use headphones so no biggie there

 

[Blackink]

I have the Hyper 212 EVO coolers on 2 different systems running at 22% overclocked with no problems.