3900X AIO or Air

Stanners · 25 Aug 2020 at 11:53

Thinking of getting a new cooler for my 3900X, what are poeple using and what sort ot temps are you seeing. Looking at the Arctic Liquid Freezer II for the AIO or the Noctua NH-D15 for air. Open to suggestions on others.

alec · 25 Aug 2020 at 13:29

Both feature in GamersNexus Arctic liquid Freezer review. Basically equivalent, AIO is slightly ahead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPaSEGe6ML0

Stanners · 25 Aug 2020 at 14:16

alec said:
Both feature in GamersNexus Arctic liquid Freezer review. Basically equivalent, AIO is slightly ahead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPaSEGe6ML0

Cheers, I did give that a watch. I will give the Arctic Liquid freezer II a try.

Sycho · 26 Aug 2020 at 19:37

Kraken x73, around 30-35c idle, 45-50c gaming.

Very happy with it.

LtMatt · 27 Aug 2020 at 08:40

Stanners said:
Cheers, I did give that a watch. I will give the Arctic Liquid freezer II a try.

You won’t regret it, using the 360 version on my 3950X. Very quiet, even at max RPM.

Stanners · 27 Aug 2020 at 09:49

LtMatt said:
You won’t regret it, using the 360 version on my 3950X. Very quiet, even at max RPM.

I got the 360, installed and in the low thirties idle. Forgot to look while gaming

As you say it is almost silent, very happy with it so far(with the benefit of the VRM fan).

orbitalwalsh · 27 Aug 2020 at 12:04

Stanners said:
I got the 360, installed and in the low thirties idle. Forgot to look while gaming As you say it is almost silent, very happy with it so far(with the benefit of the VRM fan).

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/alph...u-aio-water-cooling-unit-360mm-hs-006-ac.html

AIO .

would be interesting to see users on here cutting up any CLC units from asetek etc with mxitures metals are 2/3 uses or use or even worse, no solid use

MartinPrince · 29 Aug 2020 at 07:48

Stanners said:
I got the 360, installed and in the low thirties idle. Forgot to look while gaming As you say it is almost silent, very happy with it so far(with the benefit of the VRM fan).

I've had both the 360 and 280, plus also have the D15. The D15 is a bit quieter but the Arctics cool a little better. The 280 cooled better than the 360 in my case so I went with that.

ard-tullaich · 3 Sep 2020 at 18:01

I'm running 3900xt with corsair Hydro H115i a 280mm radiator.
Browsing the net on chrome seeing temps of 25.9°C and 25°C on idle.

Tattysnuc · 3 Sep 2020 at 18:39

...just make sure you set the voltages in your BIOS. I was so disappointed with mine until I saw Jayz2Cents' video about the silly high voltages that it demands at stock. Once I'd implemented that, the wraith was sufficient, however, I'm now on a custom Loop (FAT 480rad with 8x120mm fans in push/pull config)

BluesFanUK · 5 Sep 2020 at 14:57

Easy choice - FUMA 2. Dead silent, great RAM compatibility, easiest air cooler to install and you can reach Noctua NH-D15s levels with an extra fan if you want. Considerably cheaper than Noctua too, and none of the drawbacks of potential leaky water cooling.

OCUK have just restocked on it (also shout out for their great service as a first time buyer ).

metachi · 5 Sep 2020 at 23:46

i have a 3900x (not overclock) with Noctua NH-D15S, 45c idle, 72c gaming